Ad-hoc committee on speeding formed
Milton Town Council rejected a plan to re-orient a series of streets into one-way streets. Council also formed an ad-hoc committee to look into ways to reduce speeding in town. NICK ROTH PHOTO
Ryan Mavity February 10, 2021
Milton Town Council at its Jan. 4 meeting unanimously rejected a plan brought by the Streets, Sidewalks and Parks Committee to designate a series of streets on the north side of town into one-way streets.
Vice Chairman P.D. Camenisch said the committee sought an up-or-down vote to either approve the proposal or put it to bed. A plan for one-way streets in the Chestnut Street corridor has been talked about on and off for more than a year. The last time it came before the council, it was tabled with the council electing to take no action. Camenisch said Public Works Director Greg Wingo asked to put it back on the agenda with the idea to have the council look at it one more time “to put it to bed.”
Milton shooting victim released from hospital
Milton musician Mark Gratton, shown performing in 2018, was released from Beebe Healthcare and is continuing his recovery after being wounded in a Dec. 31 shooting in the 500 block of Union Street. NICK ROTH PHOTO
Ryan Mavity January 7, 2021
A Milton musician who was shot on New Year’s Eve has been released from Beebe Healthcare.
A Facebook post from Mark Gratton’s mother, Terri Hoggan-Gratton, said Gratton was released from the hospital Jan. 6 and will continue his recovery at home.
Gratton, who teaches piano and plays in Milton-area restaurants like Sydney’s and The Fox Hole, was shot in the abdomen with a shotgun in the 500 block of Union Street Dec. 31, reportedly by an ex-girlfriend. Milton Police Chief Derrick Harvey said the suspect was arrested the night of the shooting while sitting in a vehicle near the woods on Burton Road. He said Gratton suffered a single gunshot wound to the torso. Harvey said the inv