Seeking to follow in the footsteps of Boston and its Freedom Trail, leaders of a downtown booster group announced yesterday that they want their own walking route connecting points of local culture.
"There are so many historical sites," said Lisa Piana, the executive director of the Downtown Partnership. Citing one, she added, "I would guess 90 percent of residents haven't been to the (Horace Mann) museum."
The trail proposal was one of several topics discussed during a meeting on downtown revitalization at Dean College which drew two dozen merchants, politicians and educators.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Franklin Historic Walking Trail Proposed
Good News Wanted
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Fire station sidewalk update
I forgot to mention that coming home from the train station on Tuesday I came by the new fire station and the sidewalk had already been torn up. Let's hope that this time when they pour the concrete, they put a few more signs and ropes around to keep the walkers away.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
What could Franklin do?
What can 10 million dollars and a community do together?
Make a commercial, of course!
Would the money have been better spent elsewhere? on something more important than beer? There might be something to discuss on that topic.
Guinness just launched "Tipping Point", the most expensive TV ad in its 80-year marketing history, with a domino rally that features cars, flaming hay bales and grandfather clocks. Shot up an Argentinian mountain, the ad shows a community coming together to create the mother of all domino-toppling spectacles. Genius! (Production cost: $10 million)
Make a commercial, of course!
Would the money have been better spent elsewhere? on something more important than beer? There might be something to discuss on that topic.
Guinness just launched "Tipping Point", the most expensive TV ad in its 80-year marketing history, with a domino rally that features cars, flaming hay bales and grandfather clocks. Shot up an Argentinian mountain, the ad shows a community coming together to create the mother of all domino-toppling spectacles. Genius! (Production cost: $10 million)
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Zip Skinny
This is a slick web site that gathers and presents information from the 2000 Census for a specific zip code. I set this up for Franklin. Once on the site, you can change the zip code to check another one, or compare up to ten others with Franklin.
Have fun!
Have fun!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Nonni Roses Bakery Page1
Updated: June 2012
The bakery has closed or moved to an unknown location
We stopped for coffee on Saturday as Dolores and I did our walk. They weren't open when we passed on Sunday. They won't normally be open on Sunday but due to their grand opening were going to be. I went back in the afternoon to get a baguette.
Sliced and warmed in the oven, the baguette was a perfect companion for some supper's home-made Venus de Milo soup.
The bakery has closed or moved to an unknown location
We stopped for coffee on Saturday as Dolores and I did our walk. They weren't open when we passed on Sunday. They won't normally be open on Sunday but due to their grand opening were going to be. I went back in the afternoon to get a baguette.
Sliced and warmed in the oven, the baguette was a perfect companion for some supper's home-made Venus de Milo soup.
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