"It's not a new position - there's no new budget being added"

The Franklin School District has made a number of personnel changes ahead of the coming school year. 

The School Committee heard a report on the moves, and voted to name Joyce Edwards as assistant superintendent at its meeting last week. 

Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski characterized the assistant superintendent move as more of a reorganization than anything else. 

"(Edwards') role had been director of instructional services," she said. "It's a new title, but the same person in the role."

Continue reading the article here (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150816/NEWS/150817278/1994/NEWS

Franklin HIgh School will open with 4 new assistant principals

For all the reporting on the School Committee meeting of Aug 11, check this link
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/08/gearing-up-for-opening-of-school.html

Preliminary listing of candidates for Franklin's Nov 3rd election

The updated listing of candidates from the Town Clerk's office on Friday, Aug 14th

POSITION	NAME	Total
Assessor	Donna Greenwood
	W.Kenneth  Norman
Assessor Total		2
Bd. Of Health	Donald G. Ranieri, Jr.
	Philip M. Brunelli
Bd. Of Health Total		2
Constable	John S. Power
	Philip M. Brunelli
Constable Total		2
Planning Bd	John F. Carroll
	William D. David
Planning Bd Total		2
School Com.	Anne K. Bergen
	Cynthia J. Douglas
	Denise L. Schultz
	Kenneth B. Hiscoe, III
	Kevin P. O'Malley
	Mary Jane Scofield
	Rita M. Graci
	Trevor A. Clement
	Vanessa A. Bilello
School Com. Total		9
Town Clerk	Diane M. Padula-O'Neill
	Elizabeth F. Simon
	Paul J. Cheli
	Teresa M. Burr
Town Clerk Total		4
Town Council	Brett S. Feldman
	Deborah L. Pellegri
	Glenn F. Jones
	James D. Schultz, Jr.
	Judith Pond Pfeffer
	Matthew T. Kelly
	Peter E. Padula
	Richard W. Power, Sr.
	Robert D. Dellorco
	Sean P. Slater
	Thomas D. Mercer
Town Council Total		11
Grand Total		32

Franklin Town Common

The offer to the candidates for an interview can be found here

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/08/offer-to-candidates-for-franklin.html

The election timeline can be found here

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/08/franklin-election-who-are-candidates.html

The election 2015 collection can be found here

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/08/election-collection-nov-3-2015.html

Cooking with the Franklin legislative delegation

Franklin's legislative delegation got together recently to do some cooking. We see how they frequently get together on legislation and funding for Franklin, let's see how they cook!





Trisha Perez Kennealey, owner of Artistry Kitchen guides them in the cooking in the studio at Franklin TV.

For more about the Franklin Food Pantry you can visit their webpage
http://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/


Link to the individual webpages for your legislators can be found here:

• Senator Spilka
• _ Karen Spilka
• Senator Ross
• _ Richard Ross
• Representative Roy
• _ Jeffrey Roy

yard sale - Acorn Animal Hospital - Aug 16 - 8:00AM to 2:00 PM

Posted to the Franklin Matters Facebook page yesterday:

Acorn Animal Hospital will be hosting a yard sale TOMORROW (Sunday) from 8-2!  

If you have any unused items that you are looking to get rid of, we will be accepting donations TODAY (Saturday) from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.  

All proceeds from the yard sale will go directly to the Maggie Fund to support pets in need. unfortunately we cannot accept the following items: sofa beds, clothing, mattresses, paints, tires, chemicals, textbooks, computers, televisions, air conditioners or other large appliances.

Acorn Animal Hospital

TeamFitness: How to Save on Membership

The Benefits of a Referral Program  100 Franklin Village Drive Franklin, MA 02038 mc@teamfitnessfranklin.com

Forward this email Team Fitness Franklin | 100 Franklin Village Drive | Franklin | MA | 02038

“The donations help to save their lives”

"Pedro, a 4-year-old Chihuahua and terrier mix, was adopted when he was just nine 9 weeks old, but was turned over to Just a Touch Rescue after a year because he barked. 

Kikka, an 11-year-old Pomeranian who is blind in one eye, was turned over to the organization because her owners couldn’t afford to pay fix an infection that came from breeding. 

Split, a 12-year-old Australian Shepherd, was brought to a vet to be euthanized because the owner “didn’t want him anymore,” said Debbie Fahrenholtz, founder and president of the organization."

Continue reading the article in the Milford Daily News (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150815/NEWS/150817300/1994/NEWS

screen grab of The Big Biscuit webpage

For more about The Big Biscuit, visit their webpage here
http://www.thebigbiscuit.com/

Did you check out the new Lifelong Learning catalog of courses?

Fall/Winter Catalog - 2015

How about learning how to make wine?

How about "CSI - Franklin style"?

Maybe "Getting Paid to Talk"



These and other courses are in the Fall/Winter catalog that was delivered recently.

A copy of the catalog is shown below and also available on the Lifelong Learning webpage.
http://cfweb.smartedu.net/lll/forms/ADULT%20EDUCATION%20DOCS/mailing%20brochure%20July%2031.pdf


Registration for your choice can be done with this form
http://cfweb.smartedu.net/lll/forms/ADULT%20EDUCATION%20DOCS/registration%20form.pdf