Franklin Matters

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

King St. Community Garden Build Day Part 2 : When Compost Attacks

Hello Everyone,

Thanks to a wonderful group of volunteers we were able to build 44 of our 46 raised beds at the King St. memorial park last Saturday. Unfortunately we only managed to fill several of the beds due to a scheduling conflict with the bobcat operator. This Saturday we will be getting together at King St. at 8am to finish what we started. Baring any acts of nature we should be done before lunch.

What will we be doing?

We will be building the 2 remaining raised beds.
We will be moving several of the raised beds to form a new row on the left side of the garden.
We will be moving beds out of the way to allow the bobcat access to the blocked in beds, and then back into position to be filled in turn.
We will also be anchoring beds in their final locations with the central stakes so they can be filled by the bobcat.

What should I bring?

If you have a cordless drill bring it along. My DeWalt should easily get us through the two beds and side stakes, but as last Saturday taught us backup helps.
Yourself!

Where do I sign up?

Just reply to this e-mail if you can make it.

Thank you for all your support!

Chris Clay, The Franklin Community Garden Committee, and Friends of Franklin Community Gardens, Inc.

PS. Time Lapse of last Saturday's Build Day : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xsajCNws2Q
PPS. Sign-up for the Plot Lottery : http://www.activityreg.com/selectactivity.wcs

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Stamp Out Hunger - May 14

With 1 in 6 affected by hunger, they can be found all around us.

Help your neighbor.

Stamp Out Hunger - flyer2011

Help us help your neighbor.

You can contribute by leaving some non-perishable goods for your postal carrier on Saturday, or help volunteer as the donations are delivered by the carriers to the Food Pantry on Saturday afternoon, or make a monetary contribution on the Food Pantry website http://franklinfoodpantry.org/

Franklin, MA

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

"Franklin would need to apply for a waiver"

With the cuts, Franklin will only be able to staff a fire engine and ambulance in one station and an engine or ambulance in its second station instead of staffing a fire engine and ambulance in both stations, McCarraher said.

"It's like playing baseball with seven players in the field," he said. "As long as it's hit to somebody, everything is fine. ... As long as incidents occur one at a time and are moderate, we'll be fine."

But about 50 percent of all calls - and more than 80 percent of building fires - come in while another emergency is in progress, McCarraher said.

"Regionalization ... is going to come anyways"

Meanwhile, work is continuing on a study examining the feasibility of regionalizing dispatch services in Franklin, Wrentham, Norfolk and Plainville thanks to a $44,000 state grant. Franklin is only looking at fire dispatch while the other towns are examining police and fire dispatch.

Employees from Pennsylvania consulting firm L.R. Kimball have gathered call volume and financial data and met with emergency officials in the four towns, Franklin Fire Chief Gary McCarraher said.