Franklin Library: Get Organized with Marilyn Cruickshank - Oct 18

Declutter, Simplify, Get Organized with Marilyn Cruickshank, Tuesday, October 18, 6:30 p.m.

"Marilyn brings her passion for organizing, strong listening skills, easygoing manner, and love of orderly surroundings to Creative Simplicity. Her background in education and museum work sharpened her already strong organizational skills by honing her attention to detail, design sense, creativity, and ability to break projects down into simple, doable steps."

Declutter, Simplify, Get Organized with Marilyn Cruickshank, Tuesday, October 18

This was shared from the Franklin Public Library page
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2016/10/declutter-simplify-get-organized-with.html

For more about Marilyn and her 'creative simplicity' approach visit her webpage
http://csimplicity.com/

Franklin, MA: Town Council - Agenda - Oct 19, 2016

The agenda for the Town Council meeting on Wednesday is shown in the embedded PDF file below. 

Note, the associated documents for each of the agenda items are linked. Follow the underlined links to review each document.

downtown triangle in the rain

You can also find this document on the Franklin webpage
http://franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_News/024F90D5-000F8513

(Note Franklin is changing their website and this link will not be valid after about 10/20/16). My Google doc link will be good however.)

Proposal to ban plastic bags for retail sales scheduled for 1st review by Town Council - Oct 19

The plastic bag proposal is up for the Town Council consideration on Wednesday, Oct 19, 2016.

You can review the full bylaw language here (PDF embedded)

Note: there are two hearing in the bylaw approval process. This is the first scheduled hearing. The motion would be to move this to a second hearing or to make changes and move it. At the second hearing, the voting would be for the final approval or rejection.





The proposal was presented by FHS students at the Sep 27, 2016 meeting. You can find the meeting summary and a link to their presentation document here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/09/town-council-recognizes-helen-huang-and.html

some of the FHS students making the plastic bag ban proposal to the Town Council

Ford Hall Forum presents "Questions on Question 2" - Oct 20

Register for the next Ford Hall Forum event! Join the conversation on Thursday... Moderator Mike Deehan Questions on Question 2: Charter Schools Co-Presented with New Leaders Council - Boston and City Awake In November, Massachusetts voters will decide on Question 2, which would authorize up to 12 new charter schools each year across the state. Priority would be given to proposed charter schools in public school districts that are in the bottom quarter in terms of performance.  Come hear two supporters of Question 2 -- Shane Dunn of Great Schools Massachusetts and Thabiti Brown of Codman Academy -- and two detractors -- Tito Jackson of the Boston City Council and Harneen Chernow formerly of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education --along with moderator Mike Deehan and decide on your vote! THURSDAY, October 20, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Modern Theatre, 525 Wahsington St., Boston Yaron Brook Register now for upcoming forums! 11/14:  Is Equality Fair? A Debate. Ayn Rand Institute's Yaron Brook will be selling his latest book, Equal Is Unfair Visit www.fordhallforum.org to register for a forum All forums are FREE and open to the public, and accept walk-ins   Seating is "First Come, First Served"   Ford Hall Forum members receive priority seating at every forum   Registering does not save you a seat. It only tells us how many attendees to expect.   If you register online, you do not have to sign in when you arrive Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University | 41 Temple St., Boston, MA 02114 | (617) 305-6316 | jbonardi@fordhallforum.org | www.fordhallforum.org

Suffolk University, College of Arts and Sciences, 41 Temple Street, Boston, MA 02114-4280 Sent by jlbonardi@suffolk.edu in collaboration with Try it free today

If you miss making it to the event, they are usually good about posting a video of the event shortly after to their Youtube channel -->> https://www.youtube.com/user/fordhallforum1908

I'll share the link as soon as it is available

Open Forum on school Dress Code and two Coffee Hours scheduled

In line with the Franklin Public Schools School Committee’s mission of improving communication with the citizens of our community, we will be hosting a series of meetings over the next few months:

*** The Policy Subcommittee is hosting an open forum about the Dress Code Policy. Several citizens came forward to express concern and have provided thoughtful points of view for consideration. We welcome your input and hope you will join us on:

• October 29, 9:00 a.m. Municipal Building, 355 East Central Street, Third-Floor Training Room

Franklin Municipal Building, 355 East Central Street

*** The Community Relations Subcommittee will be hosting two coffee hours at our town’s state- of- the- art new television (and radio) studio. We welcome feedback on the hiring of the new superintendent, budget and policy issues. Issues, concerns brought forth at these meetings are brought to the attention of the superintendent and will often appear as agenda items on upcoming school committee meetings. Please join us on:

• Wednesday, November 9, 6:30 P.M.
• Saturday, December 3, 9:00 A.M.

Franklin Public Access Studio, 23 Hutchinson Street.

Franklin Public Access Studio, 23 Hutchinson Street

All of society benefits when public schools are strong. The interest and support of the community is vital in our effort to provide the very best education we can for all of our students.

FHS tops Sharon in girls soccer, volleyball and field hockey

From Hockomock Sports we share the FHS fall sports results from Friday, Oct 14

*** Football = Franklin, 7 @ Mansfield, 42 – Final

1st Quarter: (M) Conor Driscoll 25 yard interception return, Diogo DeSousa XP good; (M) Anthony DeGirolamo 61 yard pass to Kristian Connor, D. DeSousa XP good; (M) Nick Graham 2 yard rush, D. DeSousa XP good.
2nd Quarter: (M) A. DeGirolamo 25 yard pass to Ben Budwey, D. DeSousa XP good.
3rd Quarter: (M) N. Graham 5 yard rush, D. DeSousa XP good; (M) Joe Cox 2 yard rush, D. DeSousa XP good.
4th Quarter: (F) Alex Cregg 84 yard pass to Packie Watson, XP good.

*** Boys Soccer = Franklin, 0 @ Sharon, 2 – Final

– Follow the link  for a full recap of the game.
https://hockomocksports.com/stamms-brace-sharon-boys-soccer-win-franklin/

*** Girls Soccer = Sharon, 0 @ Franklin, 2 – Final

– Miranda Smith and Emily Mastaj each scored a goal for the Panthers while Halle Atkinson and Calen Frongillo both notched an assist in the win.

*** Volleyball = Franklin, 3 @ Sharon, 0 – Final

– Franklin middles Meaghan Maguire and Maggie Doyle “were dominant at the net” according to Panther head coach Kate Horsmann. Maguire registered a pair of kills and five blocks while Doyle had two aces and three blocks. Erin Skidmore had four aces, 16 service points, eight kills and four digs for the Panthers while Ellie Wisniewski chipped in with five kills and Maddie Kuzio had 18 digs and an ace.

*** Field Hockey = Franklin, 2 @ Sharon, 0 – Final

– Franklin senior Dana Lewandowski netted what turned out to be the game winner just five minutes into the first half as the Panthers picked up their seventh win of the season. Sophomore Annie Walsh scored with just under three minutes remaining to ice the game for Franklin. Franklin head coach Lisa Cropper said Kate Morse “did an outstanding job in the midfield” for the Panthers.

Sharon’s Michael Baur (left) goes up for a header in the second half against Franklin. (Ryan Lanigan/HockomockSports.com)

For all the results around the Hockomock League
https://hockomocksports.com/fridays-schedule-scoreboard-101416/

Franklin Public Library Book Sale - Saturday; Bag Sale - Sunday

The monthly Franklin Public Library Book Sale is scheduled for Saturday, October 15, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, from 9:00 - noon is the books by the bag sale

Franklin Public Library Book Sale - Saturday; Bag Sale - Sunday

This was shared from the Library webpage
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2016/10/franklin-public-library-book-sale.html