FTC Consumer Alerts: Servicemembers - Reporting for duty

Servicemembers: Reporting for duty by Carol Kando-Pineda, Attorney, Division of Consumer & Business Education, FTC National Consumer Protection Week is a time to shed light on how scammers will try to rip off anyone, including the military.  The FTC's military dashboard compiles five years' worth of reports from servicemembers, veterans, and military families. From January 2017 through September 2021, military consumers told the FTC about more than 961,000 reports related to fraud, identity theft, or other consumer issues. Read more -> https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2022/03/servicemembers-reporting-duty?utm_source=govdelivery

Franklin TV and wfpr.fm schedule for Thursday, Mar 10, 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 Comfort Food: Comfort Food 

8:00 am Veterans' Call: Veterans' Treatment
9:00 am ArtWeek: Theater in the Open
10:30 am SAFE Coalition: Kyle Brodeur
12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Scones
12:30 pm Sandhya: Donuts
1:00 pm Physician Focus: Unequal Treatment: Disparities in Health Care
1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: White Pizza
2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Fall 2019 show 4
3:00 pm The Only Cure Is Education
3:30 pm Comfort Food: Comfort Food
4:00 pm Once Upon A Town: Ray Block
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 4 - Dicenso Clark

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

7:00 am Public School Event: Concert Hour Day 1

8:30 am U. S. Army: Jazz Ambassadors 04-01-19

11:00 am FHS Varsity Wrestling: v Taunton 0-12-22

1:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Basketball: v Durfee 03-04-22

3:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Hockey: v Wellesley 03-05-22

5:00 pm Public School Event: Remington Winter Music 2021

6:30 pm Public School Concert: MICCA Showcase Pt. 1 03-14-18

8:00 pm FHS Varsity Swimming: v Taunton 01-13-22

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

8:00 am Conservation Commission: 03-03-22

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

2:00 pm Conservation Commission: 03-03-22

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)

Request for Expressions of Interest for the purchase or lease and redevelopment of the South Franklin Congregational Meeting House of 762 Washington Street.

Request for Expressions of Interest (REI)
for the purchase, or lease and redevelopment 

of the South Franklin Congregational Meeting House 
of 762 Washington Street

In an effort to ensure productive reuse of the building and remaining land, the Town of Franklin has released a Request for Expressions of Interest (REI) for the purchase, or lease and redevelopment of the South Franklin Congregational Meeting House of 762 Washington Street. 

Expressions of Interest are due to the Town Administrator's Office by April 29, 2022 at 10:00 AM.

Open House/Site Tours - The Town offers you the opportunity to learn more about the site through participation in one of two Open House and Site Tours scheduled for the following dates/times:

• Monday, March 14, 2022 between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM
• Monday, April 11, 2022 between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM

Those interested in submitting a proposal can access the full REI here:   https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/news/2022_request_for_eoi_-_762_washington_street_-_03072022.pdf

South Franklin Congregational Meeting House

Shared from Town of Franklin page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/request-expressions-interest-purchase-or-lease-and-redevelopment-south-franklin

Heard about the Franklin For All Forum? the audio and transcript are now available

FM #748 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 748 in the series. 

This shares the Franklin For All Forum that was held on Monday, March 7, 2022.

The meeting was held in the Council Chambers. It was hosted by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) via Zoom and broadcast via Franklin TV as well as live streamed. 

This recording runs about 2 hours and 25 minutes.  Let’s listen to the Franklin For All Forum held Mar 7, 2022.  Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-748-franklin-for-all-forum-03-07-22

NEW: A transcript of the recording is available. The transcript is part of a pilot by Franklin Matters using the transcription service provided by Otter.ai https://otter.ai/  (Note: if there should be a more accurate spelling of your name, please let me know and I can update the online copy. For those whose name could not be determined via the recording, please let me know.)

Transcript =>  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WEsjmEFESie06Bx4bAOSxhMbhpY45gsL/view?usp=sharing

Links to the meeting information and my notes captured during the Forum are in the show notes. 

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**** Visioning Survey ****  The survey is open for your input ->       https://mapc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bDBzodBPnt8a5Ce 

Franklin For All project page -> https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/franklin-for-all/  

My notes captured via Twitter and shared in summary form

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iojwdwbOUUfrvfnwuy_xn59P8yVws5Jq/view?usp=sharing 

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial. 

This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

 

How can you help?

• If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors

• If you don't like something here, please let me know

Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.

 

For additional information, please visit www.Franklinmatters.org/   or www.franklin.news 

If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com

The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

I hope you enjoy!

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QR code takes you to the Franklin For All page

QR code takes you to the Franklin For All visioning survey

FHS girls basketball win to advance in playoffs, boys hockey and boys basketball teams end their playoff run

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

 
** Girls Basketball - Division 1 = #11 Lincoln-Sudbury, 23 @ #6 Franklin, 60 – Final 

– For a Photo Gallery from this game -> https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2021-2022/Winter-2021-2022/Franklin-Lincoln-Sudbury-Girls-Basketball-03-08-22/

** Boys Hockey - Division 1 - #19 Franklin, 1 @ #3 Hingham, 4 – Final

video of game -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7E0UaVLlSY

** Boys Basketball - Division 1 - #12 Catholic Memorial, 81 @ #5 Franklin, 78 – Final (OT) 

Ryan Lanigan, founder and Editor-in-Chief of HockomockSports.com, provides the game recap:

"Halfway through Tuesday night’s contest between Franklin and Catholic Memorial, things weren’t looking very good for the host Panthers. 

At the end of the fourth quarter, Franklin nearly walked off with a crazy comeback win.

After all was said and done, Catholic Memorial emerged with an 81-78 win in overtime, withstanding a gutsy comeback effort from Franklin to advance to the Division 1 Round of 8.

Franklin trailed by as much as 19 points overall, and even trailed by a dozen with six minutes to go but was able to rally to force overtime."

Continue reading the recap ->  https://hockomocksports.com/franklin-boys-basketball-comeback-denied-by-cm-in-overtime/

– For the Photo Gallery from this game ->  https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2021-2022/Winter-2021-2022/Franklin-Catholic-Memorial-Boys-Basketball-03-08-22/

For other results around the Hockomock League
https://hockomocksports.com/tuesdays-schedule-scoreboard-03-08-22/

Franklin senior Sean Vinson goes up for a shot in the first half against Catholic Memorial. (Ryan Lanigan/HockomockSports.com)

Recap: School Committee hears of budget and asks good questions

Quick recap:

• Sara Ahern and Miriam Goodman presented the Superintendent's recommended budget to the School Committee on Tuesday. An increase of approx. $2.4M over prior year, also the lowest amount recommended due to use of revolving funds and prepaying some expenses
• Multiple rounds of questions were asked by the committee and answered for most part right then (some answers to be provided in the next meeting)
• Community gets to participate in the budget hearing scheduled for next meeting March 22
• Budget documents and presentation copies found in agenda packet and in Budget tab on Schools page

Review all my notes taken during the meeting in one document

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BlZ3HbwBxRkDbcyRu6GKp6GpflnW2Tfs/view?usp=sharing

Meeting packet folder ->   https://www.franklinps.net/district/meeting-packets/pages/march-8-2022-school-committee-meeting

Budget tab (with this proposed budget and prior budgets) ->   https://www.franklinps.net/district/school-district-budget

Audio recording of meeting to be available Thursday. Pilot of meeting transcript scheduled for same posting.

1 slide from the presentation depicts enrollment declining, teachers declining and class size as stable 

Franklin For All - Visioning Survey Launched - Respond by April 1

Franklin For All - Visioning Survey Launched

Survey closes Friday, April 1, 2022

On March 7th, 2022, the Town of Franklin held a public forum to formally introduce the Franklin for All project, answer questions and engage with the community.

To ensure every Franklin stakeholder has an opportunity to provide feedback, we have launched a visioning survey that will be open till April 1, 2022. The data collected in this survey will be used by our project consultants at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to create zoning recommendations that would serve our collective vision for our downtown. The survey is anonymous and all questions are optional. 

To learn more about Franklin For All, visit our project webpage: https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/franklin-for-all/

Access the survey here: https://mapc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/preview/SV_1SW9jOR99Rzvevk?Q_CHL=preview&Q_SurveyVersionID=current

The slideshow presented at the public forum on March 7, 2022 ->  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WHYDFaj-ZMlMF2ChexFaUy7qAfykLjvW/view?usp=sharing

There will be additional public engagement opportunities to comment on the draft zoning recommendations in the upcoming months. Want to stay informed on additional opportunities to provide feedback? Sign up for our email list and follow along with us on social media for all the latest Franklin For All updates!

Shared from Town of Franklin page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/franklin-all-visioning-survey-launched

Franklin For All - Visioning Survey Launched - Respond by April 1