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Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Town of Franklin, MA: Sample Ballots for the November 3rd election
FHS field hockey "Holds Off Late Charge To Beat King Philip"
Ryan Lanigan, the founder and Editor-in-Chief of HockomockSports.com, provide the write up of the FHS vs KP field hockey actions on Tuesday.
It was nearly the perfect start for King Philip in its heavyweight battle against division rival Franklin.
Instead, a pair of great chances were turned aside by Franklin, one by goalie Neilee Hess and another by the stick of midfielder Sara Carney, and the Panthers took control from there.
Behind goals in the first and third quarters, Franklin field hockey secured a 2-1 win over the Warriors in the first of two meetings between the teams this week in a rain-filled contest on the slick turf of Macktaz Field.
“We didn’t show enough energy,” said King Philip head coach Lisa Cropper. “We didn’t believe that we could win the game…they didn’t say that but I could see it in their body language. We had chances right off the bat and I think if we popped one in, it would have been a different story. But we didn’t, they did and they relaxed played their game, and we had to struggle the whole way.”
Continue reading the article online
https://hockomocksports.com/franklin-field-hockey-holds-off-late-charge-to-beat-king-philip/
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King Philip’s Kelly Holmes pokes the ball by Franklin’s Kate O’Rourke. (Ryan Lanigan/HockomockSports.com) |
In the News: “What we need from you is continued vigilance"
From the Milford Daily News, an article of interest for Franklin:
"With daily COVID-19 counts, average positivity rates and hospitalizations higher than they were during a summer lull, Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday outlined progress the state has made over the past several months “to prevent silent spread” of the highly contagious coronavirus and to prepare for a fall uptick in virus activity.
“Over the past few weeks we started to see an increase in the number of COVID cases here and across the country and in many other countries,” Baker said Wednesday during a State House press conference. “For months, public health experts have forecast this increase.”
Massachusetts has built a “massive infrastructure to respond to this pandemic,” Baker said, leaving the state “in a strong position to be prepared for what comes next.”
Baker said the state will be able to rapidly expand hospital capacity if necessary, and that there are sufficient personal protective equipment supplies to meet the needs of health care and human service providers."
Franklin Public Schools: Meals Pick Up Correction
October 13, 2020
Good morning,
This message is a correction to the meals pick up message from Friday's communication. As noted, pickup at Parmenter is being closed due to low participation.
Free breakfast and free lunch is available for pickup near the cafeteria at the rear of Franklin High School from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (NOT 3-4 PM). All meals are free between now and December 31, 2020.
Thank you,
Franklin Public Schools
For additional information on the school meals during this pandemic period, visit
https://sites.google.com/franklinps.net/returntoschoolplan/school-operations/food-services
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Franklin Public Schools: Meals Pick Up Correction |
Social Security Benefits Increase 1.3 % in 2021
"Approximately 70 million Americans will see a 1.3 percent increase in their Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments in 2021. Federal benefit rates increase when the cost-of-living rises, as measured by the Department of Labor's Consumer Price Index (CPI-W).Continue reading https://blog.ssa.gov/social-security-benefits-increase-in-2021/
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Social Security Benefits Increase in 2021 |
Spirit Medium at SAFE this SATURDAY!
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
FM #364 School Committee Meeting - 10/13/20 (audio)
FM #364 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 364 in the series.
This shares the Franklin, MA School Committee meeting that was held on Tuesday, October 13, 2020. The meeting was conducted via conference bridge to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.
The meeting was broadcast via Verizon and Comcast as well as the live steam via the Franklinma.gov page. All three channels had an audio problem with no sound. The Zoom meeting audio was fine (the Zoom where it happened). Zoom originated the broadcast from the Council Chambers and apparently the audio got lost getting elsewhere. Audio file = https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HctqB8FK
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The agenda doc, including connection info
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/10/franklin-ma-school-committee-meeting.html
The meeting packet with all docs released for this meeting
https://www.franklinps.net/district/meeting-packets/pages/october-13-2020-school-committee-meeting-packet
My notes taken via Twitter and captured here
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/10/franklin-ma-school-committee-recap-oct.html
Photos used in the Twitter thread can be found in the Google photo album
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YLnwAqyAkAFBHQvA7
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