from The Patriot Ledger
With a couple exceptions, you will need a program to know the players on this winter’s Milton High boys basketball team. Last year’s Division 2 state champion graduated 13 of the 15 varsity players, and senior center Emanuel Hutcherson is the only returning starter.
The new-look Wildcats opened their 2009-10 season Friday night with a 54-44 victory over Bay State Conference rival Wellesley. (Read the full story here.)
from Wicked Local Milton
Police have identified a man shot in possible road rage incident Saturday night as Joseph Fasano, 30 of Quincy.
Fasano, a Milton firefighter, was set to undergo surgery late Sunday afternoon for the single gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Fasano was rushed to Boston Medical Center in critical condition Saturday night following an altercation that police believe may have been sparked by road rage. (Read the full story here.)
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A Senior Seminar Editorial by Emily Jo McKnight, MHS 2010
After reading Jenee Desmond-Harris’ article “Why Michelle’s Hair matters,” It’s safe to say that Americans spend a little too much time focused on hair. Not that hair isn’t important or time consuming- especially for African American women, as Desmond-Harris points out- rather that Americans think too much about it and place too much significance in its ‘meaning’. From blogs and websites to stereotypes of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ hair, maybe it would do US citizens good to think less about Michelle Obama’s hair and more about her work and role as first lady.
Last night the 2009 Division 2 Championship Wildcat basketball team raised their banner before the start of the basketball season. Last year’s graduating seniors returned for the event.
Champions return
The banner unveiled
Sustainable Milton, a local non-profit organization devoted to promoting green lifestyles, has started a campaign to encourage folks to forsake buying and drinking bottled water in favor of a much cheaper, environmentally conscious and, frankly, common sense alternative – tap water.
Here are some facts regarding bottled water:
Holiday House Tour, December 13th, 1 -4 p.m. to benefit the Forbes House Museum, 215 Adams St., Milton. Advance Tickets: $18 museum members / $20 non-members. Day of Tour Tickets: $25 for all.
Fontbonne Jazz Choir
Don’t miss an 18 year tradition for the holidays with the Forbes House Museum’s 18th annual Holiday House Tour scheduled for Sunday, December 13th from 1 – 4 p.m. Generous home owners will graciously deck their halls to benefit the Museum. Each year since 1991 the FHM has selected outstanding homes and worked with home owners to showcase holiday décor and to celebrate the architectural diversity of private residences and buildings throughout the town and the 2009 tour is no exception. A delightful selection of private homes in diverse design and style will be decorated in their holiday finest for you to tour. Come to be inspired, come to be nostalgic, come to enjoy the Fontebonne Jazz Choir or the Dancing Deer goodies. What ever your motivation, just come out on the 13th of December to support the FHM and to be a part of the tradition!
from The Dorchester Reporter
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is expected to award a bid for a water pipe replacement and rehabilitation project spanning from Milton to Lower Mills at its Dec. 16 board meeting.
The cost of the project, which will include the replacement of 9,200 feet of water pipe from East Milton Square to Lower Mills, has been put at about $20 million with a 3-1/2-year completion schedule, said MWRA spokeswoman Ria Convery. Depending on the weather, work could begin as early as February, she said. (Read the full story here.)
from the Boston Globe
Bill White was already a seasoned veteran of local politics on Nov. 7, 1960, as the biggest night of his political life unfolded in the old Boston Garden. He first ran for Town Meeting in Milton at 21, and by his early 30s was known as a Democrat who could rally voters behind candidates and causes.
His job was running the stage at the Garden, where John F. Kennedy was giving a speech the night before he was elected president, and 20,000 people had shouldered into a building designed to accommodate 13,000. (Read the full story here.)
It was at the end of last night’s School Committee meeting that Bierne Lovely announced he would be retiring from the School Committee at the end of his current term. He expressed the need for new blood and hoped to see residents step up to run for the open seat in the spring.
That was one of two important statements Mr. Lovely made. The other was that the schools will face “very significant cuts in level of service.” given the current and projected financial health of the town. He was echoing a summation from Mary Kelly who is on the Finance subcommittee. She said that the situation could be “as dire this year as last year if not more.” And that “we are in very dire straights for FY11. [It is] not going to be a pleasant experience.”
These comments came at the end of a discussion of finances. At issue is the lack of a firm number. The Warrant Committee was looking for schools to cut approximately $440,000 in anticipation of 9C cuts. However, as member Glenn Pavlicek said, the Warrant Committee has been advised by Town Counsel not to create a budget based on a projected cut. “Choosing a number is not going to fly,” Pavlicek said.
The Patriot Ledger reports this morning that Coakley and Brown were their respective parties top vote getters down here on the south shore. on the Democratic ticket, Coakley received more than double the number of votes of her closest rival, Rep. Michael Capuano. On the Republican side, Scott Brown practically swept Jack E. Robinson which is surprising given Robinson is from Duxbury.
Milton had the highest voter turnout of all south shore towns, 34%, according to the Ledger. You can read the full story here.
Editorial from The Boston Globe
WHO KNEW that a Colonial act of generosity would someday divide an affluent suburb? In 1701, Governor William Stoughton willed a 34-acre parcel to the town of Milton for the benefit of the poor. Over the centuries, the land known as the Town Farm has been used for smallpox quarantines, transient housing, and an animal shelter. It also hosts three rental housing units whose modest proceeds help the poor. But the farm’s buildings are crumbling, its endowment is dwindling, and the town must decide what to do with the land, now surrounded by million-dollar homes. (Read the full editorial here.)