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| FHS Girls tip off against King Philip earlier this year |
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| students prepared a menu entitled "American Delights" |
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| Six students from Tri-County’s Culinary Arts program received bronze medals at the 2016 Massachusetts ProStart Invitational |
Educators, town officials and local business owners met with the head of the Massachusetts Life Science Center Friday to discuss the state of the sciences in town and how it could be improved.
Travis McCready, the center's CEO, visited Franklin, taking part in round-table discussions and touring the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School, Franklin High School and the Zeptometrix Corp. His visit was hosted by state Rep. Jeffrey Roy, D-Franklin, and state senators Richard Ross, R-Wrentham, and Karen Spilka, D-Ashland.
The center, Roy pointed out, is a 10-year, $1 billion state effort to ensure Massachusetts' primacy in life science education and business development.
"Franklin has positioned itself well," Roy said of the town's friendliness to the bioscience industry. "Recently, our BioReady level was upgraded from 'gold' to 'platinum,' and it's a great place to live, work and raise a family."
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Franklin School for the Performing Arts announced a summer session of theater programs, ballet intensives and one-week creative camps, along with voice, instrumental and dance classes. The summer session will run from July 5 to Aug. 26, with registration beginning March 7.
FSPA Summer Theater provides the opportunity for hands-on immersion in a Broadway Boot Camp, cabaret show, behind-the-scenes theater design, straight play or musical theater production, with enrollment for one to five weeks. The Cabaret week (July 25-29) focuses on repertoire choices, song interpretation and presentation, and concludes with a cabaret style revue at The Black Box, 15 W. Central St.
A behind-the-scenes exploration of theater design and production, also running July 25-29, includes staging, lighting, costuming, sets and sound. A two-week musical theater program (Aug. 8-19) presents the Tony Award-winning classic “Bye Bye Birdie.” Younger students, in grades 3-8, will present “Bye Bye Bieber”, an original FSPA musical comedy parody by Nick Paone, inspired by “Bye Bye Birdie” and featuring pop music hits.
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| BFCCPS event image on Facebook |
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| photo of Beaver St field conditions |
It is a test to measure the Surface hardness and applies to natural grass and synthetic turf.
GMAX is important because of the increased potential of concussions and other injuries cause by impact on a hard surface.
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| screen grab of Spectra Energy presentation via the video broadcast |
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| screen grab of video replay for Town Council meeting 2/24/16 |
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| A member of the Conservation Commission and the Franklin Conservation Agent George Russell |
Dean Children’s Center will host an Exploration Open House on Monday, March 21, 2016 from 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Parents of children 2 years old to 6 years are encouraged to bring their child to explore the school and learn about our program. Applications are being accepted for 5-day morning, 2-day morning, 3-day morning preschool programs or 4-day Pre-K program.
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| Dean Children's Center |
Innovative and progressive, the school is NAEYC accredited and well known in the community for an inspiring preschool experience. Dean Children’s Center is a lab school for ECE majors, with teachers-in-training alongside credentialed teachers. The center has a very professional and caring environment for children to learn through exploration.
The school uses a developmental approach to education which reflects current research in child development and peer conflict resolution. Director Faith Nickolas states “We are a regional resource to parents and educators on peer conflict resolution in young children and our lab school is a demonstration site for best practices in early education of children.”
Dean College Children’s Center is located at 144 School Street in Franklin. For more information, call 508-541-1598.
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| lawn sign touting the Franklin softball registration |
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| American Legion 5 Miler Scholarship Fund Road Race - June 25 |
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Franklin boys basketball win 70-41 over Worcester South High @HockomockSports #hockomock— Tim Rodgers (@timrodg) February 24, 2016
Scores from tonight from Worcester South High:
JV won 72-33
Varsity won 70-41
Great season JV! Onto the tournament varsity!!
Posted by Franklin Panthers Boys Basketball Team on Wednesday, February 24, 2016
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| Franklin Garden Club |
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| Franklin Chargers registration - Mar 1 |
Representatives from a company looking to run a controversial natural gas pipeline through town made their case to the Town Council Wednesday.
The council heard a presentation from Spectra Energy officials regarding the pipeline, which would also go through such area towns as Milford, Medway, Bellingham and Millis.
Spectra's Jon Bonsall gave a slideshow presentation in which the need for such a pipeline was discussed. He said a lack of natural gas in New England had led to large price spikes in recent winters.Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
A water leak at the high school has displaced the principal but did not affect students.
The leak, said Principal Peter Light, appears to have taken place on Presidents' Day. He said the facilities department, which was doing sweeps through the building during school vacation, noticed that the temperature in his office was low and worked to remedy that.
Unfortunately, though, that effort did not prevent a leak that night, as two sprinkler heads burst, Light said.
"They ended up doing significant damage," he said. "About 70 percent of the damage was isolated to the principal's office itself, though some water leaked out into the main office."
The Franklin Performing Arts Company will present Culinary Cabaret 2016 from 7 to 11 p.m. March 4 at The Black Box, 15 W. Central St.
The annual food and wine event showcases the culinary and performing arts, featuring dishes and gourmet specialties. The evening also includes a culinary-themed silent auction and entertainment by the ACME Jazz Quartet and the international touring ensemble Electric Youth.
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| Valentine's being prepared |
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| Valentine delivered by Tegra Medical's own 'Cupid" |
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| 6th Annual Franklin & Bellingham Franklin Fives Road Race - May 14 |
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| MA Life Sciences Center |
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| Random Smile Project Gala - March 12 |
– Alec Gilliatt scored a goal in the first period and another in the third period, breaking a tie game for the win.
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"Officials from Davis-Thayer Elementary School are extolling the value of employing a full-time math specialist.
Principal Evemarie McNeil told the School Committee at Tuesday night's meeting that because of the position, the school has improved instruction in the subject.
"I'd like to express our sincere thanks for the support from district leadership and the School Committee for allowing us to have a full-time math specialist," McNeil said. "I assure you that it was an excellent decision and money well-spent."
"The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Membership Committee approved Dean College’s NCAA Division III exploratory application.
Dean College will officially begin the NCAA Division III exploratory process on Sept. 1 and will be considered a Division III exploratory institution for the 2016-17 academic year.
“We are very excited for what the 2016-17 academic year holds for Dean College athletics,” said Dr. Paula Rooney, president of Dean College. “Division III is the perfect fit for an institution, such as Dean College, that focuses on the complete scholar-athlete experience.”
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| Franklin Special Education Parents Advisory Council |
meeting today, very technical people, the builder/contractors, etc. have 2 weeks to come up with a plan to remediate
restoration is underway, facilities had responded quickly, walls coming together, painting on the weekend, no time frame on when Mr Light's office will come back
the fix will not cost the taxpayers anything, it has been an issue since the building opened, it never really drew heat properly
"it was heart breaking to see at the new building"
no student services were impacted, only the principal has been impacted
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| All State Music Award Winners from Franklin High School recognized by the School Committee |
