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Check out this fun MetroWest Itinerary! https://www.metrowestvisitors.org/brewery-tour-3/
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| MetroWest Boston Visitors Bureau - a fun itinerary features Franklin |
"The House and Senate have passed a compromise tax relief bill that would provide $561 million in tax breaks and credits this year, with the value growing to approximately $1 billion once the law is fully implemented in 2027.The House overwhelmingly approved the bill on Sept. 27, and the Senate did the same on Sept. 28. The governor, who has 10 days to review and sign the bill, has indicated her strong support.Provisions that would affect municipalities include property tax relief and housing incentives. The bill would:• Increase the maximum annual property tax deduction for seniors who provide volunteer services to a municipality from $1,500 to $2,000• Increase the maximum available “senior circuit breaker” property tax credit from $750 per year to $1,500 per year, prior to adjusting for inflation• Create a local-option property tax exemption for residential properties that are rented to households earning no more than 200% of area median income, and allow municipalities to determine the amount of the exemption and adopt ordinances and bylaws implementing these provisions• Increase the cap on Housing Development Incentive Program tax credits from $10 million to $30 million annually and allow for the distribution of any portion of the annual cap on credits that were not authorized in previous years, or of any credits that were returned"
Continue reading the article online at MMA -> https://www.mma.org/house-senate-send-tax-relief-bill-to-governors-desk/
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| https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4104 |
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| Middle, high school, & college students can sign up to join the Franklin Food Elves this season |
"It’s time to start getting prepared for our annual Trunk or Treat! Come and park your car or walk to the high school. Get up close and explore all the amazing decorations.
We are looking for businesses, organizations, groups and friends to come and display your trunk. No entry fee. We ask that you please supply your own candy and stay for duration.
Please scan the QR code if you would like to sign up to be a trunker.
Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you!"
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| Franklin Lions Club schedule their annual Trunk or Treat - Oct 29 |
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| Annual Harvest Festival |
About the Franklin Downtown PartnershipThe Franklin Downtown Partnership is a non-profit 501©3 organization made up of more than 350 business owners, residents, and community leaders working to revitalize downtown Franklin. Residents can join the Downtown Partnership for only $25. The Partnership manages events like the Strawberry Stroll and the Harvest Festival, and initiatives such as beautification, streetscape design, greenspace, alley murals, and sculpture projects. For more information go to www.franklindowntownpartnership.org
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| Exploring Risk-Taking Through the "Spirituality of Music" |
The Master Plan Update Committee met on Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023 and started 10 minutes late. Many of the committee were present in the room; at least 3 members were participating remotely, hence the vote to adjourn was via roll call.
The Franklin TV video is available at YouTube -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao36qN1NOnc
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| screen grab of summary slide |
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Master Plan Update Committee - Agenda for meeting - Sep 27 at 6:30 PM |
Panthers shoot season low 147 at home to defeat Taunton!!Caden Sullivan with a 2 under 33CJ Steel 36Liam Lewandowski 38Ben Paterson 40Franklin goes to 9-1 with Sharon up next Friday. https://twitter.com/FHSGolfTeam/status/1707165018016366652
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| FHS Panther sports results shared via subscription to HockomockSports.com |
"Coming Soon!!!Mark your calendars for this fun collaboration with @fspaonline for a Mermaid Story Time.... as they prepare for their big production, we want to show our community support!Feel free to let your little ones dress up in their favorite Mermaid character costume!"
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| Escape Into Fiction coordinates with FSPA for a Mermaid Story Time - Oct 7 |
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| La Cantina Winery: Weekend Entertainment Schedule - Sep 28 - Oct 1 |
What is your top concern about how climate change will effect you, your family, and your community? Are you concerned about the potential impacts of flooding from climate change? Do you think your city/town and/or the state are doing enough to plan for climate change? Take this survey (https://www.crwa.org/crfm-23) to help the Town of Franklin and the Charles River Watershed Association mitigate flood hazards and climate change.
Feel free to also share your survey results with the Franklin Conservation Agent/Natural Resource Protection Manager at bgoodlander@franklinma.gov.
Shared from -> https://www.franklinma.gov/conservation/news/share-your-thoughts-charles-river-flood-model-public-survey
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| Share Your Thoughts - Charles River Flood Model Public Survey |
"In 2002, the then San Francisco supervisor Gavin Newsom proposed legislation to cut welfare assistance to nearly 3,000 homeless people living in the city from $395 a month to $59 a month, and divert the budgetary savings toward shelters and other services. It was promoted with the name “Care Not Cash”.Newsom’s campaign tied the unconditional payments to drug and alcohol abuse. As the San Francisco voter’s guide spelled out: “[H]omeless people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol end up spending their welfare checks on their addictions instead of meeting their basic needs.” The framing worked. The measure passed with nearly 60% of the vote, and Newsom used the publicity to propel his political career to San Francisco mayor and, ultimately, California governor.Newsom’s framing was just a different iteration of an old message: it doesn’t help to give poor people money. As that thinking goes, the unhoused, Ronald Reagan’s “welfare queens” and those with substance abuse issues will just waste it.The results of a new study in Vancouver, Canada, test this stereotype. Through its New Leaf Project, the charitable organization Foundations for Social Change gave people who have been homeless for less than two years a one-time deposit of $7,500 in Canadian dollars (about US$5,600). They also received coaching and workshops about spending. Other groups received the money and workshops with no coaching, while some received the training but no cash and no resources at all."
11:00a/2:00p/8:00pm Frank Presents – Frank Falvey Presents
Wednesday, September 27
1:00pm - Senior Scribblers (writing group) (Franklin TV Studio, recording session)
2:00pm - Restaurant Expo (Franklin Public Library)
Thursday, September 28
12:00pm - Adult Flu Clinic (Franklin Senior Center)
5:00pm - Birchwood Bakery: End of Summer - oysters & lobster rolls
6:00pm - Open Mic Night (67 Degrees Brewery)
6:00pm - Brian Cabral (live music) (Raillery Pub)
6:00pm - Charlie Rock (live music) (La Cantina Winery)
Friday, September 29
2:00pm - Franklin Farmers Market (Franklin Town Common)
2:00pm - Thrift Threads thrift shop (Franklin Federated Church)
5:00pm - Papalias Wood Fired Pizza (La Cantina Winery)
6:00pm - Freak Flag (live music)(La Cantina Winery)
Saturday, September 30
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| Harvest Festival (Downtown Franklin) |
7:00am - Town wide, curbside event
9:00am - Friends of the Poor Walk (Franklin Town Common)
10:00am - Franklin Historical Museum (always free)
12:00pm - Harvest Festival (Downtown Franklin)
12:00pm - Jamie Barrett (live music) (Franklin Historical Museum)
2:00pm - Sons of Sam Pizza (67 Degrees Brewery)
3:00pm - Red Apron Charcuterie (La Cantina Winery)
4:00pm - Matt Zajac (live music) (La Cantina Winery)
4:00pm - Michael Rivelis (live music) (Birchwood Bakery)
6:00pm - Sudden Odd Behavior (67 Degrees Brewery)
Sunday, October 1
7:00am - Town wide, curbside event
1:00pm - Franklin Historical Museum (always free)
Monday, October 2
4:00pm - Pumpkin Patch & Sale (St John's Episcopal Church)
Tuesday, October 3
4:00pm - Pumpkin Patch & Sale (St John's Episcopal Church)
6:00pm - Franklin Garden Club - meeting (Franklin Public Library)
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| Franklin Cultural District: Arts are happening here! |
"Hailing it as a historic win for taxpayers, Massachusetts lawmakers will begin voting Wednesday on a $1 billion tax package that would boost tax breaks for families, seniors, and others while slashing state taxes on profits from short-term investments, a change that had divided Democrats.The package would save hundreds of thousands of taxpayers a collective $561 million this fiscal year, according to legislative officials, with expectations that the total savings would eventually climb to just over $1.02 billion once it goes into full effect in fiscal year 2027, which begins July 1, 2026.Its emergence follows nearly two years of debate and months of closed-door negotiations about how best to ease the burden on taxpayers squeezed by the state’s rising cost of living and bring the tax code more into line with other states.The House is expected to vote on the measure Wednesday, and the Senate on Thursday, and it is expected to pass and move on to Governor Maura Healey, who has championed the need for tax relief."
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| Senate President Karen E. Spilka and House Speaker Ronald Mariano (right) unveiled the tax relief deal during a press conference in the Senate Reading Room. PAT GREENHOUSE/GLOBE STAFF |
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| Franklin, MA: School Committee - Meeting Agenda - Sep 26, 2023 at 7 PM |
