Register O'Donnell Announces 36,000th Book Printed at Registry

	Norfolk County Registry of Deeds
	Register O'Donnell Announces 36,000th Book Printed at Registry Observing an important milestone at the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, Register William P. O'Donnell today announced the Registry recently completed printing its 36,000th book of recorded land documents. Register O'Donnell noted, "The printing of our 36,000th book, which includes land documents such as deeds, mortgages, homesteads and mortgage discharges, is truly a significant development and a testament to the volume of work completed each and every business day here at the Registry of Deeds. As the Registry recently celebrated its 225th birthday celebration, the printing of Book 36,000 links us to the Registry's rich history that dates back to 1793, when George Washington was President of the United States. "While we continue to print books, it should be noted the Registry continues to embrace and utilize cutting edge technologies allowing us to record land documents instantaneously. Documents are scanned and available for viewing within 24 business hours of recording at www.norfolkdeeds.org. "Our computer systems are backed up on a nightly and weekly basis. This redundancy allows the Registry to maintain a permanent record of all land document recordings in the event of a disaster affecting our building at 649 High Street, Dedham. Additionally, the Registry also microfilms all recorded land documents and ships the microfilm off-site to a secure location to be retrieved in the event of a catastrophe," noted the Register. Residents and those with an interest in Norfolk County property are encouraged to visit the Registry of Deeds. Users of the Registry have options to view land documents by whichever means they are comfortable. Either hard copy via books or on-line by one of our many computer workstations available to the public or from the convenience of their home or work computer. Concluding his remarks, Register O'Donnell stated, "The core mission of the Registry of Deeds is to record land documents in a safe, secure and accessible manner. Part of this charge is to serve as a depository for over 6 million land documents recorded from the Registry's beginning in 1793 right up to the present day. While we have embraced the latest technologies to improve efficiencies, the printing of books allows us to keep a permanent record of each land document on-site." To learn more about these and other Registry of Deeds events and initiatives, like us at facebook.com/NorfolkDeeds or follow us on twitter.com/NorfolkDeeds and instagram.com/NorfolkDeeds. The Norfolk County Registry of Deeds is located at 649 High Street, Dedham. The Registry is a resource for homeowners, title examiners, mortgage lenders, municipalities and others with a need for secure, accurate, accessible land record information. All land record research information can be found on the Registry's website at www.norfolkdeeds.org. Residents in need of assistance can contact the Registry of Deeds Customer Service Center at (781) 461-6101, or email us at registerodonnell@norfolkdeeds.org. Register William P. O'Donnell Norfolk County Registry of Deeds email: registerodonnell@norfolkdeeds.org phone: 781-234-3336 web: http://www.norfolkdeeds.org

Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, 649 High Street, Dedham,, MA 02026-1831 Sent by registerodonnell@norfolkdeeds.org in collaboration with Try it free today

Register O'Donnell Announces 36,000th Book Printed at Registry

FPAC Presents 11th Annual Whatever Theater Festival - Aug 2-3

Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) presents the 11th annual Whatever Theater Festival, featuring a production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth on Thursday, August 2 and Friday, August 3 at 8 p.m. 

The production will be staged outdoors on Franklin Town Common. Performances are free of charge, with donations to FPAC gratefully accepted.

One of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, Macbeth is a psychological thriller about unchecked ambition, ruthless murder and revenge. Fueled by witches’ prophecy and a lust for power, tyrannical madman Macbeth carries out a murderous plot to take Scotland’s crown. 

With wife Lady Macbeth, the pair’s dark corruption erodes human compassion and causes devastating destruction. FPAC presents a 90-minute adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic morality tale, as “Something wicked this way comes.”

Conceived and directed by Nick Paone, the summertime Whatever Theater Festival brings together professional artists, FPAC alumni, students and community performers in a collaborative theatrical experience. 

For more information, call (508) 528-3370 or visit www.FPAConline.com.

An overview of Macbeth can be found online https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth

FPAC Presents 11th Annual Whatever Theater Festival - Aug 2-3

Did you know Franklin has a wine club?

The next Wine Club event is July 31st at 7 PM. Join the Meetup group of wine explorers. All events are sit down educational tastings.

Exploring Michele Chiarlo Wines
Host: Adam Verona

Since 1956 Michele Chiarlo is synonym with the wines of Piemonte. At a very young age Michele started to travel to showcase with unlimited passion what Piemonte could produce. With Michele's guidance now his sons Stefano and Alberto have taken over different roles and are carrying on their father's passion. The story of Michele Chiarlo as a wine producer starts with Barbera and specifically from Asti but quickly moves to cover all the top areas of Piemonte, Gavi, Barolo, Barbaresco and more.

The philosophy at the winery is to produce classic wines of terroir with the most up to date know how and still vivid passion.

Adams Bio

As Michele Chiarlo’s North American Brand Ambassador, Adam makes regular trips to Piedmont, Italy and works closely with Michele’s sons Alberto (sales and marketing) and Stefano (winemaking and technical aspects).

Adam has had a passion for wine and food for as long as he can remember. He began his wine studies in his early twenties that included an internship on a Tuscan vineyard, gaining hands on experience in every phase of wine production.

After years of representing Chiarlo wines in wholesale, he was introduced to the Michele Chiarlo family. In 2016 he took the position with the winery and now travels the United States and Canada, proudly promoting the Chiarlo family wines. Adam lives in Charleston, South Carolina with his wife and son.

https://www.meetup.com/Franklin-Wine-Club/events/251988152/

Did you know Franklin has a wine club?

YMCA Triathlon - Rescheduled from Jul 22 to Aug 19 (due to weather)

bike action at the 2017 triathlon

The YMCA Triathlon has been POSTPONED due to the anticipated bad weather and is now set for Sunday, August 19, 2018.


For additional information
https://www.hockymca.org/triathlon/

The original post on the triathlon can be found online
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/07/hockomock-area-ymca-hosts-12th-annual.html

You can help the Wonderful World of Wine in the People’s Choice competition!

The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW) show on Franklin Radio 102.9FM hosted by Kim Simone And Mark Lenzi is running in the Podcast Awards - The People’s Choice competition!

If you like the show please take a minute to vote for us! It takes two easy steps:

1. Register with your email
https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup

2. Select The Wonderful World Of Wine (WWW) in the 'Education' category to nominate the show.

The deadline to nominate shows is July 31st, 2018.

We are grateful for your support!

The Wonderful World Of Wine (WWW) On Franklin Radio WFPR 102.9FM

If you haven't heard the podcast, info on how to listen was shared earlier
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/07/the-wonderful-world-of-wine-www-on.html

Franklin School For The Performing Arts To Host Open Houses - Aug 6, 14, 23, 29, Sep 8

Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will host a series of Open Houses at 38 Main Street in downtown Franklin on Monday, August 6 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Tuesday, August 14 from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., on Thursday, August 23 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Wednesday, August 29 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Saturday, September 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

The community is invited to tour the facilities, speak with faculty and staff, and learn more about FSPA programs in music, dance, and drama for all ages and levels. Prospective students are also encouraged to schedule a complimentary trial class. The FSPA summer session runs through August 24, and fall classes begin on September 10. Registration is ongoing for all programs.

Founded in 1985 by Director Raye Lynn Mercer, FSPA has been dedicated to the enjoyment of the arts for all ages and to the artistic growth and development of young people. The school offers classes in all dance disciplines, acting, musical theater, voice, and instrumental instruction, whether for recreational enjoyment or serious study. 

FSPA is also home to the Little Music School, an innovative program that teaches children as young as 18 months to play the piano. An extensive calendar of year-round performing opportunities features musicals, plays, ballets, voice and instrumental recitals, opera scenes, musical theater and dance company showcases, and more. 

Select FSPA musical theater troupes and the CenterStage dance company perform each spring at Walt Disney World, and the ensemble Electric Youth tours Europe every summer. Many FSPA students are also cast, by audition, in the affiliated Franklin Performing Arts Company’s annual season of shows. FSPA TALENT offers management services for young performers who elect to pursue professional opportunities.

FSPA is also proud to offer FSPA Academy, an academic alternative for students seeking a challenging curriculum in a supportive, flexible environment that encourages their creative goals. Provided Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in partnership with TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School (TECCA), the program builds upon TECCA’s state-approved online curriculum offering Music Theory, math tutoring, field trips and more. 

In addition to the Academy, FSPA also offers FSPA AfterSchool, an enrichment program for students in grades K-5, providing supervised recreational experiences, including games, crafts, and other creative arts activities. The program begins at the close of the regular school day, with transportation available from Franklin and Medway schools.

To learn more about FSPA or the Back-to-School Open Houses, call (508) 528-8668 or visit www.FSPAonline.com for more information, including the FSPA catalogue and fall class schedule.

Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA)

“It’s an important public health measure”

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

"To understand the chilling, public health effects of the opioid crisis in Massachusetts, look no further than Middlesex County. 

The county includes some of the cities and towns in the Daily News coverage area, and had the highest number of opioid-related overdose deaths (346) in the state last year. 

“The number of people dying unintentionally from opioid-related overdoses is clearly at the top of the list (in the opioid crisis),” said Dr. Dennis Dimitri, chairman of the Massachusetts Medical Society’s Opioid Task Force. 

He believes the state is pumping significant resources into treatment and public education campaigns to warn residents about the dangers of opioids."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20180720/opioid-crisis-it-takes-village-to-conquer-it

What isn't explicitly covered in the article is the rise of support groups like the SAFE Coalition. They provide a number of services including a hotline and a resource manual.

http://www.safecoalitionma.org/2017/01/05/safe-resource-manual/

SAFE Coalition - resource manual "What do we do now?"

Upcoming Events in Franklin, MA: FRI 7/20/18 - THU 7/26/18

FRIDAY 7/20/18

9:30am   Family Yoga @ Franklin Public Library

10am-12pm   Knitting Group @ Franklin Public Library

12-6pm   Farmers Market @ Town Common

8pm   Black Box Jazz: Steven Kirby @ The Black Box

SATURDAY 7/21/18

9am-3pm   Book Sale @ Franklin Public Library

10am-1pm   Franklin Historical Museum Open

10:30am   Toe Jam Puppet Band @ Franklin Public Library

SUNDAY 7/22/18

8am   FREE Yoga at the Beach @ Chilson Beach, Beaver Pond

8am   12th Annual Hockomock YMCA Triathlon @ Lake Pearl, Wrentham

11am   Goat Yoga (registration required) @ Fairmount Fruit Farm   

1-4pm   Franklin Historical Museum Open

1pm   8th Annual FHS Boys Hockey Golf Tournament @ New England Country Club, Bellingham

MONDAY 7/23/18

10:30am   Move Along @ Franklin Public Library

1pm   Garden Storytime @ Franklin Public Library

6pm   Southeastern MA Community Concert Band @ Franklin Senior Center

7pm   Library Board Meeting @ Franklin Public Library

TUESDAY 7/24/18

All Day   Drop In Craft @ Franklin Public Library

10:30am   Stacey Peasley Concert @ Franklin Public Library

WEDNESDAY 7/25/18

11am   Tick Talk @ Franklin Senior Center

2pm   Giant Bubbles @ Franklin Public Library

6pm   Concert on the Common: Electric Youth @ Franklin Town Common

6pm   Movie Night @ Franklin Public Library

THURSDAY 7/26/18

9:30am   Baby Tummy Time @ Franklin Public Library

10:30am   Pre-K Story and Craft @ Franklin Public Library

5-8pm   Franklin Historical Museum Open

6:30pm   Genealogy Club Meeting @ Franklin Public Library

7pm   Healing Hearts Community Support Group @ Franklin YMCA

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

“There is no one making bottles in New England"

Via the Franklin network, we get the link to this story on the domino effect of companies closing up operations:

"Inside a huge industrial building in Franklin, there are 120 conveyor belts designed to carry broken glass to three stories of giant machines that crush the glass and sort it, to be sent away and be made into new bottles. 

But those machines aren't running now. 

"I think the plant operated at approximately 80 decibels — glass is banging, machines are running. Yeah it was it was pretty loud here,” said Andrew Crowley of Strategic Materials, which owns the plant. Today the plant almost silent inside. “It's kind of sad, it being so quiet," he said. 

The plant closed last month because it lost its only big customer — a company called Ardagh, which ran a plant just nine miles away in Milford that turned all that glass back into bottles. That closed down in March. 250 people worked there."

Continue reading the article online. You can also listen to the audio segment at the same link
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2018/07/19/massachusetts-only-glass-recycling-plant-closes

"The machines inside the Strategic Materials plant have remained quiet since the facility closed down in June."

For more about Strategic Materials  https://www.strategicmaterials.com/glass-recycling/

Support for the Concession Stand at Pisini Field is still needed

You may recall the proposal to replace the concession stand at Pisini Field. It was approved by the School Committee after sufficient fund raising was accomplished. Construction is underway as planned with most of it to be done while school is out for the summer. It is also to be completed in time for the opening of school in September to be available for sporting events in the new year.

There is still need for additional funds to help complete the project. There is also need for carpenter volunteers for items such as interior walls, partitions, doors and finishes.

If you can contribute financially, please follow the link to the GoFundMe page
https://www.gofundme.com/z35a8n-support-pisini-field-franklin-ma

If you can help with the carpentry, let me know and I'll put you in contact with the right folks.

Photos from Saturday, July 14

standing on the sidewalk going to the field and facing the field

standing on the sidewalk going to the field and facing the parking lot

Photos from this week with the roof beams and roofing being placed

the roof beams

the roof beams and roofing being placed

From December 2017
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2017/12/support-pisini-field-franklin-ma.html

From April 2018
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/04/franklin-public-schools-concession.html

MassBudget: A Formula for Success

Updating education funding to help schools better serve all our children

July 18, 2018 A Formula for Success: Updating education funding to help schools better serve all our children Students have the best chance of succeeding when their schools have the resources to serve them effectively. But the Massachusetts school funding formula, known as Chapter 70, has not been comprehensively updated in 25 years, leaving many schools unable to adequately support essential resources like teachers, materials, and well-maintained facilities. In its new report, Building an Education System that Works for Everyone: Funding Reforms to Help All Our Children Thrive, the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget) examines how much the formula falls short of funding major expenses and how that leads to under-resourcing of other critical needs.  The report finds that the Commonwealth could address the problems identified by the Foundation Budget Review Commission (FBRC) - the underfunding of specific expenses and inadequate funding to support low-income students and English Language Learners - by increasing education funding by $888 million (or $1.082 billion when also accounting for increases in to minimum aid provided to all school districts).  The report also examines the implications of reforms that do not include the full complement of funding categories identified by the FBRC. All of the estimates assume a five year phase-in of the reforms. Read the report here. http://massbudget.org/report_window.php?loc=Building-an-Education-System-that-Works-for-Everyone.html The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget) produces policy research, analysis, and data-driven recommendations focused on improving the lives of low- and middle-income children and adults, strengthening our state's economy, and enhancing the quality of life in Massachusetts. MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER 15 COURT SQUARE, SUITE 700 BOSTON, MA 02108

Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, 15 Court Square, Suite 700, Boston, MA 02108 Sent by nberger@massbudget.org in collaboration with Try it free today

“Everyone could use a little extra kindness, so why not do this right on Main Street in Franklin”

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

"Sometimes a bit of nature with a unique human touch is all it takes to lighten the day and remind people of what truly matters. 

On Main Street next to Rockland Trust Bank, a new kind of garden is growing – a Kindness Rock garden. The space is decorated with small, painted rocks. Every painted rock displays either a phrase of encouragement or a small drawing of the artist’s desire. 

A sign outside the garden encourages people to take a rock if they’re in need, and to leave one if they’d wish. 

Berry Insurance owner and coordinator of the project Kaitlyn Pintarich said she was moved by the idea after finding a small painted rock in the Franklin Town Common last winter."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20180719/kindness-rocks-garden-lightens-up-downtown-franklin

the Kindness Rock Garden on Main St

Franklin Public Library Book Sale - July 21-22

Franklin Public Library Book Sale, Saturday, July 21, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The bag sale is scheduled for Sunday, July 22 from 9:00 AM to noon.

Franklin Public Library Book Sale - July 21-22

This was shared from the Library page
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2018/07/franklin-public-library-book-sale.html

FAB funding not so 'fabulous' at this point in the budget cycle!

Did you know Franklin is served by a Regional Transportation Authority? The Franklin Area Bus (FAB) is operated by the Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA).

"Among the budget items being negotiated on Beacon Hill are increases in funding for the state's Regional Transit Authorities (RTAs). 

The RTAs have not received an increase in state assistance or an inflation adjustment in more than three years, though they have seen increases in operating costs for negotiated wages, health care, fuel, and insurance. Governor Baker has proposed level funding at $80 million, the House version of the budget calls for $82 million, and the Senate's version calls for $88 million. 

Regional transit administrators and their supporters say that if they don't receive the proposed $88 million, there will be further service cuts for the more than 32 million riders who use the 15 RTAs throughout the Commonwealth. Most riders are low-income or elderly people who have few, if any, alternative transportation options."

Continue reading the article online
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2018/07/16/regional-transit-authorities-anxiously-await-budget-deal

Updated 7/19/18 noon: email confirmation that $88M was in the budget document sent to the Governor per Rep Jeff Roy

"I have confirmed that the Regional Transit Authorities were funded at $88 million in the budget we passed yesterday. Here is the line item:

1595-6370 For an operating transfer to the regional transit authorities organized under chapter 161B of the General Laws, or any prior laws, under clause (2) of subsection (d) of section 2ZZZ of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided, that each regional transit authority receiving assistance under this item shall deliver not later than October 1, 2018, a copy of its most recent audited financial statement to the chief financial officer of the Massachusetts department of transportation, the secretary of administration and finance, the treasurer of the commonwealth, the comptroller of the commonwealth, the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the joint committee on transportation ........................... $88,000,00

Franklin Area Bus

What is the FAB schedule?

http://www.gatra.org/index.php/routes/bellingham-franklin/franklin-area-bus/

The archive has several articles on GATRA/FAB going back to 2009

http://www.franklinmatters.org/search?q=gatra

The GATRA home page can be found http://www.gatra.org/