from The Boston Globe
Once a two-family, this square Colonial in a quiet family neighborhood was stripped to the studs and reinvented as a four-bedroom single-family with blonde oak floors warmed by natural light in every room. (Read the full story here. Online subscription required))
Commentary by Frank Schroth
The election results provided a reminder that this is still Massachusetts. Had Capuano beaten Coakley, Brown may never have happened. Senator Brown, a good, strong, moderate Republican was a deviation in the natural political course of events. The course has corrected itself. As the headline in today’s Globe stated. “Hard Mass. race ends in victory for liberalism.” And so the liberal Kennedy legacy endures. Massachusetts likes its Republicans as Governors not Senators. Massachusetts may see more of Scott Brown . . . in a different seat. But enough of that. Let’s look at the CPA.
Notice from the Milton Police Department
Good morning…yesterday morning, an attempted housebreak took place on Oak St., and a break-in did occur on the 150 block of Eliot St., entry made by a rear kitchen window. MPD has already brought charges on two Boston men from the break on Cliff Rd. Monday and have recovered the jewelry taken in that crime.
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.
Despite urging by the public present at the meeting and the expectation of the developer’s attorney, the Planning Board resisted taking a vote on the granting of a bonus to Connelly Construction, developer of the Hendries site at 131 Eliot Street. The attorney, William McDermott, was hopeful the bonus would be granted; the residents in attendance recommended it be denied. Neither got their wish.
There are a number of important issues that will be deliberated this week at various board and committee meetings. On Wednesday the School Committee will receive a presentation of metrics related to the French Immersion and English programs. In recent years French Immersion has seen an increase in popularity with over 60% of families opting to enter their 1st graders in French Immersion.
from Boston.com
It’s been more than a year since developer Steve Connelly took down the 200-year-old oak tree in front of the long-vacant Hendrie’s ice cream factory on Eliot Street, saying it was too decayed to survive construction on the site. (Read the full story here.)
by Frank Schroth
At the last meeting of the Planning Board a new chairman was selected and the board held hearings on Hendries and the Milton Hill House expansion. The new chair is Alex Whiteside, Hendries may be inching forward, and the new Hill House development needs work.
by Frank Schroth
The Planning Board will have a full plate when they meet tomorrow evening. Two key hearings are on the agenda: one for expansion of the Milton Hill House and the other will resume discussion of the Hendries building.
From: Columbine Cliff Neighborhood Association
To: Emily Innes, Chair, Milton Planning Board with cc: to Edward Duffy, Michael Kelly, Bernard Lynch, Alexander Whiteside, William Clark; Steven Connelly
The Columbine Cliff Neighborhood Association (CCNA) is a non-profit neighborhood association dedicated to promoting, protecting and maintaining the CCNA area and the Town of Milton. The Association represents the approximately 900 households within our neighborhood boundaries including the Neponset River, Central Avenue, Brook Road, and Blue Hills Parkway.