Saturday, February 20, 2010

Two more links to share

Two more sites along the hitchhiking trail on the internet that are worth sharing:

1 - The Future of Education
http://www.futureofeducation.com/

This features interviews with leading folks on education. The archive is rich, the schedule outlook is also rich.

2 - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/

This is more than education, it covers all aspects of the web in today's emerging environment. It makes multiple posts during the day (averaging 15 a day per my Google Reader statistics) so it will be quite busy to try and keep up with it.


Previous post:
Hitchhiking amongst Education Resources


Friday, February 19, 2010

Comments are back!

Updated - comments appear to be fixed now. The "fix" did result in loosing a couple of known ones. How many others there were, I don't know and couldn't tell.

My sincere apologies folks, I was not intentionally ignoring you. I wasn't aware that you made an effort to comment. The blog comment totals did not show any activity.

I'll leave the default Blogger comments enabled for the remainder of this week before implementing another comment service.

Thanks for your patience and understanding!

Steve

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I just discovered a few comments on some recent posts that I was not notified of.


My sincere apologies folks, I was not intentionally ignoring you. I wasn't aware that you made an effort to comment. The blog comment totals did not show any activity.


I need to research and fix the template to avoid this in the future.


In the meantime, if you would like to comment, please send me an email. I do get and respond to those.


I will let you know when the comments are "fixed"!


Thanks for your patience and understanding!


Doughboy playing at snowboy

The morning after the snow storm, the Town Common was freshly coated with snow glistening in the sunrise.



From the backside



In the News - Pulaski Blvd

The DPW announced today the Pulaski Boulevard reconstruction project continues to stay on course with the project bid being awarded to J.H. Lynch & Sons of Cumberland, R.I.
Last month, J.H. Lynch & Sons made an approximate $8.5 million bid on the project, well below the engineers’ estimate of $11 million.
According to the DPW, the construction plan from J.H. Lynch will likely come in at the end of February and the town will have the ability to make suggestions and modifications if needed.
The estimated two year project plans to rebuild 2.3 miles of Pulaski Boulevard, spanning from the Franklin town line to Orchard Street, including work at the Crooks Corner, Lake Street and Center Street intersections.

Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here

Pulaski Boulevard construction project on track






Thursday, February 18, 2010

In the News - stimulus money for solar

Franklin will receive around $99,000 in funding for a similar solar system at Parmenter Elementary School.

Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x925448837/Bellingham-Franklin-get-stimulus-money-for-energy-projects


In the News - Franklin Wrestling champs!

The Panthers won the Division 2 championship last year and moved up to Division 1 this year. The result was no different. Last night, Franklin claimed the Div. 1 championship with a 38-20 victory over Springfield Central at Marlborough High.
"It feels better than last year because (Division 1) is supposedly all the top teams," said senior Dan Telhada, who had a key pin at 145 pounds. "Now we're champs in both. It doesn't get any better."
"We have a great group of seniors that go out with a big bang winning Division 1 and Division 2 state titles in their careers," Franklin coach Carmine Colace said. "You couldn't ask for anything more."
 Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
http://www.milforddailynews.com/features/x590377987/Franklin-38-Springfield-Central-20-Double-take


Spilka and Vallee to Hold Office Hours in Franklin; Fri - Feb 19

Senator Karen Spilka to Hold Office Hours in Franklin

Join Senator Spilka and Puja Mehta, Senator Spilka's District and Constituent Services Director, for coffee and conversation.  They will update constituents on the latest news and events, and answer any questions you may have.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Franklin: Elizabeth's Bagels and More
10:00 a.m -11:00 a.m.
456 West Central Street, Franklin

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Rep. James Vallee, D-Franklin, will hold walk-in office hours on Feb. 19 in Medway and Franklin.

Vallee or a member of his staff will take visitors at the Medway Town Administrator's office on 155 Village St. from 9 to 10 a.m.

From 10:30-11:30 a.m., he or a staff member will be at his Franklin office at 4 West St.

He and his staff may be reached at 617-722-2600 or Rep.JamesVallee@hou.state.ma.us.