Sunday, April 13, 2008

Franklin Fire Station Open House 4/12/08


The speakers (in order of appearance) at the Fire Station Open House held Saturday 4/12/08:

Top left - Lou Allevato, Building Committee Chair
Top right - Chris Feeley, Town Council Chair
Mid left - Rep Vallee and his special assistant
Mid right - Chief McCarraher
Bottom left - Father Bob
Bottom right - the flag raising

Where in Franklin? #44


Where in Franklin? #44, originally uploaded by shersteve.

Where are you in Franklin to find this site?

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Where in Franklin? Answer #43


Where in Franklin? Answer #43, originally uploaded by shersteve.

The answer to picture #43 is the former Tompson Printing Press building along Dean Ave.

ltsjs contiued their streak of correct answers. Thanks for playing.

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What was this building used for before Thompson? I have been here almost 13 years but have only seen the building from the train as I go to or return from Boston.

Can anyone fill in some details?

In the News - solar powered trash, fire station

GHS
Posted Apr 12, 2008 @ 10:00 AM

FRANKLIN —

Just in time for the town's Earth Day celebration April 19, the public works department has installed two $4,000 solar-powered trash compactors on Main Street and at the Beaver Pond recreation complex.

The "BigBelly" cordless trash compactors can hold up to 200 gallons of garbage - up to six times the typical load, said Denise Zambrowski, Environmental Affairs Coordinator for the Department of Public Works.

"It's really a neat invention. Using solar energy, it will help us maintain a neat (town), just controlling litter and trash in our parks, in our ball fields.

"It's a really interesting invention to help us deal with solid waste management in public places," said Zambrowski, who first learned about BigBelly at an energy efficiency workshop.

Read the full article at the Milford Daily News

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Milford Daily News
Posted Apr 12, 2008 @ 11:05 PM

FRANKLIN —

The town of Franklin on Saturday opened its new fire station on West Central Street. The new 22,250 square foot station more than twice of the facility it replaced, which was built on the same site in 1922 and demolished last year.

This is the complete article but you can click through to see the photo at the Milford Daily News.


Saturday, April 12, 2008

FINCOM Meeting Summary 4/9/08

I did not manage to capture all of the meeting but what I was able to capture during the first hour is written of and or recorded as follows:

FINCOM: Facilities - Demand/Response opportunity (...

FINCOM: Facilities - Gas/Electric Bidding (audio)

FINCOM: Facilities - lighting (audio)

FINCOM: Facilities Budget FY 09 Overview (audio)

FINCOM: Library Budget FY 09 (audio)

FINCOM: Technology Budget FY 09 (audio)

FINCOM: Comptroller Budget FY 09 (audio)

FINCOM - Facilities

FINCOM - Town budge review

FINCOM - Library

FINCOM: Facilities - Demand/Response opportunity (audio)

Mike D'Angelo talks with Brett Feldman and the Finance Committee about the next opportunity for cost saving in the utilities area as they discuss "demand/response".

Time: 3 minutes, 22 seconds



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FINCOM: Facilities - Gas/Electric Bidding (audio)

Mike D'Angelo reviews the commodity bidding process for gas and electric for the town facilities and how this alone has saved millions of dollars over the ten years or so since he started this process first with the school buildings.

Time: 2 minutes, 13 seconds



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