"Bring the little ones in to have their photo taken with the Easter Bunny between 10AM and Noon at the Museum"
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| Photos with the Easter Bunny - Apr 9 |
Are there events/workshops that you would like to see in the future? Let us know! Love to hear you feedback and we love you all!
Visit https://www.fairmountfruit.com/ for updates
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| The April event calendar at Fairmount Fruit Farm is filling up! |
Upcoming Practice Interviewing Sessions
Wednesday April 6th 10 AM
Register in advance for this Zoom meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/
Thursday April 7th; 2-3:30 PM: Practice Interviewing courtesy of the Framingham Public Library.
No need to register; use the link to join!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Session 11: Interview Practice - Tuesday April 12th: 10 am – 12 pm
Congratulations, you were invited to an interview and have been preparing by investigating the company, its competitors, and the people you will likely meet.
You’ve also been preparing your STAR/PAR stories. But, how do you know you are ready?
You practice.
Why you need to do this: Actors understand how practice isn’t enough. That’s why they have dress rehearsals. Even the live TV show Saturday Night Live (SNL) has a dress rehearsal!
Practicing your interviewing skills has been proven to enhance your chance of landing the job.
If you are already in the program, use the same link you used for any previous Tuesday session you attended this year.
New to the program? Registration is Required: https://50plusjobseekers.org/
For more information contact Denise Magnett: 50plusjobseekersadmin@
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| Upcoming Practice Interviewing Sessions with Ed Lawrence |
"MASSACHUSETTS SPENDS MORE than $1 billion a year to incarcerate roughly 13,000 people in its state prisons and county houses of correction, but a lot of the details of that spending are shrouded in mystery and uncertainty.
As part of the recent wave of attention to criminal justice reform, the Legislature recently formed a special commission to try to make sense of correctional spending in the state. The call for a commission was driven by a steep drop in the state’s inmate population – the total is now roughly half the peak of recent decades – that has occurred with no corresponding reduction in corrections spending. Meanwhile, per inmate spending varies widely among the state’s 14 sheriffs who oversee houses of correction, and there is widespread concern among those outside the system that inmates are not receiving adequate rehabilitative services while behind bars.
A big takeaway from the commission’s recently issued report, said its two co-chairs, Sen. Will Brownsberger and Rep. Michael Day, on this week’s Codcast, is the need for much clearer information on spending and inmate programming in order to assess what changes are needed. "
Correctional Funding Report -> https://correctionalfunding.com/commission-report/
"THE BOSTON GLOBE is facing a growing chorus of criticism from public health advocates and media critics for working with Philip Morris to create and publish stories featuring interviews with prominent scientists, many of whom say they were never told the true purpose of the interviews – for inclusion in Philip Morris ads.A coalition of six leading public health organizations sent a letter last month to Globe owner and publisher John Henry in an effort to persuade him to get rid of the tobacco ads. He did not respond.To be sure, the Philip Morris ads in the Globe today are nothing like the tobacco ads of the past. Gone are the Marlboro man and his ilk. Instead, the tobacco ads in the Globe nowadays take the form of what’s known as “sponsored content” articles, a type of advertising that looks similar to Globe news stories with headlines, bylines, and even the same font the paper uses. The ads run under the heading “From our Partners” on the Globe’s website."
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| CommonWealth Magazine: transparency needed in evaluating correctional expenses and with Globe sponsored content |
Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf
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| Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) |
Having left Facebook, I try not to encourage folks to go there but in this instance, the 30 min (or so) conversation is worth spending some time with. Senator Becca Rausch prompts Sarah Mabardy to share some great nuggets of info that are well worth implementing (if you haven't already).
For example: Sarah talks about her service orientation, facilitating "word of mouth," and her idea of "everyday impact."
Video link -> https://www.facebook.com/beccarauschMA/videos/266734962322974
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| Senator Rausch talks with Sarah Mabardy (Facebook live - 03/25/22) (video) |
The Franklin School Committee has two meetings back to back on Tuesday evening. The first will be the deliberation on the one internal candidate they interviewed last week for Superintendent. The second is the normally scheduled 2nd meeting of the month.
First meeting - Apr 26, 2022 - 6 PM
How did the school committee get to this deliberation decision?
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| Back to back School Committee meetings Tuesday, April 26 |
"The MBTA is pushing ahead with electrification, but on its own terms.
Transit advocates, climate activists, and many lawmakers are pushing the T to ditch its diesel buses and quickly embrace battery electric buses. They are also pressing the transit authority to start electrifying commuter rail lines, particularly those running through environmental justice communities, and to scrap plans to discontinue use of the electric trolleys that operate off catenary wires in Cambridge. "
"MBTA PASSENGER LEVELS, which took a hit earlier this year when COVID levels shot up, have recovered their lost ground and appear to be picking up steam, particularly on the commuter rail system.
Commuter rail ridership a year ago was just 11.6 percent of pre-COVID levels. Passenger levels rose a bit in the last half of 2021 but they really began to pick up during the first three months of this year. Ridership on commuter rail hit 31 percent of pre-COVID levels in January, rose to 39 percent in February, and reached 49 percent in March."
"WE ARE HEADING for a massive MBTA operating budget deficit next year, and no one in power on Beacon Hill is doing anything about it. This is not a theory or hypothesis; this is a fact, something the T itself candidly acknowledges and has publicly stated.
Why will this happen? And what can be done to avoid the impending crisis?"
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| CommonWealth Magazine: 3 articles on MBTA electrification schedule, ridership, and budget woes |
We appreciate our music families and hope you all enjoy a wonderful night of jazz!
Please be prepared to show your receipt at the door as we will be accepting online payments up to and at the time of the event.
Ticket for this can be purchased online -> https://givebutter.com/jazzcafe
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| FHS Jazz Café - March 30, 2022 - 7 PM |
"The Franklin Fire Department SAFE Program would like to thank the Franklin Highs School American Red Cross Club for coming out and washing our trucks this weekend."
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| Franklin Fire Dept gets its trucks cleaned by FHS Red Cross Club |
