On Saturday, April 11th, 2015 International Master David Vigorito will serve as tournament director for the 4th annual “Chess-a-Palooza!” – a fun and friendly scholastic chess tournament open to all Milton school students. Players of all abilities are welcome. The tournament will be limited to the first 50 entrants.
AARP discussion at Fuller Village
The Fuller Village Caring Committee invites the community to AARP 2015 with Sandy Albright, AARP Massachusetts State President on Wednesday, March 18th at 2:00pm in the Function Room at 1372 Brush Hill Rd., Milton.
Join Sandy Albright, a longtime Human Services advocate who recently assumed the top volunteer post for the Bay State chapter of AARP, to learn about fraud alerts as well as other important AARP initiatives, including the upcoming White House Conference on Aging.
Town Hall Notice: Nomination papers due today
Nomination Papers for the upcoming Town Election are due today, March 10, 2015 by 5:00 PM.
For updated nomination information, please visit the Town Clerk page on our website.
http://www.townofmilton.org/Public_Documents/MiltonMA_Clerk/clerk
LeeMichael McLean Announces School Committee Bid
The following was submitted by the candidate.
LeeMichael McLean, a current Warrant Committee member and Precinct 10 Town Meeting member, is running for one of two open School Committee seats. Motivated by his passion for education and desire to give back to his community, LeeMichael hopes to contribute his strong business acumen and his creative energy to keep Milton Public Schools moving forward.
Milton Reads Catches Community Attention!
by Annie Davis
In its first week, the 2015 Milton Reads program has already resulted in tremendous popular response. This year’s selection is The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown. A best-selling story of teamwork, fortitude, and history, the book is one of the library’s most popular books ever.
Area churches financially impacted by snowstorms
from The Boston Globe
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Snowbanks have prevented St. Agatha’s Parish in Milton from placing its usual schedule of Masses and bingo under its church sign. – JEAN LANG FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
As it began to flurry again on a recent Sunday, the white flakes coating the cars in the parking lot surrounded by hills of snow, bingo players set up their cards and bright-colored daubers inside the cafeteria at St. Catherine of Siena School in Norwood. (Read the full story here.)
GIRLS HOCKEY: Wellesley eliminates Milton in quarterfinals
from Wicked Local Milton
Up against a Milton team that dealt them their only regular season loss as well as one of the few ties, the third-seeded Wellesley girls hockey team (18-1-3) used a four-goal performance from junior Kiely Noonan to rout No. 6 Milton, 7-1, in a Division 2 quarterfinal at Gallo Ice Arena. (Read the full story here.)
Obit: Ruth A. Donovan
DONOVAN, Ruth A. (Buckley) Age 90, of Milton, March 6. Beloved wife of the late James F. Jr. Devoted mother of Joanne M. Walker and her husband Michael of Clover, SC, Barbara A. McCone and her husband Thomas of Hanover and James F. Donovan and his wife Cheryl of Hinckley, OH.
Goodbye to all that
photo by Frank Schroth
Note – any resemblance to a well loved children’s book is purely intentional.
by Frank Schroth
Goodbye to All That
In the great outdoors
There was a ton of snow
And streets full of ice
And a parade of
snow plows at quite a price
The Cahill Report for 3/6/15 – a weekly update on the Milton real estate market
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Cahill Report, a weekly update on Milton real estate activity produced in partnership with Laura Cahill.
Following are a list of open houses this week end and recent real estate transactions.
Privatized rinks freezing out the public
from The Boston Globe
In Milton, skaters take a back seat to the needs of Curry College.
Families loved the Max Ulin Ice Rink, a place where they could skate for free, get rental skates for growing feet, and buy a cup of hot chocolate at the snack bar while the Zamboni machine polished the ice. Back in 2009, when the state still ran the rink, records show that managers opened the doors for 40 hours of public skating during December school vacation. (Read the full story here.)