Franklin Matters

Friday, April 9, 2010

In the News - Override

The Milford Daily News does some funky things with their RSS Feed. Case in point this week, the article on the Town Council meeting Wednesday did not appear in their MDN feed but did appear in the weekly Franklin Gazette feed.

You can find the full text of the article here.

There isn't anything new in the article itself that wasn't already reported here. Of great interest is the list of comments from our fellow Franklin residents. Have fun reading them!

The one reason why there should be an override is for the voters to have their say. Do the majority of commenters represent the majority of voters? We'll see come election day.

Franklin, MA

"Our primary concern is not making candy"

The existing 55-year-old factory had been added to over the years, but its size makes for tight working quarters and its infrastructure is barely passing its health inspections.

"It's passing code, but it's not going to do that forever," Sister Mariann Garrity said.

Garrity said one reason for construction is the walls, which have a bumpy surface and cannot be washed - creating a sanitary issue.

"The most important reason we are building a larger candy factory is that we'd like to expand our production," she said. "The building now is too tight space-wise to be able to do that."

Read more about the Sisters candy operation and fund raising effort for their new building here

Franklin, MA

What does the health care bill have for MA?

I like the presentation. Input your state and the data from the state then fills out the script to make it your (state) story.

They don't provide the code to embed it here but you can follow this link to view it.

Don't get too distracted by it and forget to come back here though!

Franklin, MA

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Town Council Mtg Smry 04/07/10

The collection of posts reported live from the Town Council meeting on Weds April 7th can be found here

Franklin, MA

2nd Fund Raising Event for Abbey Candy House

FRIENDS of the ABBEY
In

SPORTS AND SONG

Come join with us in Sports

MATT LIGHT

PATRIOTS Offensive Tackle

(Six Division Championships, Four Conference Titles,
Three Super Bowl Championships)

AUTOGRAPH SIGNING – PATRIOTS MEMORABILIA

Come join with us in Song

AYLA BROWN

– former American Idol finalist from season 5:
(Boston College Eagles Basketball)

SILENT AUCTIONS, RAFFLES, DOOR PRIZE

ADMISSION: ADULTS $10.00

Children Free - Cash/Checks only

Where: Lake Pearl Luciano’s

When: April 11, 2010

2:00 to 4:00 P.M.

Creek St., Wrentham, Ma.

Mt. St. Mary’s Abbey – 300 Arnold St. – Wrentham, Ma. 02093

Phone: 508 528 1282 Web www.msmabbey.org

The Parmenter Elementary School will be the start and finish for their 2nd Annual 5K Race/Walk on Sunday, May 16th.

You can visit the event website for detailed information here
http://parmenter5k.weebly.com/index.html

You can also register at Active.com here
http://www.active.com/running/franklin-ma/2nd-annual-parmenter-5k-for-all-ages-2010

Franklin, MA