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| FHS Cheerleaders take 1st at Nationals |
"Nationals 2025 ✅
We are beyond proud of this team and everything they have accomplished throughout the whole year.
Thank you seniors for everything and we wish you the best next year!"
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| National Community Survey |
Franklin has launched the National Community Survey - what would you like Franklin to focus on?
We need your input to help us make upcoming planning and budgeting decisions. Invitations have been sent to randomly selected households asking for feedback via The National Community Survey. In a few weeks, we'll open the survey to all residents. If you would like to receive an email notification for this community-wide survey, register now to become a part of Franklin's digital sounding board: polco.us/n/res/signup
For more information, follow this link: https://www.franklinma.gov/town-council/webforms/national-community-survey
Thank you for sharing your voice!
Shared from -> https://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/reminder-national-community-survey-has-launched
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| National Community Survey to launch in January |
In just a few days, Franklin will launch The National Community Survey. Randomly selected households will receive mailed survey invitations over the next few weeks. If you receive an invite, please follow the instructions and share your input! Your feedback will help us make important plans for our future.
If you aren't selected for this initial survey effort, we'll also share a community-wide survey soon. To become a member of Franklin's digital sounding board and get notified when this community-wide survey is available, follow this link and register for a Polco profile: polco.us/n/res/signup
For additional information, follow this link: https://www.franklinma.gov/town-council/webforms/national-community-survey
Thank you for helping to create a better community for all!
Shared from -> https://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/national-community-survey
"Franklin High School Varsity Cheerleaders are your National 1st place and GRAND CHAMPIONS!!
Let's GO @fhsboysbball!! Bring home the State Championship tonight!!!"
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| Franklin High School Varsity Cheerleaders take 1st Place at Nationals |
FM #1158 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1158 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares my conversation with the leadership team of the National Art Honor Society (NAHS). Amy Edson, FHS Art teacher, and club advisor. The leadership team students introduce themselves as we go around:
Raena, the President of NAHS and leading the Singapore room
Allie, the Vice-President, and leading the Spain room
Gia, the Data Manager, and leading the Columbia room
Christine, the Social Media Director and leading the Sudan room
We had our conversation in one of the art rooms where the Create Art Around the World will be taking place.
Thanks to the Franklin Cultural Council for the grant to enable this event for free.
Let’s listen to this conversation about the kid friendly (and did we say, “Free”) Create Art Around the World scheduled for Wednesday, April 24, 2024 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1158-fhs-nahs-create-art-round-the-world-03-07-24
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FHS Clay Studio Instagram account -> https://www.instagram.com/fhs_claystudio/
More about the Franklin Cultural Council -> https://www.franklinma.gov/cultural-council
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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm).
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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| Create Art Around the World scheduled for Apr 24, 2024 - free & kid Friendly at FHS |
"Ada Limón's signature project as the nation's 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, "You Are Here," will feature two major new initiatives: an anthology of commissioned nature poems and poetry installed as public art in seven national parks."I want to champion the ways reading and writing poetry can situate us in the natural world," Limón said. "Never has it been more urgent to feel a sense of reciprocity with our environment, and poetry's alchemical mix of attention, silence, and rhythm gives us a reciprocal way of experiencing nature — of communing with the natural world through breath and presence."
Find out more about the project -> https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/u.s.-poet-laureate-ada-lim-n-to-publish-anthology--bring-poetry-to-national-parks-as-part-of-signatu/s/daf3ca32-cdff-49e0-9109-c2d9ba66c3b1
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| poetry as public art in 7 national parks |
"@FEMA and @FCC will conduct a national test of the Wireless Emergency Alert and the Emergency Alert System this fall.
Cell phones, wireless devices, TVs and radios across the country will be sent a test alert around 2:20 pm on Oct 4."
additional details on the test: https://t.co/ke0EOoSYPK
Shared from -> https://t.co/QFet9BVXve
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| FEMA & FCC announce national test of Wireless Emergency Alert - Oct 4 at 2:20 PM |
Sarah Dumas
Indoor Pentathlon: #5 Girls 800 Meter Run5 Sarah Dumas 11 Franklin Tra 2:29.55 699Indoor Pentathlon: #1 Girls 60 Meter Hurdles4 Sarah Dumas 11 Franklin Tra 9.08 893Indoor Pentathlon: #2 Girls High Jump2 Sarah Dumas 11 Franklin Tra 1.60m 736Indoor Pentathlon: #4 Girls Long Jump18 Sarah Dumas 11 Franklin Tra 4.52m 433Indoor Pentathlon: #3 Girls Shot Put3 Sarah Dumas 11 Franklin Tra 9.77m 514
"I think it's official, boys 4x200 with a school record of 1:32.27" https://twitter.com/FranklinHSXC/status/1634278987726835725
"Good luck to the Franklin athletes competing at Nationals today.
Check out the live stream if you can't make it into the TRACK" -> https://t.co/P6Pg2Tccv9
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| FHS Panthers |
Congrats to team MA, 1st place at senior nationals! Congrats to Kate who placed in 3 events in individuals and was 10th AA!
So proud of @_katerudolph @_lizziebrown_ @carolinewoelfel @FHSSports @BuzzMyfm @FranklinMatters @KatCornetta
Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/fhs_gymnastics/status/1528055452600356864
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| FHS' Rudolph, Brown, and Woelfel perform well at Senior Gymnastics Nationals |
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| FHS' Rudolph, Brown, and Woelfel help MA take 1st place at Senior Gymnastics Nationals |
"National Champions!!! Hockomock, Regional, State and now - National Champions!!! Congratulations to the Best Cheer Team in the country!!!"
Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/FHSSports/status/1505618908321038346
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| FHS Cheerleaders take National Title |
"FHSTC is onto Regionals! Feeling grateful to be recognized as a Top 3 school, and punching our ticket to Regionals."
"BIG shout out to our All-Star Awards in: scenic design (Kaiti), costume design (Heidi, Ren, Will), sound design (Matt),Ensemble work for the Rock Creatures (Heidi, Millie, Amanda, Colin, Will, Shea, Alex, Ava, Jake, Patrick), and an acting award for Simon, who played Don. "
Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/FranklinHSDrama/status/1505538540167471113
and from https://twitter.com/FranklinHSDrama/status/1505538542298087424
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| FHSTC is onto Regionals |
"Good luck to the athletes in NYC this weekend for New Balance Nationals Indoors! Tyler Powderly in the 400M Friday at 11:58 and girls 4x4 (Anna Cliff, Olivia Costa, Sarah Dumas, Jill Fenerty) Sunday at 1:35."
Livestream - nbnationalsin.com/eprofile.php?e #NewBalanceNationals
Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/FranklinXCTrack/status/1501919135663538176
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| FHS Panthers |
"The National Art Honors Society painted a mural this afternoon called "Celebrate the Love."
Thank you to all the members who helped and to the societies leaders who organized this event with Mrs. Edson.
#nahs #naea #love #celebratelove @HonorsArt" https://t.co/1IuShjztvQ
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| FHS National Art honors society students painting a new mural in the hallway |
Audio of the meeting should be available in a couple of days
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| Recap: School Committee hears about the FHS program of studies, approves senior perks, and trip to Nationals for FHS Cheerleaders |
'Return of the Jedi' Among 25 Eclectic Films Joining National Film Registry
The 2021 selections represent one of the most diverse classes of films to enter the registry, with movies dating back nearly 120 years and representing the work of Hollywood studios, independent filmmakers, documentarians, women directors, filmmakers of color, students and the silent era of film. The selections bring the number of films in the registry to 825, representing a portion of the 1.7 million films in the Library's collections. "Films help reflect our cultural history and creativity — and show us new ways of looking at ourselves — though movies haven't always been deemed worthy of preservation. The National Film Registry will preserve our cinematic heritage, and we are proud to add 25 more films this year," said Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. "The Library of Congress will work with our partners in the film community to ensure these films are preserved for generations to come." Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will host a television special Friday, Dec. 17, starting at 8 p.m. ET to screen a selection of motion pictures named to the registry this year. Hayden will join TCM host and film historian Jacqueline Stewart, who is chair of the National Film Preservation Board, to discuss the films. Also, select titles from 30 years of the National Film Registry are freely available online in the Library's National Screening Room. Follow the conversation about the 2021 National Film Registry on Twitter and Instagram at @librarycongress and #NatFilmRegistry. Films Selected for the 2021 National Film Registry
Click here for more information on this year's entries to the National Film Registry.
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| HAY Lightning |
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| HAY Lightning, the Hockomock Area YMCA’s competitive swim team for swimmers 18 years and younger, participated in their annual national championship swim meet March 25-28 at the North Attleboro YMCA. The 30 Junior & Senior National Championship qualifying swimmers posted 134 personal best times (out of 162 swims) and 25 swimmers achieved qualifying times for Sunkissed Championship Meet 2022 |
"Slower mail, fewer office hours part of Postal Service plans"
"Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday announced plans to slow mail delivery standards and cut hours at some post offices as part of a 10-year strategy to stabilize the struggling agency.
Details of the long-awaited plan come at a time of intense scrutiny on the US Postal Service over persistent delivery delays under DeJoy, a major GOP donor who took over the agency last summer. The plan also includes a proposal to consolidate underused post offices, hinted at a potential postage rate increase and detailed investments in new delivery vehicles, among other things.
Facing an expected $160 billion in losses over the next decade, DeJoy and postal executives stressed the need to cut costs and modernize the agency's operations as its workload increasingly shifts from handling letters to hauling more and more packages."
"Specifically, Pomerantsev points to two major areas of strategic overlap. First, there’s a shared war on facts that tries to convince the viewer that accountability is a fool’s errand because true objectivity does not exist.Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
“There’s this kind of pop-postmodernism, where Sean Hannity will say things like objectivity doesn’t exist, everybody’s biased,” Pomerantsev says. He points to Hannity’s infamous interview with Ted Koppel, in which he contrasted his own style with what he sees as the charade of “objective” facts in other areas of the press. “I don’t pretend that I’m fair and balanced and objective,” Hannity bizarrely boasted.
“That’s exactly the same argument the Russians make,” Pomerantsev says. He recalls a famous phrase uttered by Dmitry Kiselev, a prime-time TV host who was also appointed by Vladimir Putin to run Kremlin’s international propaganda network, Rossiya Segodnya. “Objectivity is a myth that is proposed and imposed on us.”
"Postal Service finds no evidence of mail ballot fraud in Pa. case cited by top Republicans"
"U.S. Postal Service investigators found no evidence to support a Pennsylvania postal worker’s claim that his supervisors had tampered with mail-in ballots, according to an inspector general’s report — allegations cited by top Republicans to press baseless claims of fraud in the presidential election."
"The Internal Revenue Service told financial institutions to expect roughly 90 million direct deposits amounting to $242.2 billion on March 17 in the initial distribution of the American Rescue Plan stimulus payments, according to a banking industry group.
Following the deposits, the IRS mailed an additional 150,000 checks amounting to $442 million, with a pay date of March 19, according to the Independent Community Bankers of America, based on a briefing from the IRS.
“Additional batches of payments will be sent in the coming weeks with the vast majority sent by direct deposit,” the group said in an online update to banking members. “Payments will also be sent through the mail as a check or debit card.”
"Racially motivated extremists pose the most lethal domestic terrorism threats to the US, according to an unclassified intelligence report that warned that the threats could grow this year.
The blunt assessment, in a report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, echoes warnings made by US officials, including the FBI director, Christopher Wray, who testified earlier this month that the threat from domestic violent extremism was “metastasizing” across the country."
