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| Franklin's weekend - Sep 11-12 |
"Thank you to @wbz's @LouisaMoller (https://twitter.com/LouisaMoller) for showing the positive steps that policing is taking to help people in a mental health crisis."
Saturday's schedule on WFPR, Franklin's Public Radio station. You can find it anywhere you are with your internet browser at wfpr.fm or on the FM dial at 102.9 in the greater Franklin area.
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| Plenty to listen to on Saturday on WFPR.FM |
Hello FPS!
Please make note of our mask guidelines as posted on our Reopening Website!
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| Mask requirements - Franklin Public Schools, MA |
"As students get ready for a pandemic school year, WBUR checked in with a few about how they are feeling and what they want:
Virginia and Henry Bernstein, rising seventh- and fifth-graders in Franklin Public Schools"
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| Henry and Virginia Bernstein. (Photo Courtesy Camille Bernstein) |
FM #344 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 344 in the series.
This session shares my conversation with outgoing Senior Center Director Karen Alves and incoming Director Erin Rogers. Our conversation was conducted via conference bridge to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.
In case you missed it along the way, Karen is retiring Sep 17. There will be a socially distanced party in the parking lot to see her off. Details are in the September newsletter.
We also review a number of the activities during September, mostly conducted virtually but some careful steps are being made to move safely to an in person where possible.
Reminder to call the Senior Center to register for an event, to get on the mailing list, or to order from the Curbside Cafe.
Audio link = https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HBwZftrK
Links to the
Senior Center page https://www.franklinma.gov/fsc
Newsletter sign up https://www.franklinma.gov/franklin-senior-center/pages/connection-newsletter
Curbside cafe menu https://www.franklinma.gov/Curb or call 508-613-1313
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This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.
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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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FM #344 Franklin Senior Center - September Updates - 9/01/20 (audio)
From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
"Although he has not served in the military, Alan Earls has felt a strong connection to the armed services since he was a kid.
“When I was a child, my dad, and pretty much every adult male I knew, was a veteran of World War I, II or the Korean War,” said Earls. “Later, of course, many contemporaries went off to Vietnam.”
It was a time when, he said, “military service by males was universal and honored.” And while not everyone directly faced peril, “everyone who served played an important role, for limited benefits and modest thanks.”
As the son of a veteran, Earls felt from an early age the importance of always remembering and honoring people — both men and women — who have served, “or simply been ‘asked’ by their country to serve.”
"Vittorio Ettore’s restaurant, Bistro 5, was “basically 100% empty” at 7:30 p.m. on a Friday when a city official happened to stop in and suggested Ettore needed a patio.Ettore was skeptical of the idea at first, he recalled Thursday. His Italian restaurant is at a busy intersection, and with the West Medford commuter rail station nearby, overlooks steady train and bus traffic.“There’s a lot going on in the streets, but she really got me inspired to actually do a small patio, and I have to say, since we decided that evening, within five days, I was able to do business outside, which is kind of incredible,” Ettore said. “We went from doing roughly about under 30 people per week in June and July, which is pretty crazy, to roughly 30 to 40 people a day, so that has changed our business completely.”Gov. Charlie Baker, Medford Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn and other officials visited Bistro 5 on Thursday, where Baker announced a doubling of the Shared Streets and Spaces grant program from $5 million to $10 million."
