With bronze medals, citations, a proclamation and lots of applause, the town honored its war veterans yesterday, paying special tribute to "The 90s Brigade."
About 150 veterans celebrated at the eighth annual Veterans Day breakfast, a ceremony featuring two local lawmakers who are also Army National Guard lieutenant colonels as keynote speakers: Sen. Scott Brown and Rep. James Vallee.
"It's people like you that inspired me to join the military and serve our country," Vallee told the crowd, which gathered at the Senior Center.
Vallee, D-Franklin, read a proclamation from Gov. Deval Patrick, and presented House resolutions to the eight men and women sitting on the stage, a special group of World War II veterans from Franklin.
read the full article in the Milford Daily News here.
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After touring the district's 20 modular classrooms twice, School Committee members concluded the structures are nearing the end of their useful lives.
"We jumped on the floors, etc.," said Cora Armenio, a member of a subcommittee with Ed Cafasso and School Committee Vice Chairwoman Paul Mullen.
"The larger (older) the child, the bigger the impact. They've been through the ringer," Armenio said.
All of the district's modular classrooms are about 10 years old, and their maximum life expectancy is 15 years, Superintendent Wayne Ogden has said.
Modular classrooms are used at Jefferson Elementary School, John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Gerald M. Parmenter School, Davis Thayer Elementary School and Franklin High School. The town's first modular classrooms were built in 1998 at Parmenter and Davis Thayer.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here.
Read about all the items that the School Committee discussed at their meeting on October 28th check here, including the live reporting on the modular status here.
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