Invitation from Milton Arts Center
Join us on the solstice! Fairy light stars, flowers… sipping summertime drinks…relaxing to music, nibbling on appetizers, an opportunity to bid on some incredible vacation getaways like a ski weekend in NH or a weeks stay at a villa in Italy. This is an event you don’t want to miss — Milton Art Center’s 2nd annual Garden Party Fundraiser is Friday, June 20, 7-10pm.
from Wicked Local Milton
The late Sheila Becker Gailius, a mother of six and foreign language teacher at Boston College High School for 30 years, will be honored from 7 to 11 p.m. on Saturday at the school. (Read the full story here.)
The house fire reported late yesterday was at 82 Capen Street. The Fire Department was on the scene quickly. There were no injuries and the fire was restricted to the basement. The trolley line sevice was temporarily suspended. Service returned to normal later in the evening.
There was a house fire on Capen Street this afternoon. Fire apparatus was still on the scene as of 4:30pm. No injuries reported.
News from Fuller Village
Reverend Jeff Johnson, soon to retire minister of First Congregational Church, was thanked by Deborah Felton, Executive Director of Fuller Village on Wednesday, June 4th. She thanked Rev. Johnson, on behalf of the Board, residents and staff, for his willingness to share his time and knowledge with Fuller Village residents throughout the years.
from The Boston Globe
A Milton man was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court Monday on charges of stabbing two people in the Theatre District, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office said. Njisane Chambers, 26, faces two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. (Read the full story here.)
Fuller Village is offering a 5 week swim lessons. They run from July 16-Auguest 13 with Instructor Kelly Fedor Offering beginner and intermediate level classes. Please click “Read more” for additional information.
The 36th annual Milton Road Race went off on time with the weather being what it was which was better than last year. The showers had pretty much ended when the 712 runners left the starting line. Colette O’Leary of Milton finished first of 204 runners in the 10K for the women with a time of 42:57 and ended and Michael Macedo of North Scituate finished first for the men with a time of 5:42 just edging out Milton’s Jason Cakouros by a ~10th of a second.
by Frank Schroth
There was a large film crew at Steel & Rye today filming a television program. During the course of the taping union picketers arrived and hassled members of the crew, pedestrians and a police officer who had been hired as safety detail. One passer by said the picketers were “aggressive”. Deputy Chief King stated that just under a dozen cars had their tires slashed at some point.
Nonetheless, there comes a time when you start to just feel responsible for yourself. Yes, you’re at the mercy of whatever life grants you—but that second education is taking the power back. Developing the ability to say, well, certain things happened, but now I would like to do this or that, and I don’t see why I can’t.
— Milton native Marcus Burke discussing in a discussion on writing that appeared in The Atlantic
by Frank Schroth
Yesterday we stopped by to chat with some of the TV crew who were on location at Steel & Rye and they were not very chatty. One said they were there for a commercial, another said it was a TV program and that was all they had to say. But in today’s Globe there is an article on the reality show “Top Chef” which is in Boston. In fact, Chef Parsons of Milton’s Steel & Rye is mentioned in the article.