from Wicked Local Milton
Repairs to the roof of the town’s animal shelter on Governor Stoughton Lane have been completed. (Read the full story here.)
Award winning writer, Joan Leegant, to speak at Temple Shalom
Temple Shalom Speaker series to feature author Joan Leegant, author of the novel Wherever You Go, published in July 2010, and a collection of stories called An Hour in Paradise. This collection won the Penn/New England Book Award, the Wallant Award for Jewish Fiction, and was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award.
InSync offering arts classes for the holidays
In Sync Center of the Arts is gearing up for a festive season of creative arts education! Fantastic art teachers will be conducting classes to inspire creative minds and create wonderful holiday keepsakes and gifts in a number of workshops throughout this holiday season.
Police: Teen found mutilated in Milton, Mass. may have fallen from airplane
Milton Hospital wins award; recognized for High Patient Satisfaction in Emergency Care
Milton Hospital, a clinical affiliate of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center providing community-based health care, announced that Press Ganey Associates, Inc. has named it a 2010 Top Improver Award Winner.
State ponders installing pond in Blue Hills
from Wicked Local Milton
The Department of Conservation and Recreation laid out its plans to build a pond at one of four possible sites in the Blue Hills Reservation on Monday night. The project would fulfill a 10-year-old permit obligation to replace wetlands lost when the Quincy Quarries were drained of water and plugged with landfill in 2000. (Read the full story here.)
Mass. authorities confirm that body found is suburban Boston is missing NC teen
The Beat Goes On! Past medalists reunite to perform in celebration of the Young Musicians Festival
A dozen young musicians from around the country will return to Milton from their academic and professional lives to perform a hometown concert in celebration of the Milton Young Musicians Festival, which turns 25 in 2011. The featured performers are alumni of the festival who have gone on to work professionally in music.
A movie to look forward to (maybe)
And now or something completey different. This looks like it will be a fun film for kids but also of interest given the nearby locale. It looks like things have changed at the Franklin Park Zoo since the last time I was there . . .
Milton Garden Club to host holiday Greens Sale
The Milton Garden Club is hosting its annual
Greens Sale
Featured are: Decorated fresh evergreen wreaths, rose hip wreaths, holiday arrrangements, table top trees, and gift items.
Proceeds help benefit town beautification projects.
WHEN: Saturday, December 4th from 9:00-11:00am
WHERE: Cunningham Hall / 75 Edge Hill Road / Milton, MA
MVAA conducts survey to gauge public support of elementary arts education
A recently formed group of Milton school parents, the Milton Visual Arts Alliance, conducted a survey recently to gauge parents knowledge of the state of arts instruction in the school and their support for visual arts as an important and fundamental part of the curriclum.