Doggie Tales returns to the Library on Wednesday, Oct 19

Doggie Tales returns to the Franklin Public Library on Wednesday, Oct 19. This will be held at the temporary location, 25 Kenwood Circle.

Doggie Tales returns to the Library on Wednesday, Oct 19

This was shared from the Library page
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2016/10/doggie-tales-wednesday-october-19-630-pm.html

"We're in control of the situation"

"The town has gone out to bid for energy suppliers, looking to put into motion a plan that could save money for local electricity customers. 

Deputy Town Administrator Jamie Hellen said the state Department of Public Utilities has approved Franklin's municipal aggregation plan, which has the town seeking alternative suppliers and, hopefully, lower rates for its residents. He said the bidding process began on Oct. 7, and the town hopes to have preliminary pricing within the next few days. 

"(This) week is where the rubber meets the road," he said. "We'll see if there are savings, and what the savings might be."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20161016/franklin-goes-out-to-bid-for-power

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http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/03/live-reporting-legislation-for-action.html

cover page of presentation to Town Council on Aggregation Program

Voter information - What is early voting? (video)

Watch Town Clerk Teresa Burr and Deputy Town Administrator Jamie Hellen discuss the 2016 Presidential election, new laws regarding early voting, and other aspects of the upcoming election.

Polikseni Manxhari leads the discussion to answer the following questions 

• What the difference is between absentee voting and early voting? 

Absentee voting applies to those who will be out of town or unable to get to the polling place on November 8. Early voting is open to all registered voters. Early voting will take place at the Town Clerk's office beginning Oct 24, 2016.

• Where do I vote? 

Early voting will take place at the Town Clerk's office from Oct 24 to Nov 4 and voting on November 8 will be at Franklin High School

• What is the last day to register to vote?

Wednesday, October 19


Watch the video to hear other questions answered



For additional information on the November 8, 2016 election, visit the "Election Collection"  http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/10/election-collection-2016.html.   Information will be added to this page as the election and voting information becomes available

the mailing with information on the Nov 8 election and ballot questions

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