Community Corner
Monday Essentials: Milford High School's First Homecoming
Here are five interesting or important things to know in the week ahead.

1. Columbus Day is Monday, which means that Milford Town Hall is closed. Schools also are closed, but most businesses will be open.
2. Garbage and recycling will be collected on a regular schedule Monday and this week.
3. The Planning Board will meet Tuesday. The agenda includes preliminary plans for a development off Field Pond Road: Sanylah Crossing.
4. Two Old Friends, Emery Hutchins and James Prendergast, will perform a unique combination of Celtic and American country music at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Milford Town Library.
5. Milford High School will hold its first Homecoming. On-site registration and check-in starts at 3 p.m. in the Milford High School Courtyard, but pre-registration is encouraged in advance. Log on to www.milfordpublicschools.com to pre-register for Homecoming 2013 and to join the Alumni Association.
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