Saturday, September 22, 2012
WANTED: ANTIQUE VEHICLES
WANTED
ANTIQUE VEHICLES
FRANKLIN HISTORICAL MUSEUM
SUNDAY, SEPT. 30TH FROM 11AM-4PM
(OR AS LONG AS YOU CAN!)
Please call:
Deborah L. Pellegri 508-520-4900
Town Clerk/Historical Com. Chairman
You can be part of the Harvest Festival being held that day!
For the Harvest Festival poster:
http://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/2012/09/please-join-us.html
For additional information on the Harvest Festival, you can visit the Downtown Partnership webpage
http://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/
Friday, September 21, 2012
Franklin SEPAC: Fund raising events
What is Franklin SEPAC?
"Special Education Parents Advisory Council" an active group of parents with interest in serving and supporting special education children.Who can participate in SEPAC/ attend workshops?
All parents and guardians of Franklin students receiving special education services are encouraged to become involved in SEPAC. Participation is also open to other interested parties such as teachers, service providers, students studying special education, and families from other towns. All workshops are open to the public.
They have two fund raising events coming up.
Sep 27
We have an amazing Fundraiser Zumbathon® Event coming up at Sublime Fitness in Medway on September 27th 7-8:30pm. Mark your calendars ! All proceeds will benefit Franklin SEPAC! Looking forward to an amazing year!
To sign up please go to:
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/home.asp?studioid=21261
you may have to go to 'sublime events/workshops/events'
$10 online and $15 at the door per-person to join this wonderful event.
Bring a friend or family member ( or two!) Can't wait to see everyone there!
Oct 1
Print up a flyer ( can be found on our FB page, web-site and is also the Profile pic for this event) bring the voucher to the Franklin 99 on October 2nd from 11am-10pm and the 99 will donate 15% of your total bill to the Franklin SEPAC!
This is valid on Dine-In and Take-Out. We recommend Call Ahead Seating 508-520-9909.
Thank you!
The flyer can also be found here:
For additional information on this group,please visit their webpage http://franklinsepac.org/home
a national embarrassment or high performing?
The Milford Daily News got to meet with the candidates for the 10th Norfolk District on Thursday. They report on the different picture that the two candidates have of the MA economy:
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1610022359/Candidates-Roy-Eustis-speak-of-two-different-economies#ixzz275w7iGrQ
Despite the state boasting some of the best schools and hospitals in the country, Eustis said, it has still failed to attract new companies.
"None of these businesses want to be here anymore," he said. "So you have to ask yourself, ‘Why is that?’ And the answer inevitably leads to Beacon Hill."
Eustis blamed higher tax rates, saying they drive businesses out and keep them from wanting to set up shop.
Roy, on the other hand, had a more sanguine outlook on the state’s economy.
"Massachusetts is one of the higher-performing states," he said, listing its AA+ bond rating and 6.3 percent unemployment rate, lower than the national rate of 8.1 percent.
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1610022359/Candidates-Roy-Eustis-speak-of-two-different-economies#ixzz275w7iGrQ
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MassBudget: New Data on Income, Poverty, Health Coverage in MA
According to information released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, the median income in Massachusetts fell 1.7 percent between 2010 and 2011--part of a trend of falling median income across the nation.
In spite of the decline, Massachusetts remains among the states with the highest median income: $63,000 as compared to $51,000 nationwide.
Along with this income data, the Census also included updated details on poverty, child poverty, and health coverage in Massachusetts.
To provide fuller analysis, MassBudget is releasing separate factsheets for each of these measures: poverty, child poverty, income, and health coverage.
Read our FACTSHEETS
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Real time reporting: Town Council highlights
Via the cable feed, I managed to catch the Town Council meeting Wednesday night missing only the first 30 minutes. As it turns out, I would have been better off in the room but that is usually why I do go to the meetings. It is so much better to be in the room than watching remotely. The Dept of Health section of the meeting is recapped here. Other key points of the meeting are as follows:
NationalGrid had a meeting with Jeff Roy, Jeff Nutting and others to review their progress. We will not see a major upgrade to their infrastructure, it is not in their budget unfortunately. We will continue to see work removing tree limbs from the power lines. In some cases, they may need to replace poles and put the lines above the tree limbs. They will look more closely at the data on our 'reported' frequent outages and see if the data confirms that the situation is getting worse or is it due to our 'perception'. (side note - if they were really attentive, they should have already had this data and made it available. To the extent that they haven't done this, they could be afraid of what it would show.)
The bids for the new high school will be opened in the Council chambers next Tuesday. There was acknowledgement from Dean College and others that the athletic fields at Dean would be used in the period during the construction of the new Franklin High although work remains to be done to confirm the specific schedules.
Kudos for the professionalism and quick work of the Fire Dept to put out the King St fire were mentioned by Jeff Nutting and several councilors. According to Andy Bissanti, Robert Catalano (the home owner) will be getting back into the house soon. The reason the tower truck did not show up in response to the fire and instead units from Wrentham and Bellingham did was two-fold. One, as mentioned in a number of presentations by Fire Chief McCarragher, 44% of the calls to action for the Fire Dept come when one unit is already out on a call. They are staffed for two calls, and did not have the additional staff to use the tower. Additional staff were being called in but there is a time delay in the calling out before the staff arrives. This is something Franklin will continue to live with under these budget conditions. Council Chair Vallee says health and safety should be number 1 and no one disagrees with that but there are only so many dollars to go around. Every department is doing more with less.
NationalGrid had a meeting with Jeff Roy, Jeff Nutting and others to review their progress. We will not see a major upgrade to their infrastructure, it is not in their budget unfortunately. We will continue to see work removing tree limbs from the power lines. In some cases, they may need to replace poles and put the lines above the tree limbs. They will look more closely at the data on our 'reported' frequent outages and see if the data confirms that the situation is getting worse or is it due to our 'perception'. (side note - if they were really attentive, they should have already had this data and made it available. To the extent that they haven't done this, they could be afraid of what it would show.)
The bids for the new high school will be opened in the Council chambers next Tuesday. There was acknowledgement from Dean College and others that the athletic fields at Dean would be used in the period during the construction of the new Franklin High although work remains to be done to confirm the specific schedules.
Kudos for the professionalism and quick work of the Fire Dept to put out the King St fire were mentioned by Jeff Nutting and several councilors. According to Andy Bissanti, Robert Catalano (the home owner) will be getting back into the house soon. The reason the tower truck did not show up in response to the fire and instead units from Wrentham and Bellingham did was two-fold. One, as mentioned in a number of presentations by Fire Chief McCarragher, 44% of the calls to action for the Fire Dept come when one unit is already out on a call. They are staffed for two calls, and did not have the additional staff to use the tower. Additional staff were being called in but there is a time delay in the calling out before the staff arrives. This is something Franklin will continue to live with under these budget conditions. Council Chair Vallee says health and safety should be number 1 and no one disagrees with that but there are only so many dollars to go around. Every department is doing more with less.
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