Franklin Matters

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Gun Safety Forum - 7:00 PM - Dean College

Hosted by Rep Jeffrey Roy, the forum will feature a panel with

Stephan Semerjian, Franklin Police Chief
Representative David P. Linsky, Leader on public safety legislation
Representative Harold P. Naughton, Chair, Joint Committee on Public Safety & Homeland Security
Jim Wallace, President, Gun Owners Action League (GOAL)
Andrea Leverentz, Associate Professor of Sociology, UMass Boston

"a record of perfect attendance since kindergarten"

One tried, one let it happen. Both students ended up with perfect attendance records as they graduate from Franklin High School.

"When I was up late doing homework or something, I always wanted to take a day off," Lauren said of making it through high school without a sick day. "A lot of my friends would do that. But my mom pushed me to keep up with it: ‘You made it this far,’ she said, ‘just keep going.’"

Combined, the teenagers completed more than 4,000 school days. After middle school, honored by teachers and administrators, they realized just how far they’d gone without missing any classes.

For Lauren, the award compelled her to keep the record going through high school: "It was a motivator for me."

Tom, however, was indifferent. "I wasn’t trying for a record," he said. "I just went whenever I could, and it happened to be every day."

Pour Richard's One Fund Fundraiser

Announcing Pour Richard's First Pennywise Party*

*and One Fund Boston Benefit

Save the Date! Sunday, June 9th we will host our first Pennywise Party. Are you stocking up for a vacation home, a boat, or just a bunch of great summer entertaining? Don't waste precious time stopping for provisions. Instead, you can have your own little stash of great wine, AND know that you got a great bargain. We have asked our distributors to bring great wines that they can offer at a 20-70% discount. We'll have 40+ wines for you to try, you buy what you like, and your order will be available for pickup in a couple of days.

Our first Pennywise Party will also be a benefit for One Fund Boston. There will be awesome wine and wine-related raffles, and we'll be donating a percentage of profits. We literally can't believe some of the wines we've received for this event: Wattle Creek GSM at 75% off, Guenoc single vineyard Petite Sirah at66% off, Andeluna Chardonnay at more than 60% off. Hope to see you there!

For more about Pour Richard's visit their website http://pourrichardswine.com/

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Relay for Life - Franklin

The next Relay for Life is scheduled for Jun 14 - 15 at Tri-County Regional Voc Tech here in Franklin.

One of the featured events during the Relay will be a Pantene hair stylist Saturday morning from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

For the full schedule of events visit the Franklin Relay for Life webpage

Crescent St Construction

One of the streets being rebuilt this year on the DPW schedule is Crescent St. I caught this photo as I passed by on the way to the parade Monday.

Crescent St construction

If you missed the Town Council meeting in April with the presentation on all the DPW projects you can check this link http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/04/franklin-public-works-upcoming-projects.html

Emeritus Senior Living

The construction is making progress, earlier photos that I took as I passed by were all of the site prep.

Emeritus at Franklin

This week there is steel rising above ground and a stairwell or elevator shaft being put together.

construction framing

For more about Emeritus Senior Living visit their webpage
http://www.emeritus.com/massachusetts/franklin/emeritus-franklin

In the News: tornado relief

Franklin police and fire collecting donations for tornado victims

The Franklin Police and Fire departments have teamed up with Tony Gallo of Gallo Moving to collect much needed relief supplies for the tornado victims of Moore, Okla.