Community Conversation on Police Reform - Mar 24, 2021 - 7:00 PM

Franklin Area Against Racism (FAAR) is hosting a Community Conversation on Police Reform.

When: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 7:00 PM

• Senator Becca Rausch
  
• Representative Jeff Roy 
• Franklin Police Dept. Chief Thomas J. Lynch
• Franklin Police Dept. Deputy Chief James Mill
• and other community leaders
  

More details, including the Zoom link, in the image below.

In preparation for the Community Conversation Wednesday on Police Reform, here is the collection of articles on the legislation as it passed both Senate and House in December, got returned by Gov Baker, was revised and sent back to Gov Baker who signed the legislation on Dec 31, 2020. (Note: The Boston Globe links may require a subscription. The other links will not.)

MA Legislature press release
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/12/legislature-passes-policing-reform.html

Boston Globe
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/01/opinion/police-reform-bill-historic-just-beginning/

Boston Globe
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/09/opinion/governor-baker-should-sign-police-reform-bill/

Gov Baker rejects, sends back
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/10/metro/baker-sends-police-bill-back-legislature-asking-changes/

CommonWealth on Senate compromise
https://commonwealthmagazine.org/politics/senate-to-compromise-with-baker-on-police-reform-bill/

Senate press release on passage
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/12/senate-advances-police-reform.html

Globe/CommonWealth report on House passage
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/12/police-reform-and-abortion-measures.html

MA Legislation link
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2020/Chapter253

Gov Baker press release
https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-baker-signs-police-reform-legislation

Globe on 12/31/20 after Gov Baker signs
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/31/metro/governor-baker-signs-landmark-policing-reform-law/

Globe on roadmap future
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/31/opinion/police-reform-roadmap-future/

Globe on what’s in/out
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/31/metro/heres-whats-police-reform-bill-governor-baker-signed-into-law/

 

Community Conversation on Police Reform - March 24, 2021

FHS volleyball tops Taunton 3-0

From HockomockSports.com and Twitter we share the FHS sports results:

Volleyball = Franklin, 3 @ Taunton, 0 – Final 

– Franklin bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-14, 25-19) win on the road at Taunton. Cailyn Mackintosh dished out 26 assists in the win while Ally Bonnet-Eymard (eight kills) and Taylor Lacerda (six kills) paced the offense.  

 

For other results around the Hockomock League 

https://hockomocksports.com/mondays-schedule-scoreboard-03-22-21/

 

 

FHS volleyball tops Taunton 3-0

 

MIAA updates guidelines

MIAA (@MIAA033) tweeted on Mon, Mar 22, 2021:

Read how updated @MassEEA guidelines impacts #MIAA sports ⬇️

🔗https://t.co/1VXiuzaiv1   or http://miaa.net/contentm/easy_pages/view.php?sid=38&page_id=291

#OneTeamOneMIAA #maskupMIAA😷  @MSSADA9 @MSAA_33 @PVIAC @RpearsonMIAA_MS @sbryantMIAA @Napa13 @LeagueBoston 

Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/MIAA033/status/1374073460629114890

 

 

@MassEEA guidelines: 

https://www.mass.gov/doc/safety-standards-for-youth-and-adult-amateur-sports-activities-phase-iv-step-1-effective-32221/download

 

 

https://twitter.com/MIAA033

Polar Park will not be Fenway

"Before they built Polar Park, the Worcester Red Sox hosted 21 fan meetings and jotted down 877 ideas. One thing was crystal clear: Worcester didn’t want its new stadium to be Fenway Park.

“Worcester wanted something different. They didn’t want to be Fenway green,” says Dr. Charles Steinberg, Worcester Red Sox president. So most everything will be blue; from the understated industrial corrugated metal exterior to the blue seats and 22-foot blue Worcester Wall in right field with seats and a fan deck.

No Green Monster in left?

“There was a naturalness to the Green Monster that we didn’t want to force,” says chairman and principal owner Larry Lucchino. “And there was a hill in right field that we needed to build a wall in front of.”

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/22/sports/worcesters-new-stadium-polar-opposite-fenway-park/

There was still snow at Polar Park in early March as construction continued.Stan Grossfeld/Globe staff

50+ Session on LinkedIn Profiles - Starts Tuesday - Mar 23, 2021

Interactive Workshop Series: Session #6

Creating a Robust LinkedIn Profile

Offered: Tue Mar 23^rd 10-12N; Fri Mar 26^th 1-3pm;
 and Mon Apr 5^th 6:30-8:30pm

Virtual Doors open 15 minutes before session begins.

Workshops begin promptly at the listed start time.

Facilitators: Melody Beach and Ed Lawrence

 

During the 6th session in our 12-part Interactive Workshop Series, we discuss LinkedIn, specifically the elements for a powerful profile.

 

Join us---Learn the elements that will turn your passive profile into an active one. Just having a LinkedIn isn't enough---It's expected.

 

This session is the first of two sessions that focus using LinkedIn effectively during your job-search.

 

This session isn't just a one-way presentation; it's interactive; poses questions; presents real-time exercises; and challenges your mindset. In addition, it provides time for you to network with other 50+ Job Seekers.

If you have previously attended a 50+ session, to attend this LinkedIn session, use the link we sent you previously to join one of the resume sessions. 

 

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New to the program? Registration is Required:
https://50plusjobseekers.org/outreach/registration/

FHS' Boys and Girls Hockomock League Swimming All Stars - 2021

We share the official 2021 Hockomock League Boys and Girls Swimming All Stars, selected by the coaches in the league. Here are the Franklin selections and the links to each of the boys and girls list for the complete Hockomock League  list.

** Boys All Stars

 

Kelley-Rex Division MVP
Timothy Luc, Taunton

Kelley-Rex Division All Stars
Bleddyn Titmuss, Franklin
Brendan Lapuma, Franklin
Luke Cashin, Franklin

** Girls All Stars

 

Kelley-Rex Division MVP

Megan Campbell, King Philip

 

Kelley-Rex Division All Stars

Madison Lawlor, Franklin

Sydney Bourgeois, Franklin

Christine Tang, Franklin

Alyssa LaPuma, Franklin

Emma Ferreira, Franklin

Linnea Remillard, Franklin

Kathryn Chew, Franklin

For the complete listings

https://hockomocksports.com/2021-hockomock-league-boys-swimming-all-stars/

https://hockomocksports.com/2021-hockomock-league-girls-swimming-all-stars/

 

FHS' Boys and Girls Hockomock League Swimming All Stars - 2021

MA State News: unemployment insurance bill; cannabis local impact fee questioned

"Lawmakers find common ground on unemployment insurance bill"

"TIME-SENSITIVE LEGISLATION aimed at stabilizing the state’s unemployment system, providing targeted tax relief to employers and workers, and creating a COVID-19 emergency sick leave program requires one final vote in each chamber after the House and Senate reached agreement on the bill’s details Monday.

After hours of talks, lawmakers ironed out differences between the underlying versions of the bill  to produce a compromise without a formal conference committee, teeing up the roughly $351 million bill and its $7 billion borrowing authorization to reach Gov. Charlie Baker as soon as Thursday.

The branches agreed on most aspects of the bill in their respective versions, but took different approaches to tax breaks on unemployment benefits, a commission studying the unemployment system, and length of the special obligation bonds that will be issued to help the state cover massive demands on its benefits system."

Continue reading the article online  https://commonwealthmagazine.org/economy/lawmakers-find-common-ground-on-unemployment-insurance-bill/

"3% cannabis impact fee covers costs that don’t exist"

"IN 2017, Massachusetts lawmakers revised the cannabis legalization ballot measure approved by voters the year before.  They made improvements, such as expanding the Cannabis Control Commission from three members to five, and increasing the local tax option from 2 percent to 3 percent.

They also made mistakes, including mandating host community agreements between municipalities and cannabis operators that allowed towns to collect an additional 3 percent of gross sales.  This stream of funds was meant to offset costs imposed upon the municipality “by the operation of the marijuana establishment.”

After more than two years of legal cannabis sales, it’s hard to make a case that towns have incurred any such costs.  There have been no reported incidents of sales to minors, no reports of increased crime around cannabis stores, no reported increase in cannabis-intoxicated driving arrests, no reported impacts on nearby businesses or neighborhoods, and no reported staffing or budget increases in police, fire, or health departments attributable to cannabis stores."

Continue reading the article online 

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/3-cannabis-impact-fee-covers-costs-that-dont-exist/