Dean College Presents: Hair, April 6-10, 2016

The School of the Arts at Dean College will perform Hair, beginning Wednesday, April 6, 2016 through Sunday, April 10, 2016.

Dean College presents Hair

Set in the turbulent era of the Vietnam War and "Free Love," Hair presents the rock music and revolutionary culture that went with it on the stage. This show has a vitality, a timelessness, and a meaning that outlives the late 1960's and early 1970's in America. It has a strong effect on everyone and acts as a bridge between generations and viewpoints. 

What looks like incredible chaos is actually organized chaos. Phenomenal musical numbers include Aquarius, Good Morning Starshine, I Believe in Love, Hair, I Got Life and What a Piece of Work is Man and Hippie Life. You won't want to miss our talented students perform this musical performance!

The Dean College production of Hair will take place in the Main Stage in the Campus Center at Dean College, 99 Main Street, Franklin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday – Saturday and 2:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets range from $5-$22 and can be purchased online. PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

To learn more and purchase tickets, visit www.dean.edu/boxoffice.

For the 3rd time, the road for FHS ended against St John's

Ryan Lanigan, Editor in Chief, Hockomock Sports provides the details on the FHS basketball game on Wednesday.

"Numbers don’t always tell the whole story of a game, but they certainly help explain what happened. 

Franklin went from shooting 50% in the first half to just 26% from the floor in the second. 

Franklin hit half of their six three point attempts in the first half but struggled from deep in the second half, going 1/9. 

St. John’s shot over 40% from the field for the game (nearly 50% in the second half), had a plus-15 advantage on the glass and went 16/19 from the free throw line. 

Those numbers totaled up to a 67-52 win for St. John’s over Franklin in the D1 Central Sectional Final."

Continue reading the article online
http://www.hockomocksports.com/franklin-boys-basketball-downed-by-st-johns-in-d1-central-final/

Franklin senior Tim Prunier dribbles past a St. John;s defender in the second half. (Ryan Lanigan/HockomockSports.com)

From the Twitterverse

This is a joke right? Proves Central is way too small. https://t.co/h4Jt014RfW

— Ryan Lanigan (@R_Lanigan) March 10, 2016

A great season comes to an end pic.twitter.com/SzMcMJUHNs

— Pantherbook (@FranklinHSNews) March 10, 2016

Half: St. John's 34, Franklin 33. Mahon and Gill getting called for two early fouls each hurt Panthers defensively. #hockomock

— Ryan Lanigan (@R_Lanigan) March 10, 2016

St Johns 34 - Franklin 33 half pic.twitter.com/9ZGdIzA3Av

— Pantherbook (@FranklinHSNews) March 10, 2016

#Franklin faithful, aka @RattleCity, going w/ tropical theme for CMass Div. 1 finals @BHallESPN @ESPNBostonHS pic.twitter.com/Jq4xAFwYmm

— Andrew Felper (@AndrewFelper) March 10, 2016

Kids Cooking Classes - Super Suppers - Register Now

Wednesdays March 23 to May 4 6:00 PM to 6:45 PM    REGISTER   Location Franklin High School KIDS COOKING CLASS Six Fun-Filled Sessions with Sandhya Jain  Super Suppers:  Grades 5 - 8 Each class will be approximately 45 minutes long.  Students will learn measuring math, mixing, and basic food science and will work directly with the chef instructor. The instructor will demonstrate basic knife skills and discuss safety rules for the kitchen. It's a great opportunity for young minds to expand their palate by cooking a wide range of food. Each week students will prepare one of the following: Menu:Wheat Pizza, Chicken nuggets, Gourmet Macaroni and Cheese, Pesto Pasta, Chocolate Mousse, Roasted Garlicky Salad with Honey Mustard dressing.   Fee: $120 plus $18 fee for ingredients    About the Instructor  Sandhya Jain, owner of Sandhya's Kitchen and currently appearing on Franklin TV cable television, shares her passion for making cooking easy, effortless, healthy, and delicious. Says Jain, "Cooking has been my passion for over 20 years."  Forward this email

FPS- Life Long Learning, 355 East Central Street, Franklin, MA 02038 Sent by lifelong@franklin.k12.ma.us in collaboration with Try it free today

"We thought we should give a reasonable amount of time"

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin

The Town Council debated the terms of a bylaw that would require anyone serving liquor in town receive alcohol awareness training. 

The council heard from several business officials Wednesday night and discussed several concerns with the proposal, which was originally put forward by councilor Andrew Bissanti. The proposal would require managers, bartenders and all employees who sell or serve alcohol undergo "safe service of alcohol" training.

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20160309/franklin-town-council-ponders-alcohol-training-requirement

Reminder: Family Science Night at Franklin High School

Family Science Night - Franklin High School 

From 6:00 to 8:00 PM

A community service project by the FHS Science National Honor Society

Live reporting: to Closing

K. TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
moving in right directions, could be out at end of April to make repairs
the contractor will bear all expenses

did open bids for Pleasant and Chestnut St
will bring to capital committee in future

working on capital budget and annual budget

L. OLD BUSINESS
none

M. NEW BUSINESS
Bissanti - Conservation Commission enforcement practices
would like to see a lighter gentler message
some one apparently put some lawn clippings in his yard in what is a wetland (also on his land)


N. COUNCIL COMMENTS
Jones - looking forward to the lottery on March 30 for the Beaver Ct building
(apparently an open house was held recently)

Dellorco - condolences to the 'Franklin mayor' Peter's family

Bissanti - thanks for pushing along the alcohol awareness program
if this saves one life, then it is all worth it

Pfeffer - there were 2 open houses on Sunday
can't please everyone



O. EXECUTIVE SESSION
- Pending or threatened litigation
1. Proposed Excelon expansion of Medway electric generating facility pending before Energy Facilities Siting Board.
2. Proposed Spectra gas transmission line through Franklin.

P. ADJOURN
motion to adjourn, passed 8-0

Live reporting: Legislation for Action

I. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
no reports, EDC wants to set a meeting

J. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION

• Resolution 16-11: Declaration of Town-Owned Land on Grove Street (Portion of Former Nu-Style Property) as Surplus and Available for Disposition

Motion to approve, seconded, passed 8-0

• Resolution 16-12: Authorization for Municipal Aggregation of Electricity

Bernie Lynch, Mark Capadona

Franklin Community Choice Aggregation Program from Franklin Matters
• this provides opt in and opt out choices
• aggregation provides choice, stability and savings
• designed to protect customer rights
• no penalties for customers
• largest aggregation company, also a MA company
• local oversight and control with program
• approximate Dec of 2016 for electricity to flow
• possible savings 100-250 mentioned on typical household
• we are enrolled initially, can opt in

• Resolution 16-13: Appropriation: Town Administrator: Insurance Recovery Account – 28123490

motion, seconded, passed 8-0

any insurance claim over $20K needs to be authorized by the Council

Pfeffer - problem with the $5K deductible as it was a problem from the beginning

Mercer - the deductible is a topic of discussion with the principles involved, this allows us to get moving and to recoup the funds

• Resolution 16-14: Appropriation: Records Management – Assessors

motion to approve, seconded, passed 8-0

Kevin Doyle, Director Assessors office

• need most recent 40 years of records for processing
• need to reduce the volume and reorganize the space available for the records
• info does grow annually
• little time to work on the backlog of records to get them organized
• some digital records are allowed but they can not be the 'official' record

• Bylaw Amendment 16-755: Chapter 179, Water – 1st Reading

motion to amend from 21 to 30 days, seconded, passed 7-1 (Pfeffer no)

move as amended to second reading, seconded, passed 8-0

looking for a different process to get access to replace the water meter

• Bylaw Amendment 16-756: Chapter 170 Vehicles and Traffic Article X Winter Storm Overnight Parking – 1st Reading

adjusting the bylaw to cover all public parking during the storm periods to allow DPW to plow

move as amended to second reading, seconded, passed 8-0

parking at Depot St, or at the Library, Fletcher Field, and sometimes the school

notification via website, reverse 911, police called in to get owners to move cars