Senator Spilka: October News from the State House

Also: Join us for the Senior Health & Wellness Fair on October 14!

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Greetings!  I'd like to invite you and your friends, family and neighbors to my annual Senior Health and Wellness Fair.  Please spread the word! This year, the Senior Health and Wellness Fair will be held on Saturday, October 14th  at the Joseph P. Keefe Technical School in Framingham. All MetroWest seniors are invited to learn about ways to lead healthy and active lifestyles and enjoy a fun morning out in the community. Co-sponsored by MetroWest Medical Center and the MetroWest Health Foundation, the Senior Fair offers health screenings, as well as a variety of workshops and presentations about senior health programs, benefits and wellness activities. Representatives from local health care and elder services organizations will share information on services and opportunities in MetroWest. The best part?  The food!  The day includes a continental breakfast and hot lunch. Please see below for additional details, as well as some other news from the State House.   Can't wait to see you at the Health and Wellness Fair!  SENIOR HEALTH & WELLNESS FAIR       Senator Karen Spilka's Annual Senior Health & Wellness Fair Co-sponsored by MetroWest Medical Center and the MetroWest Health Foundation Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Joseph P. Keefe Technical School 750 Winter Street, Framingham, MA 01702 View Map Seniors in the MetroWest area are encouraged to contact Puja Mehta, Senator Spilka's District Director, at (617) 722-1640 or Puja.Mehta@masenate.gov for more information and to RSVP. Presentations include: The Brain, Aging and Memory Loss Center of Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital Making Your Community Dementia Friendly Mirick O'Connell Attorneys at Law Keeping Your Brain Safe Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts Lifting Strategies for Golden Years FYZICAL Therapy and Balance Centers Free Medical Equipment  REquipment, INC. Get Ready for Your New Medicare Card Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Maze Udeshi Financials Easy Yoga and Pranayama Shobha Monteserin Narayana & David Monteserin Narayana Click here for a list of vendors and participants: Senior Fair Vendor &; Participant List Office of State Senator Karen E. Spilka Room 212, State House Boston, Massachusetts  02133 Phone: (617) 722-1640 - Fax: (617) 722-1077 http://www.karenspilka.com

Senator Karen E. Spilka, Massachusetts State House, Room 212, Boston, MA 02133 Sent by karen.spilka@masenate.gov in collaboration with Try it free today

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Upcoming Events in Franklin, MA Area: FRI 10/6/17 - THU 10/12/17

FRIDAY 10/6/17
10am-1pm   WMRC Senior Expo @ Franklin Senior Center
12-6pm   Franklin Farmers Market @ Town Common
6pm   FHS Football Game @ Pisini Field, FHS
6:30pm   Meet Sarah Robles @ RWL Weightlifting
7pm   Buti and Brew @ Live Love Barre
8pm   The Fat City Band @ The Black Box

SATURDAY 10/7/17
9am  Community Garden build prep day, volunteers welcome
10-1pm   Franklin Historical Museum Open
10:30am   MA Elks Veterans Motorcycle Run @ Elks Lodge

SUNDAY 10/8/17
7:30-10:30am   Sunday Breakfast @ Franklin Rod and Gun Club
1-4pm   Franklin Historical Museum Open

MONDAY 10/9/17
7pm   Learn to Cope Franklin Chapter Meeting @ FUSF

TUESDAY 10/10/17
12pm   FDP Networking Luncheon @ Dean College Dining Center
7pm   Wine Tasting 101 @ Franklin Liquors
7pm   Yankee Quilters Guild Meeting @ St. John Episcopal Church
7pm   Cultural Connections Meeting @ Rhapsody’s Victorian Coffee House
7:30pm   Franklin and Bellingham Rail Trail Committee Meeting (public welcome) @ Franklin YMCA

WEDNESDAY 10/11/17
6:30pm   Christian Zen Weekly Meditation @ McMahon Guest House (1061 Upper Union Street)
7:30pm   Dean College presents: Six Characters in Search of an Author @ Dean College
7:30pm   Franklin Newcomers Monthly Meeting @ 3 Restaurant
7:30pm   Let’s Laugh Today - Laughter Yoga @ FUSF

THURSDAY 10/12/17
1-6pm   American Red Cross Blood Drive @ Elks Lodge
5-8pm   Franklin Historical Museum Open
7-9pm   Exploring Chateau Ste Michelle Winery @ Franklin Liquors
7pm   Neighbor Brigade Fall Kick Off Meeting - email FranklinMA@neighborbrigade.org for details
7-8pm   Healing Hearts Community Support Group @ Franklin YMCA
7:30pm   Dean College presents: Six Characters in Search of an Author @ Dean College

For the Town of Franklin Public Calendar click HERE.

For all other events and Franklin happenings click HERE.

*To submit an event for the Community Calendar, please use this FORM

SEXT ED: A forum on teen sexting and changing the law - Oct 16

Please join us to discuss teen sexting- the harm, the recovery, and changing the law.

Our event will include a panel with 

• Representative Jeffrey Roy from Franklin
• Franklin Police Officer Jason Reilly
• Dr. Elizabeth Englender, Director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University
• Kristin Letendre, Director of Health and Physical Education at Franklin Public Schools
• Christopher Spillane, Franklin Police Department School Safety Officer

Representative Roy recently introduced Bill H.948 that would change the criminal process of charging teens as felony sex offenders. Instead, teens would undergo an educational diversion program. When prosecution is considered necessary, the offense will be considered a misdemeanor instead of a felony.

We will discuss the current situation in Franklin and other MetroWest towns, how parents can help their children, and the legal implications if a child is sexting.

We hope you can join us.

Monday, October 16 at 7 PM - 8:30 PM
Franklin High School

Tickets are free via Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mwcsw-forum-sext-ed-tickets-37693870381?ref=estw

SEXT ED: A forum on teen sexting and changing the law - Oct 16

FHS field hockey tops Canton 3-2

From Hockomock Sports and Twitter we share the results of the Franklin High School field hockey game vs. Canton from Thursday, Oct 5.


Field Hockey = Canton, 2 @ Franklin, 3 – Final 
– Franklin scored a pair of goals inside the first five minutes of the second half, breaking open a tie game to earn the win. Freshman Amanda Lewandowski scored her first career goal, which turned out to be the game-winner, just minutes after senior Maddy Hinckley put the Panthers up 2-1 early in the second half. Junior Annie Walsh scored Franklin’s first goal on an assist from Regan Paterson. FHS head coach Lisa Cropper said junior Anna Jardine (12 saves) was stellar in net and also praised the play of sophomore Courtney Davenport, who made her varsity debut.


For other results around the Hockomock League
https://hockomocksports.com/thursdays-schedule-scoreboard-100517/

And via the Twitterverse

Gorgeous day at Beaver St. Community Field in Franklin. Canton up 1-0 with 15 min to play in the 1st. Lets Go Panthers! pic.twitter.com/Wn0I6dAdbp

— FranklinAthletics (@FHSSports) October 5, 2017

Well played first half! 🏑🏑
Canton 1
Franklin 1

— FranklinAthletics (@FHSSports) October 5, 2017

Franklin scores 2 goals within the 1st three minutes of the 2nd half. Panthers now lead Canton 3-1.

— FranklinAthletics (@FHSSports) October 5, 2017

[Girls Fall Varsity Fld Hockey] Franklin HS defeats Canton HS, 3 to 2.

— FranklinAthletics (@FHSSports) October 5, 2017

image from @FHSSports

Flu Clinic on October 17 at the Senior Center

For all Franklin residents, age 6 months or older

At the Franklin Senior Center from 9:30 - 11:30 AM on Thursday, Oct 17, 2017


Read more: http://www.franklinma.gov/node/137443

Franklin Senior Center

Berry Insurance: 11th Annual Halloween Costume Drive

Berry Insurance is participating in their 11th Annual Halloween Costume Drive. All donations are to benefit patients at Boston Children’s Hospital and their annual Halloween parade. 

Last year they had a great turn out of donations from the local community, and are hoping to make this year bigger and better than the last! 

Please, make sure to drop off your donations by Monday, October 16!

Berry Insurance: 11th Annual Halloween Costume Drive

11th Annual Halloween Costume Drive

Read more about the costume drive at Berry Insurance
https://www.berryinsurance.com/blog/berry-insurance-kicks-off-11th-annual-halloween-costume-drive-supporting-boston-childrens-hospital/

Community Garden: Wood Cutting Work Day - Saturday Oct. 7

Hello Gardeners,

SATURDAY, OCT. 7th 9:00 - 11:00 - WOOD CUTTING, PREP WORK

This Saturday, October 7th, we will be cutting and stacking wood for build day on the 15th. Gardens will be cleared as well. There will be a generator and chop saw on site. This is the last actual workday of the season so if you can lend a hand in this prep work please join us from 9-11 this Saturday. Rich Clauser will be on-site to direct work. Please email bonnie.kaiden@gmail.com if you can work this day.

ADDITIONAL GARDENERS NEEDED FOR BUILD DAY, SUNDAY, OCT. 15th

We need more gardeners to participate in Build Day, Sunday, October 15th from 9 to finish. If you have teens you want to bring along, who would benefit from Community Service, please bring them along! Again, please reply to bonnie.kaiden@gmail.com.

Please remember to bring battery power tools. A generator will be on-site for re-charging tools.

Remember to wear work clothes and work shoes, boots or similar footwear.

Morning Refreshments will be served!

Thank you! We look forward to a successful Build Day!

Your Franklin Community Gardens Committee

Community Garden: Wood Cutting Work Day - Saturday Oct. 7

Multi-Chamber Business After Hours - Oct 26

Jack Lank invited you to The United Regional Chamber of Commerce 's event   Multi-Chamber Business After Hours Thursday, October 26 at 5 PM CBS SCENE Restaurant & Bar in Foxborough, Massachusetts   Going     Interested     Not Interested   Come and meet your next client or referral source at our multi-chamber Business After Hours with Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce and Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce at CBS SCENE Restaurant & Bar at P... Chris Sweet and 10 others are also on the guest list.             Pending Invites (12) Block invites from Jack?                 Jack Lank invited you to The United Regional Chamber of Commerce's event Multi-Chamber Business After Hours Thursday, October 26 at 5 PM CBS SCENE Restaurant & Bar in Foxborough, Massachusetts Going     Interested     Not Interested Come and meet your next client or referral source at our multi-chamber Business After Hours with Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce and Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce at CBS SCENE Restaurant & Bar at P... Chris Sweet and 10 others are also on the guest list.                 Facebook, Inc., Attention: Community Support, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025

In the News: Taste of the Region; medicinal marijuana deliveries

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"The “Taste of the Region” will take place from 6-9 p.m. Oct. 24 at Tri-County Regional Vocational High School, 147 Pond St. 

Last year’s event drew a record crowd of well over 500 attendees. Guests are primarily employees of the many companies and residents around the 16-town region. 

Load-in and set-up will be between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. on the day of the event. 

Participants will be expected to provide approximately 300 hot or cold samplings of dishes that best reflect their restaurant or hotel; Sternos to keep food warmed as there will be limited electricity to the individual tables; and one or two people to assist with serving food and answering questions from guests."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20171005/strongtaste-of-region-set-for-oct-24-seeking-volunteersstrong

Taste of the Region - Oct 24

"THE ISSUE: Five medical marijuana dispensaries are now authorized to conduct home deliveries statewide. 

THE IMPACT: Patient advocates say people with debilitating conditions who live far from a dispensary have been calling for delivery services. 

Often facing long drives to the nearest medical marijuana dispensary, some patients with debilitating conditions are opting for home delivery. 

“It’s something that patients say they really want,” said Nichole Snow, a Salem resident and president of the Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance. “Many patients are homebound, really ill or don’t have a caregiver. A long trip is not practical because they’re in too much pain and don’t want to expose themselves to more illness.” 

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20171005/more-medical-pot-dispensaries-offering-home-delivery-in-massachusetts

In the News: BFCCPS 4th graders at Gillette; legislative hearing on neonicotinoids

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

“Breaking out the big guns, here we go,” said Kevin Flaherty over the public address system at Gillette Stadium. “I like what I see here; let’s go, 20 more seconds.” 

Flaherty is the senior staff coach at the Revolution Academy, but on Wednesday he was the director of fourth grade fitness, guiding students from Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, and nine others, though a set of soccer stretches and exercises. 

The turf field at Gillette was filled with about 1,200 fourth graders from Massachusetts and Rhode Island all doing lunges and mountain-climbers in unison.

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20171004/franklin-fourth-graders-hit-gillette-turf

"Beekeepers, scientists and horticulturalists swarmed lawmakers Tuesday, bearing studies, anecdotes and dire warnings that a popular pesticide is killing off pollinators essential to the food supply, but a farm group warned their proposed cure might lead to worse outcomes for the bees. 

Bees pollinate the key Bay State crops of apples, cranberries and corn, and pollinators have a role in about a third of the food that people eat, according to Rep. Carolyn Dykema, D-Holliston. 

Scientific studies have found bees are put in danger by neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides that entomologist Richard Callahan said were developed from the addictive chemical found in tobacco and gained popularity in the early 1990s. 

Legislation (H 2113) filed by Dykema would require people to be licensed or certified to use neonicotinoids. She said Maryland and Connecticut have passed legislation to restrict neonicotinoids and major retailers are limiting access to those products, too."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20171004/pesticide-targeted-in-bid-to-preserve-dwindling-bee-colonies

From the archives

• Chronicle did a series on bee collapse disorder

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2017/02/the-chemicals-pose-serious-risk-of-harm.html

screen grab of the Chronicle intro

FHS boys soccer and volleyball teams post wins on Wednesday

From Hockomock Sports we share the results of the Franklin High School fall sports results from Wednesday, Oct 4.


Boys Soccer = Canton, 1 @ Franklin, 2 – Final
– Franklin scored two goals in the first half, both on assists from senior Andrew DiLeo, to beat visiting Canton. The Panthers took the lead inside the first five minutes when DiLeo set up junior Nick Barry for the game’s opener. DiLeo then assisted on junior Tim Duval’s game-winner, coming at the half-hour mark of the first half. Canton cut the deficit to one just before half.

Volleyball = Canton, 0 @ Franklin, 3 – Final
– Franklin picked up its eighth win of the season with a 25-15, 26-24, 25-12 sweep of visiting Canton. Lauren McGrath set the offense in motion with 31 assists, setting up Lauren Lockhart and Ellie Wisniewski (eight kills apiece). FHS head coach Kate Horsmann said Lauren Bissanti and Riley Marino both had strong serve receive and defensive games for the Panthers. Canton head coach Pat Cawley said freshman Angie Elias played well at the net while Sophia Connor had a strong game defensively.

Golf = Oliver Ames, 161 @ Franklin, 170 – Final
– Oliver Ames senior Ryan McGarry earned match medalist honors, carding a low-round of 38 to lead the Tigers to a win at Franklin Country Club. Nolan Donza, Matt Kelley, Mark Bissonette, Thomas Walsh and Eric LeBlanc all shot 41 for OA.


Girls Soccer = Franklin, 1 @ Canton, 4 – Final

"Just four minutes into Wednesday night’s game at World War II Veterans Memorial Field, Franklin opened the scoring, but instead of hanging its head and allowing the visiting Panthers to take control, Canton turned up the aggressiveness, pressured all over the pitch, and turned the game around. 

Riley Duserick, Elisa Diletizia, and Lilah Sullivan each recorded a goal and an assist, as Canton stormed back to dominate Franklin, winning 4-1 to get back above .500 for the season. 

“We know how to play soccer and we have good soccer players,” said Canton coach Kate Howarth. “If we come out with that mentality then we’re going to play games like this. If you have that passion and that drive and leaving it on the field then there’s no way you can lose. It’s not a lack of talent; it’s a lack of oomph.”

Continue reading the game recap by Hockomock Sports.Com Managing Editor Josh Perry
https://hockomocksports.com/canton-girls-soccer-find-right-mentality-and-dominate-franklin/

Click here for a photo gallery from this game.
https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/20172018/Fall-2017/Canton-Franklin-Girls-Soccer-10-4-17/

For the other results around the league on Wednesday
https://hockomocksports.com/wednesdays-schedule-scoreboard-100417/

Canton freshman Elisa Diletizia (32) had a goal and an assist in the 4-1 win over Franklin. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)

Franklin Rotary Car Show a Roaring Success

Thanks to the drawing power of DJ Carshow, 60 cars showed up for Franklin Rotary Club's first Car Show at Dean College in Franklin, almost twice the number anticipated!

We were also lucky to get BMW to display their supercar at the show! 

The show was sponsored with the support of Dean College and the Rotaract Club at Dean College.

Franklin Rotary Car Show a Roaring Success

Franklin Rotary Car Show a Roaring Success 2

DPW Current Projects - 2017 Construction Season (updated)

While looking for the listing of proposed roadwork projects that the Finance Committee and then the Town Council recently approved, I found that the DPW had updated their Construction Projects page.

You can find the page here
http://www.franklinma.gov/public-works/news/updated-list-2017-construction-projects


On the page is a link to an interactive "story map" Nicely done!

DPW Current Projects - 2017 Construction Season

Note: the proposed roadwork project just approved can be found here
http://www.franklinma.gov/sites/franklinma/files/mai/files/resolution_17-60_public_way_improvements_0.pdf

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