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The other amendment, which asked for $60,000 to fund the installation and operation of solar-powered school zone safety lights in Franklin, was also vetoed.
Roy last month said he called the governor’s office asking for an explanation and was told Patrick "was eliminating all earmarks in the budget."
And with the new Franklin High School set to open this fall, Roy said the town’s "reasonable request" would help mitigate traffic in the school-heavy area.
"To me, these were two very important issues for both Franklin and Medway," Roy said before he asked the House and Senate to override the vetoes.
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Join us for our kick-off meeting, Wednesday August 20 at 7PM in Town Council Chambers!
The Dept. of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) wants to know if Franklin wants solar panels. The Franklin Solar Challenge will help residents and business owners obtain solar panels for less. The more residents and business owners that sign up, the cheaper solar panels become.
Right now, DPCD is speaking with other communities who have run their own Solar Challenge, in order to see how best to move forward.
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| solar panels at Mt Saint Mary's |
DPCD Needs Your SupportPlease help get the word out about the Franklin Solar Challenge. DPCD will contact those interested to organize a meeting date and discuss next steps.
Concord recently engaged in their own Solar Challenge and now 160 residents and business owners have their own solar panels. Save money and go green! Contact Franklin’s DPCD today!
This year – the 35th year of the challenge – roughly 5,700 riders are participating, according to Jackie Herskovitz, the Pan-Mass Challenge spokesperson.
Riders choose from 12 routes that range from 25 to 190 miles. The ride has three starting lines in Sturbridge, Wellesley and Bourne, and five finish lines: two in Provincetown and one each in Foxborough, Wellesley and Bourne.
At press time, the challenge has raised roughly $26 million, all of which goes to research and patient care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute via the Jimmy Fund.
The goal this year is $40 million. The final day to donate is Oct. 1, she said.You can read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
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| PanMass Challenge in 2013 |
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If you interested in going green, the Town of Franklin is seeking families to be part of the Solar Challenge. Using solar panels lowers your carbon footprint and can save energy costs.
The Franklin Department of Planning and Community Development is hosting a meeting on August 20 at 7:00 pm at Town Hall to look at how to engage the community to invest in solar energy. By group purchasing community the cost can be lower.
The Parmenter School has had solar panels for several years and the energy savings has been tremendously impactful. We hope that our other schools will look to be a partner in this initiative.
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| the new Franklin High School under construction earlier this year |
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There is a problem with the school district phone system and all school phones are being routed to the Town Hall (508-553-4800). We hope this will be repaired by Monday morning.
For calls placed beginning Monday 8/4/14 please know you will be re-routed to 553-4800 and if you know the extension you will get the school you are seeking.
If you do not know the extension you can call the Office of the Superintendent at 553-4819 or 553-4824 and we ill help you get access to the school.
Thank you
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| the new Franklin High School earlier this year |
The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will hold Open Houses for prospective students and families on Tuesday, August 12 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and on Wednesday, August 27 from 4-8 p.m. at 38 Main Street in downtown Franklin. The community is invited to tour the facilities, speak with faculty and staff, and learn more about FSPA programs for all ages and abilities in music, dance, and drama. Prospective students are also encouraged to try a complimentary class.
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Since 1985, FSPA has been dedicated to the enjoyment of the arts for all ages and to the artistic growth and development of young people. Founded by Director Raye Lynn Mercer and built upon the notion that arts experiences are an integral part of a well-rounded education, FSPA offers an extensive roster of classes for recreational enjoyment or serious study in all dance disciplines, acting, musical theater, voice, and instrumental instruction. The music program provides private lessons and group classes with ensemble performing opportunities.
Little Music School®, an innovative program developed exclusively at FSPA, teaches children as young as 18 months to play the piano. Dance instruction is offered in ballet, tap, modern, hip hop, lyrical, dance for musical theater, acro and Horton Technique, with specialized classes for boys, adults and beginner teens. Drama department classes, beginning with kindergarten children, explore storytelling, theater games, improvisation, scenes and monologues, character development, and audition preparation.
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| FSPA online |
An unparalleled calendar of performing opportunities features studio voice and instrumental recitals, opera scenes, acoustic coffee houses, musical theater showcases, Glee Club, performing troupes, dance companies, ballet variations ensemble, ballet repertoire series, chamber music, and jazz and percussion ensembles. Many FSPA students also participate, through audition, in the affiliated Franklin Performing Arts Company’s annual season of shows.
FSPA’s fall session begins on September 8 and summer programming runs through August 23.
In addition to weekly classes in music and dance, the summer’s remaining one-week performing arts camps include Choreography Camp (August 11-15), Jazz and Tap Camp (August 11-15), and Acting Camp (August 18-22). Summer workshops include Vocal Styles (August 18-20), with critically acclaimed R&B singer April Hall, introducing students to jazz phrasing, scatting, and improvisation, as well as microphone and performance techniques. A performance skills workshop, Up Your Game (August 11-13), focuses on audition techniques, presentation skills, and developing or improving an audition binder, headshot/resume, and audition wardrobe. For musical theater and jazz dancers, Stepping Up (August 11-13) explores technique, choreography and audition skills.
Registration is ongoing for summer and fall programs. For more information, including summer session brochure and 2014-2015 class schedule, call (508) 528-8668 or visit online at www.fspaonline.com.
In a move to serve residents who otherwise have difficulty accessing its services, the Franklin Food Pantry has launched a delivery service to provide assistance where its clients live and gather.
Last month, the private, nonprofit operation began a series of weekly deliveries to three rotating locations — two at the town’s Housing Authority properties and one at the Franklin Senior Center.
“One of the reasons we looked into doing a mobile pantry is that hunger can be very isolating,” said Erin Lynch, the pantry’s executive director and lone employee. “As much as possible, we want to make sure we’re reaching neighborhoods and connecting them to the resources they need.”
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| the Franklin Food Pantry's mobile pantry |
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| the riders arrive at Remington-Jefferson |
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| refreshments, gears checks, and lots of conversations |
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| Franklin Town Administrator Jeff Nutting |
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Dean College is honored to host Thomas C. Werner, Chairman of the 2013 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox, for the Dean College Leadership Institute Executive Lecture Series on September 23, 2014. The Executive Series offers a unique and interactive opportunity for students, alumni, and the local community to interact with today's business leaders.
Guest speaker Thomas C. Werner, is one of the chief architects behind three World Championships for the Boston Red Sox in 2004, 2007 and 2013, in which the Sox won their first World Series at Fenway Park since 1918.
"The Red Sox are a New England institution and Mr. Werner has helped build one of the most successful franchises in all of sports," said Dr. Paula Rooney, President of Dean College. "This event is a great opportunity for our students to learn from the management of the Red Sox as Mr. Werner shares many of the keys to his and the team's great achievements."
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Before joining the Red Sox ownership group, Mr. Werner was an award-winning television producer behind several network hits including The Cosby Show, Roseanne, and That 70's Show and is a member of the Television Hall of Fame. He became Chairman of the Boston Red Sox in 2002 when his company, Fenway Sports Group, bought the club. He is also chairman of the New England Sports Network, and since 2010, chairman of the Liverpool Football Club of the English Premier League.
Under Werner's leadership as Chairman of the Boston Red Sox, he oversaw successive improvements to Fenway Park that restored its luster. In 2012, Fenway Park was the first ballpark to celebrate its 100th anniversary. More importantly, during Werner's tenure, the Boston Red Sox have enjoyed unprecedented success, having advanced to postseason play three straight seasons and six times in seven years for the first time in its history. The pinnacle, of course, was the 2004 World Championship that ended an 86-year drought. Another World Series victory would follow in 2007, and another in 2013.
Charitably speaking, Werner was instrumental in establishing the Red Sox Foundation, which gives away millions of dollars each year to local programs, and the Home Base Program, which aims at helping military veterans affected by post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
Werner has served on a number of Boards, including the White House Fellows Commission. He currently serves on the Crossroads School Board, Board for After School All Stars, and the Ron Brown Scholar Program. Werner also serves on the Board of Major League Baseball Enterprises, Major League Baseball Properties, and the Board of the MLB Network. In 2013, for his leadership and dedication to the game, Werner received the Dave Winfield Humanitarian Award from the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation.
The speaking program will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Guidrey Center at Dean College, 99 Main Street, Franklin, MA on September 23, 2014. The program is FREE and open to the public. Registration is required as seating is limited. Click here to register for this event.
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| Summer St pole - limited tagging |
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Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) SummerStage 2014 presents Legally Blonde: The Musical at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 7 and Friday, August 8. The annual SummerStage musical theater program casts students in grades 8-12 in the full-length musical production, while students in grades 5-8 will be showcased in an original musical comedy titled Paralegal! The Musical, with one performance on August 8 at 5 p.m. Both productions will be staged at Medway High School, 88 Summer Street.
Legally Blonde: The Musical is a feel-good stage musical adaptation of the smash-hit movie based on the novel by Amanda Brown. With music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach, Legally Blonde is a high energy, campy romantic comedy featuring tongue-in-cheek humor, memorable songs and a winning, upbeat style. The musical tells the story of sorority sister Elle Woods, who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School intent on winning him back. But Elle learns to stay true to herself instead in this hilarious and heart-warming story of transformation and self-discovery.
Featured roles will be played by Ali Funkhouser (Elle Woods) of Franklin, Jenna McDermott (Margot) of Wrentham, Kylee Rollins (Serena) of N. Attleboro, Lindsey Sparages (Pilar) of Franklin, Aaron Frongillo (Warner) of Franklin, Michael Fajardo (Emmett) of Hopkinton, Katie Gray (Paulette) of Milford, Julie Shapiro (Brooke) of Mansfield, Madison Asgeirsson (Enid) of Franklin, Katherine Waples (Vivienne) of Franklin and Catherine LeClair (Kate) of Franklin.
In Paralegal! The Musical a clever middle school class takes creative license with a social studies assignment, bringing their demonstration of our legal system to life and the stage with comic song-and-dance style.
Tickets for Legally Blonde are $20 for adults and $18 for students and seniors. Tickets for Paralegal! are $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. To purchase tickets, visit www.fspaonline.com. For more information, call (508) 528-8668.
