The following notice is courtesy of Alfred D. Thomas Funeral Home
Paris, Charles F., Jr., of Milton formerly of Dorchester, Nov. 19. Beloved husband of Claire A. (Donovan). Devoted father of Charles F. Paris, III (ret. Dep. M.P.D.) & his wife Martha of Braintree, Catherine Phillipson & her husband Michael of Quincy, Claire “Candy” Feeney & her husband Tom and Carole Kavey & her husband Bill all of Milton. Loving grandfather of Ashley Paris,
President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address 150 years ago today. Please click “Read more” for a video of citizens, including our current and past presidents, sports figures, entertainers and business people reading the address.
This morning’s sunrise at Turners Pond. We welcome your photos. Please email to frank@mytownmatters.com.
from Boston.com – Your Town Milton
Repairs on the horse paddocks at the Blue Hills Reservation have been completed, but more extensive work on the Broderick Stable is still a ways off. (Read the full story here.)
Don Moulton recently donated a Milton Spring Beverages sign to the Milton Historical Society. Don saw the sign on eBay and decided it should be returned to its home town and added to the Milton Historical Society’s collection of Milton Spring bottles.
from PatriotLedger.com
After nearly going under last year, the Brockton Rox baseball team is poised to start the 2014 season with a clean balance sheet thanks to the deep pockets of its new owner. (Read the full story here.)
Notice from the Department of Public Works
Due to heavy volume the yard waste collections are be hid. If your yard wasted was not collected on Monday it should be picked up today, Tuesday, 11/19.Tuesday collections should be completed bt the afternoon on Wednesday 11/20 – if not before. We appreciate your patience.
Do you live in Milton and have a baby, yet drive to JP, Isis or other locations to do baby activities and meet other new moms? Do you look wistfully at moms at the playground all chatting with their toddlers and wish you knew other moms with a baby like yours?
In observance of the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863, the Milton Historical Society will present a free program “Four Score and Seven: Remembering the Battle of Gettysburg through Maps” on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. The program will take place at 7 P.M. in the Keys Room of the Milton Public Library.
What were the best and worst movies for 2013? Find out if your choices jive with an expert! Boston Globe film critic, Ty Burr, will present The Films of 2013: The Good, The Bad, and the Really Terrible on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 7 p.m. in the Keys Community Room (lower level) of the Milton Library.
*** YARD WASTE COLLECTION NOTICE ***
Yard Waste will be collected this week 11/18-11/21.There is only one more yard waste collection this year 12/9 – 12/13