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Friday, February 22, 2008
Q&A Downtown Partnership
Franklin Town Council in a Q&A session on the Downtown Partnership presentation
Councilors Zollo, Doak, Mason, and Vallee. Town Administrator Jeff Nutting also provides input.
Time: 12 minutes, 48 seconds
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Ad-hoc Recycle Committee
The Franklin Town Council creates the Ad-hoc Recycling Committee and approves the appointment to the committee.
Time: 4 minutes, 23 seconds
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Franklin Downtown Partnership
The Town Council hears from Lisa Piana and the Downtown Partnership goals and objectives.
Time: 11 minutes, 29 seconds
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
On the same page - Thursday 7:00 PM
Thursday, February 21 at 7PM
Immigration Then. Historian and author James Johnston and historian Robert D'Attilio present a view of what America was like during the first great wave of immigration in the early part of the twentieth century. Mr. D'Attilio's specialty centers on the Sacco and Vanzetti case.
In the news - martial arts
Getting their kicks
By Joyce Kelly/Daily News staff
When Grandmaster Chang Nam Kang decided to open a tae kwon do school in Massachusetts, he said he sought a community where people value education and "really want to better themselves." Kang, who said he served as a bodyguard for the president of South Korea and an international referee for the World Taekwondo Federation, decided Franklin was the perfect town for his Mu Han martial arts school. "This area is focused on education, and martial arts takes a lot of time and dedication. Without discipline and patience, you won't continue. This is for people who really want to better themselves," said Master Jin Oh, who will run the school with Kang. "To me, this is a good location, because people here want to develop and build themselves," Oh said. At Mu Han, which means "infinite, unlimited," Kang will act as the lead instructor of tae kwon do, a Korean martial art, and Oh, a sixth-degree black belt and instructor in Attleboro trained in both tae kwon do and kung fu, will also teach. Both learned their art in Korea, their homeland. |
Yes, there will be a celebration this 4th of July! You can help!
Fourth of July Coalition seeking volunteers
By Joyce Kelly/Daily News staff
There is no question whether the town's Fourth of July celebration tradition will continue this year, said Michael A. Walker-Jones. "We're going to make it happen," said Walker-Jones, chairman of the Democratic Town Committee. He has been informally leading the Fourth of July Celebration Coalition steering committee with Michael Kelly. |
read the full article here.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Pirelli Rink
"At 8:18 p.m., all the shouting, banging and stomping at Veterans Memorial Skating Rink halted.
Young men in blue and white uniforms skating in circles and slamming pucks at their goal lined up, facing their opposition in silence. For a few brief moments, only the sound of bagpipes honoring fallen soldier Robert Ryan Pirelli could be heard.
Following Gov. Deval Patrick's approval Friday, the town renamed the arena last night at the final Panthers home game of the season in memory of Staff Sgt. Pirelli, a former Panther hockey player who was killed by enemy fire in Iraq last year."