Franklin Matters

Friday, January 20, 2012

In the News - Treesavers, NuStyle, Master Plan, Citizens, Green Day

Franklin building again on path to demolition

by Alison McCall/Daily News staff

Franklin's Master Plan Committee is official

by Alison McCall/Daily News staff

Franklin residents needed to serve on new committee

by Alison McCall/Daily News staff

It’s a Green Day for Franklin actor

by R. Scott Reedy/Daily News correspondent

Parking Ban Activated

Parking Ban Active through 5am Monday 01/23/12.

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN

CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN

MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN

MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW

HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW

ENGLAND WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE OR TWO INCHES LIKELY. GIVEN

THE RECENT COLD WEATHER ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND

SLIPPERY QUICKLY. SNOW SHOWERS MAY MIX WITH RAIN ALONG THE SOUTH

COAST INCLUDING CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH PROBABILITY OF ACCUMULATING SNOWS

SATURDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. THERE IS STILL SOME

UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM AND HOW MUCH

COLD AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WITH

WARMER AIR OVER-RUNNING ALOFT. THEREFORE A WINTRY MIX IS ALSO

POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF ICY CONDITIONS FOR LATE SUNDAY INTO

SUNDAY NIGHT. AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS THROUGH THE REGION THERE WILL

BE THE POSSIBILITY FOR A LIGHT MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS

TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AT THE SURFACE WITH WARMER

ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER-RUNNING ALOFT.

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eReader workshop slated at Franklin Library

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eReader workshop slated at Franklin Library

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Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader and more. Do you have a new E-Reader and would like to borrow ebooks from the library? The Franklin Library is offering eReader workshops on Monday, Jan. 23 for Noon, Sony and other readers from 10-11 a.m. and for Kindle from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Wadsworth Diary - Jan 19, 1892

Warm & stormy, most the day, rain. Snowed some this PM, & is this eve. Have felt better to day. Fixed the light xpress wagon some & c & c. Willie not as well to day.

In the 1850s, on a busy working farm in the southern part of Franklin, a man named George Wadsworth started writing in a journal about everyday events. When he filled that journal, he bought another, and filled that up too. Two dozen journals, and 27 years later, he had written about almost everything that can happen in a small New England town. His words were lost to history until 1986, when town resident Gail Lembo came across some of the journals at a yard sale.

From the Franklin Historical Museum website
http://www.franklinhistoricalmuseum.com/p/wadsworth-diaries_30.html

Vera Meyer and the glass harmonica returns

With the realization that the Patriots playoff game would be a conflict with this event, it has been postponed one week to Sunday, Jan 29th.

The Franklin Historic Commission will celebrate Benjamin Franklin’s Birthday by welcoming back Vera Meyer and her Glass Harmonica to the Franklin Historical Museum on Sunday January ~~22nd.~~ 29th

The public is invited to the Museum to enjoy the sounds of this unique instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761. It is based on the idea of simply rubbing a wet finger around the rim of a glass. Vera Meyer plays a variety of compositions on this beautiful glass instrument, some specifically written for it, including works by Mozart and Beethoven.

Ethereal, haunting, mystical and ghostly are just some of the words used to describe the sounds of this rare instrument. Come and hear it for yourself Sunday January 22 during regular museum hours 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Light refreshments will be served in celebration of our town’s namesake’s 306th birthday. The Franklin Historical Museum is located at 80 West Central Street, Franklin.

Jan 24, 2011

The Franklin Historical Museum celebrated Benjamin Franklin's birthday with a musical performance by Vera Meyer on the glass harmonica (invented by Ben in 1761. I'll have a more complete write up on the afternoon during ...

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Franklin Matters: FM #84 - Week Ending Jan 30, 2011

Jan 30, 2011

Those who came by were able to learn from Vera Meyer about the glass harmonica that Ben invented while listening to her play. I hope she is able to come back to the museum in the future. The instrument is special and her ...

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For this one, you can skip ahead to about 9:00 minutes to hear Vera play the glass harmonica

Town Council - 01/18/2012

The collection of posts from the Town Council meeting on Weds, Jan 18, 2012 can be found here

Live reporting - closing

K. TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
Nustyle building was rebid and bids came in under by $60K, should be able to award the contract soon and have the building demolished (finally).

L. OLD BUSINESS
Jones - when will we see department presentations?
Nutting - Feb

M. NEW BUSINESS
Powderly - What is happening with the DelCarte property?
Nutting - as the engineers work on the plans for fixing the dams, they do have plans to incorporate improvements to the 1.5 acres where the house was.

N. COUNCIL COMMENTS
Bissanti - kudos to Mr Mercer for the presentation to the community the other night. Kudos as well to Michael Doherty for pulling together the meeting on this topic.

Mercer - The Building Committee will be meeting the MSBA on Jan 25th and with an approval we will be back here on Feb 1.

O. EXECUTIVE SESSION – not required

P. ADJOURN
motion to adjourn, passed 9-0