Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Rail Trail Meeting - YMCA - 10/8/13 - 7:30 PM
The Franklin and Bellingham Rail Trail Committee (FBRTC) will have a meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct 8, 2013 at the YMCA in Franklin. The meeting will begin at 7:30 pm and attached is an agenda (see below). The meeting is open to all who would like to get involved with the trail effort.
Also, the FBRTC will host a trail clean-up day this Saturday from 8:30 to noon. If you are interested, please meet at the Lake Street parking area in Bellingham. You may bring your own hand tools, but no power tools are allowed.
For more about the Franklin and Bellingham Rail Trail Committee visit their webpage
http://www.franklinbellinghamrailtrail.org/
or their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Franklin-Bellingham-Rail-Trail-Committee/185258844899495
Stop&Shop: Meals for 4 under $7
I love the competition that is growing among the food stores: Stop and Shop, Shaw's and Big Y... so many more healthy choices being offered for reasonable low prices!
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In the News: open house, Boston Post cane
Franklin Fire Department announces open house on Sunday
The Franklin Fire Department, along with Papa Ginos, will hold an open house Sunday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Station 2, 600 King St.
Franklin's Saville Bennett, 103, presented with Boston Post Cane
In the year Saville Bennett was born, the Model T Ford had been on the assembly line for just two years, World War I was several years away, women's dresses were just starting to inch above the ankles, and the modern zipper had yet to be invented.
Monday, October 7, 2013
A walk around the Harvest Festival before the rains came! (photo essay)
In addition to setting up and taking down the Franklin Food Pantry tent for the Harvest Festival, I managed to get around to visit with a number of businesses. Once the rain came, the camera went under cover.
Along East Central St, Pour Richard's set up and Ann Williams was ready to talk about Yacht Club beverages.
The next concert is the first of the season on Sunday, October 20th. Additional info including tickets can be found on the LiveArts webpage http://fusf.org/livearts/
Samantha and Jennifer Moccia adding to the mural. When they stepped back, Ben took his turn (not shown in this photo). When the mural is finished, Jane will be looking to sell it to the highest bidder with the proceeds to benefit the Franklin Food Pantry.
The Franklin Art Center also has a community project underway to create a lollipop field at the new Sculpture Park. (I heard there actually is a couple of sculptures already in place. I need to get back out for a visit soon!)
Yes, one of the reasons behind our participation in this event is to help folks know where we are located. The new truck and brilliant logo (Ian Kabat from the Franklin Art Center worked with the Food Pantry to design it) will help let everyone know where we are!
Thanks to the Downtown Partnership for a great event! Maybe next year the weather will cooperate!
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| parking is always important |
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| Ann Williams of Pour Richard's Wine & Spirits |
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| Did you know there were classical concerts in Franklin? |
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| Jane's Frames - community art project |
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| painted ping pong balls will make a lollipop field |
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| Franklin Food Pantry tent and new truck in front of their building in the Rockland Trust parking lot |
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| without sponsors, the event couldn't happen |
Busy week ahead of the long weekend!
The Parmenter School sign shows a busy week and then a long weekend!
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| Parmenter School sign |
In the News: voc-tech MCAS, respite care
Franklin's Tri-County, Upton's BVT perform well on MCAS
The area's two vocational high schools performed well above state averages in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests, the results of which were released late last month.
Bellingham, Franklin sharing respite care service
Bellingham and Franklin's senior centers now share an in-home respite care service, providing relief to caregivers aiding family members with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
“I think in the end, it will all work out”
There is an old-fashioned turf war going on at the Franklin Public Library, which was founded in 1790 with a gift of three books by the town’s namesake, Benjamin Franklin.
And at the root of the infighting, to the surprise of few, are power and money.
On one side is the library’s board of directors, whose members — appointed by the town administrator — say they have the sole responsibility for setting library policy. On the other is the Friends of the Franklin Library, a volunteer group of supporters who want a say in how the $6,000 to $7,000 they raise at book fairs each fall and spring is spent.
The tug of war was being waged behind the scenes for months, but spilled into the open when the directors abruptly canceled the Friends’ fall book sale. In its place, the library is selling old books through an ongoing process that officials say is “extremely successful,” and there are plans to hold monthly, themed sales at the library.
“It’s the library’s books being sold, it’s our money,” Cynthia Dobrzynski, chairwoman of the board of directors, said about the proceeds from the Friends’ annual sales. “There is no reason for that money not to be turned over directly to us.”
The president of the Friends of the Franklin Library, Maria Lucier, sees things a little differently.
“I agree that money is at the root of this, but I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask for a request for FoFL funds that describes how the money is planned to be spent.” she wrote in an e-mail to the Globe.
Lucier said all her group wants is specific requests for funds, such as a certain amount for museum passes, videos, books, or programs.Read the full article in the Sunday Boston Globe here
The recent letter to the membership of the FoFL
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/10/letter-to-fofl-members.html
The Library has announced a book sale at the Library for Saturday October 26th.
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/10/library-book-sale-oct-26th.html
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