For 50 years, the T-28 Trojan aircraft has stood at the corner of Stewart Street and Park Avenue outside Milton High School, a fixture of the city’s landscape since the nation’s bicentennial in 1976. Whether it will remain there is now an open question.

The Milton City Council heard a proposal April 23 that would require owners of vacant and abandoned properties to register with the city and pay escalating annual fees.

Milton City Council members voiced broad support at a March 19 work session for a proposed luxury hotel and event space, though one member cautioned that any public-private partnership would need to justify the cost to taxpayers.

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church is inviting the community to lace up and step back in time during its First Annual Historic Walk, a 3.5-mile leisurely tour through Milton’s historic district scheduled for Saturday, May 30

Nearly one year into leading the Milton Police Department, Chief Jennifer Frank says the agency has moved quickly by filling vacancies, boosting training, expanding community programs and beginning to address resource gaps that predated her arrival.

The City of Milton announced March 13 that more residents may now be eligible for a 20% discount on federally backed flood insurance premiums because of changes to the Community Rating System, a FEMA program that rewards communities for floodplain management and mitigation efforts.

Santa Rosa County officials say progress on a long-discussed effort to widen U.S. Highway 90 could help accelerate the project, but the proposal continues to raise questions about traffic congestion through Milton’s historic downtown and the potential impact on older buildings along the corridor.

The Milton Garden Club is expanding its environmental outreach through a community recycling program built around a metal sculpture known as “CRUSH,” which encourages residents to recycle aluminum cans while supporting local beautification and conservation projects.