Jazz time

The Franklin High School jazz musicians played their last performance in the Lecture Hall on Wednesday night. The three groups played well entertaining a devoted and appreciative group.

FHS jazz band

The program as presented last night:




Another way to capture the performance was with one of my "sherku" called FHS Jazz

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You can find this and other poetry at 
http://www.quietpoet.com/2014/04/sherku-fhs-jazz.html

FHS Girls Lacrosse 10-1 vs KP

Hockomock Sports reports on the FHS girls lacrosse result from Wednesday:

FHS Panthers

Franklin came within seven seconds of posting a shutout on Wednesday afternoon in a 10-1 victory at Kelley-Rex division rival King Philip. Julia Jette led the way with four goals as the Panthers scored seven goals in the second half to pull away. 

“I think that our team expects a lot and we always want more,” said Franklin coach Kristin Igoe. “I think we had a little bit of jitters in the first half but I thought the ‘D’ played great and Alex made some big saves and they just didn’t score.”

You can read the full article here
http://www.hockomocksports.com/1/post/2014/04/jette-scores-four-as-franklin-lax-dominates-warriors.html

Walking - Trees - part 2

While I shared several photos of trees from the walk last Saturday earlier this week, there are a few more from Sunday to share here.

It was much sunny on Sunday so the tree against the blue sky makes for a good view

Tree on King St near Parmenter

With just the bare branches, a sickness, some sort of mold is very evident on this tree.

tree suffering from some weird sickness

A closer view of whatever is attacking the tree near the Dunkin Donuts on King St.

tree sickness - close up view

Library Book Sale - Apr 19

With the April sale on Easter weekend, the book sale and bag sale will be combined to happen all on Saturday, Apr 19.

Library Book and Bag Sale  - Apr 19

Franklin High School - Jazz Band - 7:00 PM

My thanks to a loyal reader for sending this along:

I'm not sure if you've received something already from the FHS Jazz band, but the band will host its spring concert tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 7 p.m. at the high school lecture hall. The program will feature jazz standards AND new works and includes improv solos from both the Jazz Band and the Jazz Workshop. The Franklin High School Jazz Bands recently won several state-level awards for its performances and musicianship under the direction of Band Director Leighann Rudsit.

new Franklin High School

Rail Trail clean up - Apr 12

Rail Trail clean up Saturday April 12th at 8:30am at the Grove Street Entrance. Bring gloves and a great attitude to help get your local walking trail in better shape for this summer and those to come !!! Hope to see you all there!!

Where is the rail trail?
Along Grove St, about a half mile from Washington St.

The trail was nice on Sunday

reflections along the trail side

wear good boots to get through or around some wet sections

Follow the Rail Trail Committee on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Franklin-Bellingham-Rail-Trail-Committee/185258844899495

or visit their webpage for more information  http://www.franklinbellinghamrailtrail.org/

Aerial Spraying in Franklin area scheduled for Apr 14 - 30, 2014

The annual spraying for mosquitoes is scheduled for a 2-3 day period when weather permits during the period April 14- 30, 2014.






This was originally posted to the official Franklin page
http://town.franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_News/01D1BCA2-000F8513