News release from Preserve Milton
Milton’s “Great Gatsby” era estate and mansion will be open on Sunday, October 21 from 2 to 5 PM for a reception, tour, and open house. Refreshments will be served.
Mrs. Holden McGinley’s 1925 mansion at 582 Blue Hill Ave. was designed by Bigelow and Wadsworth, the ‘Gilded Age’ architect for the wealthy in Bar Harbor, the Hamptons, Manchester by the Sea, and Newport.
News release from Citizens for Milton Community Preservation
A broad-based group of Milton residents, including Republicans, Democrats and Independents, have come together as Citizens for Milton Community Preservation to support a YES on 4 vote on Question 4 this November 6th. John Cronin, retired town administrator, and Katie Conlon, former warrant committee chair, are co-chairing the effort.
At their meeting last Thursday the Board of Selectmen heard about the town of Easton’s experience with the Community Preservation Act (CPA) from the Chair of their Board of Selectmen, Colleen Corona. Ms. Corona was attending at the invitation of Selectman Keohane. Corona stated that the CPA had been beneficial to Easton and that the act had provided the town with ~$5 million to fund a variety of projects and enabled them to “control their community’s destiny.”
The old granite rectory building owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston (RACB) that sits on the corner of Randolph and Reedsdale could be torn down in the coming weeks. The RACB has requested and been granted a demolition order.
News release from Milton Republican Town Committee
Three-part cable series review revenue, expenses and the CPA
In a three-part series to be aired on Milton Access Cable TV, members and guests of the Milton Republican Town Committee (MRTC) analyze the Town budget and address the prudence of implementing the Community Preservation Act (CPA), which will be coming to a vote in November.
There has been some debate about the state’s committment to the Community Preservation Act. It appears that the legislature if committed to the act. The House recently unanimously passed legislation to expand funding.
from the State House News Service
The House on Monday night approved a significant overhaul of the state’s Community Preservation Act, voting unanimously for an amendment to the state budget that could double the funding available to cities and towns in what supporters hailed as a vote for local aid and jobs. (Read the full story here.)
The following was submitted by Representative Linda Dorcena Forry.
Tonight marks an important moment for the future of the Community Preservation Act, a program launched in 2000 allowing communities across the Commonwealth to reinvest tax dollars into critical local redevelopment projects on historical landmarks, open space and affordable housing.
Annual Town Meeting will convene on monday, May 7th in a historic locale. Brian Walsh, Town Moderator, will open the session at the First Parish Church on Canton Ave. The church had once been the meeting place for Milton’s annual town legislative session and is being held there in honor of Milton’s 350th anniversary.
According to the sample ballot posted on the Town Clerk’s web site there are 259 town meeting candidates running for 279 open town meeting seats. With that many candidates it is not surprising that there might be a snafu. And there appears there might be one in Precinct 2.
Selectman Tom Hurley, lead proponent for an article to requesting Milton adopt the Community Preservation Act, appeared before the Warrant Committee recently to advocate they recommend it to Town Meeting. He was joined by former Town Administrator John Cronin.