The 8th annual Turkey Trot, a 5K fun run and walk, will be held on Thanksgiving morning at 8:00AM.
Paticipants will meet at Turners Pond and proceeds will benefit the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in the memory of Theresa Haley, a Milton resident who passed away at the age of 35 from cancer.
Come run, have fun, and support a good cause!
For more information call 617-696-8350.
from Wicked Local
Painted on some of the tiles were scenes from a favorite story, such as “The Little Engine That Could,” or from the Harry Potter series. Other tiles depicted favorite sports or activities. One showed a tropical beach scene.
And there was one with a portrait of President-elect Barack Obama.
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from Wicked Local
The warrant committee wants the four largest departments to hold back portions of their budgets in the event of a cut in state aid.
Warrant committee Chairman Thomas Hurley said the plan would allow the town to weather a 10 percent cut in state aid, which would cost the town nearly $1 million.
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from Patriot Ledger
A Milton man faces charges of assault after allegedly throwing a cup of coffee at a person.
Boston police officers were monitoring traffic near Union and North streets at about 4:25 p.m. Saturday when Robert Nagle, 35, walked into the crosswalk and his path was blocked by a car.
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from Boston Herald
A swimming pool in Milton has turned into a money pit for the Boy Scouts.
And now, just three years after the Egan Activity Center, which was named for EMC Corp. founder Richard Egan, opened its doors, the 22,000-square-foot Boy Scout headquarters is up for sale.
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The results from last week’s Monster Dash, sponsored by hte Milton Foundation for Education, have been posted online. You can view them here. Yours truly managed to cross the finish line for the second year running along with several hundred others. The Monster Dash is run in memory of a Tucker student who died in a tragic playground accident. The proceeds from the race help support science and environmental education in Milton. It is a great cause and a lot of fun. . . so start training for next year!
from The Milford Daily News
They’re known as special teams. In last night’s Bay State Conference showdown against Milton, Framingham got something special from those units that are often times taken for granted. (read the full story)
from Wicked Local
School committee members in Milton expect to be doing more subtraction than addition when it comes to developing the fiscal 2010 school budget.
“Everyone knows this is not a good budget year coming up,” school committee member Glenn Pavlicek said at Wednesday night’s meeting. (read the full story)
from Patriot Ledger
Wind turbines at the former town landfill could produce enough electricity to power all municipal and school buildings, selectmen were told Thursday night.
“We have a reasonably good site,” said Richard Kleiman of the town’s wind energy committee. (read full story
from The Daily News Tribune
In Friday night’s Bay State Conference football clash, host Milton’s Wing-Toffense was putting up the type of rushing numbers you’re more likely to see in Madden 2009. Newton North, on the other hand, seemed the victim of the Madden curse. (read full story)