Monday, May 21, 2012
In the 350th year since Milton was incorporated, Milton resident Paul Pasquerella looks back at the long history of Town Meeting.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
We have all been taught that the Puritans arrived in the New World to escape religious persecution in the old one. Specifically, English Puritans sought to free themselves from the official Church of England, established by Tudor King Henry VIII in the mid-16th Century and firmly embedded in the governance of Britain. Ironically, it did not take too long for the Puritans here to engage in some religious intolerance of their own, new churches and new towns founded throughout New England as the result of disagreements on how the Puritan dream of the City on the Hill should be realized. The early Puritans were led by men who understood fully the impact of the Protestant reformation and the freedom of the New World: if you didn’t like the way …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The fourth day of Annual Town Meeting is Monday, May 14.
The fourth, and likely final, night of Milton’s Annual Town Meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 14. The meeting, which will be held in the Milton High School auditorium, will begin at 7:30 p.m. After a late Day Three last Thursday, Town Meeting will vote on the final six Warrant Articles tonight. Town Meeting will begin with Article 36, which the Warrant Committee recommends the town appropriate $25,000 for the purposes of updating the Town’s Master Plan. Article 37 will ask Town Meeting to amend Milton’s Flood Plain District Regulations in the Zoning Bylaws. The next article, which seeks to amend a portion of the Zoning Bylaws pertaining to historical structures, will be the next item of business. The Warrant Committee has recommended …
Friday, May 11, 2012
A review of the third day of Annual Town Meeting.
Milton Town Meeting approved 16 articles on Thursday, May 10. The third day of Annual Town Meeting was held at Milton High School. The next session will be held at Milton High at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 14. Below are the recommendations of the Warrant Committee and an explanation of how Town Meeting voted. ARTICLE 19- the Warrant Committee recommends that the sum of $500,000 be appropriated for the purpose of financing the rehabilitation, replacement, or enhancement of the Town’s surface drain system, including costs incidental and related thereto; that to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, is authorized to borrow $500,000 under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 7(1) and 8(15) of the …
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A review of the second day of Milton Annual Town Meeting.
Milton Town Meeting approved 13 articles on Tuesday, May 8. The second day of Annual Town Meeting was held at Milton High School. The next session will be held at Milton High at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 10. Below are the recommendations of the Warrant Committee and an explanation of how Town Meeting voted. ARTICLE 6- The Warrant Committee recommends that the town appropriate the sum of $267,833 and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $243,848 be raised from the tax levy. Included in this appropriation are the sums of $11,440 representing expenses attributable to the Sewer Enterprise and $12,545 for expenses attributable to the Water Enterprise, which are to be included in Schedule A, “Local Receipts Not Allocated”, of the Tax …
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On an historic opening night of Town Meeting, Milton's longest-serving Town Meeting member, M. Joseph Manning, was recognized.
The name M. Joseph Manning is well-known to many across the Commonwealth and specifically right here in Milton. With a long political career, esteemed service to the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II and even a park in his name in East Milton Square, Joe Manning is a true Milton icon. On the opening night of Town Meeting, May 7, 2012, exactly 350 years to the day of Milton’s first Town Meeting, Manning was honored. This year not only marks a milestone for the town, but one for Manning’s tenure as a Town Meeting member. He has been part of Milton Town Meeting for 65 years, the longest term of any current Town Meeting members. As part of the historical recognitions on Monday, Moderator Brian Walsh as well as State Rep. Walter F. Timily and …
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Town Meeting accepted six articles on Monday, May 7, during the opening session of Annual Town Meeting.
At the first night of Milton Annual Town Meeting at First Parish Church six articles were passed. The first five articles of the 2012 Warrant were approved with out discussion. Article 6, which pertains to funding for collective bargaining was continued to Tuesday night because Moderator Brian Walsh anticipated a lengthy discussion and the need for a PowerPoint presentation, a technology option not available at the church. Article 7, which the Warrant Committee recommended to appropriate the sum of $1,855,060 to fund capital improvements in town, spurred the longest conversation on Monday and was ultimately accepted with two friendly amendments. The first friendly amendment to the article, which features an itemized list of improvements …
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Monday, May 7, 2012
The opening night of Town Meeting on Monday will travel back in time with several items relating to the town's 350th anniversary.
Annual Town Meeting is an event that marks the month of May every year in Milton. The opening session of the 2012 meeting will flash back to the town’s beginnings, 350 years ago. The first connection to the past at the Monday, May 7, meeting will be the location. The meeting will be held in the town’s fourth meeting house, First Parish Church. The meeting returns to First Parish after 177 years, according to Lynda-Lee Sheridan, chair of the 350th Anniversary Committee. “At 7:15 p.m., as was the tradition years ago, houses of worship throughout town, will toll their bells to call the members to the meeting and a bagpiper will greet Town Meeting Members as they arrive,” said Sheridan. To begin Town Meeting at 7:30 p.m. there will be a …
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