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Friday, January 27, 2012

"funds from casinos and the slots go to local aid"

With the talk of casinos possible in the area (Foxborough or Milford), the Milford Daily News reports on a meeting of residents to prepare:

“We need to be able to act quickly, and we need to be able to act in concert,” state Rep. Carolyn Dykema told a packed auditorium at the middle school.

The Holliston Democrat and two other legislators hosted the forum to explain how area communities can protect themselves if a casino lands in their backyards.

Many in the audience wanted to talk about how they don’t want casinos, but organizers steered the discussion toward how towns can cope with them.

“We’d like to talk more about mitigation and less about just say no,” Holliston selectmen Chairman Jay Marsden said.

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x739237137/Focus-among-local-towns-turns-to-dealing-with-casinos#ixzz1keejZRM6

Should Franklin prepare too?

Or wait until there is a definite proposal for a location to respond to?

Dala with Amy Black Feb 4th

The Circle of Friends Coffeehouse is one of Franklin's gems. If you haven't been, please consider going. There are a variety of performances available to choose from each year. This is very reasonably priced for live entertainment. The coffee and desserts are all home made and deliciously decadent! The acoustics are superb.

And when the lights dim on the performer, the trees in the yard appear magically enhanced through the window to create a very memorable effect. When I hear a song on the radio that I have heard performed at the Circle of Friends, I get transported back to that night in an instant! An amazing place to be for live music.

Oh and they do raise money for the Franklin Food Pantry each night that is greatly appreciated!

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262 Chestnut St , Franklin, MA 02038
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DALA with special guest Amy Black Saturday, Feb 4th $20 Jake says, "Don't miss this one!"	Dala
Canadian duo Dala performs at the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse on Saturday, February 4th at 8PM. Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine of Dala have come a long way in a short time. The two best friends, who met in their high school music class and wrote their first song together in 2002, have since become darlings of the Canadian music scene and are now poised to bring their fresh brand of acoustic pop music to the world. DALA has become one of the hottest selling acts in the folk-pop world, selling out concerts wherever they are booked. They won the coveted Canadian Folk Music Award for "Best Vocal Group" and were nominated for a Juno, Canada's Grammy. Last year they were featured in a PBS special "Girls from the North Country". According to Exclaim they are "…the angels of folk music. Ethereal, eloquent and downright beautiful, the music they create is faultlessly performed." Drawing upon influences like The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, Dala write songs that are both catchy and insightful. Amanda's ethereal soprano voice blends seamlessly with Sheila's velvety alto, creating the lush harmonies that have become their trademark. The sheer joy with which they perform is infectious, turning first-time listeners into instant fans. http://www.dalagirls.com/
Amy Black	Amy Black opens the show. She lives in Massachusetts but her influences, like her roots, are clearly from below the Mason-Dixon line. Her live performances cover the styles and traditional themes of American music: loving, lying, drinking, dying and going to heaven – but not necessarily that order. She writes and performs her own music and weaves classics by her influences, including Loretta Lynn, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings into her show. http://amyblack.com/
The Circle of Friends Coffeehouse is a non-profit organization affiliated with Franklin's First Universalist Society. Concerts are presented in a smoke free and alcohol free environment at the Society's handicapped accessible Meetinghouse, 262 Chestnut St. in Franklin, and begin at 8:00 PM; doors open at 7:30 PM. Beverages and gourmet desserts will be available. Admission is $20. Please call (508)528-2541 or visit http://www.circlefolk.org/ to purchase tickets or for more information.

UPCOMING SHOWS

		Sat Jan 28 12, 08:00 PM Buskin & Batteau, Trina Hamlin Tickets: $20 Trina Hamlin opens
		Sat Feb 04 12, 08:00 PM Dala, Amy Black Tickets: $20
		Sat Feb 18 12, 08:00 PM Tracy Grammer Tickets: $20 tracy grammer Age Limit: All Ages tracy grammer
		Sat Mar 03 12, 08:00 PM Susan Werner, Rose Cousins Tickets: $20 Rose Cousins opens
		Sat Mar 10 12, 08:00 PM Forever Young Tickets: $20 Neil Young cover Band
		Sat Mar 24 12, 08:00 PM Peter Mulvey Tickets: $20
		Sat Apr 14 12, 08:00 PM Peter Yarrow Tickets: $35
		Sat Apr 28 12, 08:00 PM SONiA & disappear fear Tickets: $20 SONiA and Cindy Get Your Phil!
		Sat May 12 12, 08:00 PM Deborah Henson-Conant Tickets: $25
		Sat Sep 15 12, 08:00 PM Tom Rush
		Sat Nov 03 12, 08:00 PM Pesky J. Nixon Tickets: $20 Co-billing with our dear friends Spuyten Duyvil. This will be the kind of show you remember for months so you better be there!
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Area towns get share of state's unclaimed property

Woo hoo! That's quite the haul Franklin!

Yes, indeed - Franklin gets a total of $882 from this. I am being ironic, of course any dollars help, but realistically this won't go far.

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Area towns get share of state's unclaimed property

via The Milford Daily News News RSS by Staff reports on 1/26/12

Local towns are among the 124 municipalities receiving a share of the unclaimed property money from the State Treasurer's Office.

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Wadsworth Diary - Jan 26, 1892

Clear, but very windy & cold. Seems the coldest yet. chored about, see to the trains & c for Willie. Carried a load of husks for him to E.Taft,(850 lbs.). Willie had a bad night last night, Dr. Hull there to night. Mr. Smith the tin peddler is stopping here to night.

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

In the News - No Name Calling Day

The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter School is one of the schools mentioned in this article:

Local schools stand up to bullying on No Name Calling Day

by Whitney Clearman/Daily News staff

Funding for new Franklin High School approved by state

With the funding approved by the state, the next step will occur at the Town Council meeting on Feb 1. The Town Council will hear this news officially from the School Building Committee and then discuss the amount and date for the debt exclusion vote.

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Funding for new Franklin High School approved by state

via The Milford Daily News News RSS by GateHouse Media, Inc. on 1/25/12

Funding for a new Franklin High School got the go-ahead from the state today.

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New Report: A First Look at the Governor's FY 2013 Budget

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Faced with a large deficit, the Governor proposes to balance the budget largely through cuts and other savings. This is on top of the $3 billion in cuts and savings which have been enacted over the last four years.

The Governor's Proposal does include modest revenue initiatives--among them a proposed increase in the cigarette tax and the end of the sales tax exemption for candy and soda. It also makes use of one-time resources, primarily from the state stabilization fund (the "rainy day fund").

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