Franklin Matters

Saturday, August 29, 2020

What to do when you (and your kids) are online at home

Consumer Alerts from the Federal Trade Commission

What to do when you (and your kids) are online at home

by Jennifer Leach, Associate Director Division of Consumer & Business Education, FTC

If you have kids in school, there's a good chance they're kicking off their school year…in your living room. All the while, you might be working away, yourself, in some carved out corner at home.

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2020/08/what-do-when-you-and-your-kids-are-online-home

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

Friday, August 28, 2020

Reminder: THE BLACK BOX: Montgomery and Marshall Duo - Aug 28

THE BLACK BOX welcomes the Montgomery and Marshall Duo with two shows on August 28 at 6:30 and 8:15 PM in the theater’s parking lot.

James Montgomery and Bruce Marshall are celebrating 26 years together as a duo in 2020. They started in 1994 after Bruce Marshall auditioned for the James Montgomery Band and asked James if he was interested in acoustic work as a duo. Their first gig was opening for the Band at the State Theater in Providence, RI and old friend Rick Danko introduced the pair as “the real deal”. Although Marshall didn’t get the electric gig, he ended up forging an enduring musical and personal relationship with James that continues to flourish.

Get tickets online or call the box office https://www.theblackboxonline.com/events.php?id=1398&month=08&year=2020

THE BLACK BOX: Montgomery and Marshall Duo - Aug 28

Nexamp solar presentation available for replay

Town of Franklin, MA (@TOFranklinMA) tweeted at 11:01 AM on Thu, Aug 27, 2020:

Did you miss the NEXAMP Community Solar presentation? Find it here https://t.co/0gmRTlSheW

Video link = https://youtu.be/Jnqi1ExZtSs

The post sharing the information in advance of the session

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/08/nexamp-shared-solar-farm-information.html

On this Day in 1963 : "I Have A Dream" - Martin Luther King Jr.

"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the speech was a defining moment of the civil rights movement and among the most iconic speeches in American history

From wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream

Video link = https://youtu.be/smEqnnklfYs

FHS Chromebook support request form

FHS PCC (@FHS_PCC) tweeted at 7:58 PM on Thu, Aug 27, 2020:

Link to access form https://t.co/HecBngoKYQ https://t.co/kaqinBxOC2

FHS Chromebook support request form

WGBH Interviews the 4th District candidates

Adam Reilly (@reillyadam) tweeted at 4:27 PM on Thu, Aug 27, 2020:

TAKE A LOOK at our interviews with the Dems running to replace Joe Kennedy in #MA04. They're all here, available for your viewing pleasure at your convenience https://t.co/sulDNKfn9k #mapoli via @wgbhnews

Picked up for Franklin via Twitter
(https://twitter.com/reillyadam/status/1299081036350083074?s=03)

WGBH Interviews the 4th District candidates

In the News: "conditions have made 2020 a record-setter"

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

"Texas and Louisiana may have braced for the worst this week as back-to-back hurricanes Marco and Laura barreled toward them, but in this record-setting Atlantic hurricane season, almost every coastal U.S. state east of the Mississippi River should also be on high alert.

All but one of the 18 states bordering the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico face a greater risk this year of a hurricane strike, according to the forecast from Colorado State University’s Department of Atmospheric Science, which has issued seasonal hurricane forecasts every year since 1984.