Franklin Matters

Thursday, February 9, 2012

In the News - Franklin Art, Valentine Dance, Silent auction

Franklin Art Association to exhibit at library

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YMCA Family Valentine Dance events set

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Dinner, silent auction event to benefit My One Wish

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Wadsworth Diary - Feb 8, 1858

Very Pleasant & cold, 2 above zero. Boiled lot potatoes for the hogs. Fixed clothes frame. Looked over accts with Pherson & Jos. Fixed my rubber Boot & c. Father & Mother went to Mr. Phersons & spent the afternoon. Went to writing school with Sarah but teacher didn’t come. Staid with Mrs. Wright last night & going to to night.

In the 1850s, on a busy working farm in the southern part of Franklin, a man named George Wadsworth started writing in a journal about everyday events. When he filled that journal, he bought another, and filled that up too. Two dozen journals, and 27 years later, he had written about almost everything that can happen in a small New England town. His words were lost to history until 1986, when town resident Gail Lembo came across some of the journals at a yard sale.

From the Franklin Historical Museum website
http://www.franklinhistoricalmuseum.com/p/wadsworth-diaries_30.html

Franklin Food Pantry Phone-a-thon

Good Morning:

Just a reminder that we are currently planning our 2nd Annual Phone-a-thon to benefit the Franklin Food Pantry.

We will be making calls on Saturday, February 18th and Saturday, February 25th from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Dean College Campus Ctr.

If you are interested in helping out with this effort please let me know. I am currently trying to fill spots in the following time slots:

12-2:00

2-4:00

4-6:00

If you have already responded to this request, there is not need to do so again. We thank you for your time.

Maureen Roy

“It’s difficult to operate under budget cuts"

The 29 percent cut did not negatively influence services, Nutting said, noting that hours were not reduced and programs were not dropped. Nutting said the cut was a move to make the library more efficient.

“The library is fully open and functional,” Nutting said.

Cuts came from cost-saving initiatives such as eliminating a circulation desk and encouraging self-checkout, he said.

“The reality is, the library took a large cut simply because of the way the library does business,” Nutting said. “The outcome is we’re getting good services for less dollars.”

“I think there’s a serious need for it"

What does this have to do with economic development?

In-law apartments are extra dwellings converted from, or added to, existing homes. They can often become a quagmire for illegal renting situations after their original purpose has lapsed.

Committee members noted that, more and more, grown children, complete with significant others or families, are moving back in with their parents, or parents are moving in with their children to save money.

The town does not have clear definitions for how to deal with that type of situation, except for turning a single-family home into a two-family home. Little prevents the owners from later renting the extra space.

“There’s no standard — that’s the issue,” Town Administrator Jeffrey Nutting said of how the Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board address the requests. “It’s case by case by case.”

Franklin, Bellingham respond well to American Legion boost

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Franklin, Bellingham respond well to American Legion boost

via The Milford Daily News News RSS by Alison McCall/Daily News staff on 2/7/12

November's nationally driven effort to boost local American Legion memberships has apparently worked as, after years of stalled meetings and diminished memberships, Franklin held its first official meeting last night.