Wednesday, November 23, 2011

In the News - tree lighting, Tri-County library



Franklin tree lighting set




Franklin's Tri-County library dedicated to retired superintendent

Downtown Partnership - Holiday Stroll



3rd Annual Holiday Stroll Happenings

A Cut Above: Hot cocoa and cookies, 10% off Strawberry Patch jewelry and gift cards

Allied Chiropractic & Whole Health Center: Free chair massage and chiropractic evaluation.  Visit us outside Rockland Trust.

Berry Insurance:  Holiday Happenings with WODS-FM 103.3, Boston’s Holiday Music Station

Confidence Beads:  Discounts on a unique and meaningful gift.  Visit us outside Dean Bank.

Crossway Church:  Snack bags. Visit us at the Berry Insurance parking lot.

Dean Bank: Gingerbread men cookie decorating

Dean College: 4:00pm tree lighting, caroling and holiday snacks

Digital Credit Union: Glow necklaces/sticks for children at the Mobile Branch. Visit us at the Simon’s parking lot.

Franklin Art Center: Local art exhibition and sale, ornament craft for children, free art class raffle, and
evening band exhibition

Franklin Boston Sports Club: Fitness contests and demos, Scooby Doo appearance, free 1-week gym membership. See us at Jane’s Frames.

Franklin Dance Workshop: Holiday entertainment 5:00pm at Simon’s Furniture parking lot

Franklin Federated Church: Project International. Visit us at the Berry Insurance parking lot.

Franklin Fire Department: Holiday Fire Safety Tips

Franklin Food Pantry: Open House and Franklin Food Elves donation drive kick off for “1,200 Pounds of Food and $1,200 in 12 Days

Franklin Girl Scouts: Crafts for strolling kids. Visit us at the Berry Insurance parking lot.

Franklin Historical Museum: Meet Mrs. Claus, Busy Bees craft sale, browse through Franklin history

Franklin School for the Performing Arts: Singing, crafts with the elves at Santa’s Workshop

Grandma Jen’s Crafts: Scarves, blankets and other hand crafted items. Visit us at the corner of Summer and East Central Street.

H&R Block:  Free giveaways and refreshments

Jane’s Frames:  Cider, live music, drawing for framed NE Patriots Sports Panoramic Print, Wish List sign-ups, check out Boston Sports Club at Jane’s Frames.

Mary Kay: Product samples, pampering gift basket drawing.  Visit us at H&R Block.

Printsmart: Free candy cane pens.  Check out The Cake Bar at Printsmart.

Rick’s Restaurant: Choose either a complimentary cup of Rick’s award winning chowder or a small dish of Brigham’s ice cream with the purchase of any adult entrĂ©e

SELF Aesthetics and Therapeutics Specialists: Free chair massage, hot cocoa and a holiday treat, tour of facility

Simon’s Furniture:  Meet Santa from 5-7pm

The Cake Bar: Fabulous cupcake sale.  See us at Printsmart.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

High School Project - Part 5 (audio)


The fifth segment of 8 recorded from the School Building Committee forum on the new high school held on Nov 17, 2011.

Time: 19 minutes, 17 seconds



MP3 File

Show Notes

This internet radio show or podcast is number 97 in the series for Franklin Matters.

This is the fifth of a series of 8 audio segments recorded during the informational session on the new high school. The forum was conducted by the School Building Committee and held at the Horace Mann Auditorium on Thursday, Nov 17, 2011.

This fifth segment continues the Question and Answer period with Tom Mercer (School Building Committee Chair), Jim Jordan (partner and owner of Ai3 Architects) and Sean Fennell (Project Manager) providing answers. Ed Cafasso, a member of the School Building Committee, chimes in to talk about the communication process.

The questions covered during this segment

  • What is the scale of savings talked about for energy rebates?
  • What is the cost of designing a green building?
  • How do we package this building to sell it well?
  • Do you have the numbers on what the total cost would be?
  • Is the Remington/Jefferson debt exclusion coming off the books around the same time?
  • Does anyone have statistics on house valuations for districts with good schools?
  • Does the tax figure include the reimbursements?
Without further ado, here is the recording from Thursday evening Nov 17th

(audio)

Be sure to listen to the other parts of the series:

Part 1 – introduction and evolution of model school invitation
Part 2 - Jim Jordan, partner and owner of Ai3 Architects provides an overview of the building
Part 3 – Q and A: educational space and construction cost
Part 4 – Q and A: various project costs and overall process

Part 6 – Q and A
Part 7 – Q and A
Part 8 – Q and A and closing

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While this podcast is my public service effort for Franklin. I can use your help. How can you help, you ask?

If you like this, please tell your friends and neighbors
If you don't like this, please let me know.

This feedback loop is important. Thank you for listening.

For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com

The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark &Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission

I hope you enjoy!

High School Project - Part 6 (audio)

This is part 6 of 8 from the School Building Committee Information Forum on the new high school project held Nov 17,2011

Time: 18 minutes, 37 seconds




MP3 File

Show Notes:

This internet radio show or podcast is number 98 in the series for Franklin Matters.

This is the sixth of a series of 8 audio segments recorded during the informational session on the new high school. The forum was conducted by the School Building Committee and held at the Horace Mann Auditorium on Thursday, Nov 17, 2011.

This sixth segment continues the Question and Answer period with Tom Mercer (School Building Committee Chair), Jim Jordan (partner and owner of Ai3 Architects) and Sean Fennell (Project Manager) providing answers. School Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski joins the conversation to provide some key answers (for example on the cluster model and visioning process and how the high school education can lead to better vocational choices).

The questions covered during this segment
  • Where will they play while the fields are being used to build the school?
  • The new fields, will they be seed or turf?
  • In your campaign, how are you approaching those without school age children?
  • You seemed to have been surprised about the cluster arrangement, if we are designing a building can we validate that this is a good thing to do?
Without further ado, here is the recording from Thursday evening Nov 17th

(audio)

Be sure to listen to the other parts of the series:

Part 1 – introduction and evolution of model school invitation
Part 2 - Jim Jordan, partner and owner of Ai3 Architects provides an overview of the building
Part 3 – Q and A: educational space and construction cost
Part 4 – Q and A: various project costs and overall process
Part 5 – Q and A; cost of designing a green building and debt exclusion timing

Part 7 – Q and A
Part 8 – Q and A and closing

---- ---- ----

While this podcast is my public service effort for Franklin. I can use your help. How can you help, you ask?

If you like this, please tell your friends and neighbors
If you don't like this, please let me know.

This feedback loop is important. Thank you for listening.

For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com


The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark &Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission

I hope you enjoy!

In the News - turkey dinner, winter concert



Thanksgiving dinner taking a bigger toll on pocketbooks this year

In the News - toy collection, home invasion, service award



Franklin police collecting toys, coats for those in need


Franklin cops still looking for home invasion suspects

St. John’s Episcopal Church Christmas Fair – December 3rd


St. John’s Annual Christmas Fair will take place on Saturday, December 3rd from 9am to 3pm at 237 Pleasant Street in Franklin, MA. Shop for Christmas gifts at our craft tables offering beautiful items, many handmade by the parishioners. A wide variety of themed gift baskets will be available, wrapped and ready to go!

 Save yourself some baking time by taking advantage of our cookie walk. Select a box size and fill it with a wide variety of homemade Christmas cookies. Or choose bakery items from our “freeze to go” area.

Sit and relax while you enjoy hot soups and stews available at our snack bar and try a sweet from our fancy pastry table. Early Shoppers can enjoy breakfast items, such as quiche and cinnamon rolls. We’ll have many raffle items as well as an amazing silent auction, featuring a quilt by the Yankee Quilters!

The Children’s area will feature games, make and take ornaments, face painting, special snacks and more! Santa will be available for pictures from 11-1.

Don’t miss this great church fair!


Annual Christmas Fair Flyer-2011



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