And now for something completely different. Last night’s town meeting saw it’s share of sidebars. Here town officials huddle to craft revised language for an article. Photo courtesy of Brian Kelley with editorial commentary by Izzie Phoreal.
Now *That* was a monster of a MONSTER DASH! and the winner is. . .
by Frank Schroth
Mario directing traffic . . . kind of.
This afternoon’s running of the Milton Monster Dash set records for runners, attendance, and fun! Organizers report that over 850 people registered for the race – close to double last year’s number. And the winners were — for the men it was Timothy Murphy of Milton with a time of 18:23 and for the women Alicia Fannon with a time of 19:27 (and second place overall!).
Article 11 & our problem with planning
Commentary by Frank Schroth
Tonight, Town Meeting will take up an article proposing a zoning bylaw for planned unit townhouse development. It relates to a proposed development at the site of the St. Pius Rectory and Town Meeting Members have been lobbied by Northland Residential Corp. to support the article. There is likely to be a presentation at tonight’s session for this particular development. And that is the issue: it is zoning that has been drafted in concert with the developer’s attorney to enable a specific development on a particular property.
Photo for the day 10.27.14
Bald eagle sited in Milton! Last week Ed Duffy mentioned to me that a birder had seen a bald eagle down at Milton Landing. It was perched near the Neponset. Today this photo came in from an alert Matthew Sullivan. Keep your eyes peeled.
photo by Mathew Sullivan
Quote for the day 10.27.14
“We believe the proposed committee will enliven the Plan and through constant involvement prevent its slow death on a dusty shelf.”
– Warrant Committee Comment on Article 13 of 2014 Town Warrant regarding the formation of an implementation committee for the Master Plan
Correction: MHS ranking
Earlier this morning we reported on high school rankings in Newsweek. As several readers pointed out, we incorrectly stated that Milton High ranked 320 — it was Milton High School in Alpharetta, GA that made the list not Milton, MA. We apologize for the error and the confusion it caused. You can view the list here.
Milton going Independent
by Frank Schroth
An article in today’s Boston Globe reports that Boston suburbs are seeing a significant rise in unenrolled or independent voters. 156 out of 158 communities north, west, and south of Boston have seen an increase in registered independents since 2006. The only communities that did not have an increase are Brookline and Marblehead. Milton ranks among the top 20 with an increase of 22.36%
The Cahill Report for 10/24/14 – a weekly update on the Milton real estate market
Update 10/26/14 @ 3:48 – post now includes most recently reported home sales information.
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Cahill Report, a weekly update on Milton real estate activity produced in partnership with Laura Cahill.
Following are a list of open houses this week end and recent real estate transactions.
Photo for the day 10.05.14
Here is a shot of the Milton High JV volleyball after a dramatic third game win over Wellesley. Jimmy Coyne worked on the photo to highlight the cause they were playing in support of.
The girls were playing to benefit Side-Out “DIG PINK” Breast Cancer awareness. Good cause and good result.
photo by Jimmy Coyne
Reminder:The 16th Annual Monster Dash is tomorrow!
How much fun is it to run around in a Halloween costume? LOTS! and you can at the upcoming Milton Foundation for Education’s 16th Annual MONSTER DASH 5k Road Race and Kids Fun Run taking place on Sunday, October 26 at Cunningham Park.
All proceeds from the event to support science enrichment in Milton’s four elementary schools through the Sam Cichello Memorial Fund.
Sen. Joyce and Unquity House Hosting Program on Nov. Ballot Initiatives for Milton Residents
State Senator Brian A. Joyce is inviting Milton residents to come to a forum on the four ballot initiative questions appearing on the November ballot on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. at Unquity House, 30 Curtis Road in Milton.