Saturday, April 16, 2022

Local Quilters Raise Funds For Ukrainian Refugees #FranklinCANHelpUkraine

Project brings together quilters from region to respond with heart and hands

Hope for Ukraine,” a queen size blue and yellow quilt made by members of Yankee Quilters Guild, will be raffled to support efforts to resettle Ukrainian refugee families arriving in Massachusetts. The approximately 80" x 80" quilt features a central sunflower, the national flower of Ukraine, and 24 large Log Cabin blocks in the bright colors of the nation’s flag.

The proceeds from the fundraiser will be donated to Ascentria Care Alliance, a Worcester nonprofit organization which will offer housing and other assistance to refugees arriving from Ukraine. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Raffle tickets are available at Emma’s Quilt Cupboard in Franklin; through Yankee Quilters’ Facebook page; or by emailing yankeequilters11@gmail.com. Checks may also be mailed to Yankee Quilters at PO Box 53, Franklin MA 02038. The winner will be drawn June 14th in Franklin.

The quilt was created by members of the Guild to reflect their concern for the health and safety of the millions of Ukrainian citizens whose lives and homes have been threatened by the current invasion. The “Log Cabin” quilt block is a traditional design symbolizing the importance of the hearth at the center of the home. For this quilt, Yankee members made the center square white, a symbol of peace, rather than the conventional red. The quilt will be on display at Emma’s Quilt Cupboard beginning April 19th.

"I am very proud to be affiliated with this guild. The members are very generous with their time and creativity,” said Cindy Lynch, Vice President. “To the Ukrainian people, may God be your guide through this stressful time."

Quilters all over the world are using their talents to support relief efforts for Ukraine. “There is a long tradition among quilters and other crafters to support those in need and Yankee members immediately answered the call when the idea was proposed in March,” said Susan Speers, a member from Franklin. 

The quilt has been custom quilted by Jim Lynch, of Bumblebee Quilting Service in Monson. The Guild greatly appreciates Jim’s donation of time and materials to this project.

The back of the quilt is a yellow sunflower print, with a central label surrounded by yellow and blue hearts, using a pattern by quilt designer Bonnie Hunter, of Virginia. The label is machine embroidered by Beth Brosnahan of Palmer.

Fabrics for the quilt were generously donated by members of the Guild and Cathy Racine, of The Charlton Sewing Center in Charlton, MA. Creative energy and materials were contributed by members of Yankee including Diana Hatch of Holliston who hand-appliqued the sunflower; Pat Mulhall, of Sherborn, who donated the batting; Cindy Lynch, of Bumblebee Quilting Service, who combined the blocks and prepared the back; and more than a dozen members who donated their time, talent and supplies in support of Ukraine. 

#FranklinCANHelpUkraine

Yankee Quilters Guild is a 501-c-3 charitable organization based in Franklin with members throughout the region. The Guild makes comfort quilts for those in need, supports other charitable work, and provides educational programs on the art and craft of quilt making. The Guild meets monthly at Emma’s Quilt Cupboard in Franklin, in space generously donated by the store. Donations to the Guild are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by current law.

Local Quilters Raise Funds For Ukrainian Refugees
Local Quilters Raise Funds For Ukrainian Refugees

Town Council Meeting: recognizes Roger Magalhaes; neither 7-Eleven nor Liquor World show for their Compliance Check hearings - 04/13/22 (audio)

FM #778 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 778 in the series. 


This session shares the Franklin, MA Town Council meeting held on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. 

The meeting was conducted in a hybrid format: members of the Town Council and Town Administration personnel were in the Council Chambers, some members of the public participated in person, some via the Zoom conference bridge, all to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.

Quick recap:

Recognition: Roger Magalhaes - Recipient of The Immigrant Learning Center’s Barry M. Portnoy Immigrant Entrepreneur Award in Outstanding Business Growth

 

Alcoholic Beverages Licensees – Failure to Pass Compliance Check

Jimmy D’s LLC d/b/a Jimmy D’s - 338 Union Street - appeared properly for their hearing, and will serve their one day suspension on 4/20/22

Neither TM1 Solutions, Inc. d/b/a 7-Eleven 37380 - 664 Union Street Nor Dharma Bhakti Corporation d/b/a Liquor World - 365 West Central Street appeared for their hearings and they were continued to the next meeting May 4. .     

 

Presentation: Community Planning: DHCD Multi-Family Housing Guidelines for MBTA Communities - Bryan Taberner, Director, Planning and Community Development allows the Town of Franklin to ‘check the box’ for this requirement in order to maintain compliance with the current draft regulations for an MBTA community

 

Only item of legislation was a key one in that the easement will enable the work for the intersection of Grove and Washington Sts. 

Resolution 22-26: Acceptance of Easement of Property at 732 Washington Street (Motion to Approve Resolution 22-26 - Majority Vote)

 

The meeting runs about an hour and 15 hours (1:15)

The show notes contain links to the meeting agenda. Let’s listen to the Town Council meeting of April 13, 2022. Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-778-town-council-meeting-04-13-22

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Agenda document ->  https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/agendas/town_council_agenda_-_april_13_2022.pdf


My notes from the meeting  ->  

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tjSu0nkX9nkLF7fc3WPim7NVwH2nznJr/view?usp=sharing 

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial. 

This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

How can you help?

  • If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors

  • If you don't like something here, please let me know

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If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com

The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

I hope you enjoy!

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Town Council recognizes Roger Magalhaes
Town Council recognizes Roger Magalhaes

New K-12 Art Director & FHS Athletic Director announced

Franklin Public Schools (FPS) and Franklin High School (FHS) are thrilled to announce the appointment of two most recently vetted and signed directors for our Art and Athletic Department.  Please join us in welcoming Adam Gooder and Karrah Ellis as members of our leadership team.


Adam is a highly qualified visual arts educator, currently teaching full time at Concord-Carlisle High School since 2012. Before that, he taught film at the college level for fifteen years. Adam created the Filmmaking and Digital Photography programs at CCHS, which include both Introductory and Advanced curricula, guest speakers, field trips, a yearly film festival and gallery shows.  Adam earned his undergraduate degree from New York University and earned master's degrees from both Lesley University and Simmons College.  


Karrah has been an educator for twenty-one years, beginning her career as an English teacher and coach at Grafton High School in 2001. Karrah transitioned to the role of athletic administrator and physical education teacher in 2007, and for the past 15 years has served student-athletes of Grafton, Algonquin, and Tantasqua Regional High School.  A focus for Karrah has always been the growth of the leadership skills of her student-athletes and as such she has developed numerous leadership summits to develop their skills.  Karrah has also created a curriculum for coaches on the social and emotional needs of student-athletes.  Karrah has many times been recognized by her peers; awarded State Athletic Director of Year as well as the prestigious State Award of Merit.  Karrah earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and her Master’s Degree in Secondary Education from Worcester State University.


About the Franklin Public School District:

The Franklin Public School District strives to nurture a safe, supportive, inclusive and collaborative learning environment in each of our 10 schools. We believe in providing an engaging and rigorous curriculum with exemplary instructional practices that will support and challenge students to reach their full potential through personalized learning opportunities. Our goal is to develop the necessary social-emotional, academic, and career skills for each Franklin student, so that they will be a productive citizen in an ever-changing world.

 

FHS Panthers
FHS Panthers

Both FHS girls and boys tennis teams post wins vs. Mansfield on Friday

Via HockomockSports.com and Twitter, we share the results of the FHS spring sports action on Thursday: 

Baseball = Franklin, 2 @ Walpole, 3 – Final
Walpole 3, Franklin 2. Hard fought road game. Franklin is now 3-3 (3-2). James Kuczmiec was good on the hill in his first outing (5inn, 4H, 2R, 2BB & 7Ks). Offensively, Jack Marino (3-3, 1R), Jase Lyons (3-3) & Eisig Chin (1-3, 2B & 1R). Next up: Wed, 4/20 Home vs CM at 11:00am.

Boys Tennis = Mansfield @ Franklin
The boys move on to a 5-0 record, with a 5-0 win! Man of the match to @ThomasBroyles13 for a 2 hour clutch battle! #tmoney
HockomockSports.com has a photo gallery for the boys tennis match


Girls Tennis = Franklin @ Mansfield
FHS Girls Tennis bounce back with an impressive 3-2 win against Mansfield!!! Chloe Essum gets the clinching singles win in 3 sets.  Sarah Schiavo wins her singles match as well as doubles duo of Tanvi Shah & Kelsey Maguire. Franklin stays unbeaten in Hock and 6-1 overall.



 

The boys move on to a 5-0 record, with a 5-0 win! Man of the match to @ThomasBroyles13 for a 2 hour clutch battle!
The boys move on to a 5-0 record, with a 5-0 win! Man of the match to @ThomasBroyles13 for a 2 hour clutch battle!

Claflin Hill Symphony presents Springtime Pops - Apr 30, 2022

The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra will perform a springtime pops concert a la Arthur Fiedler on Saturday, April 30 at 7:30 PM in the Grand Ballroom at the Milford Town Hall.

  • Bizet:  Music from “Carmen”
  • Rossini: William Tell Overture
  • Strauss:  The Blue Danube Waltz
  • Music of Broadway, Hollywood and More!!!

Tickets are available through the orchestra's website at www.claflinhill.org

This is the final concert of the CHSO 2021-2022 season. Claflin Hill Summer Winds will begin free outdoor concerts this summer.

Claflin Hill Symphony presents Springtime Pops - Apr 30, 2022
Claflin Hill Symphony presents Springtime Pops - Apr 30, 2022

Town of Franklin & Franklin Public Schools - COVID dashboards updated as of 4/14/22

1 - From Franklin Public Schools:

The weekly COVID-19 dashboard is now available to view here: buff.ly/3pQh91e
The FPS weekly COVID-19 dashboard
The FPS weekly COVID-19 dashboard

 

2 - The Town of Franklin Health Dept COVID dashboard is found here:

NETA’s Countdown to 4/20 begins today!

The Celebration of the Official Cannabis Holiday Begins Today in Franklin

NETA today begins the countdown to the cannabis holiday known as “4/20” at its Franklin store, in the outdoor parking lot, at 162 Grove St.

Everyone must be 21 years or older.  You must show a legal ID to enter.

The event will be held from noon-4p with free parking.

The festivities include:
Food and ice cream trucks
A prize wheel with NETA gifts (hats, pins, lighters)
A “learn how to grow” booth where you can ask NETA cultivators the best tips to home grow
Photo booth to celebrate “4/20”
The NETA team who can answer your questions

We hope you can stop by and say hello.
4/20” dates to the 1970’s in California – to a specific time of day when cannabis was consumed.  The specific time later became the date “4/20” which is now recognized around the country as a day of celebration. 

 

NETA’s Countdown to 4/20 begins today!
NETA’s Countdown to 4/20 begins today! 

Friday, April 15, 2022

Franklin's Event Outlook: Apr 15, 2022 to Apr 21, 2022

 A quiet weekend as Passover and Easter Sunday are celebrated and Ramadan continues. 

Friday, April 16 - Passover

Saturday, April 16
10:00am - Historical Museum (always free)

Sunday, April 17Easter Sunday

Monday, April 18Easter Monday
 
Thursday, April 21 
8:30am - Town Council Office Hours (Senior Center)
7:00pm - 350 Mass Greater Franklin Node

Find the full calendar  https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://forms.gle/oPdi8X3ZbHHyrHzo6

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar
The School district calendar is found   https://www.franklinps.net/calendar-by-event-type/26

Community Calendar
Community Calendar

Conversation with Ted McIntyre - "Making Sense of Climate" #6 - 04/05/22 (audio)

FM #777 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 777 in the series. 


This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Ted McIntyre, Franklin resident and climate activist. We recorded this via the Zoom conference bridge Apr 5, 2022.  


Ted helps me “make sense of climate” and we hope this helps with your understanding as well. We started with a couple of updates and then got into a discussion on how the MA state government is organized and how the organizations play their role.

 

If you have climate questions or Franklin specific climate questions, send them in and we’ll try to answer them in a future session 

 

The recording runs about 40 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Ted. Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-777-making-sense-of-climate-6-04-05-22  


 

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See listing of articles referenced ->

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ddiVPALFI8Uo0u8I77w0fMuxfKv9cTSZ/view?usp=sharing 


See the page that collects the “Making Sense of Climate” episodes ->

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/02/making-sense-of-climate-collection.html 


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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.  


This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

 

How can you help?

  • If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors

  • If you don't like something here, please let me know


Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.


For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news/

If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com


The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.


I hope you enjoy!

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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"

 

Conversation with Ted McIntyre - "Making Sense of Climate" #6 - 04/05/22 (audio)
Conversation with Ted McIntyre - "Making Sense of Climate" #6 - 04/05/22 (audio)

Both FHS girls and boys lacrosse teams post wins vs Sharon

Via HockomockSports.com, we share the results of the FHS spring sports action on Thursday: 
 
Boys Lacrosse = Franklin, 21 @ Sharon, 7 – Final 
– Franklin found the back of the net nine times in the opening quarter and established a 16-4 lead by halftime in a win on the road over Sharon. Luke Davis paced the offense with six goals and an assist while Tyler Sacchetti (four assists) and Jayden Consigli (three assists) each scored four goals apiece. Justin Alexander had a big day at the faceoff X, going 16-for 21 in the first half.

Girls Lacrosse = Sharon, 0 @ Franklin, 20 – Final 
– Franklin stayed undefeated to start the season, notching a big win under the lights on Thursday evening. Kaitlyn Carney paced the offense with four goals while Stella Regan recorded five assists in the win. Kate O’Rourke, Kenzie Baker, Anna Grasso, and Grace Nesbit all played great in the midfield with four groundballs.

Girls Tennis = Franklin, 0 @ Hopkinton, 5 – Final

For other results around the Hockomock League


FHS Panthers
FHS Panthers

Boston Globe: "Franklin’s Brigid Earley has flipped sides of the lacrosse field, but she’s thriving anyway"

"When Brigid Earley made the position switch from attack to goal ahead of the 2021 season, she knew the transition would be a challenge. She expected to face a learning curve. She anticipated having to practice twice as hard.

But she didn’t expect the circular bruises dotting her legs after every practice.

“That was just a new part of me that I had to live with for the season,” said Earley, now a senior. “I guess I wasn’t expecting it, but it just shows that I got through it.”

Last spring, with a void in goal, Franklin turned to Earley, then an attack on the junior varsity. At 6-foot-1, Earley was the obvious choice to take over in net."


Franklin goalie Brigid Earley has allowed just three goals in three games this season.MATTHEW J LEE/GLOBE STAFF
Franklin goalie Brigid Earley has allowed just three goals in three games this season.MATTHEW J LEE/GLOBE STAFF

 

FHS Chamber Music Recital: April 12, 2022 (video)

FHS Chamber Music Recital: April 12, 2022  
youtu.be/C51GQ5j9GJA via @YouTube 

 

Economic Development Subcommittee moves parking fee changes and restrictions forward to Council

FM #776 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 776 in the series. 


This session of the radio show shares the audio recording of the Economic Development Subcommittee meeting held on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 in the 3rd Floor Training Room.  


Quick recap:

  • Two items on the agenda, first up - parking update for the East/West & Nason Sts area; Chief Lynch and Lt Riley provided updates on parking pattern and parking fee structure in comparison to some neighboring communities, draft presented for review in agenda doc. Key discussion from community and councilors was around what amount would change the behavior of the students without creating a negative impact on businesses and residents. Ultimately passed for consideration by full council amending overtime violation to be set at $35

  • Second item - changing the hours of parking zone, and setting no overnight parking, attempting to keep vehicles in movement creating space for others to use, running out of time (due to first issue) but this moved to the Council for additional discussion as well.



The recording of the meeting runs just over an hour.   Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-776-economic-development-subcmte-mtg-04-13-22



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Meeting agenda doc -> 

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/agendas/2022-04-13_edc_agenda_packet_0.pdf 


My notes captured via Twitter 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dJ1cfHPu9_ev2IYBa8Rj1nyRad0sDj89/view?usp=sharing 


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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.  


This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

 

How can you help?

  • If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors

  • If you don't like something here, please let me know


Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.


For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news/

If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com


The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.


I hope you enjoy!

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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"

 

Economic Development Subcommittee moves parking fee changes and restrictions forward to Council
Economic Development Subcommittee moves parking fee changes and restrictions forward to Council