Submtted by The Friends of the Blue Hills
As New Year approaches, many of us mull over how we can make next year better for ourselves, our families and our communities. Maybe part of acting differently next year involves thinking differently about each other and the world around us. Let us know if you find food for thought in this excerpt from Professor Jonathan Twining’s address entitled “I See You: Opening Our Eyes to the Biodiversity of the Blue Hills.”
Milton’s Elva Proctor is among several people featured in a brief piece in the Patriot Ledger. They are all in their nineties and all speak with simple candor and ample wisdom. Ms. Proctor who said, “If you are a good person, that is religion enough for me. If you’ve helped somebody along the way, that’s eternal life.” (Read the full story here.)
Local sports photgrapher Roy Chmabers has psotd some videos on YouTube. He recently captured somehockey action featuring Brian Higgins of the Wildcats in a game against Norwood. Milton would fall to Norwood 3-2. You can view the video here.
from Boston.com
Curry College football coach Skip Bandini of Waltham will receive the 2012 Ron Burton Distinguished American Award from the Jack Grinold/EasternMassachusetts chapter of the National Football Foundation. (Read the full story here.)
from Boston.com – Your Town Dorchester
The state has failed to land a federal grant to finish the Neponset River Corridor, and now planners are looking for alternative sources of money to complete the path that would stretch from the Boston Harbor to the Blue Hills Reservation. (Read the full story here.)
Addictional Coverage from the Dorchester News can be found here. The DCR project page for this initiative can be found here.
WHAT: The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is urging motorists to avoid Morrissey Boulevard between Freeport Street and Mt. Vernon Street (UMass/Boston) around the high tides this weekend through Monday, December 26. DCR will be setting up detours as the high tides often create flooding along the roadway.
WHEN: Saturday, 12/23 through Monday, 12/26
from Boston.com
Here are some incidents reported to Milton Police during the past week and over the weekend. A full list is available at police headquarters, 40 Highland St.
On Saturday, Dec. 17 at 6:24 p.m., a resident on Armor Road reported that her son had found a knife wrapped in a red rag nearby. Police took a report and brought the knife back to the station. (Read the full story here.)
from Boston.com – Your Town Milton
By this time of year, skiers and snowboarders usually are hitting the slopes of the Blue Hills Ski Area in Milton. But for the first time in three years, Blue Hills hasn’t opened before Christmas. (Read the full story here.)
from The Patriot Ledger
It was a game in which scoring came hard. Checks were finished, saves were made, penalties were killed, passes were turned aside, and each inch of ice was bitterly contested. (Read the full story here.)
by Frank Schroth
At the 12/21 Board of Selectmen’s meeting, Linda Palmer, President of the Milton Animal League shared with the board a letter she had received from Cody & Cody, the law firm retained by the Copeland Family Foundation. Christmas came a little early to the league in the form of a grant from the foundation of $1,000,000 to fund the building of a new shelter on the Governor Stoughton land.