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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Senior Center: Parking lot
The parking lot was full, cars were parked all along Oak St. My father and I actually parked at the Oak Street School parking lot and walked back to the Senior Center for our visit.
One of the facility workers was chuckling that "they" had planned for about 200 folks to show up. This was busier than the high school field house during voting on Tuesday.
Senior Center: meeting room in front
off the main entrance area to the right and toward the front of the building this meeting room looks out to the parking lot and Oak Street.
across the hall there is a good size exercise room. it was being occupied by a rehearsal (or peformance?) of some 30 or so members of a chorus
Senior Center: Library
a nice room, even with the crowd for the open house, I felt I could pull up a chair and get lost in a book.
Senior Center: entrance area
The Open House at the Senior Center was well attended today. Probably more people than turned out to vote last Tuesday.
Flowers on the bridge
The picture yesterday showed the empty flower pots on the other side of the railroad bridge.
This picture was taken earlier this year. I have resurrected it to help refresh our memories of what the flowers looked like.
May the memories keep us warm this winter.
Enjoy!
Where in Franklin? Answer #17
We had two correct replies on this one. The first from Michael LeBlanc, the second from Ken Norman.
The picture for #17 was taken from the corner of the building seen here to the left.
The Rome is a Franklin treasure!
Stay tuned for the next picture.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Poor sidewalk planning
The nice sidewalk laid down Friday afternoon was marked off with some traffic dividers. That's ok for the auto traffic. The foot traffic (yes, this is West Central and heavily trafficked) was not blocked off with anything so folks just walked on.
Some as they realized what they were doing got off. Some were more opportunistic and wrote their name. This could easily have been avoided with some more effective blocking. Where is the "Don Not Cross" tape when you need it?
Note that the sidewalk on East Street does not have the same foot or name markings. It is less heavily traveled.
Franklin: Good planning
An example of good planning. To lay the bricks straight and even, there are guidelines on each corner. Three of those guidelines are pictured here.
Too bad the folks who just put in the sidewalk near the new fire station did not take similar planning precautions. Now they have some re-work to do.
Franklin: All the flowers are gone!
It is that time of year. The flowers, so colorful and welcoming, are now gone for the season.
The memories remain.
Thanks to the volunteers who helped to create these flower boxes and keep them watered and maintained during the growing season.
Friday, November 9, 2007
How not to spend Community Preservation Act dollars
More taxdollars are on the line in Wareham, where some political activists are fuming over some $1.1-million given to a property owner for her beachfront land. The money is coming from Community Preservation Act funds, but the larger issue is how residents and towns spend tax increase revenue.Read more about this in the Boston Globe posting here.
As I read this article and more importantly, read between the lines (with all due respect to my newspaper contacts, news papers are out to be sold and headlines help) this is not so much an issue with CPA as it is an issue with apparent collusion amongst the town officials in Wareham who found a way to do what they wanted, period. If they had enough money in the coffee fund, they would have used that.
For Franklin voters and tax payers, this is message of diligence on how the town handles its affairs and not a condemnation of CPA. CPA while recently rejected, is a good thing. Maybe not yet for Franklin but someday.
Amesbury rejects "under" ride
Yes, Amesbury voters have voted down a proposal to reduce their taxes.
By a 2-1 margin, voters in Amesbury on Tuesday rejected a proposed $1 million Proposition 2 1/2 ‘‘underride,’’ or tax cut, that had been strongly opposed by Amesbury Mayor Thatcher W. Kezer III.Read the Boston Globe Override Central posting here.
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