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Thursday, January 1, 2009
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
"We've got a tough road ahead of us"
Aid to towns and cities could be on the chopping block in a second round of midyear state budget cuts that local officials were grimly expecting, but have little capacity to absorb.
Gov. Deval Patrick announced yesterday he will ask the Legislature for expanded authority to cut the state budget because tax collections may drop another $1 billion below projections.
This comes just two months after declining tax revenues triggered $1.4 billion in cuts that included state layoffs, but steered clear of the local aid that fuels municipal departments and schools.
Patrick said yesterday, however, local aid is now on the table.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
Meeting notes archive for 2008
2008
- Financial Planning Comm Minutes
- Financial Plng Comm 09/04/08
- Financial Plng Comm 09/18/08
- Financial Plng Comm 10/02/08
- Financial Plng Comm 10/16/08
- Financial Plng Comm 11/20/08
- Financial Plng Comm 12/04/08
- FINCOM Meeting Summary 4/09/08
- FINCOM Meeting Summary 4/14/08
- FINCOM Meeting Summary 5/6/08
- Joint Council School Meeting 1/9/08
- Override Information Forum 5/28/08
- School Committee Meeting 01/8/08
- School Committee Meeting 02/26/08
- School Committee Meeting 03/11/08
- School Committee Meeting 03/25/08
- School Committee Meeting 04/29/08
- School Committee Meeting 05/13/08
- School Committee Meeting 06/24/08
- School Committee Meeting 07/15/08
- School Committee Meeting 08/26/08
- School Committee Meeting 09/09/08
- School Committee Meeting 10/14/08
- School Committee Meeting 10/28/08
- School Committee Meeting 11/18/08
- School Committee Meeting 12/09/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 02/06/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 02/13/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 03/05/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 03/19/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 04/02/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 04/16/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 04/30/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 05/07/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 06/04/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 06/18/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 07/23/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 09/03/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 09/17/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 10/01/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 10/15/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 11/05/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 11/19/08
- Town Council Mtg Smry 12/03/08
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
"being respectful and kind to others"
It's all about relationships. And rising to a challenge.
As a community resource officer in Franklin, Patrolman Dan MacLean's job includes talking to senior citizens about identity theft, and helping students stay on the straight and narrow.
"The most rewarding aspects of my job are the relationships that I have developed within these groups."
MacLean has another role in the community. The former assistant coach for the Franklin High School football and wrestling teams became head football coach at Tri-County three years ago.
"I believe being a police officer and coach is an advantage on a number of fronts. While acting in the capacity of a coach, I have the ability to challenge the students on and off the fields, both in athletics and academically. This also allows me to develop relationships and a degree of trust with the student population."
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
"They're losing a lot on their investments"
Winter weather is causing a soggy new headache for towns and cities working to keep foreclosed homes from becoming safety hazards: water pipes that freeze and burst in empty houses.
In Franklin, burst pipes damaged two foreclosed condominiums in the Forge Hill area, Building Commissioner David Roche said.
"This house had about six inches of water in the basement," Roche said. "Unless you get that stuff out of there - the wet sheet rock, the wet rugs and everything - mold will start growing."
Municipal officials say when these problems spring up, they usually happen in homes partway through the foreclosure process, or taken over by far-away or financially troubled mortgage companies.
The residents have left, and power and heat are shut off. But the water is still on, and pipes and water heaters have not been drained. They freeze when temperatures drop, sometimes bursting the pipes as the ice expands, and the water flows out freely when they thaw.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Mercury Thermometer Exchange
The program takes place daily in the Board of Health office. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Wednesday 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Friday 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Your glass mercury fever thermometer will be exchanged for a new digital thermometer.
Mercury is a metallic element commonly found in glass fever thermometers. Mercury is a neurotoxin in low doses and is released into the environment can potentially cause harm to the environment and to human health.
You can confirm this on the Town Board of Health web page here
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Board of Health facts - part 2
- Lyme disease -> 61
- Chicken pox - > 44
- Dog bites - 17
If you have not picked up your hard copy of the report at Town Hall, you can try to view it online here: http://www.town.franklin.ma.us/pages/FranklinMA_Clerk/2008arpt.pdf
Coverage of the Board of Health begins on Page 89.