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
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
In the News - school use fees, copper thief caught, beautification day
Franklin may raise rates for using school facilities
by Brian Benson, Daily News staff
Franklin man caught stealing copper
by Brian Benson/Daily News staff
Franklin Beautification Day set
by GateHouse Media, Inc.
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.
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1560710680/Cuts-would-mean-fewer-firefighters-in-Franklin#ixzz1LwOoYHbJ
Franklin, MA
"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.
"If it works out, fine," McCarraher said. "If it doesn't, at least we know what not to do. ... There's no downside to participating in this."
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1036464755/Towns-lose-out-on-grant#ixzz1LwPo0BBq
Franklin, MA
Monday, May 9, 2011
In the News - garden lottery, blood drives
Registration open for Franklin Community Garden lottery
by GateHouse Media, Inc.Blood drives to be held in Franklin
by GateHouse Media, Inc.
Franklin, MA
Community Gardens: Build Day
Volunteers worked in teams to put the beds together:
The beds are located at the King St fields:

Some of the beds close to the entrance provide handicap access with a good stone dust surface:

Work in progress on Saturday afternoon:

More info about the Community Gardens can be found
http://www.franklincommunitygardens.org/
Franklin, MA
The beds are located at the King St fields:
Some of the beds close to the entrance provide handicap access with a good stone dust surface:
Work in progress on Saturday afternoon:
More info about the Community Gardens can be found
http://www.franklincommunitygardens.org/
Franklin, MA
Sunday, May 8, 2011
And then there were gardens!
The Community Gardens made great progress on Saturday, that large step from a dream to reality happened! Over 40 folks participated, overcoming some minor obstacles (re-charging handheld tools, and a hail storm) to put together the 46 garden beds.
Time lapse photos shows the progress during the course of the day (photos every 30 seconds)
Julie Balise from the Milford Daily News came back to gather info for her story:
Master gardener, Chris Clay wrote about the success on his blog (the source of the time lapse photos)
http://thecluelessgardeners.blogspot.com/2011/05/gardening-for-greater-good.html
A longer post is on the Community Gardens website here
http://www.franklincommunitygardens.org/2011/05/build-day-success.html
What's next?
If you want to plant and garden on one of the beds, sign up for the lottery before the drawing on May 23.
http://www.franklincommunitygardens.org/2011/05/garden-registration-is-officially-open.html
Thanks to all, the hard work is done.
Franklin, MA
Time lapse photos shows the progress during the course of the day (photos every 30 seconds)
Julie Balise from the Milford Daily News came back to gather info for her story:
Garden takes shape in Franklin park
by Julie Balise/Daily News staff
Master gardener, Chris Clay wrote about the success on his blog (the source of the time lapse photos)
http://thecluelessgardeners.blogspot.com/2011/05/gardening-for-greater-good.html
A longer post is on the Community Gardens website here
http://www.franklincommunitygardens.org/2011/05/build-day-success.html
What's next?
If you want to plant and garden on one of the beds, sign up for the lottery before the drawing on May 23.
http://www.franklincommunitygardens.org/2011/05/garden-registration-is-officially-open.html
Thanks to all, the hard work is done.
Franklin, MA
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