BOSTON, OCT. 16, 2021 — Building on the Baker-Polito Administration’s commitment to providing residents and visitors with a first-rate state parks system, Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Commissioner Jim Montgomery today joined with Mass Audubon and local officials at a ribbon cutting ceremony in the Town of Milton to celebrate the completion of the Blue Hills Trailside Museum and Otter Exhibit improvement project within the Blue Hills State Reservation. The p

By Elaine Cushman Carroll, Milton Times staff MILTON, OCT. 14, 2021 -- As state experts continue to disagree about whether the COVID-19 Delta variant is about to surge out of control or has hit a plateau, state Rep. Bill Driscoll Jr. said the Joint Committee on COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Management, which he co-chairs, is pushing ahead. This oversight committee’s leadership is keeping in close contact with the Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Baker administr

MILTON, OCT. 10, 2021 – At least one of the 1940s-era trolleys that roll through Milton on the Mattapan Line was supposed to be back on the tracks this fall, retrofitted with modern propulsion systems and brakes. The MBTA has pushed that timeline back, and now says it hopes to get two refurbished trolleys on the track by the end of the year. The MBTA project to overhaul the Mattapan Line, upgrading the old trolley cars to make them last about 10 more years is more than two ye

By Katherine Sabido, BU Statehouse Program BOSTON, OCT. 4, 2021 – South Shore Republicans oppose the state House of Representatives' new requirement that members and staff who plan to return to the office be vaccinated against COVID-19. The House was the final State House group to agree on a reopening plan. State representatives approved the requirement Thursday in an overwhelming 131 to 28 vote, with only one House Republican joining the Democratic majority. Senate Preside