What’s Up Milton #11

🏒 Menace win six straight
🪔 Diwali kicks off at Milton Mall
🚧 Appleby Line closure extended to Nov. 30
🙋 Volunteer on a Town board or committee
🎃 Wednesday and Thursday: Pet Night, LEGO coding and more
💙 Winterhawks vs Cancer this Sunday
💛 Overheard Milton Kindness
🥌 This Week in Milton History: the curling rink opens

🏒 Menace make it six straight
Tuesday, Oct. 13 · Milton 6, North York 2

The Menace jumped out to a 3–1 lead after the first period in North York and never looked back. Six different players scored: Hintenberger, Bristol, Lang (on a penalty shot!), Hibbert, Norman and Currie. Milton outshot the Rangers 37–23, and McKillop made 21 saves to improve to 12–2. That’s six wins in a row, and the team now sits at 12–2 on the season. Next up: home at Memorial Arena on Friday, Oct. 16 against Buffalo at 7:30pm.
via OJHL game report and MiltonToday

🪔 Diwali kicks off at Milton Mall
Festive India · Milton Mall

Hundreds of people came out to Milton Mall on Sunday for Festive India’s Taste & Textiles of India, the first of the season’s Diwali celebrations. MiltonToday has a lovely photo gallery that’s worth a scroll. If you missed it, there’s more on the way: the mall hosts more Diwali events on Oct. 24 and 25, 10am to 5pm, with more than a dozen artisans selling decor and handmade crafts.
via MiltonToday (photos) and MiltonToday

🚧 Heads up: Appleby Line closure extended
Appleby Line, Derry Rd. to Rattlesnake Point · now until Nov. 30

Heading to Rattlesnake Point for the fall colours? Plan ahead. Appleby Line was supposed to reopen this week, but the closure between Derry Road and the Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area has been extended to the end of November while crews finish the road rebuild, storm sewers, retaining walls, paving and tree planting. Local access is maintained. The detour uses Derry Road, Bell School Line and 14 Sideroad.
via MiltonToday

🙋 Volunteer on a Town board or committee
Apply by 4:30pm, Friday, Oct. 30

Want to give back and lend your skills to the community? The Town of Milton is looking for residents to volunteer on five local boards and committees: Committee of Adjustment and Consent, Accessibility Advisory Committee, Milton Public Library Board, Community Fund Advisory Committee and Property Standards Appeal Committee. Terms run until Nov. 14, 2030. You need to be 18 or older and live, own or rent property, work or go to school in Milton. Apply separately for each one and include a résumé at milton.ca/GetInvolved.
via Town of Milton

🥐 Croque après-midi with On y va Milton
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2:30–3:30pm · Main Library, 1010 Main St. E.

A French-language afternoon snack and early literacy time for young kids and their grown-ups in the Children’s Program Room. Great for French-speaking families and French immersion families alike.
via Milton Public Library

🎤 Public speaking and leadership for women entrepreneurs
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 7:30–9:30pm · Free

A free evening session for women business owners who want to build confidence speaking up, pitching and leading.
via Experience Milton

🎃 Pumpkins After Dark
Wednesday and Thursday evenings · Country Heritage Park · runs to Oct. 31

More than 10,000 hand-carved jack-o’-lanterns light up Country Heritage Park. Wednesday is Pet Night, so bring the dog. Thursday, Oct. 15 is Adult Night (19+), and Thursdays are discount nights. Entry is time-slotted, so book ahead. Onsite parking is free.
via Pumpkins After Dark

🧱 Intro to Coding with LEGO® Steampark and Express Train
Thursday, Oct. 15, 11–11:45am · Main Library, Children’s Program Room

Little builders get a playful first taste of coding with LEGO trains and gears.
via Milton Public Library

🥩 The Thursday Fixe at Marquee
Thursday, Oct. 15, 5–10:30pm · Marquee Steakhouse & Piano Lounge · $78

A set menu night with live piano. Something nice for a cool, rainy Thursday.
via Experience Milton

🃏 A stack of hockey cards with a second life

A local collector with a big pile of extra hockey cards offered them free to Milton kids. They’re now headed to Sunday’s Winterhawks vs Cancer fundraiser, where they’ll help raise money for Childhood Cancer Canada. One person’s duplicates, turned into something that matters.

💳 A bank card, kept safe overnight

A neighbour found a bank card left behind in an ATM. With the bank closed for the holiday, they kept it safe overnight so they could turn it in first thing the next morning, instead of leaving it for the wrong hands to find.

🛍️ Nearly 29,000 pounds of food

This fall’s Purolator Red Bag food drive in Milton is closing in on 29,000 pounds of donated food. That’s a lot of full pantries, one bag at a time. Thank you to everyone who filled one.

🥌 Oct. 15, 1965: Milton’s new curling rink opens
This Week in Milton History

Sixty-one years ago this Thursday, the Milton Curling Club officially opened its new rink, and it threw a party the way curlers do, with a two-day mixed bonspiel. The rink was very much a community effort: more than 200 locals bought debentures to help pay for it. Next time you hear rocks rumbling down the ice in town, you’ll know who to thank.
via Milton Curling Club