Circle of Friends - Vance Gilbert, Ann Heaton

Circle of Friends Coffeehouse
Saturday,- January 31st, 8:00 PM

Vance Gilbert

"Gilbert's burnished voice poured over one purling, liquid melody after another, over an accompaniment of tender arpeggios and supple chord progressions. "
-The Chicago Tribune

with special guest
Anne Heaton

Tickets = $20

Our teens need your help

Since 1985, the New Beginnings Program (NBP) has provided a comprehensive wellness initiative for schools, parents and communities for hundreds of youth involved in drug and alcohol addiction. The presentations, classes, one-to-one education, and true life testimonies have made a substantial impact. As a result of the recent cuts in funding from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, NBP has cut its staff, supplies and other expenditures jeopardizing the support for over 120 youth currently in the program.

The New Beginnings Program faces a critical need for financial resources to sustain the counseling services that our youth at risk require.

Please visit the NBP website to find information regarding its services, successes, and to make a contribution.

Bill Phillips, the founder of New Beginnings, was a central part of the WASTED presentation at Franklin High School in December, 2008.


You can help by casting your vote in support of this program here:
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Free registration will be required to cast your vote.

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DPW Presentation on Snow Removal

Thanks to Brutus and Jim for providing this copy of the DPW slides presented during the Town Council meeting Wednesday evening.

Franklin (MA) DPW Snow Presentation 1/21/2009

View more presentations or upload your own. (tags: snow dpw)

Live reports from the Town Council meeting can be found here

"for children ages 4 months to 9 years of age"

JW Tumbles to open first Mass. location

By Staff reports

Kidville's JW Tumbles will open its first Massachusetts location at 524 West Central St., Franklin, on Feb. 2. Pre-grand opening celebration events, including free gym playtime, face painting, contests and giveaways, take place today, tomorrow, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. JW Tumbles offers a non-competitive enrichment program for children ages 4 months to 9 years of age. The Franklin JW Tumbles will be the first of five locations to be opened by local businessman J.D. Daddario. Based in New York, Kidville Inc., which operates upscale facilities catering to newborns through 5-year-olds and their parents, recently acquired the assets of JW Tumbles, an international operator of children's gyms, via a wholly owned subsidiary. The company operates 43 Kidville and JW Tumbles locations across the globe. For more information, call Daddario at 508-328-0669.

"you have to live with that for the rest of your life"

By Joyce Kelly/Daily News staff

GHS

Posted Jan 24, 2009 @ 12:05 AM

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In any police department, reconstructing a fatal accident requires using technical gadgets, solving complex mathematical equations, capturing hundreds of images from the accident scene, and "good old-fashioned" practices like taking measurements and gathering witness testimony.

Their detective works yields minute details - such as how many seconds it takes a pedestrian to cross the street, a car's speed, objects the drivers perceived, response time, whether someone used their brakes or cut around a corner too quickly.

Yesterday afternoon, Lt. Thomas Lynch and Officers Rick Grover and David Gove explained the ABC's of reconstructing fatal and serious car wrecks, as they completed the final leg of investigating the accident that killed beloved teacher Palma Johnson Dec. 12.

Read the full article to understand the attention to detail that is involved in accident reconstruction.

The Green Reel: "King Corn"

The Green Reel: a series of films for sustainable living will be shown on Sunday evenings this winter beginning January 25th.

What: King Corn

When: 7:00 PM on January 25, 2009

Where: Agudas Achim, 901 North Main St, Attleboro or directions here

Free and open to the public. For more info: 508-695-2389

read more about the film King Corn here

Sponsors:

Agudas Achim
Crystal Spring Center
Simply Keep It Local
Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary
Citizens for a Sustainable Local Economy
Murray Unitarian Universalist Church
Green Committee of First Universalist Society of Franklin
New Dawn Earth Center
Oake Knoll Ayrshires
Franklin Area Climate Team
White Barn Farm
St Mark's Episcopal Church-Foxboro

Saving Money in Plain English

In our continuing series on learning, the folks at Common Craft have come up with a new video on saving money. They explain the difference between putting money in your piggy bank or into a savings bank.




Enjoy!