A group of rather energized STEM students provided a wake up call on WCVB recently. Please click “Read more” for a short clip. They were clearly up to the task.
The Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) at Pierce Middle School in Milton and Pro EMS Center for MEDICS are collaborating on an innovative Heart Health Awareness Month kick-off event that also serves as a fundraiser for the school.
Film series at Beth Shalom screens Mamadrama
“Mamadrama: The Jewish Mother in Cinema” will be the concluding film in this season’s Winter Movie Series of Cong. Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills (formerly Temple Shalom of Milton and Temple Beth El of Quincy), co-sponsored by Milton’s First Congregational Church.
from Wicked Local Milton
Tommy Hedin, an eighth-grade honors student at St. Agatha’s School in Milton, is headed for the Silver Gloves National Tournament in Independence, Mo., this weekend. (Read the full story here.)
On Monday, February 10 at 7 p.m., the Milton Public Library will host a creative writing workshop led by Kathryn Burak for local teens. Ms. Burak is a Milton resident, a teacher at Boston University, the poetry editor at YARN (yareview.net), and the author of the Edgar Award-nominated young adult novel, Emily’s Dress and Other Missing Things. The workshop will focus on tips and techniques for writing fiction.
I am not sure how many people in Milton know who Valerie Burns is but we all have benefited from her championing and advocating for nature in general and the Neponset in particular.
from The Dorchester Reporter
One of the key figures in the decades-long struggle to reclaim our neighborhoods’ waterfront for public use is stepping down from her leadership position this year.
by Frank Schroth
The Milton Animal League (MAL) held the second of their neighborhood meetings to discuss the proposal of building a new shelter on town owned property off of Randolph Avenue via access road to old town dump. It was sparsely attended. Four residents did take advantage of the opportunity to voice their concern with the shelter’s location and design as well as question the financing.
On January 28th , The Men’s Club of Fuller Village hosted Ian Cooke, Executive Director of the Neponset River Watershed Association. Featured in the photo are Mike Ryan, Men’s Club Committee, Deborah Felton, Executive Director, Ian Cooke, Mary McLaughlin, and John Arthur, resident. Ian gave a fantastic lecture on the beauty of the Neponset River.
The Wakefield Estate will host its 4th annual Winterfire this Saturday, February 1, from 5:00 – 7:00pm. This annual event combines lightscape with landscape to highlight many of the estate’s signature trees and garden features against a deep mid-winter sky. After a garden stroll, join others for some hot chocolate and a roast a hot dog on an open fire.
Representative Walter F. Timilty (D–Milton) is pleased to announce two amendments that have been filed to House Bill 3860, the upcoming House of Representative iteration of a Transportation Bond Bill.
Through conversations with town department heads, Representative Timilty was able to formulate two amendments improving Milton’s transportation infrastructure, relative to public safety.
