Tenth Annual Milford Beautification Day Scheduled for Saturday,
April 26. All Milford Residents and Groups Invited to Volunteer to Help Clean Our Community!
Citizens for Milford is organizing the Tenth Annual Milford Beautification Day, Milford’s annual clean-up event, which enables area residents, organizations, and businesses to work together to beautify our community by picking up trash around town. Milford Beautification Day will be held Saturday, April 26th (rain or shine) from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. All interested citizens are invited to meet with organizers anytime between those hours in the municipal parking lot across from Sacred Heart Church (5 East Main Street) to get supplies, instructions, and assignments.
Families, community groups, churches, local businesses, and teenagers who need to perform service hours are all invited to participate. Younger children are encouraged to attend as long as they are accompanied by a supervising adult.
Beautification Day Chairperson Nancy Wojick says, “I hope that many people, young and old, join us to clean up the streets of Milford on April 26. It is a great way to meet others from the community who take pride in our town.”
FREE Food!
All Beautification Day volunteers are invited to a free lunch courtesy of the Milford Lions Club and Milford’s Rail Trail Flatbread Company to thank everyone’s efforts to beautify our community! Lions Club members will be grilling hamburgers and hot dogs on site, and folks from Rail Trail will be serving samples of New City Microcreamery ice cream.
Got Recommendations for Areas to Pick Up?
To help ensure the organizers can plan the clean-up routes for volunteers, the group is asking residents to report streets and neighborhoods that are of particular concern. Residents can submit their recommendations by emailing us at CitizensforMilford@gmail.com or by messaging them to the Citizens for Milford Facebook page (@CitizensforMilford) before 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 24th.
Community Pride
Community involvement with Beautification Day continues to grow. Citizens for Milford is sincerely grateful to the Milford Highway Department, Friends of the Milford Upper Charles Trail, Milford Lions Club, The Rail Trail Flatbread Co., and volunteers from Milford Federal Bank who are continuing their partnership with us. In addition, Citizens for Milford is pleased to welcome volunteers from Planet Aid and the Milford Doubletree Hotel, who will be joining our clean-up efforts again this year. Combined with the work of all residents who continue to volunteer on Beautification Day, this event is a true demonstration of community pride.
Questions?
Email any questions you have regarding our Beautification Day efforts at CitizensforMilford@gmail.com.
Milford’s Town Election will be held Tuesday, April 1. 
Included in this special feature is a series of interviews with representatives of every committee, board, or position that will be on the ballot this April. Milford TV News Director Tim Caouette leads the program in an interview with Town Clerk Amy Neves and Assistant Town Clerk Danielle Petrowski discussing what a resident needs to know to run for Town office. Their interview is followed by interviews with 12 other elected officials explaining what one does as a member of the Select Board, School Committee, Planning Board, Board of Assessors, as a Constable, as a Town Meeting Member…and all the other offices that will be on the April 2025 ballot. The interviews provide residents interested in becoming more involved in the community information about the elected positions and most importantly, educate voters when they prepare to vote in the April election.
Citizens for Milford is planning the Ninth Annual Milford Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony in Draper Memorial Park on the evening of Friday, November 29. All Milford residents are invited to arrive starting at 5:30 p.m. for soup, cookies, brownies, and hot chocolate. The tree will be lit at 6:30 p.m. This community event is free and open to everyone.
The members of Citizens for Milford invite all area veterans and residents to attend a special ceremony on Veterans Day, Monday, November 11 in Draper Memorial Park, weather permitting. The ceremony will begin immediately following the conclusion of the Veterans Day Parade at approximately 11:00 a.m.
Retired Milford Police Detective Robert Pavia is a disabled U.S. Army veteran of Operation Desert Storm. Robert served the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a police officer with both the Transit Police in Boston and the Milford Police Department for a combined 22 years. He retired in 2022 after sustaining a spinal injury while performing his official duties. He is the recipient of both the Trooper George L. Hanna Medal of Valor and the Boston Police Medal of Honor. Robert currently serves as the Senior Vice Commander of the Italian American War Veterans Post #40.
Bob Savin is the Local Coordinator for Irreverent Warriors in Milford and Worcester. He has been a volunteer with the organization since 2017 and a resident of Milford for 19 years. Bob is passionate about fostering camaraderie among veterans and supporting their mental health through community events.
Michael Aghajanian served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves from 1997 to 2005, following in the footsteps of his late father, also a Marine. Activated after 9/11 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, he spent about 18 months on active duty, during which he met his wife. In 2004, he worked for 13 months with the Chief of Staff of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Fallujah, Iraq before leaving the Marines as a Sergeant in 2005. A third-generation Milford resident, Michael continues to serve his community as an elected School Committee member, Town Meeting member, and member of the High School Building Committee.
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