intersection of services, housing, and taxes
"the consequence for showing up at a village meeting to complain about new homes being built in your community should be having to memorize this Venn diagram"
Providing accurate and timely information about what matters in Franklin, MA since 2007. * Working in collaboration with Franklin TV and Radio (wfpr.fm) since October 2019 *
intersection of services, housing, and taxes
"the consequence for showing up at a village meeting to complain about new homes being built in your community should be having to memorize this Venn diagram"
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January 2025 guide to social resources |
"Our Y is committed to connecting people to available local resources and social support services as part of our Social Action Services initiative.
You can also download our resource guide here: https://t.co/moKRBSXIUp"
Shared from -> https://t.co/JmlXIKBMMj
via the Hockomock YMCA
Our Y is committed to connecting people to available local resources and social support services as part of our Social Action Services initiative.
You can also download our resource guide here: hockymca.org/shared/docs/SAS-Community-Resources.pdf
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Hockomock YMCA shares the resource guide to the social services provided |
Brand new! January's Social Action Service Calendar!
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Sonja Wagner starts with FPD |
"Please welcome Sonja Wagner to the Franklin Police Department. Sonja joins the FPD as our second clinician for FPD’s Co-Response Program.
Sonja started in November and has already hit the ground running. Sonja is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and has over 4-years of experience working with law enforcement in a co-response role and has prior experience working as a mental health counselor."
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The Hockomock Area YMCA's Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Network provides a safe space for parents and caregiver discussion around youth mental well-being and strategies.
Visit https://t.co/ShifsPC9aN for more info.
To register, email BrynneK@hockymca.org.
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Hockomock Area YMCA’s Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Network |
FM #570 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 570 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Ariel Doggett. Ariel is currently the virtual programs coordinator for the Franklin Senior Center.
We talk about her transition to virtual program coordinator as COVID-19 hit during 2020. We also talk about how Ariel evolved the programming during the pandemic and now the migration of the Respite and Supportive Day programs back to in person is underway and targeted for September.
The recording runs about 29 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Ariel on Thursday, June 17.
Audio file = https://player.captivate.fm/episode/18d26989-1f4c-4b0f-a2b7-067c62bd7a91
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Franklin Senior Center https://www.franklinma.gov/fsc
Senior Center Connections newsletter https://www.franklinma.gov/franklin-senior-center/pages/connection-newsletter
Email adoggett@franklinma.gov to get on her “Email Blast”
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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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FM #570 - Ariel Doggett - This was a blast - 06/17/21 (audio) |