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Volunteers needed for Franklin's Community Garden
Franklin, MA
Friday, May 20, 2011
"Go By Bike!"
Sent to you by Steve Sherlock via Google Reader:
via Commonwealth Conversations: Transportation by Klark Jessen on 5/19/11
Check out the updated "Go By Bike!" brochure that has just been released for Bay State Bike Week 2011. MassDOT Planning, the MassDOT Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV), and the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike) all partnered to update this useful guide to bicycling in Massachusetts. The "Go By Bike!" brochure provides a concise and easily understood summary of biking basics that can be used to help a range of ages and experience levels get an easy ride when they "Go By Bike!" Like Bay State Bike Week, "Go By Bike!" is another product of the MassBike – MassDOT partnership. This partnership reconstituted Bay State Bike Week as a truly statewide event and jointly promotes the Same Roads Same Rules initiative that promotes safe and cooperative sharing of the road among bikers, pedestrians, and motor vehicle drivers.
The document can be printed on demand in keeping with MassDOT's GreenDOT sustainability policy.
Please view and download the "Go By Bike!" brochure. For more information, visit baystatebikeweek.org , www.massbike.org and MassDOT Biking and Walking on the web. This document is a great reference for bicycling in Massachusetts as an active transportation mode that is healthy, green and fun!
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Community Gardens update
Hello to all of our Community Garden Supporters!
We been busy getting the garden ready, and not so busy writing to you all.
Forgive us!
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There is still time to sign up for the lottery, links available on the website!
Volunteer Opportunities:
Build Team:
- We need some help fixing/building/re-building/remediating/relocating some of the raised beds-on-legs gardens from last year. The snow got 'em bad. We need to make them safe.
- Heavy work, but quick. Will be some lifting, sawing, drilling, shoveling. Dirt moving. Lumber getting. Rough and tough stuff. You on? contact Chris at hakai2@gmail.com
- Still trying to coordinate when and how, will depend on your availability. Locations: Senior Ctr, Food Pantry, Eaton Place.
Giving Garden:
- We are also looking to form a dedicated group of volunteers for this season for the Franklin Food Pantry's 4 garden beds, which we are calling the "Giving Garden"
- Duties----planning, planting, watering and harvesting, delivering produce to the pantry.
- Would like enough folks so that each person has a 1-2 hrs a week, tops, so about 10 people would do it, 15 would make it cruise
- please email Amy Acevedo directly at amyacevedo1@verizon.net and we will get it together and roll it out!
May Showers bring June Flowers, Right?
New England version, anyway.
Best Regards,
Amy Acevedo
& crew:
The Friends of Franklin Community Gardens, Inc.
The Franklin Community Garden Committee
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"they didn't know how much time is spent ensuring drinking water is safe"
Perrotta provided a general overview of the town's water system, explaining where the water comes from, why usage restrictions are needed during the summer and how harmful bacteria is eliminated from the water supply.
"A lot of people complain about paying high water and sewer rates and they don't know that there is a huge infrastructure to maintain," said David Labonte, the secretary for the Odd Fellows, a fraternal organization that supports charities and holds informational meetings such as last night's once or twice a year.
The department is primarily funded by water and sewer fees and oversees 13 wells, six water storage tanks, about 9,600 service connections, more than 2,000 fire hydrants and 157 miles of water main, Perrotta said.
"You have eight or nine balls in the air and if you drop one of them the water comes out pink," he said.
Franklin's water comes from groundwater as opposed to surface sources such as reservoirs. The town pumped 928.5 million gallons in 2010, he said.
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1134625219/Hard-work-of-Franklin-Water-Dept-workers-touted#ixzz1Mn6MpXIZ
Franklin, MA
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Grand Opening of the Franklin Art Center
Hi Steve,
I wasn't sure if you wanted to post this is or if we could add a guest post or how you would like to handle it.
My wife and I have just started the Franklin Art Center. It is located in downtown Franklin at 5 Main St (behind Berry Ins.). We will be having the school's Grand Opening Saturday May 21st from 10 to 2 pm. This free event is for anyone to come in meet the teachers, ask questions about the classes, try a lesson, and learn about the art parties. The center will have morning, afternoon, evening and art weekend classes for ages 4 adults in a wide variety of media. Our weekly sessions provide our 4-5 year olds with hands-on activities, stories, and unique lessons for artistic explorations. We are working with the local school and our curriculum for our classes are based on the Massachusetts Visual Arts Frameworks.
Our beginner, advanced, private or group lessons for 16 to adults will focus on the individual needs of the student. Just a few topics we cover are:
- drawings to investigate compositional possibilities.
- blocked-out charcoal/pencil/oil sketches to arrange tonal values.
- oil sketches to experiment with various color schemes and harmonies.
- fundamentals of painting
- preparing canvas and paint for the anticipated tasks.
- applying paint to canvas, either incorporating the results in direct painting.
You are also invited to our gallery opening May 20th from 7 - 9 pm showing paintings from our featured local artist Victor Pisini. Victor is a local icon in Franklin and paints in both oils and watercolor. The gallery will rotate work from local artists and feature them on our web site and in our classes and on our facebook page.
Please visit http://franklinartcenter.com for more information or call my wife Linda in the center at 508.887.2797. Or friend us at facebook.com/franklinartcenter
I'm sending this from work but the center's email address is franklinartcenter@gmail.com. Let me know if you have any questions. Look forward to seeing you.
Thanks again
Ian
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