from Wicked Local Milton
As some family-run funeral homes search for an exit strategy from the business, Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Homes has grown in recent decades. (Read the full story here.)
First Snow @ Turner’s
Here is a gallery of images from the first snow fall we had this year. Some in my house would add, “. . . and thankfully only snow fall.” Be that as it may, we also have added a new gallery for viewing images. Always interested to hear your thoughts. Click “Read more” for gallery. Note the “FS” in lower right. Clicking on that will display images at full screen. lickig on “SL” will display impagesa as a slide show.
Milton High School – 3 week look ahead
from Milton High School
January 16 No School, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 16 MLK Jr. Celebration, 5:30 pm, Concord Baptist Church, 180 Blue Hill Ave
January 17 Drawing I exhibits at Mass Art through to January 31
Milton’s Alex Hassan a step closer to playing with Red Sox at Fenway Park
from The Patriot Ledger
There can be no more tantalizing goal for a local baseball player than to someday play at Fenway Park.
It looks like Milton’s Alex Hassan is going to experience the next best thing this season – performing at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket with the Red Sox’s Triple-A affiliate. (Read the full story here.)
Shooting Suspects held without bail; witnesses recount event
NECN reports that the suspects in the shooting event stemming from a possible road rage incident are being held without bail. There is a complementary story from a witness. Please click “Read more” for NECN video reports.
Milton Players to stage the Neil Simon classic – “The Odd Couple”
The Milton Players will staging Neil Simon’s classic comedy The Odd Couple, the 1965 Broadway hit, about a slob and a neat freak who set up housekeeping together after their wives leave them. The play went on to become a successful movie and a long-running television series as well as various other derivative entertainments.
Update – Notice from MPD re: Road rage incident
News release from the Milton Police Department
On Thursday evening, January 12th at approximately 9:00 p.m., Milton Police received several 911 calls reporting shots fired in the area of Union Avenue/Oak Street/Blue Hill Avenue. While some media outlets have stated that this incident was a result of a road rage incident, there is no evidence of that and the exact motivation for this shooting remains under investigation. A synopsis of what transpired follows.
Milton man shot at in local road incident, suspects apprehended
by Frank Schroth
Last night at 9:00 P.M. several 911 calls reported the sound of gun shots in the vicinity of Oak Street and Route 138. The shots fired apparently stemmed from a road rage incident on Brush Hill Road. No one was injured. By 2:00 A.M. three suspects were in custody. They will be arraigned this morning at Quincy District Court: two on murder charges and one for unlawful possession of a handgun.
Copeland Foundation donates $100,000 in support of library endowment
The Milton Library Foundation has announced that they are the most recent recipient of the gracious generosity of the Copeland Foundation. The donation of $100,000 will establish The Copeland Famly Foundation Endowment Fund. The interest from the fund will be applied to the purchases of books to enhance the collection.
Your Library Is Listening to You!
The Milton Public Library has launched customer feedback tools and wants to hear from you! Suggestion boxes have been placed near the self-check out desk and upstairs at the end of the shelf of public service announcements. You can also comment online at a newly launched blog. You can submit comments and feedback about the library here.
Picture for today: 01.12.12
There is no skating yet at Cunningham Park; but it is still a quiet setting for a nice walk. The photo is from Steve Nelson. Please click “Read more” for a larger version of this image.