Memory Cafe' TUESDAY, Jan 12 at 2 PM

Hi Everyone,

 

Hopkinton's Our Time Memory Cafe' invites you, your care partner, family, and friends to join us for a virtual sing-along event Tuesday,Jan 12th at 2 PM. Music artist and therapist Linda Lasalle will lead the sing-along while playing a variety of instruments including harp, guitar, and ukulele.

 

Come join us! Sing, dance, and have fun with your friends!

Topic: Sing-along with music artist and music therapist Linda Lasalle

Time: Jan 12, 2021 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83868211745?pwd=WU1pb0pxaEU5bFRYZ29QcWVoZXdYUT09

Meeting ID: 838 6821 1745

Passcode: 297469

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Ariel Doggett

Virtual Program Coordinator

Respite Coordinator

"We rise by lifting others" - Robert Ingersoll

There is no act of kindness too small

 

Memory Cafe' TUESDAY, Jan 12 at 2 PM

 

Public Hearing Notice - Street Acceptances - Jan 20, 2021

Public Hearing Notice - Street Acceptances

 January 20, 2021 - 7:10 PM

Crystal Drive, Woodhaven Drive, Dena Drive, Skyline Drive, Charles Drive, Baron Road, Cobblestone Drive

 

"Pursuant to Chapter 163 of the Legislative Acts of 2011, the Franklin Town Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday evening, January 20, 2021 at 7:10 p.m. in the Council Chambers located on the second floor of the Franklin Municipal Building, 355 East Central Street, Franklin, MA to determine if it is in the public interest to accept the following named roads as public ways:

Crystal Drive;Woodhaven Drive; Dena Drive; Skyline Drive, from Station 0+00 to Station 16+88.81, as shown on street acceptance plan;

Charles Drive, from Station 0+00 to Station 12+26.96, as shown on street acceptance plan; Baron Road, from Station 0+00 to Station 28+05.14, as shown on street acceptance plan; Cobblestone Drive; Woodstock Circle"

Shared from the Town of Franklin page  https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/agendas/legal_notice_-_street_acceptances_crysal_woodhaven_dena_skyline_charles_baron_cobblestone_woodstock.pdf

 

Public Hearing Notice - Street Acceptances - Jan 20, 2021

CommonWealth Magazine: T cuts likely to remain; voter turnout numbers highlight wealth, racial disparities

From CommonWealth Magazine we share two articles of interest for Franklin:

"Most T cuts will stand even with new fed money"

"THE MBTA will receive at least $250 million in federal funding under the latest COVID-19 stimulus package, but agency officials plan to move forward with most of their planned service cuts and direct most of the new money toward the capital budget.

MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak said Monday that the T expects to get somewhere roughly between $250 million and $300 million in additional support, up to $17 million of which will go toward bumping service back up on high-ridership bus routes and maintaining evening commuter rail service.

Despite calls from activists and lawmakers to change course with the federal aid — plus a $52 million upgrade in the T’s state sales tax revenue outlook — the agency plans otherwise to “proceed with a majority of service changes” that the Fiscal and Management Control Board approved in December, Poftak said."

Continue reading the article online

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/transportation/most-t-cuts-will-stand-even-with-new-fed-money/

 

"Turnout numbers highlight wealth, racial disparities"

"IN THE WEALTHY towns of Dover, Sudbury, and Carlisle, more than 90 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the November election.  

In the poorer cities of Springfield, Lawrence, and New Bedford, 55 percent of voters or fewer turned out.  

While the presidential election drew record turnout in Massachusetts, voter turnout statistics highlight yet another measure of a tale of two commonwealths, according to a report released Monday by MassVOTE, a nonprofit that seeks to increase voter participation.   

Communities that were educated, white, and wealthy saw the largest voter turnout. Communities that were poor, minority, and less educated saw the lowest number of voters. Initiatives like no-excuse voting by mail that were meant to make it easier to vote did not help those disparities, and may have even exacerbated them, since state statistics show that voters in wealthier communities were more likely to take advantage of mail-in voting. "

Continue reading the article online

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/politics/turnout-numbers-highlight-wealth-racial-disparities/

 

Direct Link to the MassVOTE report  https://4da245b5-2040-4b7c-8d3a-890d1f13e948.filesusr.com/ugd/ba7258_e4676f6437c14017818263705b266b15.pdf

 

MassVOTE is a Non-Partisan Voting Rights & Issue Advocacy Organization

 

 

Economic Development Subcommittee Meeting - Jan 13, 2021 - Business Listening & Networking Session #5

Economic Development Subcommittee Meeting

Agenda & Meeting Packet

January 13, 2021

6:30 PM 

Agenda:

1. Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation (MGCC) Sector Specific Relief Grant Program Update.
https://www.empoweringsmallbusiness.org/covid-19-response/sector-specific-relief-grant-program-massachusetts-businesses

2. Business Listening & Networking Session #5: Real Estate, Construction, & Housing.
The members of the EDC will host the third in a series of five Business Listening & Networking Sessions on sectors of the Town’s economy. Anyone is invited to attend and offer public comments.

Agenda doc with connection info: 

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/agendas/2021-1-13_edc_listening_session_agenda_.pdf

Jan 13, 2021 - Business Listening & Networking Session #5

Nature Photography, Capturing the Beauty Surrounding Us - Jan 12

Event Date:   Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 11:00 AM

Join us for a slide show featuring the beautiful Nature, Bird and Animal photography of Renata Gilarova. Slide show will be followed a Q&A. Send us your favorite nature shots for a quick slideshow share at the end of the event.

Email Ariel for the link to join at adoggett@franklinma.gov.  

 

along the main dam at DelCarte (my photo)

FHS gymnasts top North Attleboro for first time since 2016

From HockomockSports.com we share the FHS sports results:

Gymnastics = North Attleboro, 131.95 @ Franklin, 138.60 – Final 

– Junior Emma White impressed on Sunday afternoon, taking the top spot for the Panthers in every event and won the All Around. White had Franklin’s top scores in the vault (9.6), the bars (8.7), the beam (9.4) and the floor (9.2). It marked Franklin’s first win over North since rebooting the gymnastics program in 2016.

Top 3 Scores (Franklin only): 

Vault: Emma White (F) – 9.6 | Kate Rudolph (F) – 9.2 | Caroline Woelfel (F) 9.0 || 

Bars: E. White (F) – 8.7 | Elizabeth Schirduan (F) – 8.3 | K. Rudolph (F) – 8.2 || 

Beam: E. White (F) – 9.4 | K. Rudolph (F) – 8.6 | E. Schirduan (F) – 8.6 || 

Floor: E. White (F) – 9.2 | K. Rudolph (F) – 8.6 | C. Woelfel (F) – 8.5
 

For other results around the Hockomock League

https://hockomocksports.com/sundays-schedule-scoreboard-01-10-21/

 

FHS gymnasts top North Attleboro for first time since 2016

FHS Gymnastics: Meet Caroline Woelfel and Kate Rudolph

FHS Gymnastics (@fhs_gymnastics) tweeted

Meet Caroline! 

@FHSSports

@FranklinHS

@FranklinMatters

@R_Lanigan

@BostonHeraldHS

@MetroWestSports

@HockomockSports

@CarolineWoelfel  https://t.co/CFqU3qwRqZ

Meet Kate!

@FHSSports

@FranklinHS

@FranklinMatters

@R_Lanigan

@BostonHeraldHS

@MetroWestSports

@HockomockSports

@katerudolph17_

https://t.co/MnAsFHzdOW.

Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/fhs_gymnastics/status/1348086046517551104

and Twitter: https://twitter.com/fhs_gymnastics/status/1348086305129967618

Meet Caroline! @FHSSports @FranklinHS @FranklinMatters @R_Lanigan @BostonHeraldHS @MetroWestSports @HockomockSports @CarolineWoelfel pic.twitter.com/CFqU3qwRqZ

— FHS Gymnastics (@fhs_gymnastics) January 10, 2021

Meet Kate! @FHSSports @FranklinHS @FranklinMatters @R_Lanigan @BostonHeraldHS @MetroWestSports @HockomockSports @katerudolph17_ pic.twitter.com/MnAsFHzdOW

— FHS Gymnastics (@fhs_gymnastics) January 10, 2021