Every spring, the Milton Foundation for Education accepts nominations to honor educators in the Milton Public Schools. Awards are given at a ceremony attended by family, friends, students and colleagues to celebrate this special acknowledgement. On Friday, April 29th, members of the MFE board, along with Milton Public School administrators and parents, visited the classrooms of the winning teachers to surprise them with the news. And the teachers are . . .
Town Mtg – 05.03.11: Blue Hill Regional Tech budget questioned
Town Meeting ended last night with all but one remaining articles (16 – 43) passing. Most passed by unanimous vote. One was defeated and another was strongly contested. Article 27 which sought funding for the Blue Hills Regional Technical School generated the most debate. The Warrant Committee recommended that $799, 513 be appropriated. This represented an increase of $164,608 over FY11 (or 25.93%). A fair number of Town Meeting members were disturbed by the number. They were especially concerned over the lack of detail to support it.
Milton Firefighter to compete on “Masterchef”
The Boston Herald reports today that Mike Donovan, a Milton firefighter, is one of eleven Massachusetts residents that will compete on the second season of FOX – TV’s “Masterchef” Good Luck Mike! The show premiers June 6th @ 8:00pm. Mike is one of 100 of the best amateur chefs to be competing on the program. You can find a list of MA entrants here.
No injuries as blaze damages townhouse
from Boston.com
A three-alarm fire sparked by a propane grill resulted in heavy damage to a townhouse yesterday, Deputy Chief Kevin Finerty of the Milton Fire Department said. Firefighters responded to the three-unit townhouse fire on Azalea Drive at about 6:30 p.m. (Read the full story here.)
Town Mtg – 05.02.11: Concern expressed over failure of unions to join GIC
At the first night of Town Meeting members passed articles 1 – 15 of the Town Warrant, most unanimously. However, one article met with resistance, not for its specific language and purpose, but for the acquiescence it represented regarding unions and their position regarding the GIC (Group Insurance Commission).
An idea: a State of the Town address
Commentary by Frank Schroth
Tonight Town Meeting will convene at the Winchester Auditorium at Milton High School. It is a major annual legislative event. All our elected representatives and town officials are there along with critical committees such as the Warrant Committee. The Warrant Committee is arguably the most important but there are many more as can be seen here. Those gathered will review the 2011 town warrant and vote on the articles it contains. Most of these relate to town department budgets. The Patriot Ledger has a good synopsis which can be found here.
So what’s missing?
State to promote Walk or Bike To School Day in Milton on May 4
from BikeMilton.org
MassDOT and the Safe Routes To School program are promoting ‘Walk/Wheel On Wednesdays,” or “WOW.” The program is designed to promote good health by encouraging parents and students to regularly walk or bike to school. A secondary benefit of the program is to reduce the traffic jams caused when hundreds of parents drive their children to and from school.
The police log: missing downspouts; harassing calls to principal
from Boston.com – Your Town Milton
The following are excerpts from arrest and incident logs provided by the Milton Police Department. All suspects are presumed to be not guilty until proven otherwise in a court of law.
On April 25 at 3:37 p.m., a caller reported vandalism to copper downspouts at the East Milton Library building on Edge Hill Road. An officer reported that multiple downspouts had been removed from the building, (Read the full story here.)
Letter: Hodlin thanks supporters
I want to THANK all those who helped me get elected to represent the citizens of Milton as Library Trustee. The outpouring of volunteers who held signs, wrote dear friend cards and provided financial support was humbling. I also want to thank my neighbors in Precinct 3 for re-electing me to Town Meeting.
Town launches redesign of web site
Whoa! The town has a redesigned web site. At first blush it appears to be much better organized and is certainly a lot more attractive.
Check it out for yourself at http://www.townofmilton.org.
Newly designed web site
Quincy court going live on the Web
from Boston.com
Today, an experiment uniting the Internet, citizen bloggers, and the public’s right to know with the judicial system will start in one of the state’s busiest courthouses, Quincy District Court. (Read the full story here.)
(Ed. note – Quincy court serves Milton. You can find the home page of this initiative, OpenCourt, here)