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Thursday, February 4, 2021
Norfolk County Sheriff's Office Career Information Session - Feb 23
Norfolk County Sheriff's Office Career Information Session
Both FHS girls and boys hockey teams post wins on Wednesday
From HockomockSports.com we share the FHS sports results:
Girls Hockey = Franklin, 2 @ Mansfield/Oliver Ames, 1 – Final
"Every game in the Hockomock League is a grind. Games are tight, chances are at a premium, and sometimes it takes the right bounces or the puck ending up on the right stick at the right time to find the back of the net.
Twice in Wednesday night’s game at the Foxboro Sports Center, the puck bounced to the stick of sophomore Lyndsay Atkinson and she buried a pair of rebounds to lift Franklin to a 2-1 victory against Mansfield/Oliver Ames in what was another even matchup between these two teams.
Following the game, both coaches talked about how happy they were to be back on the ice. Franklin had not played since Jan. 23 and had been off the ice for a week and was without its assistant coaches due to COVID protocols. MOA was missing four players on Wednesday and hadn’t played since Jan. 18.
“It’s been a very interesting year,” said Franklin coach Margie Burke. “We’re a small league and we all know each other and we’ve all been around for a long time. We can all appreciate everyone’s situation and we all get it.”
Continue reading the game recap by Josh Perry, Managing Editor of HockomockSports.com
Lyndsay Atkinson (5) scored both goals, as Franklin pulled out a 2-1 win
at Mansfield/Oliver Ames. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)
Historical Museum Tour (take 2) Thursday at 1 PM
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MBTA: Commuter Rail notice for Franklin Line - facial coverings required to ride
All passengers over the age of two must wear a face covering when traveling on trains or at all railroad stations. Anyone who does not comply with this requirement will be denied boarding and could be subject to penalties under Federal Law.
Affected routes:
Fairmount Line
Fitchburg Line
Franklin Line
Greenbush Line
Haverhill Line
Kingston/Plymouth Line
Lowell Line
Middleborough/Lakeville Line
Needham Line
Newburyport/Rockport Line
Providence/Stoughton Line
Framingham/Worcester Line
Last Updated: Feb 03 2021 05:30 PM
Shared from the MBTA page https://www.mbta.com/schedules/CR-Franklin/alerts
MBTA: Commuter Rail notice for Franklin Line - facial coverings required to ride
Franklin Cultural District February Newsletter - deadline for submission Feb 12
The February issue of the Franklin Cultural District newsletter is in the works. In order to streamline our publication we would love each of you to share one or two highlights of things that are happening with your organization during the month of February and the first half of March. It would be great if you could also include a link to where readers could go to learn more about your organization. We would also like you to include a logo in a jpeg or similar format. If you have a special picture highlighting one of your articles, please feel free to include that as well.
We would love to share all of the wonderful things that are happening here in Franklin! Please send your news, pictures, and events to:Pandora Carlucci at pcarluccifranklinculture@gmail.com and we will work to include your story in the newsletter.
The February edition of the Franklin Cultural District Newsletter will be published on Thursday, February 18th. We will need all of your news and information by Friday, February 12th. If you have any questions, please let us know. Your news and stories are important to us! We look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Nancy Schoen
Chair, Franklin Cultural District Committee
nschoenfranklinculture@gmail.com
CommonWealth Magazine: "State tax collections continue to surprise"
"JANUARY TAX COLLECTIONS obliterated the Baker administration’s expectations, coming in almost a half-billion dollars above the Department of Revenue’s already-upgraded monthly benchmark and helping to brighten the state’s financial picture heading into a fresh round of budget deliberations.
DOR collected $3.347 billion from taxpayers last month, which is $392 million, or 13.3 percent, greater than what the state collected in January 2020 and $429 million, or 14.7 percent, above DOR’s benchmark for the month, which had already been boosted by $180 million from an earlier estimate.
“January revenue included increases in withholding, income estimated payments, regular sales tax, and ‘all other tax,’ as well as a decrease in meals tax,” Revenue Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder said. “The increase in withholding is likely related to unemployment insurance benefits and bonus related payments, and income estimated payments were strong likely because of 2020 investment-related income gains. The increase in ‘all other tax’ is primarily attributable to estate taxes, a category that tends to fluctuate.”