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Saturday, July 23, 2011

In the News - e.coli, murder case

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Franklin man suffered from German E. coli outbreak from  The Milford Daily News News RSS   by  Mike Stobbe/Associated Press No bail for ...
Friday, July 22, 2011

Depot St construction

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If you haven't been downtown to the train station, you might not have noticed that Depot St has been torn up. The municipal parking lot ...

In the Globe: local meals tax

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In case you missed it, the Boston Globe West section on Thursday ran an article on the local meal tax option. Franklin obtained 347,000 rev...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

"cyberbullying feels like something they can't get away from"

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While the foundation sponsors surveys every two years among the region's middle and high schools, it had never before asked its consulta...

"The state will cover 58 percent"

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"It seems like an absolutely slam-dunk no-brainer," said Town Council Vice Chairman Stephen Whalen, of building a new high school ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Franklin Farmers Market DOUBLES Food Stamp (SNAP) Dollars

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Do you or someone you know receive Food Stamps (SNAP benefits)? The Franklin Farmers Market new Produce Points program, will DOUBLE your ...

Budget Monitor: The Fiscal Year 2012 General Appropriations Act

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Ex...

Y World of Tots Nursery School

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The YMCA has registration open for their World of Tots pre-school program. Details are contained within the document attached that you can s...

after all: "the shooting ... was justified"

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"It was deemed that they were public safety officials protecting the public," said state environmental police spokesman Reginald Z...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Attention Franklin: Scam alert

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A brief email from a new mother alerts us to a scam organization going door to door here in Franklin. The email is brief because the new mot...

"Presenting a $95 million school will not be perceived well"

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A new school is about $4 million more expensive to the town, but is expected to take a shorter time to finish - two years instead of four. A...

What Franklin piloted, the others now get to use

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The Franklin Line piloted the "Quiet Car" service which is now being rolled out to the remaining commuter rail lines. Having been ...
Monday, July 18, 2011

Cooking cutaway

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On the food front, here is a ten minute video from TED . Not exactly a cookbook you'll run out an buy but the photos and explanations o...

Construction progress

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Around the neighborhood, the work progresses on the 3 unit building at the corner of Wachusett and Cottage streets. The site of the former D...
Sunday, July 17, 2011

Lesson learned: bike shops don't open early

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Saturday was a great day for a bike ride. We got a later start than we wanted. We knew the tires needed to be filled before riding and I ...

"may send $65 million in local aid cuts back to towns and cities across the state"

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Some towns, which didn't expect to have the money, don't have plans for where it would go. Others are welcoming it to plug late cuts...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Two red tail hawks down

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Animal control officers, one of whom was also attacked, then shot and killed two hawks, which Tom French, an assistant director of MassWildl...

Franklin Downtown Partnership: Next General Meeting

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Sent to you by Steve Sherlock via Google Reader: Next General Meeting via Franklin Downtown Partnership by noreply@blogger.com (Franklin Do...