Mtg notes: Selectmen 11.12.14 – Injunction sought against FAA; MPEG contract approved; funding approved for Hendries demo

by Frank Schroth

The Board of Selectmen heard from the Airplane Noise Advisory Committee at their meeting on November 12th. The committee, co-chaired by Roxanne Musto and Denis Keohane, is unanimously recommending that the town file an injunction to slow down the effort by the FAA to implement the 4L RNAV at Logan. Ms. Musto described a RNAV as a “highways in the sky, a concentrated flight path” and the committee is seriously concerned about the health effects such additional traffic over town would create.

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Photo for the day 11.16.14

Those leaves may turn to snow before long. Thanks to Tom Palmer for the shot taken at Milton Landing. We welcome your photos of places and people in Milton. You can emailt them to frank@mytownmatters.com.

photo by Tom Palmer

photo by Tom Palmer

First Parish in Milton hosts Handcrafting Justice Crafts Sale

Please join us at First Parish in Milton Unitarian Universalist for our annual Handcrafting Justice Fair Trade Handcraft Sale on Saturday, December 6th from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and on Sunday, December 7th from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. Craftspersons from Africa, Asia, and Latin America have created a wide array of clothing, bags and purses, toys, and home décor

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Additional State Road Funding Coming for Milton

News from office of Senator Brian A. Joyce

Milton will soon receive an additional $311,029 in Chapter 90 state road and bridge funding. Some $300 million was authorized in the state Transportation Bond Bill, but only $200 million of that has been released to date, according to Senator Brian A. Joyce, Senate chair of the Bonding Committee.

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A Milton 4BDRM costs somewhere between ouch and boing

Wicked Local reports that, according to a Coldwell Banker study of the nation’s most expensive places for buyers looking for a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home, 5 south shore communities place in the top 100. Cohasset is ranked 18th. Milton is 99th. You can find the article here. Click “Read more” for more info on “ouch and boing.”

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Oaxacan woodcarvers visit Tucker School

20141106-12-59-38-LLast Thursday (11/6),  Ventura and Norberto Fabian, woodcarvers in Oaxaca, Mexico, visited the Tucker School for a full day of presentations about the art and craft of Oaxacan woodcarving. They are part of the Visiting Mexican Artists Program, a cultural arts education program, that shares and celebrates aspects of Mexican folk art and culture through presentations.

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