Cell Tower Update

The cell tower that was successfully opposed by Friends of the Blue Hills and Milton residents last year is trying to rise from the dead.First some background: Back on May 21, 2009, Green Mountain Realty Corp. (GMR) filed an application with the Milton Board of...

Brookwood Farm Barn

The Patriot Ledger has posted some great photos of North Bennett Street students working on rebuilding the Brookwood Farm barn. Click here to check out the photos and electronic version of the below article. (Photo: students cutting the ‘cogs’ that the...

Temporary Brookwood Barn

For the last couple of weeks, North Bennet School students have been re-building a model of the English 18th century barn that was originally on the site. The students are practicing replicating the original two-bay building with wide pine vertical siding, shake roof...

Milton ZBA: Good Decision

Last night the three-member Milton Zoning Board of Appeals upheld the scenic value and integrity of the Blue Hills by voting to oppose the construction of a 140-foot cell tower on the off-ramp to Route 93 at Houghton’s Pond. The Friends of the Blue Hills would...