Both FHS varsity basketball teams top Milford on Thursday

From HockomockSports.com we share the FHS sports results:

 

Boys Basketball = Franklin, 55 @ Milford, 41 – Final 

– Starting the second half with a five-point lead, Franklin doubled up on Milford in the third, outscoring the hosts 24-12 in the third to pull away for the win and the season sweep. Senior Jake O’Brien got the Panthers off to a strong start, scoring half of his career-high 14 points in the opening quarter as Franklin established a 14-7 lead. Milford’s defense clamped down to hold the Panthers to just eight points in the second with Sean Murray scoring eight of his team-high 10 points in the opening half to keep the Hawks close, down just 22-17 at the break. Declan Walmsley came alive with eight of his 12 points in the third quarter, O’Brien added seven more, and sophomore Ben Harvey hit a big three as Franklin dropped 24 points in the third to extend the lead to 46-29.

Girls Basketball = Milford, 23 @ Franklin, 71 – Final 

– The Panthers used a balanced attack to extend its win streak to 27 games, going back to the start of last season. Olivia Quinn and Jessica Pingeton each scored a dozen to pace the Panthers, while Erin Quaile, Teagan Collins, and Brigid Early each had eight points. Twelve Franklin players scored in the win. Jillian Michelson had nine for the Hawks. 

 

For other results around the Hockomock League

https://hockomocksports.com/thursdays-schedule-scoreboard-01-07-21/ 

The local cable operations for the Hockomock League teams are collaborating to broadcast the home games for each team

"About 15% of adults in America report hearing loss, and about 1 million use sign language to communicate"

Enabling access to information for all is key.

"Saamanta Serna describes herself as a Coda – the child of a Deaf adult. She grew up up with a Deaf mother and a father who is hearing and an American sign language (ASL) interpreter, and later decided to pursue interpreting herself after high school.

Now a certified ASL interpreter, Serna has done frequent in-person interpreting for medical appointments during Covid. She has also noticed a change in the world’s perception of sign language since the beginning of the pandemic: more people are paying attention.

Conveying updated information to everyone in the time of Covid is a matter of life or death, as the Trump administration learned recently after losing a groundbreaking federal lawsuit to the National Association for the Deaf, which ensured that a sign language interpreter must be present in Covid briefings and visible on the live feed from the White House. The Trump White House did not include its first sign language interpreter on a Covid briefing until 11 November, a full nine months after the pandemic reached America."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jan/07/deaf-asl-interpreters-pandemic

 

An article on Rupert Dubler who has been seen at many of Gov Baker's press conferences https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/04/17/rupert-dubler-asl-interpreter-baker

 

ASL interpreters (like Rupert Dubler) are present for Gov Baker's press conferences

Boston Globe: "Baker extending capacity restrictions on businesses for two weeks due to pandemic"

From the Boston Globe:

"Governor Charlie Baker said Thursday that the state is extending by two weeks the capacity restrictions on various industries to combat the spread of COVID-19, as Connecticut announced that two cases of the new, highly contagious coronavirus variant have been identified in that state.

Baker, speaking during a State House news conference, said the restrictions will now be extended until at least Jan. 24 as part of efforts to tap down the virus and help hospitals deal with growing concerns about patient capacity. Acute care beds in Massachusetts hospitals have gone from about 67 percent occupied before Thanksgiving to 83 percent occupied by Dec. 15.

For most businesses, he said, capacity limits will remain at 25 percent. Indoor and outdoor gathering limits will remain 25 people outside and 10 people inside, including for events. “And over the next two weeks we’ll continue to look at and evaluate the data to make further decisions,” he added."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/07/metro/walsh-says-boston-had-643-news-cases-covid-19-one-day-five-deaths/

Gov Baker press conference link = https://youtu.be/hBFy_J9827Y

 

DPH report on Franklin numbers: (down slightly from last week)

https://www.mass.gov/doc/weekly-covid-19-public-health-report-january-7-2021/download

 

 

FBRTC: Annual Meeting - Jan 12

You can view this embedded email on a webpage:https://mailchi.mp/e5252241c83f/2-4226281?e=a29a9f98b7

View this email in your browser  Franklin & Bellingham Rail Trail Committee 2021 Annual Meeting Our annual meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 7:30pm.  Please email us for a link to our virtual meeting.  More info  https://www.franklinbellinghamrailtrail.org/event/annual-meeting/     Copyright © 2021 Franklin & Bellingham Rail Trail Committee, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have opted in to stay informed about the Franklin & Bellingham Rail Trail Committee

New York Times: Don't loose this Pentagon papers story in the midst of everything else going on

 

"There was one story Neil Sheehan chose not to tell. It was the story of how he had obtained the Pentagon Papers, the blockbuster scoop that led to a 1971 showdown between the Nixon administration and the press, and to a Supreme Court ruling that is still seen as a milepost in government-press relations.

From the moment he secured the 7,000 pages of classified government documents on the Vietnam War for The New York Times, until his death on Thursday, Mr. Sheehan, a former Vietnam War correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, declined nearly every invitation to explain precisely how he had pulled it off.

In 2015, however, at a reporter’s request, he agreed to tell his story on the condition that it not be published while he was alive. Beset by scoliosis and Parkinson’s disease, he recounted, in a four-hour interview at his home in Washington, a tale as suspenseful and cinematic as anyone in Hollywood might concoct."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/now-it-can-be-told-how-neil-sheehan-got-the-pentagon-papers.html

For those who might not recall the Pentagon Papers

https://www.archives.gov/research/pentagon-papers

Good Day memory Cafe - Friday, Jan 8 at 2 PM

Hello everyone,

On January 8th at 2 PM the Shrewsbury Public Library, Good Day Memory Cafe will be showing a recorded performance from the talented Luanne Crosby. We will have time to visit too!

Looking forward to seeing all of you. Click on the link below to join.

Shrewsbury Public Library is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/99469981115?pwd=bElqb3VmVHNEZDlEakthdW0wc1F5dz09

Meeting ID: 994 6998 1115
Passcode: 354632  


--
Ariel Doggett

Virtual Program Coordinator
Respite Coordinator

"We rise by lifting others" - Robert Ingersoll
There is no act of kindness too small

 

Good Day memory Cafe - Friday, Jan 8 at 2 PM

 

Boston Globe: "In less than 30 minutes, New England politics is altered with news of two cabinet picks"

From the Boston Globe:

"Given the hierarchical and largely one-party political control of both Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the churn of executive positions is slow. And the behind-the-scenes jockeying for those posts can last years among those angling to hold the job next.

But on Thursday afternoon the news came quick, bringing with it a major shake-up in New England politics. First, the word that Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo was President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to serve as commerce secretary. Then 26 minutes later, the scoop from Politico that Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was Biden’s pick for labor secretary.

With this week’s pair of Democratic wins in Senate races in Georgia giving them control of the US Senate, confirmation for both Raimondo and Walsh should be assured. The real story, however, will be what their vacancies mean for politics in their home states."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/07/nation/less-than-30-minutes-new-england-politics-is-altered-with-news-two-cabinet-picks/