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"The site of a long-vacant drug manufacturing plant on Otis Street is getting a new life.
Amazon.com Inc. announced plans on Wednesday to construct a $40 million Amazon Robotics Innovation Hub at the former AstraZeneca site at 50 Otis St. and bring 200 new jobs to town. The 35,000-square-foot facility will be in addition to the Amazon Robotics facility in North Reading that will together serve as the e-commerce giant’s epicenter of robotics innovation.
“We are going to completely re-do that site,” said Tye Brady, Amazon Robotics chief technologist, in a phone interview with the Daily News. “I can guarantee it’s going to be a world-class, state-of-the-art facility.”
The innovation hub will feature corporate offices, research and development labs and manufacturing space. The new location will allow Amazon Robotics to grow its engineering, manufacturing, support and test teams in the state. Crews will design, build, program and ship robots all under the same roof that will improve delivery speeds for customers around the world, said Brady."
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| "The Alarm 2079 robotics team is a competitive high school robotics team" |
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| 4 FHS students providing the update on the trip to Germany |
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| Franklin Cultural District Partners Meeting - Nov 21 |
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| LET'S LAUGH TODAY in Franklin is on Tuesday, Nov 12 |
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| FHS Chamber Concert - Nov 7 |
Ferry passage free of charge for veterans and military and up to 3 family members. For free veteran tickets please call Boston Harbor Cruises at 617-227-4321. For all other members of the general public, please follow the ticket link to purchase a $10 ticket for this cruise http://bostonharborislands.org/event/veterans-day-cruise/
A special cruise highlighting the military history of the Boston Harbor islands. A visit to Georges Island, a tour of Fort Warren, kid's programs and a commemorative flag wreath laying.
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| Veterans' Services: Free cruise |
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| Veterans' Services: free bowling events |
"A Franklin company has won a $36 million contract to overhaul the Natick Center rail station.Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
The MBTA Control Board on Monday awarded the contract for the project to Daniel O’Connell’s Sons Inc. T officials said the station will be “rebuilt,” with plans for two elevators, three new stairways, two accessible ramps, new platforms, better signs and the installation of emergency lighting. An existing pedestrian bridge will also be replaced.
T officials also plan to raise the inbound track and upgrade infrastructure to address existing flooding problems."
"Following Tuesday’s biennial town election, continuity is the word for the Town Council, with all seven of the incumbents who sought re-election successfully retaining their seats on the nine-member panel.
And for the School Committee, change is the name of the game, though with just two of seven incumbents throwing their hats into the ring for another term, that was expected.
In the only other race on the ballot, voters retained all three of the town’s incumbent constables.
A total of 3,851 voters turned out at the polls at Franklin Hight School to cast ballots -- the figure represents about 15 percent of the town’s registered voters."
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| "Reconstructing History and Genealogy: Mom's WWII Letters" - Nov 10 |
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| Wanted Food Elves for the Franklin Food Pantry! |
“Big girl soccer.”
That was just one of many positive mantras Scott Dolan was known for, and it was the perfect way to describe Monday evening’s clash between #8 Oliver Ames and #9 Franklin.
Eighty minutes wasn’t enough to decide the physical contest between the two league rivals, with neither team willing to give an inch.
But finally, in the 89th minute, OA sophomore Allison Evin delivered the game-winner with a perfectly struck shot to the far post, just sneaking inside the far post into the side netting to give the Tigers a 1-0 emotional overtime win over the Panthers.
“I felt like we could score one goal we had a chance,” said Oliver Ames head coach Britt Sellmayer. “The last time [Franklin] gave up a goal was forever ago. They had 12 shutouts in the last 13 games and the only team that scored against them was KP and they only got two. They are just so hard to break down because they have such quality players back there.”
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| FHS' Erni Quaile preparing to play a ball in the air (Ryan Lanigan/HockomockSports.com) |
