Franklin Matters

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Franklin Library: Swimmy

A shadow puppet show bringing to life characters from Leo Lionni's book Swimmy is scheduled for Wednesday, July 23 at 1:00 PM

shadow puppet show - July 23 1:00 PM

This was shared from the posting on the Library page
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2014/07/swimmyswimmer-shadow-puppet-show.html

More about author Leo Lionni can be found here and here

Monday, July 21, 2014

A milestone of sorts happened this past weekend when the 10,000th post was shared here on Franklin Matters. This is not something you would normally see as it is an internal counter when I sit to write out what will be posted.

You can see it if you scroll through the archives and open a year to see the monthly totals. You did know there is an archive. Visible on the front page right column underneath where you can subscribe to receive the update daily via email or immediately when posted via RSS.

As you can see the archive goes back to Nov 2007. There is a whole lot of good information here. Day by day what happens is recorded.

Regular readers will recall that I sometimes suggest to pick a day, say today. And then go back into the archives one year at a time to see what was posted on that date in 2013, 2012, etc... It usually is an interesting exercise!

more than 10,000 posts on Franklin Matters

Thank you for helping me create these 10,000. The meeting reporting and photos are mostly mine but you contribute much of the rest. All the questions you ask either lead to follow up info for a prior post or to a new post.

Renata Gilarova gets a special thanks for helping me with the weekly calendar of events. You all help both of us by letting us know that your group will be holding an event.

As always -

If you like this, please tell your friends and neighbors
If you don't like this, please tell me.

This feedback loop is so important.

And for some fun. What does 10,000 iPhones look like when set up as dominos?

Enjoy!

FHS Last Tour: Corridors and Student Art Work - part 12 (photos)

Student art 1

Student art 2

Student art 3

Student art 4

Student art 5

Student art 6

Student art 7

Zoning Board of Appeals - Agenda - July 24

The published agenda for the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting scheduled for Thursday July 24 can be viewed in this document:

Agendas for the Zoning Board of Appeals can be found on the Franklin website
http://town.franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_ZBAAgendas/Agendas%202014/

Note: email subscribers will need to click through to Franklin Matters to view the document

Franklin Municipal Building

Sunday, July 20, 2014

FHS Last Tour: Corridors and Student Art Work - part 11 (photos)

Let's continue the walk through the corridors of Franklin High School on the 'last tour.' I'll share photos of student art work and other significant items of interest picking up from where we left off last time. A couple of photos from this set come from the art rooms rather than the corridors.

student art 1

student art 2

student art 3

student art 4

student art 5

student art 6

student art 7

Planning Board - Agenda - July 21, 2014

The Planning Board agenda for the scheduled meeting Monday, July 21 can be seen in the document here:

Planning Board agendas can be found on the Franklin webpage
http://town.franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_PlanningAgendas/2014%20Agendas/

Note: email subscribers will need to click through to Franklin Matters to view the document

Franklin Municipal Building

FHS Building Celebration - video

The students put together this video history of Franklin High School. Take a look back through the years from 1971 to the present.

Enjoy!

Note: Email readers will need to click through to the Franklin Matters webpage to see the video

Tobin Memorial Bridge Goes To All Electronic Tolls

In case you happen to use the Tobin Bridge in your travels, this notification from MassDOT on the implementation of E-ZPass is good to know. One difference about E-ZPass at the Tobin Bridge is that "customers will no longer see a traffic light indicator on the Tobin Memorial Bridge signaling the status of your account."

Beginning Monday, July 21, 2014 the Tobin Memorial Bridge will be going to All Electronic Tolls (AET). As an E-ZPass account holder, no new action is needed by you. You will however, see a difference in the traffic pattern on the Tobin Memorial Bridge and you will no longer need to slow down and pass through the toll booths.

E-ZPass Massachusetts would like to remind our valued customers of the following important items that are needed in order to avoid violations:

Be sure to mount your transponder properly. The arrows must be pointing up, it must be affixed to the front windshield (using the fastener strips provided), slightly to the right of your rearview mirror and below the tinted portion.

MassDOT

With the Tobin Memorial Bridge going all electronic, customers will no longer see a traffic light indicator on the Tobin Memorial Bridge signaling the status of your account. Be sure that you always have money on your E-ZPass Account. Please refer to your E-ZPass MA account at www.mass.gov/ezpassma for all your account information and update credit/debit card and checking account information as necessary. If you make manual payments, be sure to make a payment to your account as soon as you see the middle yellow "Low Bal" (Low Balance) light in the toll lanes on MassDOT toll roads.

Be sure that your license plate information is always accurate and up to date. If the transponder doesn't read, a picture is taken of the license plate and a video toll (v-toll) is posted to the account listing that license plate. If the license plate is not listed on your E-ZPass account, the registered owner of that vehicle will receive a PAY BY PLATE MA Invoice only for travel on the Tobin Memorial Bridge, or a violation for each unpaid toll transaction for travel on other toll roads.

Thank you and drive safely this Summer 2014

Saturday, July 19, 2014

FHS Last Tour: Corridors and Student Art Work - part 10 (photos)

Let's continue the walk through the corridors of Franklin High School on the 'last tour.' I'll share photos of student art work and other significant items of interest picking up from where we left off last time.

For the inquiring minds, how many more posts will there be with photos? Probably about three or four.

student art - 1

student art - 2

student art - 3

student art - 4

student art - 5

student art - 6

student art - 7

student art - 8

summertime bookworm buzz

Summertime, school is out. What does one teacher do? Read and write!

The book-a-day challenge continues and I have read 55 books over the past 27 days. My goal is to reach 68 books to mark the 68 days of summer AND to review them all on Goodreads and here, on the blog. How is your summer reading going so far?

Mrs Williams is a 4th grade teacher here in Franklin and very busy reading and writing this summer.

front page of The Shiny Red Apple

For those parents with 4th graders looking for books for their young readers, check out Mrs Williams blog The Shiny Red Apple,

and her book list and reviews on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/6982448?shelf=read

Franklin Matters

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Franklin Library: Swimmy

Monday, July 21, 2014

What does 10,000 look like?

FHS Last Tour: Corridors and Student Art Work - part 12 (photos)

Zoning Board of Appeals - Agenda - July 24

Sunday, July 20, 2014

FHS Last Tour: Corridors and Student Art Work - part 11 (photos)

Planning Board - Agenda - July 21, 2014

FHS Building Celebration - video

Tobin Memorial Bridge Goes To All Electronic Tolls

Saturday, July 19, 2014

FHS Last Tour: Corridors and Student Art Work - part 10 (photos)

summertime bookworm buzz

News Archive

Creative Commons

StatCounter

Contact Steve Sherlock

State House representation

Other Resources

Franklin Blogs

GA4