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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Solid waste - Newton's info

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Newton implemented an automated single stream solid waste process similar to what is coming to Franklin. From the Newton website I found the...

Time to wake up on obesity

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There are a number of problems in this world but many of them pale in comparison with obesity. Franklin's budget problem is minor. The...
Friday, February 12, 2010

Wired Kids Summit

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The Franklin Teenangels group could use your help in raising money to attend the following event. If you would like to contribute, please co...

HMEA 5K Race/Walk - May 23rd

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The Horace Mann Education Associates - HMEA, Inc. is located here in Franklin, MA but their effective service delivery is to over 100 commun...
Thursday, February 11, 2010

Solid Waste Pros/Cons - Updated

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I received two emails this morning in response to my posting here . I provide answers to them as follows: The first: The new trash fee wi...

Solid waste - pros/cons

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While it is a done deal with the Town Council approving to set the new trash fee at $233 per year (with future action to possibly reduce it ...

Town Council - 02/10/10

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The collection of posts live reported from the Town Council meeting on Wednesday can be found here: Live reporting - closing Live re...

Spilka and Vallee to Hold Office Hours in Franklin; Fri - Feb 19th

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Senator Karen Spilka to Hold Office Hours in Franklin Join Senator Spilka and Puja Mehta, Senator Spilka's District and Constituent Ser...

In the News - trash fee reduced, Seniors get aid

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Franklin sets new trash fees from  The Milford Daily News News RSS   by  Ashley Studley/Daily News staff Franklin seniors missing out on a...

"a real positive service for the whole community"

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Despite a tight budget, state Rep. James Vallee, D-Franklin, has announced that more than $30,000 in state funds has been awarded to area Co...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Live reporting - closing

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Councilor comments Zollo - thanks for the participation tonight. The amount of preparation and process was important. I would recommend you...

Live reporting - legislation

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J. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION 1. Resolution 10-06: Acceptance of Gift- Franklin Library motion to accept, seconded - passed 8-0 2. Bylaw Amen...

Live reporting - Senior Outreach

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H. PRESENTATIONS/DISCUSSIONS   – Senior Outreach- Update Tina Powderly provides an update on an analysis that was done to examine the exe...

Live reporting - Town Council

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Present: Kelly, Jones, Vallee, Whalen, Mason, Pfeffer, Powderly, Zollo Absent:  McGann A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - none B. ANNOUNCEMENT...

What is online learning?

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We are fortunate that online learning is being explored in Franklin. You may have heard of Moodle which is open sourced software used to de...

What are Smartboards?

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Some Smartboards have been installed in Franklin's classrooms and more are being requested in the capital budget. What is a Smartboard a...

School Committee 02/09/10

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The collection of posts from the short School Committee meeting held on Tuesday, Feb 9th can be found here: Live reporting - closing ite...

Let's be honest! - seminar for Middle School Parents

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The second of three seminars for parents of 5th through 8th grade students will be held Thursday evening, beginning at 7:00 PM Horace Mann M...