5k Run/Walk
$20 / adult ($25 after 9/26)
Ways to register: runforbob.org or hockymca.org
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From: "TOWN OF FRANKLIN"
Date: Sep 22, 2011 7:08 PM
Subject: EEE September 2011
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Hello. This is a public Health Alert from the Franklin Health Department. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has found bird-biting mosquitoes infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis in the Broad Street area of Medway. Triple-E is a serious virus with a very high mortality rate.
Although no EEE has been found in Franklin yet this season, residents in North Franklin along the Medway border should take all steps necessary to avoid mosquito bites. If you have questions regarding this alert, please contact the Franklin Health Department at 508-520-4905. Thank you, good night.
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1 - Tell me a bit about yourself, your family and your life here in Franklin?If you have some questions you'd like to ask, I’d like to hear them. Send me an email or leave a comment here.
2 - What experience or background will help you to serve in this role? or What do you think makes you a good candidate to fulfill this role?
3 - What do you see as your role’s biggest challenge and do you have any suggestions on how we can resolve it?
Launching this year's "We Don't Serve Teens" campaign, the FTC and a coalition of private and public groups have materials available for businesses, parents, and others that support the legal drinking age of 21. If you're an alcohol retailer — or have clients in the industry — you know that underage alcohol sales are illegal. But how can store owners and managers build compliance into the day-to-day operation of their business? Here are some tips from the FTC:
1. Create and maintain a written policy that lists steps your staff has to take for every alcohol sales transaction. Subjects to cover: when an ID check needs to be done, what a valid ID looks like, and when — and how — to refuse a sale.
2. Train all managers and staff on your alcohol sales policy. The best training includes role-playing on how to ask for an ID and how to deny a sale in a non-confrontational manner.
3. Use tools that make it easy. Program cash registers to recognize alcohol sales and prompt cashiers to require ID. If electronic ID verification isn't possible, use a specialty calendar showing birth dates eligible to buy.
4. Monitor staff conduct through review of point-of-sale videos and private "mystery shopper" inspections.
5. Keep records that show training dates, unusual occurrences, and the results of compliance checks. Use these records during employee reviews to prevent recurring problems — and to give credit to employees that follow company policies.
6. Communicate with the public. Alcohol retailers help their communities when they post information about the legal purchase age and the importance of preventing teen access to alcohol. Free signs in English and Spanish about the legal drinking age are available from the FTC's bulk order site.
7. Looking for more information? Visit the Don't Serve Teens site and bookmark the BCP Business Center page for members of the alcohol industry.
Candidates who have not returned their papers have until today at 4 p.m. to drop them off at the clerk's office to be certified.
All nine Town Council seats and all seven school board posts are up for grabs every two years.
Because some people have not yet returned their papers, there isn't yet a race for School Committee, but there are 11 people who have taken out nomination papers for the board.
Incumbents Cynthia Douglas, Susan Rohrbach, Edward Cafasso and Paula Mullen, along with newcomer Sean Donahue, have all returned their papers and are therefore the five confirmed candidates.
Pamela McIntyre, Cora Armenio, Mary Peterson, and John Jewell, chairman of the Republican Town Committee, as well as incumbents Roberta Trahan and William Glynn have taken out, but not yet returned, papers for School Committee.
P - Paper ProductsThese items will be distributed to the Friends of Franklin, Franklin Food Pantry, Animal Shelters, etc.
A - Animal Products
T - Toiletries
S - Stuffed Animals
We are having a day at the 99 Restaurant. David Camilleri, the Franklin's 99's general manager, has set it up that if a person or a group brings in the Kennedy Voucher, 15% of their bill will go toward the Kennedy Playground Fund. Usually they only do 4pm to 9pm but extended it to 11am to 10pm so people can come early for lunch or for a late dinner.
The details are
Location: 99 Restaurant, Franklin Ma
Date: Wednesday, Sept 28th
Time : 11am to 10pm
15% of a person's bill goes toward the Kennedy Playground Fund
Vouchers can be downloaded and printed from our website - www.KennedyPlayground.com
Williams worked his way through the ranks exclusively in Franklin, an advantage he said he hopes his successor will have.
"It's an advantage for me to be a homegrown boy in that I know the people and the players - knowing what Franklin is, what it has been and what it will be," Williams said.
Williams said his replacement will most importantly have to be connected to and involved with the community, pointing to officers who pay attention to local government decisions, coach school sports, visit senior centers and care about downtown parking problems.
"Those are very key components of having a department that's well-entrenched in the community," Williams said. "The new chief will continue to build those bridges and friendships."
On Saturday, September 17th there will be a used bicycle collection at the Franklin High School parking lot, 218 Oak Street, to benefit charity. The collection runs from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and is sponsored by the Franklin High School RE:Cycles Club to benefit a Boston based charity that provides used bicycles to people in need, in the US and overseas. We are looking for used bike donations as well as money donations to defray the cost of shipping overseas. Bikes Not Bombs, the beneficiaries of the drive, are a 501(c)3 charity, and donors can request a receipt for tax purposes. We are especially in need of adult bikes in reasonable or easily reparable condition. The event will be held, rain or shine.
... councilors voted to raise sewer and water bills by 10 percent each in June of 2012, amounting to about $44 more in sewer bills to the average customer and $60 more in water bills to the average customer in the first year.
The additional money is expected to pay for planned capital improvements to those utilities. The Charles River Pollution Control District requires upgrades to the regional sewer treatment plant, of which Franklin owns 65 percent, said Town Administrator Jeffrey Nutting. On the water end, councilors authorized a $7.5 million bond to improve the water system last year.
Though two years of increases were on the budget for approval, councilors approved both years of sewer, and only the first year of higher water bills.
"I'm really surprised that more people aren't interested in the Town Council and the School Committee," said Town Clerk Deborah Pellegri, a 27-year incumbent who does face a challenger, former Town Councilor Deborah Bartlett. "We've had so much going on. People have been blogging left and right, and I wish some of these people would come forward and run."
Every one of the nine Town Council seats and all seven School Committee seats are available every two years.
The Town Council has only eight candidates who have returned nomination papers so far. Incumbents Glenn Jones, Tina Powderly, Robert Vallee and Judith Pond Pfeffer are running. New hopefuls include School Committee Chairman Jeff Roy, School Building Committee Chairman Thomas Mercer, Robert Dellorco and Juan Ramon Rivera.
Councilors Joseph McGann and Matthew Kelly have taken out but not yet returned nomination papers. At last night's council, McGann, who would be running for his fifth term, said three councilors have asked him not to run because of missed meetings.