John Kinney
Café Dolce
Café Dolce is featuring John Kinney April 25, 7:00 - 9:00 PM. Come and listen to acoustic music inspired by Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson, Ray LaMontange, and many more!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Cafe Dolce - Music - Sat 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
John Kinney
Café Dolce
Café Dolce is featuring John Kinney April 25, 7:00 - 9:00 PM. Come and listen to acoustic music inspired by Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson, Ray LaMontange, and many more!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Rain barrels discounted for Franklin residents
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via Wicked Local Franklin News RSS by Staff reports on 4/22/09
Brutus Cantoreggi, director of Public Works, has announced New England Rain Barrel will be holding the annual rain barrel sale.
Orders may be placed until May 8, 2009. Pick up day is Wednesday, May 13 at 150 Emmons St. from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Rain barrels will be offered to Franklin residents at the retail price of $72.50 , instead of the regularly price of $119.95, by The New England Rain Barrel Company.
The rain barrels are made from 55-gallon blue plastic recycled containers. The barrels have a 6-inch diameter inlet opening covered with a screened louver to keep insects and debris out. The barrels have two brass spigots, one to connect a hose for watering and the other for overflow. They feature a 5-foot hose with a shutoff valve. Multiple barrels can be linked together for additional capacity.
To contact New England Rain Barrel, call 877-977-3135 or log on to www.nerainbarrel.com.
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Read more on the Google Energy Information site here.
"You can see signs of progress"
Milford Daily News
FRANKLIN —
It's been four years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, but it is still near to the helpful hearts and minds of members of the Methodist churches in Franklin and Framingham.
On Sunday, church members reflected on their fifth trip to help rebuild homes in Pearlington, Miss. This time, 18 members, college-age through seniors, and three who now live in Rockville, Md., ventured south, and were happy to find progress is finally being made, said the Rev. Sandra Bonnette-Kim, pastor of the Framingham First United Methodist Church.
"It was both good and bad. It was nice to see some developments: Road constructions were being done and bridges were being fixed. The whole town was getting taken care of," she said.
Read the full article about the local assistance being provided to Katrina victims in Mississippi in the Milford Daily News here
"We're going to cross our fingers and hope this works"
Milford Daily News
FRANKLIN —
A clerical worker in the assessing department and a building inspector will be laid off this year due to the budget crunch, Building Commissioner David Roche and Head Assessor Kevin Doyle reported while presenting their budgets to the Finance Committee last night.
Town Administrator Jeffrey D. Nutting also told the Finance Committee next year's budget funds 10 fewer municipal positions than this year's budget. That does not include schools, and does not necessarily mean all 10 are layoffs, as some may be retirements that won't be filled.
"It's going to be a stretch, but they're going to do the best they can to do business as usual," said Nutting.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
Read all the live reporting posts from the same Finance Committee meeting here
Finance Committee 04/21/09
The live reporting summary of the budget hearing by the FINCOM can be found here
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Live reporting - final items
Sheet provided to Finance Committee to summarize the differences amongst the State level budgets. This is still very fluid.
Next two budget hearings
April 28th - Tuesday (Planning, Police, Recreation, Fire) (not on cable/web, in training room on 3rd floor)
April 29th - Wednesday (in Council chambers and broadcast via cable/web)
Next two budget hearings
April 28th - Tuesday (Planning, Police, Recreation, Fire) (not on cable/web, in training room on 3rd floor)
April 29th - Wednesday (in Council chambers and broadcast via cable/web)
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