Sunday, January 21, 2018

SAVE THE DATE: Community Arts Advocacy Day - April 7, 2018




SAVE THE DATE: Community Arts Advocacy Day - April 7, 2018

SAVE THE DATE!

The Franklin Cultural Council, in partnership with the Norfolk Cultural Council, will be holding our second annual Action and IMPACT: Community Arts Advocacy Day on April 7 this year. Join us for a day of grassroots advocacy and a variety of workshops to expand the reach and efficiency of your arts organization.
Here's a sneak peek at some of our workshop topics...
  • Marketing for Arts Organizations
  • How to Build Community Partnerships
  • Developing a Social Media Strategy
  • Budget Planning for Non-Profits
  • Creating a Successful Arts/Business Partnership Event
  • How to Drive Community Engagement
Hope to see you there! More information, including a registration link, will be available soon.
SAVE THE DATE: Community Arts Advocacy Day - April 7, 2018


Join us Feb. 1

We invite you to join us for Cultural Connections, a free arts and culture roundtable. The topic will be Community Partnerships. For more info and to RSVP, visit:
SAVE THE DATE: Community Arts Advocacy Day - April 7, 2018

Participate in ArtWeek

The FCC is bringing ArtWeek to Franklin April 27-May 6, and we'd like you involved! For more information, or to apply to be part of ArtWeek, visit:

"Like" us on Facebook to keep up-to-date on all of our programs and events!

SAVE THE DATE: Community Arts Advocacy Day - April 7, 2018
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FHS girls hockey grabs win, wrestling comes out on top, boys hockey earns tie

Via HockomockSports and Twitter we share the results of the FHS sports action on Saturday, Jan 20, 2018


Girls Hockey = Franklin, 6 @ Dover-Sherborn/Hopkinton, 0 – Final

Wrestling = Burt Burger Invitational (Franklin)
– Franklin finished first at the annual Burt Burger Invitational, racking up 249 points. Jake Carlucci (106) and Jordan Carlucci (126) each won their respective brackets. Jordan Carlucci earned the “Most Pins, Least Time” award with three pins in 5:21. Brian Farrell and Bruce Johnson each had second-place finishes for the Panthers.

Boys Hockey = Mansfield, 1 @ Franklin, 1 – Final
Ryan Lanigan, founder and Editor-in-Chief of HockomockSports.com, provides the game recap:

"Mansfield scored the first goal of the game with less than seven minutes to play in the game, but Franklin had an answer four minutes later to help the Panther steal a point in a 1-1 draw. 
The Hornets had a 29-25 advantage in shots, outshooting the Panthers in both the first and third periods. Despite multiple chances throughout the first and second periods, goalies Dan Sheehan (Franklin) and Sean McCafferty (Mansfield) kept the puck out of the net. 
But just over the midway point of the third period, Mansfield was finally able to break the stalemate. A turnover in the offensive zone allowed Mansfield to race out to a 3-on-2 chance. Coming down the right side of the ice, freshman Coleman Jenkins dropped a pass to the middle of the ice for junior Austin Ricker. 
Ricker fired a wrist shot up high that Sheehan (28 saves) denied at first, but the puck had enough mustard to trickle over his shoulder, bounce off his back and fall into the net to give the Hornets a 1-0 lead."

Continue reading the game recap:
https://hockomocksports.com/mansfield-boys-hockey-franklin-trade-third-period-goals-in-tie/


For the HockomockSports photo gallery from this game.
https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/20172018/Winter-2017-2018/Mansfield-Franklin-Boys-Hockey-01-20-18/


For other results around the Hockomock League
https://hockomocksports.com/saturdays-schedule-scoreboard-01-20-18/

Mansfield’s Sean McCafferty made 24 saves to help the Hornets earn a point against Franklin. (Ryan Lanigan/HockomockSports.com)
Mansfield’s Sean McCafferty made 24 saves to help the Hornets earn a point against Franklin. (Ryan Lanigan/HockomockSports.com)

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Join the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School for “A Pirate’s Life for Me”

The Fine and Performing Arts Department at the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School is pleased to announce upcoming performances of “A Pirate’s Life for Me” to be held at the Horace Mann Middle School located at 224 Oak Street in Franklin, Massachusetts.

Performances will be held on Friday, March 2 from 7–9:30 PM and Saturday, March 3 from 2–4:30 PM. The public is invited and welcomed to attend the show! Tickets are priced at $17 for adults and $13 senior citizens and children under ten.

Tickets will be sold at the door or an order form will be available for download at
www.bfccps.org.
Join the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School for “A Pirate’s Life for Me”
Join the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter
Public School for “A Pirate’s Life for Me”

Aristocrat Roger Goodman has his heart set on a conventional life married to the wealthy Sarah Huffington and living happily ever after. That is, until he finds out she thinks he’s boring and would rather marry a brave and adventurous pirate! Determined to prove himself to his beloved, Roger hires Long John Silver to tutor him and his newly recruited motley crew in the field of piracy.

The production is under the direction of BFCCPS’s Fine and Performing Arts Director Mr.
Christopher Heater, with a cast comprised of 37 students in grades Six through Eight. The cast is supported by a live orchestra and a dedicated 8 member backstage student crew.

The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School has been in operation since 1995 and
provides a well-rounded, rigorous academic program designed to educate the whole child.
BFCCPS’s educational philosophy, which is centered around strong core academic subjects, as well as yearlong courses in art, music, languages, technology, and physical education,
integrated character education and community service, and strong parent partnerships, has led to local, state and national recognition.

If you’d like learn more about the educational mission of the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School please contact the school’s Marketing Coordinator, Joanne Basile, at
jbasile@bfccps.org or 508-541-3434 x140.

Blessed Sacrament School Open Houses - Jan 30 and Jan 31

You are welcome to come and explore the opportunities for your children at Blessed Sacrament School.

We are holding two Open House events:

  • Tuesday, January 30 - 6:30-7:30 PM
  • Wednesday, January 31 - 9:00-10:00 AM


Blessed Sacrament School is an accredited and commended Catholic, co-educational, Preschool through grade 8 school in the Archdiocese of Boston.

Located in Walpole, Massachusetts, Blessed Sacrament School serves 400 students from over 20 towns.

Known for a commitment to competitive academics, community and service to others, Blessed Sacrament School (BSS) educates the whole child. BSS students enjoy a wide range of academic, spiritual, character development, and athletic programs. Blessed Sacrament School graduates matriculate to a diverse array of high schools in the Boston metro area, including Bishop Feehan High School, Xaverian Brothers High School, Ursuline Academy, Boston College High School, Fontbonne Academy, Montrose School, Marian High School, Noble and Greenough School, and The Rivers School.

More about our Winter Houses can be found online: http://school.blessedsacrament.org/openhouse

Blessed Sacrament School Open Houses - Jan 30 and Jan 31
Blessed Sacrament School Open Houses - Jan 30 and Jan 31

In the News: women march and rally; government shutdown, mail continues

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
"People participating in marches in the United States and around the world walked in support of female empowerment and denounced President Donald Trump’s views on immigration, abortion, LGBT rights and women’s rights on the anniversary of his inauguration. 
In Cambridge, several thousand people participated in Saturday’s Cambridge/Boston Women’s March 2018. Many carried anti-Trump signs and wore pink knit hats symbolic of the movement. 
Among the speakers at the rally in Cambridge was Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey, who called Trump an “embarrassment” and a “president who demeans and insults women.”

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20180120/across-country-march-for-female-power


"The federal government shutdown only partially curbs operations. But the longer the shutdown continues, the more likely its impact will be felt. 
U.S. troops will stay at their posts and mail will get delivered, but almost half of the 2 million civilian federal workers will be barred from doing their jobs if the shutdown extends into Monday. 
How key parts of the federal government would be affected by a shutdown: 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
A shutdown plan posted on the Treasury Department’s website shows that nearly 44 percent of the IRS’ 80,565 employees will be exempt from being furloughed during a shutdown. That would mean nearly 45,500 IRS employees will be sent home just as the agency is preparing for the start of the tax filing season and ingesting the sweeping changes made by the new GOP tax law."
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/zz/news/20180120/government-shutdown-whats-closed-who-is-affected

Equifax’s free credit monitoring - time is ticking …



Federal Trade Commission Consumer Information
by Lisa Weintraub Schifferle
Attorney, FTC, Division of Consumer and Business Education


Considering Equifax's offer of free credit monitoring after its breach? You need to sign up by January 31, 2018. Maybe you tried earlier but had trouble getting through. Or maybe you just put off the decision. Whatever the reason, if you want it, the time is now.

Read more

This is a free service provided by the Federal Trade Commission.

Saturday, January 20, 2018

Residents of Franklin: Census forms and Dog registrations

Residents of Franklin!

2018 ANNUAL CENSUS FORMS


You will be receiving your 2018 Annual Street Listing Census Form and Dog Registration Form in the mail next week. The annual census form must be signed and returned to the town clerk’s office within 10 days of receipt. 

Residents are reminded that census forms must be returned even when no changes are needed to your census information. In accordance with MGL Ch 51, Sec 4c, failure to respond to the annual census shall result in removal from the active voting list and may result in removal from the voter registration rolls. 

If you do not receive a census form, please contact the Town Clerk’s Office.


2018 DOG REGISTRATION


All dog owners must register their dogs annually. Registration runs from Jan. 1st to April 1st.

Dogs not licensed by April 1st are considered unlicensed and late fees will apply.

If you already licensed your dog, please disregard the form included with the census.

If you have any questions, please visit our website www.franklinma.gov/town-clerk or contact the Town Clerks Office at 508-520-4900 or email tburr@franklinma.gov

We wish you all a very Happy and Healthy 2018!

Thank you and Go Pats!!

Teresa M. Burr
Town Clerk

Residents of Franklin: Census forms and Dog registrations
Residents of Franklin: Census forms and Dog registrations