Guide to MetroWest

Looking for things to do during the school break that are 'close to home'? Check out the Guide to Metro West just published for 2016.

You can find it here (PDF)
http://www.metrowestvisitors.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2016-Guide-to-MetroWest.pdf


Or here

partial cover image of the MetroWest Guide

Public Skating Times - Pirelli Arena

Veteran’s Arena, 910 Panther Way, released a schedule of public skating times during school vacation week, Dec. 24 through Jan. 3, 2016.

• Dec. 24: from 12:30 to 2:20 p.m.
• Dec. 25: Closed.
• Dec. 26: from 2:30 to 4:20 p.m.
• Dec. 27: from 2 to 3:50 p.m.
• Dec. 28: from 12:30 to 2:20 p.m.
• Dec. 29: from 12:30 to 2:20 p.m.
• Dec. 30: from 12:30 to 2:20 p.m.
• Dec. 31: from 12:30 to 2:20 p.m.
• Jan. 1: from 12:30 to 2:20 p.m.; and from 8 to 9:50 p.m.
• Jan. 2: from 2:30 to 4:20 p.m.
• Jan. 3: from 2 to 3:50 p.m.

Admission costs $5, and rental skates are available for $5 on a first-come, first-served basis. For a list of all the updated daily public skating locations and times, visit fmcicesports.com/public-skating.



This was shared from the Milford Daily News
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20151220/NEWS/151229856/1994/NEWS

FHS winter sports compete on a busy Saturday

Saturday was busy with  competition in hockey, indoor track and wrestling for the Franklin High School teams. The boys hockey team won, the girls lost. Both the boys and girls indoor track won their meets. In a quad event at FHS, Franklin went 2-1 in wrestling; beating Salem (NH) and Lawrence but dropping the match to St John's Prep. All the details thanks to Hockomock Sports.

Boys Hockey

Franklin, 4 vs. Bridgewater-Raynham, 1 – Final 

– Alec Gilliatt scored twice, including an empty net goal and Jake Downie and Tyler Oakes also scored for the Panthers.

FHS Panthers

Girls Hockey

Franklin, 3 @ Whitman-Hanson/Silver Lake, 4 – Final

Wrestling

Franklin Quad (Franklin) 

– Franklin went 2-1 on the day. After starting with a 41-25 setback to St. John’s Prep, Franklin picked up wins over Salem (NH) 60-14 and closed the day with a 35-26 win over Lawrence.

Indoor Track - Boys

Franklin, 53 vs. King Philip, 47 – Final 

– In a close battle, Franklin was able to pull out the win. Luke Gordon was first in the 300M (39.29), Jimmy Robbins was first in the 1000M (2:48.60) and Ryan Spelman had the best time of all teams in the 1 Mile at 4:40.49. Other first place finishes were Spelman in the 2 Mile (10:53.41) and Michael Bullen in the long jump (18-06.75). King Philip’s Sean Garrity had the best 55M dash performance off all 12 schools, taking first in 6.85. Ethan Dunne was first in the 600M (1:33.09) and the 55M hurdles (8.45), Paul Macrina in the shot put (42-05.00) and a league best high jump performance from Michael Roby (5-08.00).

Indoor Track - Girls

Franklin, 78 vs. King Philip, 22 – Final 

– A sophomore finished first in three different events to pace the Panthers. First place finishes for Franklin included second year athlete Jessica Kroushl in the 55M dash (7.61), the 300M (league-best 43.14 [Franklin freshman Halle Atkinson was second in the league at 43.16]) and the long jump (15-08.50), Meghan Doherty in the 600M (1:42.75), Brittany Robinson in the 1000M (league-best 3:09.44), Ella Gutkowski in the 1 Mile (5:45.04), Carly Rondeau in the 2 Mile (13:00.91) and Beth Neal in the 55M hurdles (9.72) and the high jump (league-best 4-10.00). King Philip’s Jayla Millender was first in the shot put (28-00.00).

For all the results around the Hockomock League on Saturday
http://www.hockomocksports.com/saturdays-schedule-scoreboard-121915/

Town Offices closed Dec 24, 25, Schools with half day on the 23rd

The offices for the Town of Franklin will be closed for the holidays, Thursday, Dec 24 and Friday, Dec 25th.

Franklin Municipal Building, 355 East Central St

In addition the schools close with a half day on Wednesday, Dec 23 and re-open on Monday, January 4, 2016.

Parmenter sign

Affordable Housing for 55+ - 37 Grey Wolfe Drive

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Franklin, MA

37 Grey Wolfe Drive

Meadowbrook Heights, An Adult 55+ Community

Located on Grey Wolf Drive (off of Longhill Road) in Franklin, MA

Two Bedroom Town Home Priced @ $174,818

Household Income Limits: 1 Person - $ 48,800 2 Person - $ 55,800 3 Person - $ 62,750

At least one household member must be 55 years of age or older at time of submission.
Approx 1,850 s.f. units. Includes air conditioning and one-car garage. 1st Floor: Kitchen,
Dining Room, Family Room, Master Bedroom with Full Bath, Laundry Room and 2nd
Floor: Bedroom, Bathroom and Loft.

Applications and Information available at the Municipal Building, and at
www.franklin.ma.us Town Administrator’s Page, Affordable Housing. Contact Maxine
(508) 520-4949 or mkinhart@franklin.ma.us.


This was shared from the Town of Franklin webpage
http://franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_News/022B14B2-000F8513


An image for 37 is not available via Google but assuming the development is the same, here is one for 95 Grey Wolfe Dr

Town Council meeting Dec 16, 2015

Here is the Storify summary of the Town Council meeting on Wednesday, Dec 16

For those reading this via email, you may need to go to the Franklin Matters webpage to scroll within the Storify summary for the full report.

Franklin Municipal Building, location for the Town Council meetings

The documents released for this meeting can be found here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/12/franklin-ma-town-council-agenda-dec-16.html

FHS basketball and hockey teams split their games, both swim teams won on Friday

The Franklin High School winter sports teams split most of the competition on Friday. The boys basketball team beat Attleboro while the girls closed the gap but lost to Attleboro. The boys hockey team lost to Canton while the girls hockey team beat Medway/Ashland. Both the boys and girls swim teams beat Foxboro. The results are shared from Hockomock Sports.

Boys Basketball

Attleboro, 39 @ Franklin, 72 – Final 

– The Panthers amped up their defense in the second half, turning a nine point lead at halftime into a 33 point win. Tim Prunier had a game-high 20 points, Paul Mahon scored 16 points and Connor Goldstein had 11 points. Attleboro’s Jake Dunkley had a team-high 16 points.

Girls Basketball

Franklin, 43 @ Attleboro, 48 – Final 

– The Panthers battled back to get the Attleboro lead to as few as four points after trailing by as many as 16 in the second half. Aubrie Kutil was the top scorer for Franklin with 14 points and Lauren Rudolph chipped in with 13.

Boys Hockey

Canton, 4 vs. Franklin, 2 – Final 

– Shaun Kirby scored a pair of goals for the Bulldogs, who came back from a goal down twice in the first period. Matt Lazaro and Jim Jenkins each scored in the third period to give the Bulldogs the win at Schneider Arena at Providence College. Adam Assad and Jeremy Miller scored the Franklin goals.

FHS celebrates a goal (Hockomock Sports.com photo)

A full write up of the game played at Providence College can be found here
http://www.hockomocksports.com/kirby-inspires-canton-comeback-win-against-franklin/

Photos from the game can be found here
https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/20152016/Winter-201516/Canton-Franklin-Hockey-at-PC/

Girls Hockey

Franklin, 4 @ Medway/Ashland, 2 – Final 

– Haley Griffin, Regan Paterson, Marlee Paterson and Kate Cashman each scored in the win for the Panthers.

Boys Swimming

• Franklin, 86 @ Foxboro, 21 – Final

Girls Swimming

• Franklin, 97 @ Foxboro, 40 – Final

The complete set of results from Friday nights action around the Hockomock League can be found here
http://www.hockomocksports.com/fridays-schedule-scoreboard-121815/