Showing posts with label archives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label archives. Show all posts

Saturday, December 31, 2016

Meeting notes archive for 2016

2016

Economic Development Committee

Town Council


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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Meeting notes archive for 2015

2015

Economic Development Committee

Finance Committee


Planning Board

School Committee


Town Council



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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Looking back to March 2015


The Spectra Bridge pipeline raised itself as an issue during the month of March. There was an information session conducted at Keller Sullivan School on March 16 and a group of concerned citizens started meeting at the First Universalist Society. http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/03/concerns-with-spectra-atlantic-bridge.html

and here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/03/what-is-story-about-pipeline-coming.html

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The snow began receding finally! What it revealed was sometimes interesting...


receding snow
receding snow

More photos from the walk around Franklin can be found here: 
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/03/walking-around-franklin-photo-essay.html


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The Economic Development Committee meeting was held in the 3rd floor training room and the recording of it was made available
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/03/fm-110-audio-recording-of-economic.html


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The EPA finally got around to adding 300 Fisher St to the listing as a SuperFund site which enables it for special tracking and funding. This move had been underway for quite some time.


map of 300 Fisher St with clean up areas shown
map of 300 Fisher St with clean up areas shown
The Milford Daily News reported on the EPA action. The link below contains references to the developing story on this site:
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/03/we-want-that-site-environmentally.html


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The School Committee met twice

The Town Council met twice

You can cruise through all the archives from March here

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Happy 4th of July

Wishing you all a very happy and safe 4th of July!

If you have time to spare, you can dig into the archives here. They are rather extensive. There are multiple posts for almost every day going back to 2008. Pick a date. Navigate through the archives by year and month to see what was happening.

Franklin Matters archives go back almost every day through to 2008
Franklin Matters archives go back almost every day through to 2008

A very special thanks to Renata Gilrova for her collaboration on the weekly calendar!

Let me remind you that 
  • If you like what we are doing here, please tell your friends and neighbors
  • If you don’t like something, please tell me

Thank you for reading, commenting, and sharing information. I could not do this without you. It is through our combined efforts that Franklin will become a more informed community.



Note: I am 'off the grid' for a few days and hopefully nothing really major happens while I am away. If it does, I'll find out and respond when I return.

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Meeting notes archive for 2014

2014



Downtown Project status meeting
Dean College - July 10, 2014

Economic Development Committee
EDC - 12/17/14


Finance Committee

Budget hearing #4
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/03/live-reporting-finance-committee-budget_26.html

Budget hearing #3

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/03/live-reporting-finance-committee-budget_20.html

Budget hearing #2
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/03/live-reporting-finance-committee-budget_13.html

Budget hearing #1
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/03/live-reporting-finance-committee-budget.html

audio version (the meeting was not recorded by Franklin TV)
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/03/fincom-budget-hearing-mar-11-audio.html


School Committee
(during 2014 I was on the Board of Directors for the Franklin Food Pantry and the Board meeting was usually a conflict with School Committee meetings)

Town Council

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Sunday, November 2, 2014

thank you for making the time!

Thank you for reading, commenting, and sharing. It is because you show interest that I continue to do what I do here. We are about to enter our 8th year together. Yes, 8. Where has time gone?

Since we just turned back the clocks to get in extra hour of sleep, it is also timely to look back at the beginning of November for the first 7 years. Many of you joined us along the way and we thank you for that.

If you like what we do here, please tell your friends and neighbors.
If you don't like what you see, please let me know.

It is through this kind of feedback loop that we can continue to provide the most timely and best information about Franklin that we can.

I'll take this opportunity to invite you to join us. As you should be aware, I can not do it all. With a full time job and family commitments, never mind my volunteer time with the Franklin Food Pantry, there are not enough hours in the day to get to all the meetings that could be covered.

My thanks to regular contributor, Renata Gilrova, for helping to coordinate the weekly events calendar.

If you have interest in the planning process. You could cover the one of more of the Planning Board, Conservation Commission and or the Zoning Board of Appeals meetings.

If you have interests in the schools, you could cover the School Committee meetings.

If you would like to cover the youth and school sports, there is an opportunity.

If you have an idea for something not mentioned, please feel free to reach out and we can discuss it.

chart showing the quarterly traffic growth of Franklin Matters website
chart showing the quarterly traffic growth of Franklin Matters website

In the Archives
Pick a year, pick a day, and travel back in time to see what was happening in Franklin!

November 2007

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2007_11_01_archive.html

November 2008

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2008_11_01_archive.html

November 2009

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2009_11_01_archive.html

November 2010

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2010_11_01_archive.html

November 2011

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011_11_01_archive.html

November 2012

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2012_11_01_archive.html

November 2013

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013_11_01_archive.html


Thank you for reading, sharing, commenting
Thank you for reading, sharing, commenting

The multi-language "Thank You" is from woodleywonderworks on Flickr



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check out the RSS Feed on Facebook
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Friday, July 4, 2014

Through the years with Franklin Matters on the 4th of July

There are many new readers this year so stepping back into the time capsule will help the new readers and maybe shine some light on something others have missed. 

What has Franklin Matters posted on the 4th of July?
Franklin Matters
Franklin Matters

2012"We, the people"

2011Family tradition

2010Links of Interest on the 4th of July

2009Happy 4th of July

2008 - there was no posting on the 4th, however you can cruise among the archives for the month here:  http://www.franklinmatters.org/2008_07_01_archive.html

2007 - Franklin Matters was 'born' during this year as I was posting on my personal blog and this site didn't become real until November 2007. 



Let me remind you that

  • If you like what I am doing here, please tell your friends and neighbors
  • If you don’t like something, please tell me

Thank you for reading. Enjoy your holiday weekend!


Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Meeting notes archive for 2013

 2013





(due to conflict with Franklin Food Pantry Board of Directors meetings also held on Tuesday, I did not get to many of them)

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Franklin Matters' 4th of July

Stepping back into the time capsule to see what has been posted here each of the years that Franklin Matters has been around I find:

2012 - "We, the people"

2011 - Family tradition

2010 - Links of Interest on the 4th of July

2009 - Happy 4th of July

2008 - no posting on the 4th, however you can cruise among the archives for the month here:
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2008_07_01_archive.html

2007 - Franklin Matters was 'born' during the year as I was posting on my personal blog and didn't become real until November 2007 when this site came into effective.


Let me remind you that

  • If you like what I am doing here, please tell your friends and neighbors
  • If you don’t like something, please tell me

Thank you for reading. Enjoy your holiday week!

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Looking back to get ahead

April vacation brought a quiet week on the news front within Franklin. This was a good thing in a way as the Boston Marathon bombing and hunt for the suspects has dominated the attention. With the second suspect in custody after a long day, the rain has come, perhaps to help the cleansing process. We can begin to return to the new 'normal', whatever that will be, it will be different.

In lieu of sending you to any of the news on the marathon bombers, let's take a few minutes to look back into the archives. What was happening on April 20th last year and each year prior that this site has been sharing news on Franklin matters?

In 2012
The FY 2013 budget documents were published
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2012/04/franklin-ma-fy-2013-budget-documents.html

In 2011
The fire investigation of the old Masonic Temple was reported on
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/04/well-investigate-as-long-as-it-takes.html

In 2010
Photos of the raised garden beds that were installed at the Senior Center, ECDC and Charter School for Earth Day (yes, these were installed and a year later the Community Garden opened).
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2010/04/franklin-ma-raised-garden-beds-in.html

In 2009
The MDN reported on information from the Town Council meeting the week before. The MDN reporter at the time was Joyce Kelly and we have had several others since then. I guess even though the reporters change the newspaper process has not.
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2009/04/we-can-only-spend-what-we-have.html

In 2008
The answer to the "Where in Franklin?" picture was revealed.
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2008/04/where-in-franklin-answer-44.html

Can't go back any further as this site actually started in Nov 2007. If I was publishing anything on Franklin in April of 2007, it was on my personal webpage Steve's 2 Cents. Checking there I actually skipped posting on Apr 20 but did post the Override Collection on Apr 18. This collection had all the information for the override vote in 2007 which remains as the only operational override Franklin has successfully passed.
http://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2007/04/franklin-override-collection.html

The April showers today will bring the green grass and May flowers.

spring flowers
spring flowers
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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Meeting notes archive for 2011

 2011




  • High School Project - Building Committee Forum 11/17/11 (audio)
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/high-school-project-nov-17-2011-audio.html
  • Election 2011 (Nov 8, 2011) Summary
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/08/election-2011-summary.html

Note the fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30th. We are currently in the budget year FY 2012.










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