FHS Softball and Boys Lacrosse win playoff games

From Hockomock Sports we find and share the following on the playoff results for FHS from Wednesday, June 3rd. 

Softball
D1 South
#14 Franklin, 7 vs. #19 Somerset Berkley, 2 - Final

- Caroline D'Aprile struck out 10 to get the win in the circle for the Panthers. At the plate, Brie Flaherty went 3-4 with an RBI, Christine Harvey had a pair of RBI, Alicia Donovan went 3-4 and Olivia DiGiacomo went 2-3. Head coach Kate Fallon-Comeau said Maddie Connelly played "outstanding defense" with three assists and three put outs.

FHS Panthers

Boys Lacrosse
D1 South
#4 Franklin, 15 vs. #13 Brookline, 5 - Final

- Franklin senior Austin Kent had a team-high five points with four goals and one assist, Justin Miller scored a hat trick and had one assist and goalie DJ Shea made 12 saves in net. Head coach Lou Verrochi said Sean Lockhart, Alec Borkowski and Mike Sullivan were "excellent on defense."

For all the playoff results around the Hockomock League on Wednesday
http://www.hockomocksports.com/blog/hockomock-schedule-scoreboard-060315

BFCCPS - Expansion Update

From Don Tappin, President, Board of Trustees - BFCCPS

"As many know the Benjamin Franklin Educational Foundation already owns a parcel of land in Franklin on Washington Street that was purchased some time ago with the idea of building a school. Although in the past there were barriers to developing the parcel recent events have made the site viable and in fact favorable to other available options. As a result, I’m pleased to let you know that we are pursuing placement of the school on Washington Street in Franklin. 

The next step in the process is for us to seek a designer to develop plans and specifications for a new 90,000 square foot building with play fields. Much of this work will take place over the summer. Our timeline remains aggressive but we currently expect that we will be able to welcome students into BFCCPS’s new facility in September of 2017."

You can read the full posting on the BFCCPS webpage here
http://bfccps.org/expansion-update-from-the-board-of-trustees/

Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School

"The primary goal isn’t to arrest"

“Franklin is not unique in terms of this problem,” Roy said, referring to the state’s opioid epidemic. 

He was speaking during the taping of a local cable TV show that also featured Franklin Police Chief Stephan Semerjian, Town Administrator Jeffrey Nutting and school district Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski. 

After filming in the morning at Franklin TV’s Hutchinson Street studio, Roy met with Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey later that afternoon about some of the strategies that the other coalitions have used. 

“The district attorney has assigned someone from the Walpole coalition to mentor us and someone from his office who will attend all of the meetings,” Roy said. “Whoever emerges as the leader of the Franklin coalition will go every other month to the DA’s office to meet with the other 18 community coalition leaders. We will have constant dialogue on this.”

Continue reading the article here
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150603/NEWS/150608324/1994/NEWS

Police Chief Semerjian and his team address the Town Council on May 20th

Related materials:

The Town Council meeting discussion on the opiate problem
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/05/live-reporting-police-chief-on-drug.html


Jeff Roy's monthly newsletter
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/06/representative-roy-whats-happening-in.html

Franklin Police Department resources posted
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/05/franklin-police-share-resources-on.html

Franklin Downtown Partnership - Meeting Agenda - Jun 4

I.          Open Meeting           -  8:30 am

II.         Adoption of Agenda   -  8:32 am

III.       Introductions         -  8:35 am

Franklin
Downtown Partnership

IV.      Town Updates - Jeff Nutting    -  8:40 am

V.        Streetscape Project & Town Updates  -  Jeff Nutting 8:45 am
                   -Timeline and Traffic Details

VI.       Update from Executive Director  -  Lisa Piana   -  9:00 am

VII.      Strawberry Stroll        -    Nicole Fortier  -   9:10 am
                   -Map and Participation Handout

VIII.      Networking Committee  -   Dave Drucker, Gary Donelan    -   9:15 am

IX.         New Business   -   9:20 am

X.          Adjourn        -     9:30 am



Next General Meetings: September 3rd, November 5th


For more about the Franklin Downtown Partnership, you can visit their webpage
http://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/


Note: residents can join as individual members for only $25! Check out the details on membership here
http://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/p/membership-info.html

Tri-County senior named Thoreau scholar

The Valedictorian of Tri-County's Class of 2015 is one of eight top-ranking students from across the state to be named a Henry David Thoreau Foundation Scholar. 

Laura Auerbach will receive a $20,000 scholarship from the foundation. 

Laura Auerbach and Superintendent Stephen F. Dockray

For more about the Thoreau Foundation   http://www.thoreauscholar.org/

For more about Tri-County  http://www.tri-county.us/

Another short cut ....

utility short cut

You may recall I found a bunch of these short cuts around Franklin. This one is new and located near the corner of King and Forest Streets.

Additional short cuts can be found here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/07/short-cuts-update.html


Do you know of short cuts to add to the listing? Let me know via comment or email.

Senator Ross: May 2015 State House Update

Senator Richard J. Ross, State House Update, May 2015 View this email in your browser Facebook Twitter Website LinkedIn State Senator Richard J. Ross (R-Wrentham) proudly serving the Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex District. State House Room 419 Boston, MA 02133 Ph: 617-722-1555 Fax: 617-722-1054 Email:richard.ross@masenate.gov Dear Friends, This month, we remember our fallen heroes who gave everything for their country. The heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and our livelihood. The Senate also took up the FY16 budget this month, passing the legislation unanimously. Now the legislation moves to a six person conference committee that will work out the differences to then be voted on and sent to the Governor's desk. This year's budget included several key policy measures pertaining to the MBTA, Boston 2024, among others, but it also included critical investments for our cities and towns. Please read/share my monthly newsletter for more information on the budget as well as what is going on right in your backyard. It is my honor to serve you. Sincerely, View this newsletter in your browser