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Look for the post card in your next bill! Should be in the October bill.
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Fred Schlicher, Program Manager, Massachusetts Climate Action NetworkThere will be a good number of folks here, more than are usually at a regular Town Council or School Committee meeting.
Heating your home this winter is going to cost you far more than it did last year. This program will show you a variety of things you can do to improve the energy efficiency of your house and lower your energy costs. Most of the things covered will cost little or nothing and you can go home with a helpful resource handout and how-to guidance.
The Friends of the Franklin Public Library are pleased to sponsor The Franklin Area Climate Team’s “Energy $ense” Series for residents starting on October 6, at 7:00 p.m. The Franklin Area Climate Team has developed a four part speaker series titled “Energy $ense for Franklin Residents” that will feature energy professionals from around the state who will provide practical solutions on how to reduce your energy costs and improve the environment at the same time.The schedule is available on the Town website, as well as on Franklin Matters.
The State Income Tax Repeal is also known as Massachusetts
Question 1. It is an initiated state statute that will appear on the November 4,
2008 ballot in Massachusetts.[1] If the measure passes, it will end the state's
current 5.3% income tax on wages, interest, dividends and capital gains.
With a combination of events coming together on the calendar this week: Rosh Hashanah arrives on Thursday and Columbus Day on Monday. Figuring that it didn't make sense to have the students come in for one day, with parents able to take advantage of the long weekend, Friday slips in as a no-school day.
Don't worry, they still get 180 days in, just distributed a little differently this year.
To all our Jewish residents, Happy New Year!
The entire Dean College community yesterday celebrated the ribbon-cutting of the new Library Learning Commons, a new hub for student activity that made visiting alumni jealous.
"We didn't have anything like this,'' said Jane Dorr, a Class of '58 alumna at Dean for her 50th anniversary this Homecoming Weekend.
Following a ceremony and remarks by President Dr. Paula M. Rooney, Dorr and two girlfriends from '58 toured the officially opened, brand-new building to see a Jazzman's Cafe & Bakery, new library, learning spaces, faculty offices and central home for the college's academic support services.
"Now I know what I'm sending money for,'' Dorr said. "In fact, I'm encouraged to keep giving.''
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
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The Town Council-appointed, newly formed School Building Committee has elected its leaders and will meet a second time Wednesday to begin talks on renovating or rebuilding Franklin High School and prioritizing its other projects.
"It's really a great group in terms of professionals,'' said committee member Ed Cafasso, who is on the School Committee as well.
"We had more volunteers than spots, so many people in the community were willing to serve,'' he added. "It just shows how important the high school and other school buildings are to the community.''
In addition to working on the high school project, the committee will create a plan for the modular classrooms, which have gone past their life expectancy, said Cafasso. The group will also address any other school enrollment issues.
read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
When Police Chief Stephen Williams returned home from the Vietnam War, the reception he got was "terrible," he said.
"I don't want that to happen to those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, I don't want that to happen to them," said Williams.
"There's all sorts of support now we never had when we came home - and it's only right," Williams said.
Placing a war memorial honoring those who fought in the current conflicts next to the existing World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War monuments on the common "is a fitting tribute to people in our military," said Williams, a member of the veteran's monument committee.
Franklin's Veterans Agent Bob Fahey put the committee together in November 2006, at the behest of Town Administrator Jeffrey D. Nutting, with the intention of honoring fallen troops from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
The Friends of the Franklin Library Fall Book Sale will take place on Saturday, Oct. 18, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thousands of hard- and soft-cover books will be available in nearly every category.Fiction and non-fiction books are $1, and $2 for trade publications. Most children’s and young adult hardcover books are $1 and paperbacks are 50 cents. Audio and videotapes, cassettes, CD’s and DVD’s are as low as $1 apiece.A selection of books in excellent condition, recent releases or collector’s titles suitable for gift giving may be found in the special pricing section. The book sale takes place at the Franklin Department of Public Works Garage. Take Hayward Street to Public Service Way.Free admission to the public.
It’s not too late to get in shape by signing up for the second fall session of Franklin Schools’ health and wellness classes.
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Sign up online at the Franklin Public Schools Web site (www.franklin.k12.ma.us). Click on Lifelong and follow the prompts to Adult Education listings. Or contact the Franklin Adult Education office at 508-541-2100, ext. 3178, or e-mail adulted@franklin.k12.ma.us.
Peter Mulvey returns to the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse Saturday, Oct. 25, at 8 p.m.A live wire on any stage, Wisconsin native Mulvey is an acoustic singer/songwriter/guitarist whose guitar playing seemingly whisks him through more tunings than he has fingers in the course of an evening, as he winds his way from full-throated rockers to deceptively plain-spoken musings, said a Circle of Friends spokesman.
Read the full article in the Franklin Gazette here
Go the Circle of Friends website to view the schedule and order tickets here
Tracey Grammer performs at Circle of Friends on October 11th
The Highwood Condominium Association's board of trustees has decided to trap and euthanize a colony of feral cats at the complex that has been the center of a neighborhood dispute, according to Animal Control Officer Cindy Souza.
The move may be illegal, however, depending on who actually owns the woods where the cats roam and eat, she said. Souza and fellow Animal Control Officer Tracey Holmes believe the state owns the property, and trapping is not allowed on state property, Souza said. If that is the case, the association may instead put traps on Highwood grounds, she said.
"It's sad," Souza said.
Souza first intervened in 1997, when more than 200 feral cats roamed the premises, at times jumping out of a trash bin at people, she said, adding, "it was a real health issue."
She solicited the help of Purr-fect Cat Shelter in Medway to catch the cats, spay and neuter them, provide shots, and release them back where they were found, she said. They set up a feeding station in the woods next to the property, and for 10 years, resident and self-proclaimed "Cat Lady" Dorothy "Dottie" Luff, 81, has been feeding and caring for the cats, which she has also named.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here