Franklin Matters

Thursday, November 1, 2012

"There were trucks in town for four hours, and the liaison didn’t know it"

Oh, there has been progress but it is still a messy process as reported by Milford Daily News:

"For starters, community liaisons don’t interact directly with our crews," she said. "Their role is to sit in the emergency operations center to be that one-on-one contact with the town, not necessarily with our crews."

"In some towns, we still have some bugs to work out about how that data is flowing back from our platforms and to the community liaisons," she said.

Praising her company’s improved response to power failures, Reed said that, as of 2 p.m., the company had restored service to 78 percent of its customers who lost it during Hurricane Sandy.

"focus on talking to voters"

The Milford Daily News has an update on local campaigns and what has been reported on their fund raising and expenses.

Jeffrey Roy, running against Richard Eustis for the empty 10th Norfolk house seat in Franklin and Medway, since May has donated $18,230 to his own campaign.

"I wanted to spend my time getting out, reaching voters, getting my message out in whatever way I could," he said.

Roy said the money will pay for mailings and newspaper ads. Fundraising this year is hard, he said, because so many presidential, senate and congressional races are happening alongside state races.

Big Brother Big Sister - collecting Nov 13

The Big Brother Big Sister Foundation is in need of the public's support through donations of lightly used clothing and small household items. They ask, while you clean out your closets to please consider donating your lightly worn clothing to the Foundation.

The Foundation will be collecting donations door to door in Franklin on Tuesday November 13th. To schedule a free curbside pickup, please call 1-800-483-5503 or email donate@bbbsfoundation.org.

Your donations are tax deductible. The Foundation also offers special pickups for electronics recycling and car donations, please contact them for more information or visit www.bbbsfoundation.org.

Your much appreciated donations help support the children in your community.

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Donate. Recycle. Change Lives.

"I am honored to be recognized as an advocate for tax relief. I believe that our legislature needs to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse of public funds rather than continue to tax our hard working families at one of the highest rates in the country." Rich Eustis

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Amber alert

Updated: 11/1/12 - The mother and child were found in VA.

Update: Amber Alert baby found safe in Virginia

by Staff reports

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "T-Alerts Notification"
Date: Oct 31, 2012 12:18 PM
Subject: All Modes of Service - All Lines/Routes

Amber Alert: Mass State Police looking for 2004 gray Toyota pick up, MA Reg. 85ZH15. Mother took 3-month-old from home in Westfield, MA. Mother's name is Cheryl Kozaczek. If anyone sees this individual, please contact 911 or Mass. State Police at 508-820-2121.

10/31/12 12:11 p.m.

Goodbye Sandy, hello Halloween!

Here's hoping the last of Hurricane Sandy allows the children (big and small) to get around their neighborhoods this evening safely and dry.

Here's to those without power, that the power will be restored quickly.
https://www1.nationalgridus.com/PowerOutageMap

Reminder that the trash pick up schedule remains offset by one day. Wednesday's pick up is now Thursday, etc.