The Boston Globe has some sloppy second hand reporting on their recap of the current override situation. Nothing new in the article that you can read here.
Why sloppy?
Shannon Zollo is referred to as "she"... come on! You should know better than that!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
In the News - Milford tax break for seniors expanding?
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MILFORD —
Penny-pinching senior citizens may be able to breathe easier, if Town Meeting votes next month to offer elders a bigger tax break.
An "aye" for warrant Article 24 would increase the maximum amount the town can reduce a qualifying senior citizen's local property tax bills to $650 a year, up $150 from the current maximum abatement of $500.
It would also lower the age of eligibility for the special tax program from 70 to 68.
"We like to think it's an avenue to help some senior citizens and keep them in their homes," said Town Administrator Louis Celozzi. "Property taxes increase every year and these folks are on fixed income."
The town's senior citizens ad-hoc committee, led by selectmen Chairman Dino DeBartolomeis, sent the article to selectmen, who are sponsoring it.
Annual Town Meeting will take up the issue on May 19.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here.
How does this compare to what Franklin has?
How does this compare to what was just passed in the House?
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Where in Franklin? #46
Hmm... now where would you see this in Franklin?
The guidelines for playing "Where in Franklin?" can be found here.Where in Franklin? Answer #45
Yes ltsjs, the correct answer to picture #45 is the Verizon building on Main St.
Thanks for playing "Where in Franklin?"
Stay tuned for the next opportunity!
In the News - Franklin pays Medway,
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MEDWAY —
The town will receive more than $115,000 in sewer fees from Franklin for homes there that are tied into Medway's system.
In a 1995 agreement, homes on a handful of Franklin streets near the town line were allowed to connect to Medway's sewer system, but neither town followed through on collecting money for the service. There are now 213 homes connected on those streets.
Medway officials said yesterday they plan to use the money for their ongoing sewer upgrade at the town's main industrial park.
Top officials from both towns, who were not the ones who made the agreement, said they did not know it existed until Medway officials discovered it recently while researching the sewer upgrade for the industrial park.
"It was the responsibility of everybody and everybody failed to implement it," said Town Administrator Suzanne K. Kennedy.
Franklin will pay Medway about $99,000 from a rebate it was receiving from the Charles River Pollution Control District, the regional sewage treatment authority, on a design project. The pollution control district has reduced its annual assessment to Medway for fiscal 2008 by about $16,000 - and assigned it to Franklin - to cover the balance of the $115,000.
Podcasts in plain English
In our continuing series exploring the technology of Web 2.0 and social media, the folks at Common Craft have a new presentation on podcasts.
What is a podcast?
Watch this and find out the basics. Enjoy!
By the way, I will be at PodCamp New York on Saturday. What I learn there, at SOBCon08 and PodCamp Boston 3, you will eventually see the results of.
What is a podcast?
Watch this and find out the basics. Enjoy!
By the way, I will be at PodCamp New York on Saturday. What I learn there, at SOBCon08 and PodCamp Boston 3, you will eventually see the results of.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Over 50? - Take this survey, please!
Ronni Bennett and others in the elder blog world have put together a survey.
The goal is to find out what elderbloggers are like, how we may be similar and how we are different, how we relate to technology, how we came to be bloggers or blog readers, how we feel about it and what our demographics are.
There are 57 questions, many of which are required so that there is the largest possible population from which to draw conclusions. They are straightforward questions, mostly multiple-choice, and it shouldn’t take longer than about 15 minutes to complete.
If you are over 50, please consider taking the survey.
Franklin has an important elder community, we should be fully represented in this survey.
I just took the survey myself, it is quick and easy to do.
By the way, there is no registration, no identification to provide as part of the survey and it knows that once you complete it won't let you come back for a second round.
Updated 4/23/08 5:00 PM - If you tried the survey link and it failed, you can try again now. From this time forward it should be working properly.
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