The MHS girls lacrosse team will wash your car to raise money for their teams. Stop by the Cunningham school on Saturday, May 17th from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm and get your car washed by your super wildcat athletes. All funds earned go directly to the girls lacrosse team.

The Milton Early Childhood Alliance is pleased to bring Faina Smith back to town for a two-part parent education series in May. Faina Smith’s parent education workshops are always extremely popular in Milton. On Tuesday, May 13^th, Faina will address the parenting balance.

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by Frank Schroth

Town Meeting resumed Thursday night with a discussion of Article 17, an appropriation for a “feasibility study of the potential uses of the DPW yard” and would include support for cemetery, parks and recreation, and consolidated facilities”. The article has become town meeting’s version of The Never Ending Story.

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A devoted member of our milton community died too early.  Phil was devoted to girl’s sports and especially the beginning of girl’s lacrosse in Milton. Along with Lee Keller, Mr. Mulvey started the traveling girl’s lacrosse league, a league that has had a positive impact on the athletic and social development of girls in our community. Click “Read more” for information on services.

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from The Boston Globe

Museum leaders hope to tap greater appreciation for old homes stirred by TV series

Ripples from an 1829 typhoon off the coast of Macau are still being felt.

The storm killed 27-year-old Thomas Tunno Forbes, a businessman who regularly traveled to Asia as trade between America and China boomed. In his memory, Forbes’s mother built a mansion in Milton that stands to this day. (Read the full story here.)

by Frank Schroth

Yesterday’s mini-Relay for Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, raised over $17,000 as of late yesterday afternoon for the organization and that number will grow. There were close to 30 teams participating as well as walk-ins and a variety of town officials.

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This fellow was pretty excited to win the pie eating contest at yesterday’s Relay for Life at Milton High. I believe he was a member of the MHS Rugby team and, trust me, you do not want to compete with these guys – not in rugby, not in pie eating and, as I learned the hard way, not in dodgeball.

The Milton Public Library invites you to a special showing of Philomena on Monday, May 19^th at 6:30 PM in the Keys Community Room (lower level) of the library, located at 476 Canton Avenue, Milton.  This free event is sponsored by The Friends of the Milton Public Library, and it is open to the public.  The running time is 98 minutes and it is rated PG-13 for some violence, language and sexuality.

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from Sustainable Milton

Perhaps you read the recent Boston Globe article “How to solve climate change with cows (maybe)”. The ability of trees to store carbon is well known. Did you know the soil can store carbon as well? Can we reverse climate changing effects by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere naturally?

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