Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Attention: Franklin Investment-type Property Owners


Real Estate Income & Expense Filing Deadline Income & Expense data requests were mailed January 19, 2012 for all parcels (including utility easements, however excepting totally vacant land) classified Commercial, Industrial, Apartment (4 or more units) and Mixed Use. These Income & Expense (I & E) Forms about the operation of the Real Estate are due to file in the Office of the Board of Assessors on or before March 19, 2012. 
Failure of an owner or lessee of real property to comply with such request within 60 days after it has been made by the Board of Assessors shall be automatic grounds for dismissal of a filing at the Appellate Tax Board. 
If an owner or lessee of Class one, residential (e.g. apartment or mixed use) property fails to submit the information within the time and in the form prescribed, the owner shall be assessed an additional penalty for the next ensuing tax year in the amount of $50. 
If an owner or lessee of Class three, commercial or Class four, industrial property fails to submit the information within the time and in the form prescribed, the owner or lessee shall be assessed an additional penalty for the next ensuing tax year in the amount of $250. 
If you did not receive an Income & Expense Form, please request one in writing by mail or in person at our office.

 Board of Assessors information
http://franklinma.virtualtownhall.net/Pages/FranklinMA_Assessors/index


The Governor's Budget and Health Care in Massachusetts



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The Governor's Budget Proposal for MassHealth 
This budget brief describes the proposals in the Governor's FY13 budget which affect MassHealth (Medicaid) and other health care programs.
   
The Governor's initiatives are designed to:
  • Promote long-term changes in the health care delivery system
  • Help state health programs implement federal health reform requirements  
  • Improve the administrative capacity of the MassHealth program
In addition, the report describes plans to reduce projected spending by $544.4 million--as well as an effort to tap enhanced federal matching funds worth $45 million in new federal revenues. 
   
This is the first in a series of reports that will be published by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI) and produced by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in partnership with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute.

MassBudget provides independent research and analysis of state budget and tax policies--with particular attention to the effects on low- and moderate-income people.


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Meeting to talk about the future of Franklin

Sent to you by Steve Sherlock via Google Reader:

via Wicked Local Franklin News RSS by GateHouse Media, Inc. on 2/28/12

The public is invited to a workshop on the future of Franklin tomorrow night at 6. (Yes, that really is today - Wednesday, Feb 29)

Things you can do from here:

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Wadsworth Diary - Feb 28, 1858


Pleasant (or rather hazy) & warm 34 above zero Went to meeting all day. Mr. Hooker preached. The secretary of the Mass Home Missionary Society went to meeting in the eve at Dea Whitings with Jos & Sarah. Mr. Hooker preached.



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  
 



Hold the date - March 15

How cool that the 15th Annual Trivia Bee will be held on March 15th!


FEF Trivia Bee Flyer 2012


Hold the date on your calendar!

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Court date set in Dean College attack

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via The Milford Daily News News RSS by Alison McCall/Daily News staff on 2/27/12

The former Dean College student accused of beating a classmate on campus and stealing his shoes will be in court for a pretrial conference on April 2, according to Wrentham District Court documents.

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Monday, February 27, 2012

Wadsworth Diary - Feb 27, 1858


Very Pleasant & warm 16 above zero Finished packing the ice. Sawed some (birch) wood. Went to schoolhouse & trimmed the lamps and to Mr. Pherson & staid in store some. Jos was gone to Mr. Frosts most the afternoon. Father went to Dedham with Wm Miller. Went to Lyceum in eve.


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