The collection of posts alerting to the removal of the Franklin Matters Facebook page effective Nov 30, 2021.
We're not going away, just leaving Facebook and its corrupt business environment behind.
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 *
The collection of posts alerting to the removal of the Franklin Matters Facebook page effective Nov 30, 2021.
We're not going away, just leaving Facebook and its corrupt business environment behind.
seven tweets atwitter |
six ways to remain in the know |
five meetings reported on |
four info sessions scheduled |
three more reminders |
two Talk Franklin sessions a month |
one daily newsletter |
Juniors from the Legal and Protective Service Program Present to Local Seniors
Students from the class of 2023 in the Legal and Protective Services Career Program at Tri-County RVTHS are bringing important public safety presentations to several local area senior citizen centers. The presentations are focused on how to prevent scams and fraudulent practices that target the elderly and become more prevalent during the holiday season.
These presentations will help seniors learn how to identify and respond to scammers. The students aim to prevent the elderly community members from falling victim to illegal practices that could drain their savings, endanger, or frighten them. The students enrolled in the Legal and Protective Services Program independently researched the information in their presentations, including interviewing local law enforcement officers.
Topics include Phishing & Identity Theft, IRS, romantic/companionship, sweepstakes, charity, funeral, and grandparent scams. According to the local law enforcement agencies, scams like this are prevalent, and residents of the immediate communities have been scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars.
Through research, the students recognized that scammers rely on strong emotions to catch their victims off guard. They will emotionally manipulate their victims through fear, intimidation, excitement, exhaustion, sympathy, guilt, grief, embarrassment, and love. This manipulation keeps intelligent, rational people from making sound financial decisions. Victims of financial scams rarely recover the money they lose and it can take years for victims of identity theft to undo the damage.
After the first presentation in Franklin, an attendee expressed how grateful she was that these presentations were being provided to the community. After losing her husband several years ago, she fell victim to a scam and understands first-hand how real and cruel these scammers are.
Elder Fraud Presentations will be held at the following locations: Walpole COA on 12/2 at 1pm, Attleboro COA on 12/14 at 12:30pm, and Wrentham COA on 12/16 at 9:30am. If you would like to have an elder fraud presentation in your area, please contact Brenna Ferrick.
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presentation in Franklin |
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outside the Franklin Senior Center |
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2021 - Franklin Turkey Trot 5K Results | Second Wind Timing |
Franklin native Charles Harrington joins us Sunday, December 12 to discuss his book A Contemplative Life: Essays and musings from the last of the Baby Boomers. Available at Amazon.
Charlie grew up in Franklin, attended St. Mary School, and was the middle child in the large Harrington family with four older brothers and four younger sisters. One reviewer writes: “Harrington is a talented story-teller and writes about his childhood, romances, addiction and losses to inspire readers to learn from his experiences. He includes personal letters, photographs and poems that make his stories come alive. Readers can relate to his experiences and reflect on what he learned from them.
We are excited to welcome Charlie back home and have him discuss his book, reflect on his life and share his memories of Franklin.
We hope you will join us for this next chapter in our monthly Second Sunday Speaker Series. Doors open at 1:00 PM, admission is free, and the presentation will start at 1:15.
Please bring a non-perishable item for the Franklin Food Pantry.
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Second Sunday Speaker Series - Dec 12 - Charles Harrington |
FM #667-668 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 667-668 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares the Franklin, MA School Committee meeting held on Tuesday, November 23, 2021.
The meeting was conducted in a hybrid format: the School Committee members were in the Council Chambers along with some of the public, other members of the public joined via conference bridge, all to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.
The recording of the public meeting runs two hours and fifteen minutes. The School Committee enters Executive Session (for approx. 45 minutes) and returns to the public meeting for about 1 minute before closing the meeting.
I split the meeting into two segments:
Part 1 - covers the opening, Superintendent’s Report and the MCAS presentation (~1 hour 7 mins) https://player.captivate.fm/episode/9dd47a52-af7f-4d5f-8207-9fd5fd2fa1f8
Part 2 - covers the Discussion Action items, the Discussion Only items, the consent agenda, through to the entry to Executive Session, from which they did return to open meeting (~ 1 hour and 8 mins) https://player.captivate.fm/episode/45ad92d0-1c23-4a65-b3d1-b437fc5ba5dc
Links to the meeting agenda and associated documents released for this meeting are included in the show notes. The link to my notes taken during the meeting is also provided.
Let’s listen to this segment of the School Committee meeting Nov 23, 2021
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School Committee Meeting packet folder -> https://franklinps.net/district/meeting-packets/pages/november-23-2021-school-committee-meeting-packet…
Meeting agenda doc -> https://franklinps.net/sites/g/files/vyhlif4431/f/uploads/scagenda_11-23-21.pdf…
My notes captured during the meeting
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/11/recap-school-committee-hears-update-on.html
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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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Franklin, MA School Committee meeting - 11/23/21 - audio in two parts |
20 Reasons to Not Implement a Dual Tax Rate
"Boston parking lots are turning into ‘ghost kitchen’ delivery hubs"
"The first time DoorDash delivery driver Rey Reyes arrived to pick up an order from a restaurant named Fuku in South Boston, he was surprised to find a large trailer in the back of a parking lot.He was waiting on a spicy fried chicken sandwich with a side of waffle fries, but the trailer was also serving up boneless wings from Wings & Things, vegetable dumplings from Wow Bao, or grilled cheese from MrBeast Burger.All from the same commercial kitchen inside the trailer, at the same address, and with no actual restaurant in sight."
"Since its creation 46 weeks ago, a state commission tasked with recommending changes to Massachusetts’ controversial state seal has met twice. It remains short one appointee, and a state legislator has argued it needs a staff and a budget, neither of which exists. A deadline to submit a report came and went nearly two months ago.The product of decades of advocacy, the Special Commission Relative to the Seal and Motto of the Commonwealth has been bogged down by Beacon Hill’s familiar morass of bureaucratic hurdles, all while its members wrestle with lingering questions over its mission.The circumstances have complicated not just when the panel will produce a new vision for Massachusetts’ official symbol but exactly what it will deliver."
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The Massachusetts State flag with the state seal flies in front of the State House.JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF |
Welcome to the Registration for the Spring 2022 season of the Boys Franklin Youth Lacrosse.Your Registration Fee covers expenses necessary for the Franklin Youth Lacrosse Program to operate.
Equipment, Coaching Education, Field Maintenance, Insurance, League Fees, Referee fees, Indoor Time, and Scholarships are among the expenses the organization has.To complete FYL Player Registration each player must be registered with MBYLL. Please click on link and follow the instructions.... MBYLL PLAYER REGISTRATION
Home page for Franklin Youth Lacrosse -> http://www.franklinlax.com/Default.asp?org=franklinlax.com
Franklin Youth Lacrosse registration is open! (updated) |