"Franklin's pretty pro-active"

"The problem is, mankind has created a bunch of impervious areas. Water used to land on grass and work its way into the ground, but asphalt doesn't allow it to seep into the ground, and pollutants like antifreeze washes into streams and rivers," Cantoreggi said.

The new system, located next to the police station on Panther Way, will capture stormwater from places such as Highwood Drive and the police station parking lot, and treat the water before it goes into a stream, said Rich Niles, project manager with Comprehensive Environmental of Marlborough, the firm hired for the project design and permitting.

Read the article about the latest effort to treat stormwater before it goes to the Charles River in the MIlford Daily News here

"soccer balls and monetary donations are still needed"

"We're both soccer players, so we knew this would be something we were both interested in," Katinas said. "We decided to make it as a community service project because we get to work with children with special needs and they don't have many opportunities like this."

The camp, which is part of the Franklin Soccer School, will be held at Carpe Diem Field in Franklin from Aug. 3 to 6 from 5 to 6 p.m. for children ages 6 to 14.

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For more information on the Summer Challenger Soccer Camp, visit Franklinsoccerschool.com/capstone.html or e-mail Frongillo and Katinas at Info@franklinsoccerschool.com.

Read the full artcile about this summer project in the Milford Daily News here

Tinkering with Imagination

J K Rowling said in her address at the Harvard Commencement in 2008:

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared.

Gever Tulley builds upon the imagination that kids have in his Tinkering School.



Do you let your kids tinker?

How do you feed your imagination?

"stronger sales can be attributed to better values"

Matthew Kelly, a Franklin real estate agent who owns and runs Team Kelly with Re/Max, speculated that Franklin is rebounding well because it's a family town with top-rated schools and is "a commuter's dream."

"I call Franklin a blue-chip town," said Kelly, pointing out its access to commuter rail and its reasonable driving distances to Boston, Providence, the Cape and two airports.

Read the full article about the area's real estate market in the Milford Daily News here.

There are a number of other local blogs covering real estate in Franklin.

Century 21 realtor Warren Reynolds writes on his blog 02038.com and posted this update: Video on Franklin Real Estate Market

Kathy Stankard, a Re/Max realtor, has her own blog with frequent updates Franklin Massachusetts Homes Blog

"Everyone is so supportive, it's just amazing,"

On Saturday and Sunday, the Pearls and about 20 teammates, including Franklin Town Administrator Jeffrey D. Nutting, Franklin School Committee Chairman Jeffrey Roy and School Committee member Susan Rohrbach, will ride for Emily.

Ethan Pearl will trek 48 miles in the "Teen Stride," and his mother will ride 182 miles, from Sturbridge to Bourne, and then from Bourne to Wellesley.

Read the full article about the Pan Mass Challenge in the MIlford Daily News here

The Pan Mass Challenge will be held this weekend. If you have not already contributed to someone doing a ride, please consider doing so. There are hundreds of worthy stories similar to Emily's.

To donate to Ethan Pearl's ride, logon to https://www.pmc.org/egifts/default.asp?Add=EP0070,

for Michele Pearl, https://www.pmc.org/egifts/default.asp?Add=MP0164 ,

for Jeff Roy, https://www.pmc.org/egifts/default.asp?Add=JR0142

for Jeff Nutting, https://www.pmc.org/egifts/default.asp?Add=JN0077

for Sue Rohrbach, https://www.pmc.org/egifts/default.asp?Add=SR0109

or you could write a check out to PMC and mail to the Pearl Family, 383 Lincoln St., Franklin.

Note: when you follow the links above to each rider's page, it may look like you have to re-select the rider. The links did work when I tested them. Just click on the "Sponsor one rider with one donation" and then "Search for a person by Name" and that individual should be already selected for you.

In the worst case, you can re-select the individual by name or by rider ID. The rider ID is the two letters and four numbers after the "Add=" shown above.

Franklin: Wachusett St closed

Franklin: Wachusett closed for construction betw North Park and King today, originally uploaded by shersteve.

for construction between North Park and King today. Tuesday 7/28/09.

"changes with a net-zero effect on the budget"

It still functions as a library, but it's very much a technology focus now," said Principal Peter Light.

"One of the big pushes we've tried to make is to bring Franklin High up to date with technology. We're not only behind other schools in the state, but we're behind other schools in the district," Light said.

This part of the transformation of the FHS Library as discussed last week at the School Committee meeting. Principal Peter Light reviewed this and a number of other changes coming to the high school this September.

You can continue to read today's article in the Milford Daily News here.

You can wait until several days after the School Committee meeting to read about what happened or subscribe to Franklin Matters and obtain the information as it is published during the meeting.