Franklin Matters

Saturday, December 15, 2012

FPS: Community Update

A message from FRANKLIN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

December 14, 2012

Dear Franklin Public School Community

By now you have probably heard about the tragic events in Connecticut. In the days ahead we will all grapple with this human tragedy and the impact on families and the community. Please know that we continually collaborate with the Franklin Police, the Office of the District Attorney, the Franklin Fire Department and Public Facilities personnel to continually revise and update our protocols and procedures in an effort to prevent this type of senseless act. Our collective goal is to assure that your children are safe at all times when they are in our schools. This is one of our core values and we continue to improve communication and collaboration so all our schools are safe.

Please keep the families and victims of Newtown CT in your thoughts and give your children and loved ones an extra hug tonight.

Respectfully,

Maureen Sabolinski
Superintendent of Schools

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Ernesto Sirolli: Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!

"What you do [to provide better aid is] you shut up. You never arrive in a community with any ideas.” (Ernesto Sirolli)

TEDTalks are great sources of ideas. The speakers effectively deliver their ideas with a story. Ernesto Sirolli tells his story with good humor.

Well worth spending time with (17 minutes).

Accused syringe robber arraigned for third time

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Accused syringe robber arraigned for third time

via The Milford Daily News News RSS by Matt Tota/Daily News staff on 12/14/12

A man, accused of robbing or attempting to rob five doughnut shops during a single week in October by threatening employees with a syringe, was ordered held on $100,000 bail Friday at his arraignment in Milford District Court.

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Friday, December 14, 2012

The Christmas Spirit is alive and well in Franklin!

Over 100 folks enjoyed a dramatic reading of "A Christmas Carol" as performed by Al LePage with musical accompaniment by Rev Diane Carpenter on Thursday evening.

On behalf of the Food Pantry Board of Directors, our sincere thanks to the Historical Commission and to the United Methodist Church for arranging this event. Our special thanks to performer Al Lepage for his significant contribution to make this happen. It was a wonderful performance.

One gentleman as he left the performance checked with Mary Olsson on whether the show had sold out. Informed that there had been about 15 tickets unsold, he said that he would provide a check to ensure that the event had been sold out.

The event raised over $1,300 for the Franklin Food Pantry.

This is the kind of Christmas Spirit that exists in Franklin and for which we are most grateful!

Related post:
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2012/11/tickets-on-sale-christmas-carol-times.html

Dean College "flash mob" (video)

The Dance Group at Dean College did a flash mob at Patriot Place recently

Happy holidays!

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12 Days of Donating

The Food Elves and the Franklin Downtown Partnership are trying to reach a new goal of collecting 2 tons or 4,000 pounds of food for the Franklin Food Pantry.