Give Peas a Chance! March 17

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Give Peas a Chance! March 17

via Growing In Franklin by Franklin Community Gardens on 2/15/12

Franklin Community Garden

Spring Celebration 

and

 Pea Planting Demonstration

Saturday, March 17th

@ 10 a.m.

Cost: Free

Location:

King Street Memorial Community Garden

located at King Street Memorial Park in Franklin

Sponsored by:

The Friends of Franklin Community Gardens, Inc

All are welcome to attend!

The Friends of Franklin Community Gardens will celebrate the beginning of the 2012 spring season by hosting a Pea Planting demonstration at King Street Memorial Community Garden on Saturday, March 17th beginning at 10 AM (weather permitting). 

March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, is the traditional day in New England to plant spring peas.  Free seeds will be available while supplies last. 

Garden Coordinator Chris Clay will lead this educational event. Learn about pea types, planting requirements, trellising options, and more.

Get your garden off to an early start by planting a spring crop of fresh sugar snap, snow, or shell peas this year

 Give Peas a Chance!

Rain date: Sunday, March 18

 www.franklincommunitygardens.org

Contact: Chris Clay @ hakai2@gmail.com  

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Soccer for Smiles: 3v3 February vacation soccer tournament in Franklin

Hello,
I hope you don't mind this email but we are trying to spread the word to get more players and teams for this fun tournament for local charity.  Please pass this along to any soccer players that you know in grades 1 through 12   ...

People in our own community need our help to put smiles on their faces! 
Help us raise money for the RANDOM SMILE PROJECT and Team Isabella.

Come help others and have some fun!
Soccer for Smiles Tournament
February 21^st and 22^nd  

Registration and information at:  http://www.franklinsoccerschool.com/tournament 

• Join us at Carpe Diem Field on 34 Saxon Street in Franklin, MA, for a 3 vs. 3 soccer tournament on Tuesday, February 21  (for girls) and Wednesday, February 22  (for boys) .
• The primary beneficiary will be the Random Smile Project  (http://www.randomsmile.org ), an organization that helps people in need right in our own neighborhoods.
• A portion of the proceeds will also be donated to Team Isabella (http://team-isabella.org/), founded for Isabella, a 5-year-old girl who is still recovering from an infection that caused severe brain damage a year ago. She was soccer player in FYSA and Franklin Soccer School.
• Register a team with any of your friends (3-4 players) or sign up individually and we will place you on a team
• $100 donation for every team or a $25 donation if you register individually
• Anyone in grades 1 – 12 are eligible to play.
• All teams will play in a round-robin style tournament within a 2 hour time frame 
• Tentative schedule can be seen at:  http://www.franklinsoccerschool.com/tournament
• For more info email tournament@franklinsoccerschool.com    

"since at least the beginning of the year"

“We believe that granting certification based solely on the amount of funding level rather than the level of services penalizes our efforts to effectively and efficiently utilize resources,” Cynthia Dobrzynski, chairwoman of the Franklin Library Board of Directors, told Town Councilors at their meeting last night. 

Dobrzynski pointed out that hours and services were not reduced by the significant cut, and that, in fact, the materials budget had been increased by $20,000 over the fiscal 2011 figures. The director also noted that library staff had planned since at least December to open on a sixth day of the week — Fridays, starting Feb. 24 — which is more than the five-day state requirement for Franklin. 

The nearly 30 percent cut to the budget was made possible by reducing staff, upgrading technology and creating self-checkout, Dobrzynski said.

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x219668906/State-to-visit-Franklin-library-before-ruling-on-decertification-appeal#ixzz1mXYveGeG

Franklin patrol officer commended for helping woman

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Franklin patrol officer commended for helping woman

via The Milford Daily News News RSS by Alison McCall/Daily News staff on 2/15/12

Geneva Doherty stood next to Patrol Officer James Mucciarone at the beginning of Town Council's meeting last night as the police officer received a Life Saving Award.

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Wadsworth Diary - Feb 15, 1858

Very Pleasant Cold & windy 11 above Went to Wm. Millers after the Corn Sheller Than went to (Frosts) mill. Than staid in store some. Jos gone to Bald Hill, cars off the track on acct of the 9 A.M. train got here 1 ¼ o’clk P.M. Jos & I shelled the corn that grew on the Wright place 16 ¼ Bushls; ½ mine.

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    

"it’s worth it, given the reimbursement rate"

“We’re absolutely thrilled to have Rep. Vallee’s support on this issue,” said Michael Doherty, chairman of Citizens for New Franklin High School, to which Vallee donated $1,000 yesterday. “He lent us his good name in support.” 

This is the first time Vallee, D-Franklin, has become directly and publicly involved in supporting a Franklin project that would require an override or debt exclusion. 

Of the roughly 90 families who have given to the campaign, Dougherty said, Vallee’s donation was the largest. 

“I just haven’t come out publicly (in the past),” Vallee said. “I just felt like, because this is the high school, and it’s the last school to be rebuilt in the community ... I think it was an important time for me to come out and make a statement about it.”

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1085187211/State-rep-helps-campaign-for-new-Franklin-High-School#ixzz1mRhPrda9

Additional information on the high school project is collected here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/12/collection-high-school-building-project.html

and you can also visit the New FHS website here

Franklin arts company sets cast for 'Annie'

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Franklin arts company sets cast for 'Annie'

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The cast list for the Franklin Performing Arts Company's version of "Annie" has been posted.

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