from The PatriotLedger.com
Cities and towns on the South Shore and elsewhere in the state are spending more every year for health insurance and pensions for fewer employees, and are using a bigger share of their budgets to pay the debt service on borrowing. (Read the full story here.)
Commentary by Frank Schroth
Many in town are understandably outraged to learn that fellow residents have been receiving free sewer service for quite some time and most likely have been subsidized by those here in town paying their bills. Some have called for the DPW to release a list of names or properties that may be involved. However, releasing a list of names of property owners suspected of failing to pay bills they have not received serves no purpose.
The Park Commissioners are meeting this evening (1/7)40. Among their agenda items is a discussion of the Swift Hat Shop, the red structure at the corner of Wharf and Adams Streets. Mike Roberts, owner of the building, recently met with the Historical Commission to discuss a proposal to move the building from its current location further down Wharf Street to town land managed by the Department of Parks and Recreation.
This photo by Adam Ochs captured the bitter cold from a couple of days ago. Judging from the thermometer, it looks like that weather is back. We welcome your photos. Please send to frank@mytownmatters.
photo by Adam Ochs
It was called the “crime of the century.” They were the robbers that everyone loved. Since the heist in 1950, there have been many stories and legends about the Brinks Robbery. Join Milton Public Library Director Will Adamczyk for a discussion of Stephanie Schorow’s book, The Crime of the Century: How the Brinks Robbers Stole Millions and the Hearts of Boston.
The Milton Planning Board will be meeting on 1/9 in the Cronin Conference Room at Town Hall. The agenda includes but is not limited to: Zoning articles for annual town meeting, a landscape plan for Milton Hill Apartments, and an update on the Master Plan. The full agenda for this and all municipal meetings can be found here,
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All This Week
January 6 – January 10, 2014
Cindy Christiansen is a grandmother and the little fella is quite the cute elf.
photo courtesy of Cindy Christiansen
News release from Riverside Theater Works
Boston’s Unscripted Musical Project, or B.U.M.P., will appear on stage at Riverside Theatre Works in Hyde Park on Saturday evening, January 25 at 8:00 PM to present a unique evening of hilarious entertainment.
That was quite a storm. Tom Palmer caught a picture of flooding at Wharf street taken around 1:45 PM, 90 minutes after predicted high tide. Click “Read more” for close up of the black sphere. We welcome your shots. Please send to frank@mytownmatters.com.
photo by Tom Palmer
We are always looking to improve in ways large and small. As some of you are aware, 02186.mytownmatters experienced some technical snafus in late November. We had to upgrade and sync major components of the site. One of the casualties in this was loss of the event calendar. Well – there is good news or at least we hope it is. A new improved event calendar is back.