Monday, August 1, 2011

Election 2011 - Summary


Election results
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/election-results-nov-8-2011.html

Election results (Town Clerk sheet with counts by precinct)
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/election-results-2011-precinct-totals.html


Election Time Line and info
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/08/franklin-election-details-are-now.html

Offer to Candidates
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/03/offer-to-candidates-for-election.html

Candidate questions
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-would-you-like-to-know.html

_Election Sign - Nov 8


Candidate Interviews
Rich Aucoin answers 3 questions
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/rich-aucoin-answers-3-questions.html

Deborah Bartlett answers 3 questions
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/deborah-bartlett-answers-3-questions.html

Ed Cafasso answers 3 questions
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/ed-cafasso-answers-3-questions.html

Sean Donahue answers 3 questions
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/sean-donahue-answers-3-questions.html

Glenn Jones answers 3 questions
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/glenn-jones-answers-3-questions.html

Tina Powderly answers 3 questions
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/tina-powderly-answers-3-questions.html

Jeffrey Roy answers 3 questions
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/jeffrey-roy-answers-3-questions.html

Candidate Night Summary
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/candidate-night-summary.html

Candidate Night Video clips (each link takes you to that section)


Town Clerk                     Treasurer/Collector

Board of Health                Town Council

School Committee

Note: the Forum was only for the contested positions. The candidates for Constable declined to appear.



Town Council Attendance Chart
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/09/franklin-ma-town-council-attendance.html

Election sign collection (captured with my phone camera while running around town)
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/election-signs.html


Milford Daily News articles

"I feel, why change this now?"

"It isn't something you can do overnight"

The Nov 8th line up confirmed
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/09/november-8-election-line-up.html

The line up gets closer
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/09/ballot-line-up-is-being-confirmed-today.html

Vote Tuesday
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/in-news-vote-tuesday-friends-get.html



Milford Daily News candidate profiles

Constable
Profile of Phillip Brunelli
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/in-news-brunelli-veterans.html

Profile of Charles Delfino
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/in-news-delfino.html


Planning Board
Profile of Greg Ballarino
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/in-news-ballarino-noreaster-schools.html

Profile of William David
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/in-news-david-fire-safety-storm-fallout.html


Town Council
Profile of Judith Pond Pfeffer
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-pfeffer-noreaster.html

Profile of Robert Dellorco
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-dellorco-veterans.html

Profile of Joseph McGann
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-mcgann-donahue.html

Profile of Thomas Mercer
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-mercer-phosphorus.html

Profile of Ronald Calabrese
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-calabrese-historical-museum.html

Profile of Juan Ramon Rivera
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-rivera-bottlecan-drive-comedy.html

Profile of Jeffrey Roy
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-roy.html

Profile of Tina Powderly
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-powderly-flu-clinics-fair.html

Profile of Andrew Bissanti
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-bissanti-couple-reunites.html

Profile of Matt Kelly
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-kelly-fun-run-pantry-donations.html

Profile on Robert Vallee
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-vallee-bottle-drive-bake-sale.html


Board of Health
Profile on Phillip Brunelli
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-brunelli-nclb-local-aid.html

Profile on Richard Aucoin
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-aucoin.html

Profile on Donald Ranieri, Jr
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-ranieri.html


Town Clerk
Profile on Deborah Bartlett
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-bartlett-casino-bill-national.html

Profile on Deborah Pellegri
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-pellegri-scrapbooking.html


Board of Assessors
Profile on Ken Norman
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-norman-film.html

Profile on Vincent Debaggis
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-debaggis-spaghetti-flu.html


Treasurer/Collector
Profile on Mark Denommee
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-denommee-book-sale.html

Profile on Jim Dacey
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-dacey.html


School Committee
Profile on John Jewell
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-tax-bills-jewell-trooper-state.html

Profile on Pamela McIntyre
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-mcintyre-glynn.html

Profile on Cindy Douglas
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-douglas-sabolinski-semerjian.html

Profile on Susan Rohrbach
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-rohrbach-auditions.html

Profile on Paula Mullen
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-mullen-walking.html

Profile on Sean Donahue
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-harvest-festival-gridiron-grit.html

Profile on Roberta Trahan
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-trahan.html

Profile on Ed Cafasso
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/in-news-cafasso-dean-college.html


Candidate websites
(if you know of a candidate website not listed here, please let me know)

Deb Bartlett  -  https://sites.google.com/site/debbartlettfranklinma/

Mark Denommee - www.markdenommee.com  and http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mark-Denommee-TreasurerCollector-Franklin-MA/132051246894946

Sean Donahue - http://donahueforfranklin.com/ and http://www.facebook.com/donahueforfranklin

John Jewell - http://www.jewellforschoolkids.com/

Glenn Jones - http://www.glennfjones.com/intro.htm and http://www.facebook.com/pages/Glenn-Jones-Franklin-Town-Council/199711333421

Tina Powderly - http://www.tinapowderly.com/ and http://www.facebook.com/TinaPowderly

Jeffrey Roy - http://jeffreyroy.com/


Downtown Project - paving progress

On my walk downtown Sunday morning, I took these photos. Depot St looking toward the Municipal parking lot. The train station is down to the right.

Depot St - paving update

Emmons St at the corner of Main St. Dean College is immediately to the left.

Eamons St - paving update

Additional info on the two downtown projects funded by State and Federal money can be found here
http://franklindowntownpartnership.blogspot.com/p/downtown-project.html



"are there enough people who understand the need for a school?"

The Boston Globe West captures the high school building project in part by writing:
The complexity of the current building would make renovations very invasive to the school day, officials said. With 19 different roof lines and walls primarily lined with cinder block, construction workers couldn’t possibly refurbish the school in a discreet manner. 
“We would literally have to rip apart the walls to get to the plumbing,’’ said Sabolinski. 
As the building committee conducted a feasibility study, it discovered that renovations would also prove very costly. In a budget document released to the public in March, the committee revealed that an extensive renovation would cost $97.9 million before state reimbursement. In the same document, the projection for a model school stood at $91.6 million. But the state allocates an additional 5 percent to the total reimbursement of the model school project, which lowers the final town cost to just under $40 million. 
For years the committee debated the renovation-rebuilding quandary, until the scales tipped decidedly last month when the Massachusetts School Building Authority indicated that it would probably invite Franklin to join its model school program. A quasi-independent government agency, the state authority aims to streamline public school building projects throughout the Commonwealth.
You can read the full article here:

In the News - record destruction


Franklin Public Schools to destroy records






Sunday, July 31, 2011

PanMass Challenge: Franklin riders

To help with the fund raising efforts of the Franklin riders for the PanMass Challenge, here are the links to their individual fund raising pages (in alphabet order by last name):

Tim Brightman  http://www.pmc.org/profile/TB0006


Peter Lounsbury - http://www.pmc.org/profile/PL0048


Paul Metcalf  http://www.pmc.org/profile/PM0053


Martin Middelmann  http://www.pmc.org/profile/MM0373


Jeff Nutting   http://www.pmc.org/profile/JN0077


Ethan Pearl  http://www.pmc.org/profile/EP0070


Michele Pearl  http://www.pmc.org/profile/MP0164 


Jeff Roy   http://www.pmc.org/profile/JR0142











If there are other Franklin riders, please let me know and I'll add them here.



PanMass Challenge rides through Franklin Saturday

The Remington Jefferson School complex will be busy Saturday morning. The site is a rest stop on the course for the PanMass Challenge. Hundreds of bike riders will roll through, take a quick break, some refreshments, pose for pictures with friends and family and ride on!


Slide show of photos from 2009:




The site lays out the purpose of the PMC in plain words - "When cyclists register for the PMC, they are signing up for a fundraising mission first and a bike ride second. ... Raising money for cancer research and treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is the core of the PMC mission." 
"We're remaining true to the mission," said Starr. 
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Riders settle into their own methods of raising money. Most send out letters each year, via email and the Postal Service, but their recipients vary from 50 people who give much, to 200 people who give what they can. Some letters are personalized, some are identical form letters. Some have heart-wrenching stories, while others simply remind loyal followers that it's the time of year to give again. 
To donate to any of the riders or teams in the PMC, check pmc.org and plug a name or team into the search bar.


Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/archive/x1764488225/Pan-Mass-Challenge-Finding-funds-for-the-fight#ixzz1TgLc8QXC


To help search for Franklin riders, I have a page set up with the links to their individual fund raising pages.
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/07/panmass-challenge-franklin-riders.html

If there are other Franklin riders, please let me know



"The drug containers work like a mailbox"

Medway and 12 other Norfolk County towns are using the drug containers after Morrissey wrote the county police chiefs in May and asked them to participate in the program. 
Franklin and Wrentham also have the boxes, and about 300,000 people will have access to the containers across the county, Morrissey said. 
Franklin Police Chief Stephen Williams said a container has been at the station for about a month. 
"I think prescription drug abuse is endemic almost everywhere," Williams said. "We're seeing many of our young people become involved in it, and where are they getting the drugs from? From their mom and dad's prescriptions and friends."

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/archive/x633530691/Medway-Franklin-offer-drug-collection-boxes-for-old-pills#ixzz1TgKnHQko