The Summer Art Institute conducted by Lifelong Learning held a brief open house to showcase the student works. Quite impressive!
The pictures do not do the works justice especially with the transition to the video format but hopefully this will provide some insight into the work produced this summer.
My thanks to all involved are listed in the credits of the movie.
If I missed some one, please let me know so I can make the appropriate correction.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Computer Recycling Event in Warwick, RI
If you have an old computer, monitor or keyboard that you'd like to recycle, you can drive down to Warwick, RI and watch the recyclers in action.
FreeGeekProvidence is holding this event at New England Institute of Technology today. The text of their email provides additional information:
FreeGeekProvidence is holding this event at New England Institute of Technology today. The text of their email provides additional information:
Today we're having the Providence Bruins Mascot "Samboni" come in just for our recycling event, and HOT 106 will be giving away prizes and doing live cut in's all day. We'll have tee-shirts for sale and lots of recycling to do.
The Free for all Recycling Extravaganza is from 9-1 today at New England Tech. See www.freegeekpvd.org for more info.
That's 95 (either direction) to exit 13, the airport connector, to the end to Post Road. Take a Right on Post Road (or head South) and it's half mile on the right.
You can see on our News Room, we have lots of media coverage and that's not including the TV spots either.
So even if you only have an old keyboard, or a half ton-truck of computer waste, or you just want to meet all the geeks responsible for all the great things going on at Free Geek, join us at New England Tech.
Friday, July 24, 2009
NE Real Estate Journal features Franklin
As mentioned during the Town Council meeting of 7/15/09, the Planning and Community Development Dept worked to get a nice spread on Franklin in an issue of the New England Real Estate Journal. You can find the information about Franklin online at NEREJ or here in the PDF extract:
Great work Brian, Beth and team!
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Great work Brian, Beth and team!
Farmers Market - Noon to 6:00 PM
The Farmers Market will be open today from noon to 6:00 PM on the Town Common.
This is your weekly opportunity to help the local economy and to get quality food items.
"dropped in rank, from 22nd lowest, to 28th lowest"
In 2008, Franklin's rank jumped to seventh highest, with the average Franklin teacher's salary at $66,361, compared with the total average of $63,520.
The group generally agreed that Franklin teacher salaries only appeared to outpace those of their peers because the district has laid off or lost a great percentage of its younger, lower-paid teachers.
Read the full article on the work of the Financial Planning Committee in the Milford Daily News here
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Trail meeting in Blackstone
Someday, wouldn't it be nice be able to bike from Franklin to Providence, or Worcester or to Western Mass without having to deal with the traffic on a road?
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
"It would be great if every community had a trails committee and would give it some support," said Lisa Mosczynski, president of the Metacomet Land Trust, a nonprofit conservation group dedicated to protecting open space and natural resources in south central Massachusetts.Help make this dream a reality!The trust and the Grand Trunk Trail Blazers trail group are inviting the public to the gathering at Blackstone Public Library, at 86 Main St., at 7 p.m., to collaborate on establishing a non-motorized, 80-mile, east-to-west trail linking Franklin and Blackstone with the Pioneer Valley in western Massachusetts.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
Cafe Dolce's coffee source spotlighted
The multiplier in this case is a federal stimulus loan recently provided to Red Barn Coffee Rosters of Upton. Red Barn is the coffee supplier for Cafe Dolce in Franklin.“It’s all about the multiplier,’’ he said. “If people are spending money on a new roaster, say, that starts flowing through the economy of whoever produced that, and then more people can be serviced out of the coffee shop, and that means more money coming in.’’The idea behind stimulating one small business is that the company will then buy more things wholesale and help other companies and their employees, said Ted Welte, president and chief executive officer of the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce, based in Framingham.
I have tried several of the blends during my visits to Cafe Dolce and found them to be good and tasteful.
Have you visited Cafe Dolce recently? Try their Red Barn coffee and keep the multiplier effect going!
Read the full article from the Boston Globe West edition on the Red Barn stimulus loan here
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Downtown Partnership and Chamber of Commerce on LinkedIn
I have mentioned previously that I have joined the Franklin Downtown Partnership and the United Regional Chamber of Commerce in an effort to expand my knowledge about businesses here in Franklin.
Both of these organizations have groups on LinkedIn.
You can request to join the Franklin Downtown Partnership on LinkedIn here
You can request to join the United Regional Chamber of Commerce on LinkedIn here
If the links don't work for you, you can
The group owner will approve your membership. You can adjust your group profile settings (how many emails, etc.) at any time after your membership is approved.
Once a member of a group, connecting directly to others within the group becomes easier.
My LinkedIn profile can be found here
Both of these organizations have groups on LinkedIn.
You can request to join the Franklin Downtown Partnership on LinkedIn here
You can request to join the United Regional Chamber of Commerce on LinkedIn here
If the links don't work for you, you can
- Sign in to LinkedIn with your account
- Go to Groups
- Search for each by name
- Request to join the group
The group owner will approve your membership. You can adjust your group profile settings (how many emails, etc.) at any time after your membership is approved.
Once a member of a group, connecting directly to others within the group becomes easier.
My LinkedIn profile can be found here
School Committee Mtg 07/21/09
The collection of live reporting from the School Committee meeting held on July 21, 2009 are found here:
- Live reporting - closing items
- Live reporting - Superintendents report
- Live reporting - Action Items
- Live reporting - FHS facility review submitted
- Live reporting - FY 2010 update
- Live reporting - FHS update - part 5
- Live reporting - FHS update - Part 4
- Live reporting - FHS update - Part 3
- Live reporting - FHS update - part 2
- Live reporting - FHS update - part 1
- Live reporting - School Committee 7/21/09
Franklin School Position Reductions
The total number of position reductions for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 from the Franklin School Dept through layoffs is 12 per the School Committee meeting on July 21, 2009. The total position reductions since FY 2003 is now 139.
If teachers retired and weren't replaced, would that count as a lost position also?
If teachers retired and weren't replaced, would that count as a lost position also?
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Live reporting - closing items
Cafasso - can we have an update on enrollment in August?
Sabolinski - the principals will be back, we'll look to do that for the meeting the 11th.
School Committee entering in Executive Session not to return.
Sabolinski - the principals will be back, we'll look to do that for the meeting the 11th.
School Committee entering in Executive Session not to return.
Live reporting - Superintendents report
Sabolinski - It has been rather busy since the students have left. It feels like school hasn't really ended. There will be a whole new face to Franklin High School when it opens this September.
The summer programs are running, enrollment is off the chart.
The FHS Experience starts on Monday. Enrollment last year was 25 students, thus far it is about 75.
Pay-to-ride our enrollments are down slightly. We sent letters out three weeks late due to the potential of fee increases. Applications are still being accepted.
Fees - athletic, activity and pay-to-ride have not increased this year.
Cafasso - What would happen to extracurricular activities was hard to determine?
Sabolinski - We will have some, there is no late bus. We can do an update later on the offerings. There may be changes in offerings, we will work to offer as much as the students are willing to get engaged in.
The summer programs are running, enrollment is off the chart.
The FHS Experience starts on Monday. Enrollment last year was 25 students, thus far it is about 75.
Pay-to-ride our enrollments are down slightly. We sent letters out three weeks late due to the potential of fee increases. Applications are still being accepted.
Fees - athletic, activity and pay-to-ride have not increased this year.
Cafasso - What would happen to extracurricular activities was hard to determine?
Sabolinski - We will have some, there is no late bus. We can do an update later on the offerings. There may be changes in offerings, we will work to offer as much as the students are willing to get engaged in.
Live reporting - Action Items
4. Action Items
a. I recommend acceptance of a check for $102.88 from the Franklin Music Boosters for a nurse for a field trip for the Middle Schools. Motion to accept, approved 6-0
b. I recommend acceptance of a check for $1,000.00 from the Franklin Country Club for the FHS Hall of Fame Award Scholarship. Motion to accept, approved 6-0
c. I recommend acceptance of a flowering magnolia tree, valued at $300.00 raised from donations, planted in the bus loop at the Oak Street Elementary School. Motion to accept, approved 6-0
d. I recommend acceptance of a check for $3,000.00 from the Horace Mann PCC for In-House Enrichment at HMMS. Motion to accept, approved 6-0
e. I recommend acceptance of a check for $90.33 from the Remington PCC for a nurse for their 8th grade celebration. Motion to accept, approved 6-0
f. I recommend acceptance of a check for $2,800.00 from the Parmenter PCC for supplies. Motion to accept, approved 6-0
a. I recommend acceptance of a check for $102.88 from the Franklin Music Boosters for a nurse for a field trip for the Middle Schools. Motion to accept, approved 6-0
b. I recommend acceptance of a check for $1,000.00 from the Franklin Country Club for the FHS Hall of Fame Award Scholarship. Motion to accept, approved 6-0
c. I recommend acceptance of a flowering magnolia tree, valued at $300.00 raised from donations, planted in the bus loop at the Oak Street Elementary School. Motion to accept, approved 6-0
d. I recommend acceptance of a check for $3,000.00 from the Horace Mann PCC for In-House Enrichment at HMMS. Motion to accept, approved 6-0
e. I recommend acceptance of a check for $90.33 from the Remington PCC for a nurse for their 8th grade celebration. Motion to accept, approved 6-0
f. I recommend acceptance of a check for $2,800.00 from the Parmenter PCC for supplies. Motion to accept, approved 6-0
Live reporting - FHS facility review submitted
The Town submitted the documents today to the MSBA.
The next step is to get the feasibility study signed off on by the MSBA. Then hiring and obtaining the project manager. The MSBA will tell and determine what we can do each step along the way. It will likely be more different than previous building projects.
Cafasso - The project manager is important, he/she takes over the communications with the MSBA.
The next step is to get the feasibility study signed off on by the MSBA. Then hiring and obtaining the project manager. The MSBA will tell and determine what we can do each step along the way. It will likely be more different than previous building projects.
Cafasso - The project manager is important, he/she takes over the communications with the MSBA.
Live reporting - FY 2010 update
53 million was needed as level service, that number never changed.
The other number that never changed was the number we could expect from the Town Council. 50 million never changed.
Approx 3.5 million dollar gap. How we were bridging that gap? What savings or revenues were coming in were changing.
We couldn't predict how many were retiring, etc.
Sabolinski - some of the ways we bridged the gap also did not change. The teachers taking the wage freeze helped to save 23 positions. Some prepayment of special education tuitions ($200,000). Stabilization was cut significantly by the Governor, we got our final number last week ($219,000). Circuit breaker extraordinary relief.
We were able to bring 29 on July 2
We can bring back 21 more now but have not determined the final positions until we meet with the principals.
10 teaching positions, (5 PE/health and 5 librarians) are the total lost this year.
We did lose the one data analyst and the asst principal were lost as well.
The other number that never changed was the number we could expect from the Town Council. 50 million never changed.
Approx 3.5 million dollar gap. How we were bridging that gap? What savings or revenues were coming in were changing.
We couldn't predict how many were retiring, etc.
Sabolinski - some of the ways we bridged the gap also did not change. The teachers taking the wage freeze helped to save 23 positions. Some prepayment of special education tuitions ($200,000). Stabilization was cut significantly by the Governor, we got our final number last week ($219,000). Circuit breaker extraordinary relief.
We were able to bring 29 on July 2
We can bring back 21 more now but have not determined the final positions until we meet with the principals.
10 teaching positions, (5 PE/health and 5 librarians) are the total lost this year.
We did lose the one data analyst and the asst principal were lost as well.
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