Recycling Center: open on Saturday and Sunday for leaf and brush disposal

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"Due to construction and an accidental electric panel fire, the Franklin recycling center will be closed until Nov. 20, though it will be open on Saturday and Sunday for leaf and brush disposal. 

Through the weekend the center will be open during regular hours – Sat. 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. , Sun. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Franklin DPW director Robert “Brutus” Cantoreggi said the house that was used to make transactions at the center is growing old and needs to be replaced. 

“The house just got old and moldy and was rotting away,” he said. “So we’re just building a new one.”

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Urgent: Recycling Center Closed until Tuesday, November 20

In the News: Supreme Court to hear arguments in census citizenship question

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"The Supreme Court says it will hear arguments over the evidence a federal judge can consider in the lawsuit concerning the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census. 

U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman is currently presiding over a trial in New York to determine if Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross acted legally when he decided to include the citizenship question on the decennial census for the first time since 1950. 

That trial is expected to conclude soon. The justices set arguments for Feb. 19 and it is unclear whether Furman would delay his ruling until after the Supreme Court decides the case. 

The high court had previously allowed the trial to go forward, rejecting a Trump administration request to delay it."

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https://www.milforddailynews.com/zz/news/20181116/supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-in-census-citizenship-question

Background info on the census question 

1 - via Pew Research
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/30/what-to-know-about-the-citizenship-question-the-census-bureau-is-planning-to-ask-in-2020/

2 - Fact Checking from NPR
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/27/597436512/fact-check-has-citizenship-been-a-standard-census-question

3 - The Census Bureau's 72 year rule
https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/decennial_census_records/the_72_year_rule_1.html

The 1950 census form asked where respondents were born
and whether they were naturalized. Census.gov/Screenshot by NPR

US Census: Now hiring for the 2020 Census

The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting thousands of workers for temporary jobs available nationwide in advance of the 2020 Census.

The 2020 Census Jobs website allows applicants to apply for a range of positions, including recruiting assistants, office operations supervisors, clerks, census field supervisors and census takers. The positions will be located across 248 Area Census Offices nationwide and offer flexible work hours, including daytime, evenings and weekends.

Available jobs:

• Recruiting assistants travel throughout geographic areas to visit with community-based organizations, attend promotional events and conduct other recruiting activities.
• Office operations supervisors assist in the management of office functions and day-to-day activities in one or more functional areas, including payroll, personnel, recruiting, field operations and support.
• Clerks perform various administrative and clerical tasks to support various functional areas, including payroll, personnel, recruiting, field operations and support.
• Census field supervisors conduct fieldwork to support and conduct on-the-job training for census takers and/or to follow-up in situations where census takers have confronted issues, such as not gaining entry to restricted areas.
• Census takers work in the field. Some field positions require employees to work during the day to see addresses on buildings. Other field positions require interviewing the public, so employees must be available to work when people are usually at home, such as in the evening and on weekends.

Applicants will be placed in an applicant pool for 2020 Census field positions for positions they qualify for and will be contacted as work becomes available in their area. For more information, contact 1-855-JOB-2020. 

Applicants may also contact the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

For more information, please visit the 2020 Census Jobs page 
https://2020census.gov/jobs/

US Census: Now hiring for the 2020 Census

Franklin Public Schools: 2 hour delay - Friday, Nov 16

We have been assessing the situation at our schools and across town early this morning. As a result of last night's snowfall, we will have a 2 hour delay on Friday, November 16, 2018.

When Franklin Public Schools has a delayed opening, ECDC will have a cancellation/delayed opening as follows:

The ECDC morning session will be cancelled. The ECDC extended and full day sessions will delay opening by 2 hours. The delayed opening will NOT impact the afternoon session.

As a result of lingering snow on sidewalks, emergency busing will be in effect and students walking to or from school will be offered rides by our drivers.

The District's office will open on time.

Sincerely,

The Franklin Public Schools

https://www.franklinps.net/district/urgent-alerts/two-hour-delay-due-weather-conditions-friday-11162018

Franklin Public Schools: 2 hour delay - Friday, Nov 16

Upcoming Events in Franklin, MA: FRI Nov 16 - THU Nov 22

Friday, November 16

 Book sale setup

10:00am

 Knitting Group

7:00pm

 Harlem Wizards vs. Franklin Public Schools

7:30pm

 Dean College presents "Footloose" (Sold out)

8:00pm

 Broadway's Sara Jean Ford

8:00pm

 Sara Jean Ford in Concert

Saturday, November 17

9:00am

 Book Sale

9:00am

 St Mary's Women’s Faith Formation Group

9:30am

 Family Yoga Adventure

10:00am

 Franklin Historical Museum (Always free)

2:00pm

 Dean College presents "Footloose" (Sold out)

7:00pm

 FHS Panthers Hockey Concert

7:30pm

 Dean College presents "Footloose" (Sold out)

7:30pm

 OCC Concert: Simon & Garfunkel Tribute by Swearing & Kelli

8:00pm

 Circle of Friends: Eliza Gilkyson

Sunday, November 18

9:00am

 Winter Decorating Day

1:00pm

 Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

2:00pm

 Dean College presents "Footloose" (Sold out)

2:00pm

 Chess Group

4:00pm

 Quartett Giocosa with Irina Kotlyar

Monday, November 19

10:30am

 Move Along

11:00am

 Toddler Playgroup

3:00pm

 Monday Crafternoons

3:30pm

 Dungeons & Dragons for Kids

Tuesday, November 20

9:30am

 Cool Cruisers

10:30am

 Get Ready for Kindergarten

Wednesday, November 21

10:30am

 Terrific Toddlers

11:00am

 Toddler Playgroup

2:00pm

 Library Closing

8:00pm

 The Noyz

Thursday, November 22

 Library Closed

 Thanksgiving Day

7:00am

 Franklin Turkey Trot 5K Family Run

4:00pm

 Fandom Thursdays

For the interactive version, please visit

http://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html

For the Town of Franklin Public Meeting Calendar

http://www.franklinma.gov/calendar

Submit an event for the Community Calendar, please use this link

https://goo.gl/forms/7Pr1iBuAiIna7cUo2

Upcoming Events in Franklin, MA: FRI Nov 16 - THU Nov 22

THE BLACK BOX Classical Series: Quartett Giocosa with Irina Kotlyar - Nov 18

THE BLACK BOX Classical Series presents Quartett Giocosa in collaboration with pianist Irina Kotlyar on Sunday, November 18 at 4 pm. Violinists Heather Goodchild and Irina Fainkichen are joined by Irina Naryshkova on Viola, cellist Elizabeth Schultze, and Irina Kotlyar on Piano to perform the E flat Major Quintet, Op.44 by Robert Schumann and the Quintet in A Major, Op.81, by Antonin Dvorak. Cocktails and tea will be available. Quartett Giocosa was formed in 2017. The quartet players met years ago at the Cape Symphony, where they are all members.

Irina Kotlyar

Collectively, the members of QG have played with master musicians including Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Mstislav Rostropovich, Anne Sophie Mutter, Mark O’Connor, Wynton Marsalis and Sarah Vaughan. They have worked under the leadership of conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Michael Tilson Thomas, Jane Glover, Lorin Maazel, Seiji Ozawa, and the incomparable Jung-Ho Pak and have played with orchestras including the Bergen Philharmonic, the Royal Danish Orchestra, the Atlanta and Oklahoma Symphonies, the Boston Lyric and Chicago Opera Companies and the Upsala Chamber Orchestra.

Quartett Giocosa

Irina Kotlyar, born in Kharkov, Ukraine, earned her degrees from Rubin Academy of Music. With Gregory Shifron, the Kotlyar-Shifrin Piano duo has won several International prizes and awards, including the Murrey Dranoff International Two Piano Competition (1999, Miami,) and an International competition in Poland (1999), and has performed throughout Israel, Europe and America.

Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.theblackboxonline.com or by calling the box office at 508-528-3370.

Circle of Friends Coffeehouse: Eliza Gilkyson Nov 17

Nov 17

ELIZA GILKYSON

with Tracy Grammer and Jim Henry

"Eliza’s latest album, SECULARIA, is out now and the reviews have been fantastic. “Now nearly a dozen records into a fruitful tenure with renowned folk label Red House, Gilkyson is producing the best music of her career,” says the Austin Statesman. 

Gilkyson’s music, in the classic folk music tradition, has always offered a vivid reflection of the times we live in. SECULARIA, the long-awaited follow-up to The Nocturne Diaries, is a collection of spiritually charged songs that don’t fit within the parameters of traditional religious beliefs and challenge us to embrace a more inclusive perspective, to respect all life and to be accountable for our actions in these divisive times."

http://elizagilkyson.com/?p=898

Circle of Friends Coffeehouse: Eliza Gilkyson Nov 17

Tickets available at Circle of Friends Coffeehouse  http://www.circlefolk.org