Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The concert will benefit Hurricane Sandy victims, via the Robin Hood Foundation.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Some of the biggest names in music take the stage at Madison Square Garden for the live 12-12-12 concert for Sandy relief. While thousands of people fill the arena, billions are watching live on a variety of screens worldwide. The concert is streaming live on television networks, movie theater screens and on the Internet, including right here on Patch. The pre-event coverage begins at 4:00 p.m. EST and the concert is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m. The all-star lineup includes Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Dave Grohl, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Chris Martin, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Eddie Vedder, Roger Waters, Kanye West, The Who, and Paul McCartney, with other artists to be announced. Every penny sold from ticket sales will go …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Some of the biggest names in music will play at a benefit concert on Wednesday. All proceeds will go to Hurricane Sandy victims, via the Robin Hood Foundation.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Huge names in music are lending their talents to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts at the “12-12-12” concert on Wednesday, Dec. 12. Every penny sold from ticket sales will go directly to Sandy victims through the Robin Hood Relief Fund, which provides material, money and aid to local organizations that are serving families and individuals in the regions hardest hit by the storm, including over 200 Patch towns in New Jersey, Connecticut and Long Island. The all-star lineup includes Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Dave Grohl, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Chris Martin, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Eddie Vedder, Roger Waters, Kanye West, The Who and Paul McCartney, with other artists to be announced. According to the 12-12-12 concert’s website, “…
Thursday, December 6, 2012
A group of Boston Minuteman Council Scouts, including Milton residents, chopped wood and delivered supplies to the New Jersey shore last weekend.
A group of over 75 Boston Minuteman Council Scouts, including three people from Milton, departed from the Camp Sayre in the Blue Hills on Friday, November 30, for a relief mission to New Jersey. The group brought a box truck filled with construction and cleaning supplies to Tuckerton, New Jersey. They helped clear debris and chop wood at Citti Scout Reservation, which was badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The Milton residents who made the trip are Dr. Dan Melville, an adult volunteer for Milton Troop 3, Blair Bowden from Troop 5 in Milton, and Artie Melville, a Scout from Milton Troop 3 who is college junior. While in New Jersey, the volunteers chopped more than 12 cords of wood and delivered supplies to residents in Tuckerton.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The lead photo in the gallery is not the winner. Click through to see the winning photo.
We have a winner! Thank you to all of our readers who submitted photos of Hurricane Sandy. Thanks to you, we were able to see the hurricane through the eyes of our readers, a very personal and intimate portrait of how the storm affected coastal New England! Martha Loeb had the winning photo, #58, of Nantasket Beach. Congratulations to Martha! This is part of Patch’s Fall Picture of the Week series, where we’re asking you for your best pictures on a certain topic each week. We’ve added a little incentive. The winning submission will get a $75 gift card, plus bragging rights. For more information about the rules, please see the rules document attached to the article. If you have any questions, please email margaret.carroll-bergman@patch.com.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Our employees are helping out, and you can, too
It has been said it's far better to have a neighbor who's near, than a brother who's far away, but in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Americans across the nation have proven to be the best neighbors and the strongest of families. This past weekend, AOL and Patch employees took an opportunity to pitch in, packing two tractor trailers worth of food, water and supplies in Dulles, VA, and Baltimore. The donations are headed to Hurricane Sandy-ravaged areas in New Jersey and Long Island. Want to join the relief efforts? Click here to donate: https://donate.networkforgood.org/aol. "When a catastrophe of this size hits, we all feel it, both the hundreds of us who live in the impacted towns, and our colleagues who are watching and wishing they could…
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Vote for your favorite photo of Hurricane Sandy submitted by out readers. Winner gets $75 gift certificate.
Thank you to all the readers who submitted photos of Hurricane Sandy. We have entries from Martha's Vineyard, Falmouth, Barnstable, Plymouth and the South Shore, giving Patch readers a look into how the storm affected your communites through your own eyes. Now to the voting! All the pictures are numbered in the caption area. Please vote by giving the photo number in the comments below. Voting starts at 4 am Saturday, Nov. 3, and will end at 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 5. So, be sure to cast your vote. One vote per person, please. The winner will be announced before 12pm on Monday. This is part of Patch’s Fall Picture of the Week series, where we’re asking you for your best pictures on a certain topic each week. We’ve added a little incentive. The…
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Check out photos from Patch sites from New Jersey to New Hampshire.
Portions of the Northeast are still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast earlier this week. Patch sites up and down the coast reported the unfolding story and aftermath. Local editors and Patch users uploaded photos of the destruction. Here are just some of the Hurricane Sandy photos that ran on Patch sites from New Jersey to New Hampshire this week. Flip through to see how Sandy affected the Northeast.
Upload a photo of the storm, either preparing for it, riding it out or the aftermath. You could win a $75 Barnes and Noble eGift card.
Hurricane Sandy is here in coastal Massachusetts. Whether you live on the South Shore, Cape Cod or Martha's Vineyard, you will feel Sandy's punch. We don't want you to take any risks. Yet if you have photos of your town preparing for the storm; or a picture of the view from your front or back door, or second floor window, without leaving the house during the storm, mind you; or photos of the aftermath of the storm, upload them for a chance to win. Photos of you riding out the storm with your family and friends also fit this week's category. Cribbage, anyone? Please put your town and what your are photographing in the caption and your name in the photo credit. There are eight towns participating in this week's contest. This is part of …
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
This is an excerpt from the Milton Police Log on Monday, October 29.
The following information was provided by the Milton Police Department relating to Monday’s hurricane. No injuries were reported during the storm.
There were no storm-related injuries on Monday.
Following a busy day for emergency officials, the Milton Police Department posted the latest news and a word of thanks on its Facebook page. As of 9 p.m. Monday, October 29, no Hurricane Sandy-related injuries were reported in Milton and all local roads were open. The statement thanked local government officials, MEMA staff and Milton Emergency Management volunteers. Milton residents who followed the department’s recommendation to stay off the roads also helped in the efforts, Monday. “Residents heeded the advice to stay home which allowed response by MPD to be swift and effective,” the statement said.
Sandra Melville
11:14 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Artie is now an assistant Scoutmaster from Troop Three. Scouts brought everything from the usual things you hear of, water and non-perishable foods, to dog food and school supplies and delivered them Tuckerton, NJ. There they participated in the "Bucket Brigade," delivering buckets of cleaning supplies to those homes that had been severely damaged by Sandy. This was our Scouts' good turn. They … more ›