The first meeting for East Milton Neighborhood Association will take place at 7pm on Wednesday Feb 4 2015 at the Milton Art Center. Hope to see many East Milton residents there. Bring along your ideas, energy, and leadership skills! For more information please contact Cindy Christiansen at cLcMilton@gmail.com or 617 322 9323
Alleged robber of Milton bank indicted
from Wicked Local Milton
A Chelsea man has been indicted in connection with a Milton bank robbery in which he allegedly stole $80. (Read the full story here.)
CANCELLED – MHS Girls & Boys Basketball Can & Bottle Drive
The MHS Boosters can & bottle drive on Saturday, February 7th to benefit athletic team fundraising HAS BEEN CANCELLED. The girls and boys basketball teams will run the ‘Cans for Cats’ drive from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Milton high school. The team will be at the front entrance of the High school, 25 Gile Road, to collect your 5 cent cans and bottles to redeem them for cash. Please stop by and support your Wildcats.
Average property tax bill for single-family homes in Milton = $7880
The Boston Business Journal has an online tool for researching 2015 tax rates for communities in the Commonwealth. Milton’s average property tax bill is $7880. According to the data (from Dept of Revenue) this represents a 1.8% average increase over 2014 and a 67.2% increase since 2003.
Week’s second big storm lives up to the hype on the South Shore
from Wicked Local Milton
Six days after one of the worst blizzards in the history of southeastern Massachusetts, the South Shore has had 6-12 inches of snow on Monday.
Now get ready for the big chill. (Read the full story here.)
Photo for the day 02.03.15
Look familiar? Thanks Daryl. We welcome your photos. You can email them to frank@mytownmatters.com.
photo by Daryl Warner
Milton’s Jenny Slate gets Virtuosos Award
from The Boston Globe
Milton’s own Jenny Slate (right), star of the film “Obvious Child,” was honored with a Virtuosos Award at the 30th Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California on Sunday. (Read the full story here.)
Library will delay opening today 2/3; BoS mtg cancelled
The Milton Public Library will have a delayed opening today, Tuesday 2/3. They will open at 1:00PM.
According to Meeting Calendar the Board of Selectmen have cancelled their meeting for tonight.
Snow piling up in southeastern Massachusetts
from Wicked Local Milton
Six days after one of the worst blizzards in the history of southeastern Massachusetts, the National Weather Service predicts 6-10 inches of snow for Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol counties on Monday.
Snow was falling heavily by the morning rush hour. (Read the full story here.)
Photo for the day 02.02.15
The Hoosic in winter. We welcome your photos. You can email them to frank@mytownmatters.com.
photo by Frank Schroth
An error in judgment; a change in policy
by Frank Schroth
In the past month the Boston Globe has published two stories about Milton politicians, one about Governor Patrick and another about Sentor Joyce. Consistent with our policy of “all things Milton,” we linked to those articles. That was an error in judgment.