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| election booths at Franklin High School where all precincts in Franklin cast their ballots |
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| http://bfccps.org/about/enrollment/enrollmentfaq/ |
"When 9-year-old Suhas Wijegoonasekara decided he'd use his first ever lemonade stand to raise some money for the Franklin Food Pantry, he had no idea the show of goodwill he was in for.
On Aug. 21, the Franklin youth opened his stand next to the Franklin Town Common, and the donations began pouring in from people who had read about him in the newspaper and on Facebook, and heard about his effort through word of mouth.
His goal was to collect at least $100 for the pantry, with hopes of an extra $20 to put into his savings pile for a Legos set he's been eyeing.
The soon-to-be Kennedy School fourth grader bested his goal in spades, and on Thursday he made a $548 donation to the food pantry, presenting a box of cash to pantry Executive Director Erin Lynch."
"The heavy showers and storms that passed through the region early Monday morning did little to ease drought conditions. In fact, the drought in Massachusetts is slightly worse, according to the weekly report from the U.S. Drought Monitor released this morning.
A large section of central and eastern Massachusetts is considered to be in extreme drought - the second highest level of drought on the monitor. That includes much of Middlesex, Essex and Norfolk counties as well as all of Suffolk County. In total, the area of the state in extreme drought is 16.86 percent. The area of the state in severe drought, which includes nearly all of Worcester County, is now 72.2 percent, up from last week's figure of 64 percent.
For the first time, the weekly monitor now indicates that 100 percent of the state is experiencing some level of drought or abnormally dry conditions."
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| http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?MA |
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| Some folks with wells are continuing to let their sprinkler systems water the grass |
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| http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2016/08/chess-group-saturday-august-27-2-4-pm.html |
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| Summer St between King and RT 140 is getting re-done. The base paving was done just before the 4th of July and work on the sidewalks continues |
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| Looks like the sidewalk is going to go around the interesting pole arrangement |
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| initially a photo to capture the blinking light sequence. Wasn't until well after that I realized something special had been returned to the triangle! More on that later... |
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| work on the Horace Mann greenspace and location of the new statue makes progress |
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| yes, there really is work going on at the Library. It is tucked away in the back corner of the property so it is not visible to the passerby on Main St |
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| another view of the construction at the Library |
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| sidewalks on Pleasant St are being worked on, some concrete sidewalks closer to the Town Common are done, past Dean Ave, there is blacktop sidewalks and additional construction underway |
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| nice work expanding the sidewalk to provide room around the utility pole |
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| curbs in place and base smoothed for the sidewalk |
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| more curbing along Pleasant St |
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| a view of the large pond at DelCarte |
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| the drought has lowered the water level significantly |
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| good thing the approval has been made for the invasive species reduction, otherwise as shown here, the open water will continue to decrease |
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| bee busy about his pollination rounds |
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| no water spilling over the spillway |
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| a view of the train station from the railroad bridge through the nice flowers out there by the Franklin Downtown Partnership |
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| the water trough is back! |
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| nice and freshly painted it has been located back on the triangle of Main and East/West Central |
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| close up view of the fish ornaments |
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| Culinary Arts Instructor and Garden Coordinator Nancy Haney |
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| Tri-County sunflower |
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| Tri-County tomatoes |
"School officials provides updates this week on their preparations for the new year, set to begin on Tuesday, Aug. 30.
Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski reported on enrollment shifts, faculty and administration workshops, and bus routes.
Sabolinski said at Tuesday night's School Committee meeting that although the district's enrollment changes daily, there are certain evident trends.
"Overall, we're down 139 elementary students, which we anticipated," she said. "Right now, middle school (students are) down eight, while the high school is plus 46."Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
"A new forensic science class appears to have caught the interest of Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School students.
The elective, school officials said, was originally slated to have one section, but will now have three sections of students studying such topics as blood spatter and fingerprinting.
Class instructor Doreen Erwin said she began lobbying for the course when she started working at the school three years ago. When the opportunity (and budget) presented itself in the middle of last year, she compiled a course description and consulted Franklin High School's forensic program for ideas.
"It's a personal interest," she said. "Before I started (at Tri-County), I was working in the field of environmental toxicology, which is along a similar line."
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| image from Tri-County webpage |