Join Michelle Palladini, Norfolk Police Detective and King Phillip Middle School Resource Officer for an online workshop "Just Say Mindfulness" next Friday, May 15 at 12 PM!
Learn ways to empower your children with mindfulness, as a drug prevention effort. Zoom link and short video intro are below:
SAFE Coalition Inc. is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Just Say Mindfulness
Time: May 15, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Friday, May 8, 2020
"social distancing in Massachusetts is working"
From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200507/virus-tracing-efforts-hinge-on-people-answering-phones/1
The Public Service Announcement (PSA) shown in the briefing: https://youtu.be/aV990fAGeOk
"Gov. Charlie Baker had a simple message Thursday for residents looking for their “chance to fight back” against COVID-19: Answer the phone. Apparently, many people are not.
Baker, along with local and non-profit partners participating in the state’s first-in-the-nation contact tracing program, said the effort will become even more important for the state to identify hot spots and track the spread of the virus as businesses start reopen.
Officials, however, said fewer than 50 percent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 and their close contacts are answering their phones on the first try by contact tracers to reach these individuals and assist them with self-isolation.
“If you get a call or a text from your local board of health or the COVID team it’s vital you take that call,” Baker said. “As we see the curve flatten we can begin thinking about permitting some businesses to resume operations and we want to reinforce that by increasing the importance of testing and contact tracing.”
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200507/virus-tracing-efforts-hinge-on-people-answering-phones/1
The Public Service Announcement (PSA) shown in the briefing: https://youtu.be/aV990fAGeOk
Franklin Line: Double track photos via Keolis
"Phase Two of @MBTA_CR’s Franklin Double Track Project continues to make progress as crews prepare the track-bed for the installation of new track infrastructure. In 2019, Keolis completed Phase One ahead of schedule and under budget. (1/2)"
"An essential project, Keolis teams are taking appropriate measures with the @MBTA to supply proper PPE, maintain social distance and ensure good hygiene while following guidance from the @CDCgov and @OSHA_DOL. #BuildingABetterT (2/2)"
Phase Two of @MBTA_CR’s Franklin Double Track Project continues to make progress as crews prepare the track-bed for the installation of new track infrastructure. In 2019, Keolis completed Phase One ahead of schedule and under budget. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/L1a4FuPgjB— Keolis Boston (@KeolisBoston) May 7, 2020
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| Franklin Line: Double track photos via Keolis |
Shared from Twitter
https://twitter.com/KeolisBoston/status/1258383425268076546?s=09
IRS: Three new credits are available to many businesses hit by COVID-19
The Internal Revenue Service today reminds employers affected by COVID-19 about three important new credits available to them.
Employee Retention Credit:
The employee retention credit is designed to encourage businesses to keep employees on their payroll. The refundable tax credit is 50% of up to $10,000 in wages paid by an eligible employer whose business has been financially impacted by COVID-19.
The credit is available to all employers regardless of size, including tax-exempt organizations. There are only two exceptions: State and local governments and their instrumentalities and small businesses who take small business loans.
Qualifying employers must fall into one of two categories:
Paid Sick Leave Credit and Family Leave Credit:
The paid sick leave credit is designed to allow business to get a credit for an employee who is unable to work (including telework) because of Coronavirus quarantine or self-quarantine or has Coronavirus symptoms and is seeking a medical diagnosis. Those employees are entitled to paid sick leave for up to 10 days (up to 80 hours) at the employee's regular rate of pay up to $511 per day and $5,110 in total.
The employer can also receive the credit for employees who are unable to work due to caring for someone with Coronavirus or caring for a child because the child's school or place of care is closed, or the paid childcare provider is unavailable due to the Coronavirus. Those employees are entitled to paid sick leave for up to two weeks (up to 80 hours) at 2/3 the employee's regular rate of pay or, up to $200 per day and $2,000 in total.
Employees are also entitled to paid family and medical leave equal to 2/3 of the employee's regular pay, up to $200 per day and $10,000 in total. Up to 10 weeks of qualifying leave can be counted towards the family leave credit.
Employers can be immediately reimbursed for the credit by reducing their required deposits of payroll taxes that have been withheld from employees' wages by the amount of the credit.
Eligible employers are entitled to immediately receive a credit in the full amount of the required sick leave and family leave, plus related health plan expenses and the employer's share of Medicare tax on the leave, for the period of April 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020. The refundable credit is applied against certain employment taxes on wages paid to all employees.
How will employers receive the credit?
Employers can be immediately reimbursed for the credit by reducing their required deposits of payroll taxes that have been withheld from employees' wages by the amount of the credit.
Eligible employers will report their total qualified wages and the related health insurance costs for each quarter on their quarterly employment tax returns or Form 941 beginning with the second quarter. If the employer's employment tax deposits are not sufficient to cover the credit, the employer may receive an advance payment from the IRS by submitting Form 7200, Advance Payment of Employer Credits Due to COVID-19 (https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-7200).
Eligible employers can also request an advance of the Employee Retention Credit by submitting Form 7200.
The IRS has also posted Employee Retention Credit FAQs (https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-employee-retention-credit-under-the-cares-act) and Paid Family Leave and Sick Leave FAQs (https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/covid-19-related-tax-credits-for-required-paid-leave-provided-by-small-and-midsize-businesses-faqs) that will help answer questions.
Updates on the implementation of the Employee Retention Credit and other information can be found on the Coronavirus page of IRS.gov.
Related Items:
•FS-2020-05, New Employee Retention Credit helps employers keep employees on payroll (https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/new-employee-retention-credit-helps-employers-keep-employees-on-payroll)
Shared from
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-three-new-credits-are-available-to-many-businesses-hit-by-covid-19
Employee Retention Credit:
The employee retention credit is designed to encourage businesses to keep employees on their payroll. The refundable tax credit is 50% of up to $10,000 in wages paid by an eligible employer whose business has been financially impacted by COVID-19.
The credit is available to all employers regardless of size, including tax-exempt organizations. There are only two exceptions: State and local governments and their instrumentalities and small businesses who take small business loans.
Qualifying employers must fall into one of two categories:
- The employer's business is fully or partially suspended by government order due to COVID-19 during the calendar quarter.
- The employer's gross receipts are below 50% of the comparable quarter in 2019. Once the employer's gross receipts go above 80% of a comparable quarter in 2019, they no longer qualify after the end of that quarter.
Paid Sick Leave Credit and Family Leave Credit:
The paid sick leave credit is designed to allow business to get a credit for an employee who is unable to work (including telework) because of Coronavirus quarantine or self-quarantine or has Coronavirus symptoms and is seeking a medical diagnosis. Those employees are entitled to paid sick leave for up to 10 days (up to 80 hours) at the employee's regular rate of pay up to $511 per day and $5,110 in total.
The employer can also receive the credit for employees who are unable to work due to caring for someone with Coronavirus or caring for a child because the child's school or place of care is closed, or the paid childcare provider is unavailable due to the Coronavirus. Those employees are entitled to paid sick leave for up to two weeks (up to 80 hours) at 2/3 the employee's regular rate of pay or, up to $200 per day and $2,000 in total.
Employees are also entitled to paid family and medical leave equal to 2/3 of the employee's regular pay, up to $200 per day and $10,000 in total. Up to 10 weeks of qualifying leave can be counted towards the family leave credit.
Employers can be immediately reimbursed for the credit by reducing their required deposits of payroll taxes that have been withheld from employees' wages by the amount of the credit.
Eligible employers are entitled to immediately receive a credit in the full amount of the required sick leave and family leave, plus related health plan expenses and the employer's share of Medicare tax on the leave, for the period of April 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020. The refundable credit is applied against certain employment taxes on wages paid to all employees.
How will employers receive the credit?
Employers can be immediately reimbursed for the credit by reducing their required deposits of payroll taxes that have been withheld from employees' wages by the amount of the credit.
Eligible employers will report their total qualified wages and the related health insurance costs for each quarter on their quarterly employment tax returns or Form 941 beginning with the second quarter. If the employer's employment tax deposits are not sufficient to cover the credit, the employer may receive an advance payment from the IRS by submitting Form 7200, Advance Payment of Employer Credits Due to COVID-19 (https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-7200).
Eligible employers can also request an advance of the Employee Retention Credit by submitting Form 7200.
The IRS has also posted Employee Retention Credit FAQs (https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-employee-retention-credit-under-the-cares-act) and Paid Family Leave and Sick Leave FAQs (https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/covid-19-related-tax-credits-for-required-paid-leave-provided-by-small-and-midsize-businesses-faqs) that will help answer questions.
Updates on the implementation of the Employee Retention Credit and other information can be found on the Coronavirus page of IRS.gov.
Related Items:
•FS-2020-05, New Employee Retention Credit helps employers keep employees on payroll (https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/new-employee-retention-credit-helps-employers-keep-employees-on-payroll)
Shared from
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-three-new-credits-are-available-to-many-businesses-hit-by-covid-19
FTC warns 45 more sellers of scam Coronavirus treatments
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Thursday, May 7, 2020
Soup R Bowl Friday - Takeout Tailgate at Gillette Stadium
Soup R Bowl Friday - Takeout Tailgate at Gillette Stadium
May 8, 2020 - 2 - 5 pm - Registration Required
The Massachusetts Military Support Foundation, Patriots Foundation, and Revolution Charitable Foundation are excited to invite you to Soup R Bowl Friday, a "takeout tailgate" that you won't want to miss!
Soup R Bowl Friday will take place at Gillette Stadium this Friday, May 8, from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, and is for Military, Veterans and their families to pick up a box filled with plenty of soup, crackers, salad fixings, eggs, cheese, assorted frozen vegetables, fruit and more!
Please CLICK HERE 2 REGISTER (https://www.patriots.com/community/soup-r-bowl)
and lookout for a follow-up email with arrival instructions.
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| Soup R Bowl Friday - Takeout Tailgate at Gillette Stadium |
FM #263 FHS Empty Bowl Club Stars 5/04/20 (audio)
FM #263 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 263 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares my conversation with the FHS Empty Bowls Stars. Brenna Johnson, FHS ceramics teacher and club advisor. The stars introduce themselves: Allison Ivers, Breanna Atwood, and Drew Conrad. We had our conversation via virtual conference bridge to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.
We started the discussion with the round of introductions and their work on the Empty Bowls Dinner. It would have been held Thursday, May 7 and due to the pandemic has shifted to a virtual event.
Posts on Thursday, May 7 will share photos and talk about the virtual event coming up the week of June 8-12
The “Week of Giving” virtual event will be held online. The site is still in development and will be shared when ready. It will enable donations to the Franklin Food Pantry for which you will receive a crafted bowl. There will also be an online auction for about 15 special pieces crafted for this event.
Support from the FHS Principal Paul Peri and Superintendent Sara Ahern has been key to enable this effort by the students for the Food Pantry.
The recording runs about 25 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with the FHS Empty Bowls Stars https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HrWy1yK7
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Recap:
FHS Empty Bowls Club is still active albeit virtually working to complete some of the hand crafted ceramic bowls for the event now to be held virtually.
The virtual event called a “Week of Giving” is scheduled for June 8-12
We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm).
This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.
How can you help?
Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.
For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com
The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy!
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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"
This session of the radio show shares my conversation with the FHS Empty Bowls Stars. Brenna Johnson, FHS ceramics teacher and club advisor. The stars introduce themselves: Allison Ivers, Breanna Atwood, and Drew Conrad. We had our conversation via virtual conference bridge to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.
We started the discussion with the round of introductions and their work on the Empty Bowls Dinner. It would have been held Thursday, May 7 and due to the pandemic has shifted to a virtual event.
Posts on Thursday, May 7 will share photos and talk about the virtual event coming up the week of June 8-12
The “Week of Giving” virtual event will be held online. The site is still in development and will be shared when ready. It will enable donations to the Franklin Food Pantry for which you will receive a crafted bowl. There will also be an online auction for about 15 special pieces crafted for this event.
Support from the FHS Principal Paul Peri and Superintendent Sara Ahern has been key to enable this effort by the students for the Food Pantry.
The recording runs about 25 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with the FHS Empty Bowls Stars https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HrWy1yK7
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Recap:
FHS Empty Bowls Club is still active albeit virtually working to complete some of the hand crafted ceramic bowls for the event now to be held virtually.
The virtual event called a “Week of Giving” is scheduled for June 8-12
- Direct Donations to the Franklin Food Pantry during the “Week of Giving” will receive a hand made bowl (The first 150 people)
- An auction online will also be held this week too. 15 hand crafted pieces made by current and recently graduated FHS students and Claymark Studio (Patricia & Larry Vintinner) for this event.
We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm).
This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.
How can you help?
- If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
- If you don't like something here, please let me know
Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.
For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com
The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy!
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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"
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| an empty bowl |
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| working with clay |
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