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Saturday, September 5, 2015
Lifelong Learning Institute: Fall Sessions - Open for Registration
Franklin Art Association - Meeting - Oct 7th
The Franklin Art Association will meet Wednesday, October 7th, from 6:30 - 9:00 pm at the Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill Street.
Refreshments and socialization will begin at 6:30.
The program will feature artist Colleen Vandeventer who will do an oil painting demo
Franklin Art Association
Meetings are free and opened to the public.
For more information, please visit www.franklinart.org or www.facebook.com/FranklinArtAssoc
Friday, September 4, 2015
Upcoming Events in Franklin, MA Area: FRI 9/4/15 - THU 9/10/15
10am-12pm Open House at Dean College Children’s Center Preschool
12-6pm Franklin Farmers Market at The Town Common
6:30pm Art Night Uncorked at Franklin Art Center
8-9:50pm Frozen Friday DJ Public Skate at Pirelli Arena
SATURDAY 9/5/15
9-10am Helping Hands Knit and Crochet Group Meet at The Cake Bar
TUESDAY 9/8/15
7:30pm Franklin and Bellingham Rail Trail Committee Meeting at the Franklin YMCA (new members welcome)
WEDNESDAY 9/9/15
7:30pm Franklin Newcomers and Friends Meeting at the “3” Restaurant (new members welcome)
For all the Town of Franklin Public Meetings click HERE.
For event details click HERE.
*If you have any suggestions or events for the calendar, please email Renata@BetterLivingRE.com
Well said by the Holliston Police Dept
Their Facebook post on the Millis news:
We are saddened to hear the updated information reported today as it relates to yesterday's incident in Millis. Keeping...
Posted by Holliston Police Department on Thursday, September 3, 2015
And if you don't have Facebook, here is the text of the message:
"We are saddened to hear the updated information reported today as it relates to yesterday's incident in Millis. Keeping that information in mind, we would like to share a few thoughts:
Not one Officer hesitated, delayed, or questioned their opportunity to assist yesterday afternoon in what began as a hectic and chaotic incident. Officers from Local, State, and Federal agencies dropped what they were doing and responded without a second thought. Some left their shifts to respond, some left their homes and families, and others suited up in SWAT gear and responded to the scene. All prepared for the unknown.
Not one of these Officers knew what to expect, where the suspects might be hiding, or the status of the Officer involved. For Police Officers, this is instinctual. We don't second guess, we don't question whether we should help, we don't over analyze. We simply respond to help someone in need. Our families and friends are often left knowing little to no information about the scene we are headed to.
So why do we selflessly put ourselves in the way of unknown danger? Why risk everything of our own for someone else?
Because we are the police. We are here to serve and protect the citizens of each neighborhood, town, and city across this country. We have always been here and we will always be here.
We challenge our followers to thank a Police Officer next time you see them. A hand shake, a cup of coffee, or a simple "thank you" shows each one of us that put on the badge that we are appreciated. Because when the time comes again to drop everything and respond to the cries for help, we will be there without hesitation.
We guarantee that."
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| Facebook cover photo for Holliston Police Dept |
Follow the Holliston Police Dept on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HollistonPolice
or visit their webpage http://www.hollistonpolice.com/
Franklin's Tegra Medical employees get wet in fund raiser
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"We had our company picnic Thursday and received an overwhelming amount of donations for the Franklin Food Pantry.
We also raised over $2,000 for The Tomorrow Fund at Hasbro Children's Hospital of RI.
The employees bought tickets to dunk their favorite supervisors (pictures also included below)."
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| Bill C ready for the dunk tank |
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| Bob and Chris ready for the dunk tank |
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| group photo of Tegra Medical employees |
Economic Development Meeting Agenda - Sep 9 - 6:00 PM
Via email from Town Administrator Jeff Nutting:
Note: The Training Room is located on the 3rd floor of the Municipal Building. The meeting should not last more than an hour as the Town Council is scheduled to begin their meeting at 7:00 PM. (The Economic Development Committee is comprised of four Town Councilors - Bissanti, Kelly, Padula, and Vallee.)
Background information on the Nu-Style property can be found in the 2013 Annual Report
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/01/annual-report-2012-planning-community.html
FYI
The Economic Development Committee will meet next Wednesday at 6 pm in the Training Room. Items for discussion include marketing, Nu-style and Pond street.
thanks
Jeff
Note: The Training Room is located on the 3rd floor of the Municipal Building. The meeting should not last more than an hour as the Town Council is scheduled to begin their meeting at 7:00 PM. (The Economic Development Committee is comprised of four Town Councilors - Bissanti, Kelly, Padula, and Vallee.)
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| Franklin Municipal Building |
Background information on the Nu-Style property can be found in the 2013 Annual Report
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/01/annual-report-2012-planning-community.html
Student's Capstone project to help Medway Food Pantry
This is a flier my son John made for his Capstone project:
In Support of the Medway Village Church food pantry, a donation drive is being held here from September 1 to November 1.
My name is John Demartinis and I am in 8th grade attending the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School.
This is my Capstone project, I must complete this project to pass the 8th grade. I am a Medway resident.
Items needed for drive:
And anything else that you can donate would be greatly appreciated
If you live in the Medway area please help by bringing donations to Starbucks, Medway yoga, medway cleaners, curves, Anne Market, medway karakate,little gym,the muffin house and to any of the shops at the plaza where ocean state store is.
If you cannot donate, You can also make a donation by check to the
MEDWAY VILLAGE CHURCH FOOD PANTRY.
Sincerely
John DeMartinis
Medway resident
Anything you want to do would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Kelly (John's mom)
In Support of the Medway Village Church food pantry, a donation drive is being held here from September 1 to November 1.
My name is John Demartinis and I am in 8th grade attending the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School.
This is my Capstone project, I must complete this project to pass the 8th grade. I am a Medway resident.
Items needed for drive:
- Shampoo
- Napkins
- Soap
- Napkins
- Paper Towels
- Toothpaste
- Toilet paper
- Tissues
- Caned goods
- Boxed goods.
- Jelly
- Tomato sauce, chicken soup, boxed milk.
And anything else that you can donate would be greatly appreciated
If you live in the Medway area please help by bringing donations to Starbucks, Medway yoga, medway cleaners, curves, Anne Market, medway karakate,little gym,the muffin house and to any of the shops at the plaza where ocean state store is.
If you cannot donate, You can also make a donation by check to the
MEDWAY VILLAGE CHURCH FOOD PANTRY.
Sincerely
John DeMartinis
Medway resident
Anything you want to do would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Kelly (John's mom)
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| Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School |
Blackstone Valley: GO! and September News and Events
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Roy Henry and William Martin, both volunteers from the Uxbridge Antique Fire Museum, partnered up to host the first event in Blackstone Heritage Corridor's GO! program on September 1st, offering free tours of the museum. 
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In the News: Millis incident a hoax, deputy Town Administrator sought, downtown partnership updates, Dean Bank schedules seminar
The story of an officer-involved shootout on Forest Road Wednesday that left a police SUV on fire, launched a manhunt for the purported gunman and shut schools for the day turned out to be a hoax, fabricated by the patrolman.Continue reading the story online (subscription maybe required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150903/NEWS/150908239/1994/NEWS
The local government is looking to restore its deputy town administrator position as it prepares for department-head retirements.
The town has put out a job posting on the Massachusetts Municipal Association website, advertising the position. The listing - which mentions the position's salary range could approach $100,000 - calls for candidates with "technical knowledge, problem solving skills and diplomacy."
Town Administrator Jeffrey Nutting said Franklin had a deputy administrator years ago, before he started.Continue reading the story online (subscription maybe required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150903/NEWS/150908127/1994/NEWS
The Franklin Downtown Partnership at its meeting Thursday morning heard an update on efforts to build a statue in honor of Horace Mann in town.
Town Administrator Jeffrey Nutting gave a brief recap of several town initiatives, including the effort to honor Mann, a Franklin native considered to be the father of American public education. Nutting noted the state had provided the town with $50,000 of the $96,000 budgeted for a 10-foot statue. The remaining expense, he said, would be taken from town accounts devoted to such uses.
"The (statue) committee met last week and heard four proposals," he said. "They ultimately decided to retain the person who did the Benjamin Franklin statue at the library."Continue reading the story online (subscription maybe required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150903/NEWS/150908113/1994/NEWS
Kevin R. Goffe, president and CEO of Dean Bank, announced that an upcoming free educational workshop entitled “Do You Know Your Social Security Benefits?” will be held from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. Sept. 16 for the benefit of the public at the bank’s main office branch, 21 Main St.
Attendees will learn about ways to identify potential retirement income gaps and the customized solutions that meet individuals’ needs. All material presented by Carl Scheinman, financial services manager at Dean Bank; Ken Silva, divisional vice president, AIG Life and Retirement; and Ralph Tepper, attorney at law.
This complimentary workshop is not a sales presentation. Light refreshments will be provided and advanced registration is recommended.
For information and to register: 508-528-0088, info@deanbank.comContinue reading the story online (subscription maybe required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150903/NEWS/150908287/1994/NEWS
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| clock at Dean Bank Main St |
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Franklin Public Schools: First Day!
A message from FRANKLIN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
File attachments:
FPS-FRL.pdf
Dear Franklin Families:
We had a great opening today and it was wonderful to see our enthusiastic learners back in school.
Thank you to facilities and DPW for making our schools looks beautiful. Much appreciation to the Franklin Police for their help and support in managing first day traffic.
Here is a link to sign up for Free/Reduced Lunch. The flyer is attached. Our sign-up link is also on the district web site and is completely confidential.
https://www.heartlandapps.com/District.aspx
Check out Twitter and You Tube to see our "Dancing Principal", Brian Wildeman welcome students at Remington Middle School. Thanks to our friends in the media at Fox 25 and WCVB the video has gone viral.
Enjoy the rest of the week. Stay safe and learn much!
File attachments:
FPS-FRL.pdf
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This e-mail has been sent to you by FRANKLIN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. To maximize their communication with you, you may be receiving this e-mail in addition to a phone call with the same message.
"when used in excess caffeine can be deadly"
The Washington Post has an interesting article on America's addiction to caffeine:
Continue reading the article here
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/09/02/how-americas-love-affair-with-caffeine-has-sparked-a-crisis-of-overdoses-and-what-the-fda-is-trying-to-do-about-it/
There was a time when getting your daily dose of caffeine meant a simple cup of coffee or tea.
Poured into a ceramic mug, the steaming liquid tended to be enough to give most people that extra burst of energy to get out the door. Back then, you'd have to drink a heck of a lot -- 81 cups of brewed coffee, or 317 cups of black tea, for the average 195-pound U.S. male -- to reach a lethal dose. So while you might still get the occasional shakiness, nausea and fast heartbeat associated with ingesting too much caffeine, you were highly unlikely to die from it.
But somewhere along the way, caffeine became an obsession, a need for many Americans; and an entire industry sprang up to try to make caffeine ingesting more efficient.
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| table showing daily caffeine intake by age for Americans |
Continue reading the article here
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/09/02/how-americas-love-affair-with-caffeine-has-sparked-a-crisis-of-overdoses-and-what-the-fda-is-trying-to-do-about-it/
Medway Power Plant expansion
Hi Steve,
I'm wondering if you know about the proposed expansion of Exelon West Medway. They have filed with the Siting Board a petition to build a 200 Megawatt dual fuel (Natual gas and ULSD) peaker plant at its current site in West Medway. If you look at the maps on the website: www.stopmedwaypeaker.com - you will see there will be significant pollution also effecting Holliston, Bellingham and Franklin. - especially important to those Franklin residents who live on the Medway/Bellingham line and businesses including Franklin Country Day Camp.
Here are some highlights of the project:
- 97,000 to 190,000 gallons of water used per day. Source is unknown at this time but it will draw from the Charles River Watershed.
- Over 700,000 tons of Co2 generated per year (according to the Conservation Law Foundation it will be the 6th dirtiest plant in the Commonwealth when up and running in 2018)
- 160 foot smoke stacks (current zoning allows for 70 feet)
- 50 foot buffer wall for noise mitigation
- 1,000,000 gallon storage tank for ULSD - (OIL)
- 16,000 gallons of aqueous Ammonia stored on site
- The location of the plant is on the West Medway, Bellingham, and Franklin town lines.
- They are looking to tap into the Algonquin gas pipeline, and their potential route goes through wetlands.
- There are 5 day care centers, Medway High School, Choate Park in the town of Medway that are within a 3km radius of the plant. There are also several organizations and a school from Franklin and Bellingham in close proximity as well.
As a family community, Medway isn't the right place to put such a large power plant. In fact, the Town of Medway adopted a master plan in 2009 that promotes industrial/business growth, but also set up to protect the environment. Our master plan states:
"The reduction and prevention of pollution at all levels is a goal that makes sense both from health and budgetary perspectives. Short-term gains in growth and/or tax revenue that produce potential long-term harm to Medway's environment must be avoided."
"93% of the 2009 MMPC Survey respondents think that the quality of drinking water and conservation are important. Water quality was a concern of residents responding to the 1999 Master Plan and continues to be an even bigger issue at this time."
"73% of the respondents to the 2009 Master Plan Survey believe that protecting the rural, small town character of Medway was important. Likewise, maintaining the "sense of hometown community" was a common sentiment in the 2009 Survey."
Here are some links that you may be interested in:
http://web1.env.state.ma.us/dpu/fileroom# - Siting Boards filing site. The Docket is ESFB15-01.
WEBSITE:
Medway is a community which is enjoyed for its character and charm. Residents don't want to see that lost due to this project.
For our Neighbors in Franklin, it should be known that (if approved) Medway will received approx $2.5 MILL per year for 20 years while neighboring communities will see no monetary gain but will suffer the effects of decreased property values, increased traffic and pollution. In past proposals, hearings were held in surrounding towns - this time, there is currently no indication of informing or involving surrounding communities.
In the News: Pipeline opposition group to meet, good communication helps with roadway work
"Spectra Access Northeast Opposition Group will hold its second meeting on Thursday, Sept. 3, 7 p.m. at the First Universalist Society, 262 Chestnut St., Franklin.
The group opposes a 48-mile natural gas pipeline proposed for the Milford area due to environmental and property value concerns. The pipeline is slated to run through Milford, Medway, Bellingham, Franklin, Upton, Millis, Norfolk and Walpole."Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150902/NEWS/150909101/1994/NEWS
"Good communication has helped businesses deal with the extensive roadwork taking place in the downtown area, a local business official said.
Franklin Downtown Partnership Executive Director Lisa Piana said it has been "so far, so good."
"We've set up a good communications system," she said. "As executive director, I've attended meetings about it every two weeks, so I've been getting direct updates."Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150903/NEWS/150908715/1994/NEWS
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