Tri-County plans annual spring for students auction
byFranklin, MA
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
"He took great pride in the entire athletic program"
... the school district will ensure Leone isn't forgotten by naming the away-side press box at Franklin High School in his honor. The press box above the home bleachers is named after public address announcer John Padula.
"The stories we've heard from over the years recounted what a great coach he was and how many lives he changed," School Committee Chairman Jeffrey Roy said. "We like to honor those types of people and thought it was tremendously appropriate to honor his name and somehow relate it with our football program."
The School Committee approved the recognition at a recent meeting and Roy said school officials hope to hold a ceremony at a home football game in the fall.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News:
Franklin to name press box for former coach Jerry Leone
Other action items from the Feb 15th School Committee meeting can be found here:
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/02/live-reporting-action-items.html
The full set of notes reported live from the meeting can be found here
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/02/school-committee-021511.html
Franklin, MA
Looking for the Class of 1961
If life for the Class of 1961 has been topsy-turvy since graduation, I would not be surprised. 1961 was a special year. As wikipedia points out MAD Magazine's March 1961 issue announced that
If you know of anyone in the Class of 1961, please let them know they are welcome to join the Franklin High School Graduation of 2011 as honored guests.
June 3, 2011 will be Graduation Day.
There will be a reception at 3:00 PM at the high school. The Class of 1961 will then process into the graduation with the Class of 2011.
You can call 508-553-4814 for more information.
Franklin, MA
this was the first "upside-up" year—i.e., one in which the numerals that form the year look the same as when the numerals are rotated upside down—since 1881, and the last until 6009
If you know of anyone in the Class of 1961, please let them know they are welcome to join the Franklin High School Graduation of 2011 as honored guests.
June 3, 2011 will be Graduation Day.
There will be a reception at 3:00 PM at the high school. The Class of 1961 will then process into the graduation with the Class of 2011.
You can call 508-553-4814 for more information.
Franklin, MA
Monday, February 21, 2011
X marks the spot
Running early one morning, I was startled to see a large X marking the sky over the Parmenter School. Such an opportunity was not to be passed up. I did stop and find the best view point for a quick photo. Then resumed running.
Franklin, MA
Franklin, MA
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Dona's Tailoring
Dona's Tailoring has moved to Dean St. You might still see the sign on Cottage St where they used to be. Why the landlord won't allow a sign redirecting folks to the new location is another topic for another day.
They are now located at 19 Dean Ave. Just behind Dean Bank. A block down from the Post Office.
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You can visit their place page on Google for additional info here
Updated: I realized late on Sunday that I left out the prime reason for creating this post. I had taken my dry cleaning to DryClean Pros and asked if they could repair a zipper for an athletic jacket I had. They couldn't but referred me to Dona's Tailoring. I remembered having seen it along Cottage St and found where it used to be easily enough. It was no longer there. Searching on the web gave me lots of links to their old address and finally one link had a comment that said they had moved. The next Saturday, I managed to get there while it was open and leave the jacket for repair. Dona told me the story about the landlord refusing to allow the re-direction sign. A couple of weeks later (only due to my schedule) I returned to pick it up. I should also note that I did return to DryClean Pros to let them know of the address change. They appreciated the update.
Small businesses need to be aware of how they are found on the web. There are so many directory services it may seem to be a full time job to track them down and make the changes.
What is the alternative? Incorrect information will send your potential customers to the competition! Take one directory at a time, fix it, then get on to the next. Eventually, all the info will be correct and your customers will find you.
Franklin, MA
They are now located at 19 Dean Ave. Just behind Dean Bank. A block down from the Post Office.
View Larger Map
You can visit their place page on Google for additional info here
Updated: I realized late on Sunday that I left out the prime reason for creating this post. I had taken my dry cleaning to DryClean Pros and asked if they could repair a zipper for an athletic jacket I had. They couldn't but referred me to Dona's Tailoring. I remembered having seen it along Cottage St and found where it used to be easily enough. It was no longer there. Searching on the web gave me lots of links to their old address and finally one link had a comment that said they had moved. The next Saturday, I managed to get there while it was open and leave the jacket for repair. Dona told me the story about the landlord refusing to allow the re-direction sign. A couple of weeks later (only due to my schedule) I returned to pick it up. I should also note that I did return to DryClean Pros to let them know of the address change. They appreciated the update.
Small businesses need to be aware of how they are found on the web. There are so many directory services it may seem to be a full time job to track them down and make the changes.
What is the alternative? Incorrect information will send your potential customers to the competition! Take one directory at a time, fix it, then get on to the next. Eventually, all the info will be correct and your customers will find you.
Franklin, MA
Finding compassion
On the train of thought around the words we use and how we use them, this talk by Krista Trippett makes some compelling points about compassion.
Krista talks at point about this remarkable observation from Matthew Sanford:
Franklin's charter was updated recently to bring some of the language to a more appropriate usage for today. I do believe we need to remember the values and virtues that Einstein remind us to use more not less.
We are members of a commonwealth. We need to help each other, together we can do more than survive. Divided we won't stand a chance.
Franklin, MA
Krista talks at point about this remarkable observation from Matthew Sanford:
"He says that he has yet to experience someone who became more aware of their body in all its frailty and all its grace without at the same time becoming more compassionate towards all of life."Later in the talk she shares some insights from Albert Einstein including:
"... He foresaw that as we grow more modern and technologically advanced, we need the virtues our traditions carried forward in time more, not less."
Franklin's charter was updated recently to bring some of the language to a more appropriate usage for today. I do believe we need to remember the values and virtues that Einstein remind us to use more not less.
We are members of a commonwealth. We need to help each other, together we can do more than survive. Divided we won't stand a chance.
Franklin, MA
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