MA origins for Thanksgiving items

via Katie Lannan (@katielannan)

"your pre-Thanksgiving reminder that Bell's Seasoning comes from Weymouth, and there's a bill that would make it the Official Seasoning of the Commonwealth"

Link to draft Legislation = https://t.co/vILz4hm3vr #mapoli  

Shared from Twitter = https://t.co/Z84vLWI7jm

 

"Some official Mass. emblems for your Thanksgiving table: cranberries (official berry), corn muffins (official muffin), Boston cream pie (official desert), and of course, wild turkey (official game bird).  Maybe a Bay State tartan (official district tartan) tablecloth?"

Shared from Twitter =  https://twitter.com/katielannan/status/1331678479524442113

your pre-Thanksgiving reminder that Bell's Seasoning comes from Weymouth

FHS athletes recognized as Fall 2020 Hockomock League All-Stars

These FHS athletes were recognized as All-Stars for the Fall 2020 Hockomock League. Three were also selected as MVP for their respective sport: Nicholas Calitri, Amanda Lewendoski, and Jack Paterson.

The full listing of all Hockomock athletes can be found 

https://hockomockleague.blogspot.com/2020/11/hockomock-league-announces-fall-sport.html

You can download a PDF copy of the FHS listing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LU4ci4oGV0ueFbyrE9kp4kFmK2Xkc5io/view?usp=sharing

First	Last	Status	Sport
Erin	Quaile	All-star	Girls Soccer
Sydney	St. Marie	All-star	Girls Soccer
Julia	Bertone	All-star	Girls Soccer
Anya	Zub	Honorable Mention	Girls Soccer
Ethan	Cain	All-star	BOYS SOCCER
Terry	O'Neill	All-star	BOYS SOCCER
Ben	Moccia	Honorable Mention	BOYS SOCCER
Angelina	Perez	All-star	GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Alexandra	Batla	All-star	GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Sydney	Brady	Honorable Mention	GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Nicholas	Calitri	MVP	BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Griff	Sieczkiewicz	All-star	BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Declan	Walmsley	All-star	BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Joshua	Anderson	Honorable Mention	BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Amanda	Lewandowski	MVP	FIELD HOCKEY
Kaitlyn	Carney	All-star	FIELD HOCKEY
Stephanie	Bell	All-star	FIELD HOCKEY
Sara	Carney	Honorable Mention	FIELD HOCKEY
Jack	Paterson	MVP	GOLF
Nolan	Norton	All-star	GOLF
Pat	Dolan	All-star	GOLF
Brian	Sandham	Honorable Mention	GOLF

Fall 2020 Hockomock League All-Stars

Virtual Franklin Turkey Trot - TODAY or anytime

Get ready to burn off those Thanksgiving calories before dinner AND give to the Franklin Food Pantry (https://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/).

This year the Franklin Food Pantry is holding its 9th Annual Franklin Turkey Trot 5K as a virtual race. The turkey trot will still officially run on Thanksgiving morning, November 26th, but you can run or walk your own personal 5K when it is most convenient for you. Once you have finished the race, you can post a picture on social media sharing that you completed your run and use the hashtag #turkeytrot2020. 

To register, go to http://www.franklinturkeytrot.org!

All proceeds from this event go directly to the Franklin Food Pantry to provide quality healthy food to hungry families in our local community. In 2019, the over 1000 entrants, donors and sponsors raised almost $21,000! 

We hope you will still join us and register to support this great cause!

-- 
Krystal Whitmore
Race Director
www.franklinturkeytrot.org 

Note: Franklin Matters is proud to sponsor this fund raising effort for the Franklin Food Pantry.

 

Virtual Franklin Turkey Trot - TODAY or anytime

Boston Globe: "Baker’s $50 million effort to help small businesses is wildly oversubscribed"

From the Boston Globe, an article of interest for Franklin:

"Governor Charlie Baker’s two new grant programs to help small businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic have been swamped by applications, essentially ensuring there won’t be enough money to go around for everyone who sought the help.

Working through the quasipublic Massachusetts Growth Capital Corp., the Baker administration unveiled two programs in October offering a combined $50.8 million in grants, aimed at helping small businesses endure what’s expected to be a tough winter.

One program, backed by $40 million, offers grants of up to $75,000 for businesses with as many as 50 employees; the other, with $10.8 million, provides grants of up to $25,000 for businesses with five or fewer workers. The latter program also requires that the owners who apply have below-average incomes.

Mass. Growth Capital stopped accepting applications last week. At that point, state officials said, more than 10,000 applications had been received for the two programs, which are being funded by federal dollars. About 37 percent were for the program to help businesses with five or fewer employees, although a few businesses applied to both programs."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/11/25/business/bakers-50-million-effort-help-small-businesses-is-wildly-oversubscribed/

 

Franklin Recreation: Reindeer Holiday Drop Off Class - Dec 21

"DATE CHANGE: The Reindeer Holiday Drop Off Class will now occur on Monday December 21st"

https://t.co/bT4XKEiiD0

 
(https://twitter.com/FranklinRec/status/1331630707437867014?s=03)

 

Franklin Recreation: Reindeer Holiday Drop Off Class - Dec 21

"Perhaps the path to healing begins with three simple words: Are you OK?"

By Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex:

"It was a July morning that began as ordinarily as any other day: Make breakfast. Feed the dogs. Take vitamins. Find that missing sock. Pick up the rogue crayon that rolled under the table. Throw my hair in a ponytail before getting my son from his crib.

After changing his diaper, I felt a sharp cramp. I dropped to the floor with him in my arms, humming a lullaby to keep us both calm, the cheerful tune a stark contrast to my sense that something was not right.

I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second.

Hours later, I lay in a hospital bed, holding my husband’s hand. I felt the clamminess of his palm and kissed his knuckles, wet from both our tears. Staring at the cold white walls, my eyes glazed over. I tried to imagine how we’d heal. "

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/opinion/meghan-markle-miscarriage.html

CommonWealth Magazine: "The Legislature’s ‘black box’ committees"

From CommonWealth Magazine we share an article of interest for Franklin:

"After months and even years of public debate, the fate of six key pieces of legislation is now in the hands of just 29 lawmakers.

The lawmakers are charged with resolving differences between House and Senate bills dealing with the state budget, police reform, climate change, economic development, health care, and transportation bond funding.so-called conference committees on which these lawmakers serve are “black boxes” whose inner workings are unknown.

Rep. Denise Provost of Somerville, who retires in January after 14 years in the Legislature, said on the Codcast this week that many of her constituents have been asking her about progress on bills in the House-Senate conference committees. She said she has to explain that she doesn’t know.

Continue reading the article online  https://commonwealthmagazine.org/the-download/the-legislatures-black-box-committees-2/