Franklin for All - Public Forum - March 7, 2022 at 7 PM

Franklin for All Public Forum - March 7, 2022 at 7 PM

The Town of Franklin is working with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) on Franklin For All, a study commissioned by the town to build on Franklin Center's existing assets and overcome barriers that are preventing the area from fully realizing its potential as a vibrant, mixed-use destination via rezoning. 

A vision for Franklin Center will be defined by utilizing feedback from focus groups and public forums.

Franklin For All's first public forum is on Monday, March 7, 2022, at 7 PM. It will be a hybrid meeting that takes place in the Council Chambers at Franklin Town Hall, (355 E. Central Street) and over Zoom. 

Please register for the Zoom session (and to be informed of continuing efforts) at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrdeutpzwvHdyO2z-d4dc6OS0py3faxZR7 

 You can learn more about this project on our project website here:https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/franklin-for-all/

Franklin for All  - Public Forum - March 7, 2022 at 7 PM

Shared from Town of Franklin page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/franklin-all-public-forum-march-7th-2022-7pm

Franklin TV and wfpr.fm schedule for Thursday, Feb 24, 2022

• wfpr.fm or 102.9 on the FM dial = Thursday

9:00a/12:00p/6:00p   A Priest, A Minister and a Rabbi

10:00a/1:00p/7:00p   Frank’s Music – Frank Falvey and Jim Derick

11:00a/2:00p/8:00pm   Frank Presents – Frank Falvey Presents 

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 8, Verizon 26) = Thursday

7:30 am Cooking Thyme: Candy Apples
8:00 am Veterans' Call: SHINE
9:00 am Arts Advocacy: Fundraising
10:30 am SAFE Coalition: The Hamlins
12:00 pm Brooke'n'Cookin: Mac'n'Cheese
12:30 pm Sandhya: Eclairs
1:00 pm Physician Focus: Common and Emerging Diseases
1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Margherita Pizza
2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Show 3
3:00 pm The Only Cure Is Education
3:30 pm Cooking Thyme: Candy Apples
4:00 pm Once Upon A Town: Franklin 500
4:30 pm Frank Presents: State House Pt. 3
5:30 pm Battleship Cove: Inside the History Pt. 7
6:00 pm Extended Play Sessions: Season 10 Show 1 - Tweed funk

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel (Comcast 96, Verizon 28) = Thursday

7:00 am Public School Event: FHS Winter Jazz Night '22

8:30 am FHS PCC: Vaping Panel

11:00 am FHS Varsity Wrestling: v King Philip 12-22-21

1:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Basketball: v Taunton 02-08-22

3:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Hockey: v St. John's Prep 02-16-22

5:00 pm Public School Concert: Sullivan Winter Music 2019

9:30 pm Hockomock League Swim Championship: Day 1

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 11, Verizon 29) = Thursday

8:00 am Conservation Commission: 02-17-22

11:00 am Finance Committee: 02-09-22

2:00 pm Conservation Commission: 02-17-22

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf     

Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm)

Franklin Garden Club Features Program on Gorgeous Gardens - March 1

The Franklin Garden Club and Medway Garden Club will co-sponsor a program on “Gorgeous Gardens of New England” on Tuesday, March 1, at 7:00 PM at the Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill Street, Franklin, MA.  

The program will be presented by Joanne Pearson of Fair Haven Photographs and is open to the public at no charge.  It is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the beauty of some of the finest gardens in New England.  This presentation features a slideshow of public and private gardens in our region. Pearson will share the fascinating history of these gardens and some valuable tips on garden design and techniques for photographing flowers and gardens.

Pearson has been a professional photographer for over 25 years. Prior to her career as a photographer, she was a registered landscape architect in the state of Massachusetts where she practiced for 12 years, including 4 years at the renowned multi-disciplinary firm, Sasaki, headquartered in Watertown, Ma. 

Her photographs of gardens, landscapes and people have been featured in numerous magazines, books and calendars. Among them are Yankee, Vermont Life, Mahoney Publishing, BrownTrout Publishers Inc., Willow Creek Press, Vermont Illustrating LLC, Farm and Ranch Living, Country, Offshore, Insight Guides and Lonely Planet. She is the solo photographer for Mahoney Publishing’s “Flowers and Gardens of New England”. She photographs interiors, exteriors, gardens, lifestyle and food for inns and resorts throughout New England for their websites and collateral print marketing. Joanne regularly lectures on gardens and photography seeking to inspire and educate her audiences with her beautifully illustrated presentations. 

Joanne Pearson of Fair Haven Photographs

More Perfect Union - episode 041: The Supreme Court; How It Works, It's History And What's Happening Now

"In this episode, the group sits down to discuss what the Supreme Court means to the U.S., how it works, it's history some of the cases up for decision in the court right now, the political lean of Supreme Court members and so much more."

Audio file -> https://more-perfect-union.captivate.fm/episode/supreme-court 

More Perfect Union - episode 041

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FHS girls hockey team drops game to Canton 2-1 on Tuesday

Via HockomockSports.com, we share the results of the FHS winter sports action on Tuesday:

Girls Hockey = Canton, 2 @ Franklin, 1 – Final 
– Canton got a pair of second period goals from its defense to come from behind and beat Franklin. With the win, the Bulldogs sweep the season series with the Panthers and complete an undefeated league campaign. Franklin took the lead in the first when Molly Hurley redirected a pass from Lindsay Dennett. Canton answered back in the second, as Tori Carr and Maya Battista both found the back of the net. The Bulldogs were able to fend off pressure from the Panthers in the third to pick up the win. 

For other results around the Hockomock League

https://hockomocksports.com/tuesdays-schedule-scoreboard-02-22-22/

FHS Panthers

Franklin MA Baseball - time running out to register for spring

"One. Week. Left. 

FYBO 2022 Spring Registration is open, but not for much longer. 

Register now: https://t.co/eHovD2Fu61"

• Rookies & Bantams Registration closes March 8, 2022
• A, AAA, Majors closes March 1, 2022 (skills evaluation is March 6, 2022)
• Babe Ruth closes March 25, 2022

Shared from -> https://t.co/WnxWH2scWz

Franklin MA Baseball - time running out to register for spring

MA State House News: Baker differs on tax breaks; Auditor says communities should get support to run elections

Via CommonWealth Magazine, we find these share worthy: 

"GOV. CHARLIE BAKER told lawmakers on Tuesday that Massachusetts can easily afford his package of $700 million in tax cuts, and the state needs some of the changes benefitting higher-income taxpayers to prevent them from moving elsewhere.

“Not only can we afford this tax relief proposal, we believe it’s time to give Massachusetts families back some of the tax revenue that they created through their hard work,” Baker told the Legislature’s Revenue Committee at a hybrid hearing held in person and virtually on the first day the State House was open in nearly two years.

The tax relief package in some sense pits a Republican governor against a Democrat-controlled Legislature whose leaders to date have not made reducing taxes a high priority. During the hearing, Democratic lawmakers focused most of their attention on the governor’s proposed reductions in the estate tax and the income tax on short-term capital gains — two taxes that benefit wealthier individuals. They suggested the money for those tax breaks could be better spent on reducing taxes paid by lower-income taxpayers."

Continue reading the article online

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/state-government/baker-tax-breaks-affordable-needed-to-make-state-competitive/
 

"THE STATE WILL OWE cities and towns more than $2 million to keep polling places open for additional mandated voting hours during the September 2022 state primary and November 2022 general elections, Auditor Suzanne Bump said Tuesday.

Under the 1983 Uniform Polling Hours Law, cities and towns must keep polling locations open for at least 13 hours on primary and general election days, an increase from the previously-required 10 hours of voting. The law also directs the auditor to certify what offering the extra hours will cost municipalities with the costs to be paid through the secretary of state’s office."

Continue reading the article online
https://commonwealthmagazine.org/politics/auditor-says-expanded-voting-hours-will-cost-2m/