Franklin Matters

Monday, August 17, 2015

Who's behind the free movie night at Beaver Pond this Friday?

The Franklin Small Shop Co-op has gotten together to sponsor the free movie night. The current program guide from Franklin TV lists the 20 businesses.

You can also find the program guide each week on Franklin TV's webpage. It shows the schedule for all the shows broadcast on Franklin TV.

Franklin TV

Small Shop Co-op

The Small Shop Co-Op is a group made up of local, independently owned, small businesses in Franklin MA. The group's goal is to brainstorm and implement new methods, events, and/or tools used to market small businesses within the Franklin community. Examples of such events include a town wide small business scavenger hunt, as well as the Movie Night and Small Business marketplace at Beaver Pond.

The Wiz - Aug 20-23 at Dean College

Did you think you were in the Land of OZ this weekend while at the Feast of St Rocco's? You might have caught the cast of The WIZ as they were out and about.

Roberta Trahan with the cast and Joel Thayer

Dean College and the Massachusetts Star Players proudly present “The Wiz” in a series of live performances at The Main Stage Theater on the Dean Campus in Franklin, MA. Shows start at 7:30 PM on August 20th, 21st and 22nd and at 2 PM on August 22nd and 23rd.

“The Wiz” is a seven-time Tony Award-winning musical that retells the classic musical “The Wizard of Oz.” This show follows the story of Dorothy, a farm girl who wishes to see more than Kansas. Through her adventures in the Land of Oz, she encounters the impossible, which assures her that home is where the heart is.

Warren Reynolds shares this video he captured of the preview of The Wiz presented during the Franklin Cultural Festival. You can see The Wiz this weekend. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM and at 2:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday.

To purchase tickets for the show, visit www.starplayersma.org or call 774-226-5130

"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

Sunday, August 16, 2015

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:

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.