FSPA presents Shakespeare on the Town Common, plus

The Third Annual Whatever Theatre Festival

Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) is pleased to announce that the Third Annual Whatever Theater Festival will take place from Wednesday, August 4through Saturday, August 7, 2010. The Festival’s events include Shakespeare on the Common, a medley of one-act plays, The Game Show of Game Shows, and a hilarious and entertaining Soiree.

The Festival’s medley of one-act plays will be presented at Franklin School for the Performing Arts, 38 Main Street, Franklin on Wednesday evening, August 4th at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday afternoon, August 7th at 3:00 p.m. The wonderful collection of short plays ranges from silly and strange to mysterious and thought provoking.

The Festival will feature Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night on Thursday, August 5th and Friday, August 6th at 8:00 p.m. The play will be staged on The Franklin Town Common and is free to the public.

The cast also will perform The Game Show of Game Shows on Saturday, August 7th at 7 p.m. at The School on 38 Main Street in Franklin.

To conclude the Whatever Theater Festival, the cast will present a Soiree on Saturday, August 7th at 9:00 p.m., also at The School. Guaranteed to be a night full of laughter, the Soiree features both prepared and improvisational pieces. Past soiree numbers have ranged from song and dance numbers to hula-hoop acts!

The box office for the Whatever Theater Festival can be reached at (508)-528-8668. There will be no charge for the Shakespeare performances on the Franklin Town Common. Tickets for the other performances are $10 for adults and $5 for students at the door.



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In the News - rain gardens

Garden to clean stormwater in Franklin

by Ashley Studley/Daily News staff


Additional information on the Charles River clean up can be found here:
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2010/06/costs-of-charles-river-cleanup.html


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Franklin, MA: Traffic Alert

Chestnut Street, from E Central Street (Rt 140) to Jordan Road will be closed to through traffic on Wednesday August 4 2010 from 7am to 4pm.




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Franklin, MA: Police alert - injured officer status

I saw helicopters circling above i495 earlier today and couldn't find out what was up. Now this Franklin Police alert fills in the details.

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On Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 11:30 am Franklin Police Officers responded to a report of a police officer that had been struck by a motor vehicle while on paid detail duty at the intersections of King Street and Route 495 in Franklin. The suspect vehicle described by witnesses as a small red car fled the scene leaving the officer, 25 year police veteran Edward Clifford on the roadway. Franklin Firefighters were luckily on scene and immediately rendered first aid to Officer Clifford. Clifford was transported by Franklin Fire to the Milford Whitinsville Regional Hospital for injuries suffered. His condition is good as he was released and is recovering at this time at home.

Witness accounts of the accident and subsequent investigation resulted in the arrest of Ari C. Cunard, age 25 of 301 Union Street apartment 220 in Franklin for the offenses of Leaving the Scene of a Personal Injury Accident and Operating a Motor Vehicle so as to Endanger the Lives and Safety of the Public. Cunard was located at her home address and subsequent to questioning by Franklin Police Officers admitted to having been the operator of the suspect motor vehicle, a 2006 Red Chevrolet Cobalt Massachusetts registration 698ES6. The suspect vehicle was located in the rear parking area of 301 Union Street where Ari Cunard resides. Ari Cunard was booked for the above listed offenses and held in the Franklin Station until released on bail for appearance in the Wrentham District Court on Wednesday the 4th of August.

Updated: 8/8/10
Boston Herald says Ari has a record:
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100806alleged_hit-run_driver_busted_twice_at_hotels/

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Note: The police officers working on details are working on their own personal time earning extra money and money for Franklin. Franklin charges the contractors for the detail services which covers the cost of the police officers time, plus. This information has been confirmed in prior budget meeting discussions with police and town personnel.


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Information Sessions Regarding Franklin Residually Designated Discharges

Information Sessions Regarding Franklin Residually Designated Discharges The United Regional Chamber of Commerce and the 495 MetroWest Partnership invites you to an information session at which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will provide information on the "Draft General Permit for Residually Designated Discharges in Bellingham, Franklin, and Milford." In light of the comment period being extended to Sept. 30, the 495/MetroWest Partnership and The United Regional Chamber have been working with the EPA to use this opportunity for further outreach and education for the affected parties. The first of these information sessions is being held on Tues., Aug. 3 at 10 a.m. at Dean College in Franklin in the Alden Center at 85 Main St. Parking is available in the Dean Hall Parking Lot. The second session is scheduled for Wed., Aug. 18 at 3 p.m. in the Arcand Meeting Room at Bellingham Municipal Center, located at 10 Mechanic St., Bellingham. The third session will be held on Thurs., Aug. 26 at 10 a.m. in the Physician's Conference Room at the Milford Regional Medical Center, located at 14 Prospect St., Milford. Free parking is available at the Cancer Center, directly across the street from the Hospital, on Prospect Street. These meetings offer an opportunity for constructive dialogue on the details of the draft permit. EPA officials will offer a presentation, followed by Q&A. This is not a public hearing but an informational meeting to gather more details about the draft permit and to have your questions/concerns heard by the EPA. For further details and background information on the draft permit visit:http://www.epa.gov/region1/npdes/charlesriver/index.html. If you have specific comments/concerns on the draft permit that you would like to submit formally, for the record, they must be sent in writing by Sept. 30 to the EPA at:                         Mark Voorhees                         Office of Ecosystem Protection                         US EPA Region 1                         5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Mail Code OEP06-4                         Boston, MA 02109-3912                        Voorhees.mark@epa.gov Who should attend? Property owners in the affected communities who have either received a letter/Notice of Residual Designation from the EPA or have 2 or more acres of impervious surface (rooftops, parking lots). Why should you attend? Once the draft permit is finalized, affected property owners will be required to obtain an authorization to discharge stormwater and reduce phosphorous levels in those discharges by implementing Best Management Practices (BMP's - both non-structural and structural) and/or participating in a Certified Municipal Phosphorous Program (CMPP). Learn more about who is affected, what will need to be done to be in compliance, and what the timelines are. Please send specific questions that you would like addressed at these meetings in advance to Mark Voorhees, at voorhees.mark@epa.gov.  Also, please RSVP to Mark Voorhees and indicate which meeting you are planning on attending.

Plans for schools advance

 

 

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Plans for schools advance

via Boston Globe -- Globe West by Rachel Lebeaux, Globe Correspondent on 7/31/10

As the new school year approaches, officials in Franklin and Medway are on the verge of hiring architects for longstanding school renovation and repair efforts, and are moving closer to asking voters to approve property-tax increases to pay for the projects.



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Municipal Relief Bill enacted

The major item of interest here is the unfunded liability for the pensions that Franklin (and every other community) has to address. The deadline for having a fully funded plan has been extended to 2040.

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Municipal Relief Bill enacted

via Commonwealth Conversations: Revenue by Robert Bliss on 7/29/10

Earlier this week, Gov. Deval Patrick signed with an Energency Preamble the new Municipal Relief law . The preamble allows the provisions of the law to take immediate effect.
Highlights of the law, formally titled An Act Relative to Municipal Relief, include:

-- Allowing cities and towns to extend their pension funding schedules out to 2040, rather than meeting the previous deadline of 2030 which seemed all but impossible given unprecedented asset losses from the stock market decline of 2008;

-- Giving communities more flexibility in their borrowing by allowing the financing of projects over a term matching the asset's useful life up to 30 years;

-- Permits communities to adopt a limited early retirement program;

-- As noted in City and Town article of July 22, "Certification Year Reshuffle," restructures the schedule for triennial property tax recertifications.

There is much more in the new law, including changes in bidding, intermunicipal agreements, and provisions to stimulate regionalization and shared services. 

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