Franklin Matters

Sunday, October 30, 2011

In the News - Dellorco, veterans

Meet the Franklin Candidate: Robert Dellorco, Town Council

by Alison McCall/Daily News staff

Veterans Agents face challenges tracking down younger soldiers

by Joe O'Connell/Daily News staff

The Recipe Project (video)

The Recipe Project. A cool idea.

I guess we'll need to keep looking to see what we can do that will be different, fun, etc. with the recipes Michelle is pulling together for the Pantry Cookbook.

Any suggestions?

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Election signs

I needed an excuse to keep me running Friday morning so I set out to find and photo as many election signs in Franklin as I could. With 37 candidates across the ballot, this wasn't too bad for a quick and short run. I will need to find some more as I get around town or run again with this goal in mind.

If you live in Franklin and find some different ones, please share.

Note: this is not an endorsement of any candidate or candidates. This is an exercise in getting photos of each candidate's sign.

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In the News - McGann, Donahue

Meet the Franklin Candidate: Joseph McGann, Town Council

by Alison McCall/Daily News staff

Donahue: Let the Franklin voters decide

Friday, October 28, 2011

MA confirms $151,114 coming to Franklin

Franklin is getting $151,114 from this new allocation. Note that this allocation has been talked of coming, this is the confirmation of it. It is not 'another' set of dollars coming to Franklin.

On October 27, 2011, Governor Deval Patrick signed Chapter 142 of the Acts of 2011, which appropriated $65M in a supplemental budget for cities and towns of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This additional local aid will be distributed to municipalities on Monday, October 31, 2011.

The file for your distribution can be found at http://www.mass.gov/Ador/docs/dls/mdmstuf/LocalAidDist/65million.xls.

Please be advised that this revenue may be used in any one of the following ways:
• Applied as estimated receipts when setting the FY12 tax rate;
• Appropriated as an available fund during FY12, or;
• Any funds not appropriated must be closed to fund balance (free cash) at the end of FY12

Via the MA DLS Bulletin sent 10/28/11

Last Farmer's Market this season

Franklin is waking up to some snow on the ground with word of a good storm to bring more this weekend. Summer is behind us which also reminds us that the last Farmer's Market is today. Stop by the Town Common to take advantage of this opportunity for fresh local produce!

Franklin Farmers Market, Friday, 12:00pm to 6:00pm

Located on the Town Common

Reminder that the Farmers' Market now accepts SNAP dollars and can double your purchasing power.
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/07/franklin-farmers-market-doubles-food.html

Visit the Franklin Food Pantry tent at the Farmers' Market for details.