What’s Up Milton #14

🎃 Our Halloween guide is here: 25 decorated homes, with photos
🏒 Winterhawks vs Cancer closes in on $8,000
🎃 McKay Crescent’s inclusive Halloween is back
📚 655,000 library visits and counting
☀️ Wednesday and Thursday: Mary Walsh, windrow last call, LEGO coding and more
💛 Milton Kindness
🏞️ Story Behind the Name: Martin Street and the Mill Pond

🎃 Milton’s Halloween guide is here
Free, printable and made for your phone

Our full guide has 25 decorated homes across Milton, each with a photo and address. It also has family events, pet nights and trick-or-treat tips. Here are a few highlights to get you started.

👉 Get the full Halloween guide (PDF)

🏚️ Before the Nightmare on Clark
Saturday, Oct. 24, 7–10pm · 1542 Clark Blvd.

This beloved Halloween house throws a free community night with hot chocolate, treats, costumes and pet photos. Donations go to the Oakville & Milton Humane Society.

🕸️ Haunt on Sunnyvale
Saturday, Oct. 24, 2pm · Sunnyvale Cres.

Purple lights, a grim reaper and a full graveyard make this a spooky-fun stop. Come back after dark to see it really glow.

🏒 Winterhawks vs Cancer closes in on $8,000
Milton Sports Centre · donations open until mid-December

On Sunday, Milton Minor Hockey turned the Milton Sports Centre into one big fundraiser for Childhood Cancer Canada, held in memory of a young local player. The Winterhawks U14AHL team, the season’s top fundraisers, took on a team of Halton Police officers in an exhibition game, and the day also had a public skate, a silent auction, live music, cookie sales and local vendors. So far the event has raised nearly $8,000, and Scotiabank is matching the day’s donations up to $3,000. If you missed it, you can still donate until mid-December, and the photo gallery is worth a look.
via MiltonToday

🎃 McKay Crescent’s inclusive Halloween is back
Announced Tuesday · event Saturday, Oct. 31, 2–4pm · McKay Cres.

Last year one Milton street gave hundreds of kids with physical and developmental challenges a barrier-free Halloween, and the neighbours were in tears by the end. McKay Crescent announced Tuesday that it’s doing it again. The street will close for more than 30 candy and sensory-toy stations, a petting zoo and costumed characters, with 14 local businesses pitching in. Families from across Halton are welcome.
via MiltonToday

👻 The Ghost Walk is sold out
Starts tonight · five nights, 10 tours

The Milton Historical Society’s downtown Ghost Walk kicks off tonight, and every tour is already sold out. This year the Milton Players join in, in Victorian costume, to tell spooky tales of the Waldie Blacksmith Shop, Victoria Park, the Mill Pond and the old Town Hall. It’s become one of the society’s biggest fundraisers, and organizers hope to run it beyond Halloween.
via MiltonToday

📚 655,000 library visits and counting
Ontario Public Library Week · party Saturday, Oct. 24, 10:30–11:30am · Main Library

It’s Ontario Public Library Week, and Milton Public Library shared a fun number: more than 655,000 in-person visits in 2025, plus thousands of new members. To celebrate, the Main Library at 1010 Main St. E. is holding a short gathering on Saturday morning, with remarks at 11am followed by a reception.
via Milton Now

☀️ More sunshine
Wednesday–Thursday · Milton forecast

Watch for a few fog patches early Wednesday, then it’s sunny with a high of 16 and a clear night down to 6. Thursday is sunny and even warmer, with a high of 18, but it drops to around 1 overnight, so bring a jacket if you’re out late. The sun sets just before 6:30. Friday stays sunny but cooler, around 13.
via Environment Canada

❄️ Last call: windrow sign-up closes Friday
Closes Friday, Oct. 23 at 4pm · $71 · limited spots

If you or a neighbour is 65 or older or living with a disability, the Town’s Windrow Removal Program clears the heavy ridge of snow the plow leaves at the end of your driveway, from Dec. 1 to March 31. Spots are limited and first-come, first-served. Register online, or in person from 9am to 1pm on weekdays at the Milton Leisure Centre, 1100 Main St. E. It might be a good one to mention to an older neighbour who doesn’t read their email.
via Town of Milton

Thursday, Oct. 22

🧱 Intro to Coding with LEGO
Thursday, Oct. 22, 11–11:45am · Main Library, 1010 Main St. E. · ages 3–5 with a grown-up

Little ones use the LEGO Steampark and Express Train to explore early coding ideas like sequencing and loops. It’s really problem-solving and teamwork dressed up as play.
via Experience Milton

🍽️ The Thursday Fixe at Marquee
Thursday, Oct. 22, 5–10:30pm · 204 Main St. E. · $78 per person

Marquee Steakhouse & Piano Lounge’s weekly three-course menu (appetizer, entrée and dessert) built around local ingredients, with an optional $50 wine pairing. Book ahead.
via Experience Milton

🎭 An Evening with Mary Walsh is back on
Thursday, Oct. 22, 7pm · FirstOntario Arts Centre, Mattamy Theatre · $25 ($20 for library members)

Good news for anyone disappointed in September. The library’s One Book One Milton evening with Mary Walsh, the comedian who created This Hour Has 22 Minutes, has been rescheduled for Thursday night. She’ll talk about her memoir, Brassy Bit of Aging Crumpet, this year’s community-wide read, with plenty of her trademark wit. A ticket-and-book bundle is $52, or $47 for library members. If you bought tickets for the original date, watch your email for details from the library.
via FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton

⛳ A round of golf that helps students

A Rotary golf tournament at Piper’s Heath raised $45,000 for the Halton Learning Foundation, which helps local students in need. That’s a lot of good from one day on the course.

🌟 A joyful first week

Volunteers with Special Olympics Milton say the first week of Active Start, a program for kids aged 2 to 6 with intellectual and developmental disabilities, was a joyful one. The good news for local families is that there’s still room to join, with nine weeks left in the session.

🏞️ Martin Street and the Mill Pond

Martin Street and the Mill Pond are both nods to Jasper Martin, who came from Northumberland, England, settled here in October 1821 and started a grist mill on Sixteen Mile Creek on Nov. 26, 1822. The Mill Pond was his mill’s pond. Farmers came from all around to have their grain ground, settlers followed, and a town slowly grew up around them. So next time you walk the pond, you’re looking at Milton’s starting line.
via MiltonToday