"Summer time, the living is easy" or so the lyrics go to one song... this TED Talk shows a rather interesting way to view music.
Enjoy!
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
“Americans need us to solve problems"
Part of Franklin will be interested in the 4th District candidates and part will be interested in the 3rd District.
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1052259920/GOP-4th-Congressional-District-candidates-duke-it-out#ixzz20xwFfXM3
The three are vying for the Republican nomination to fill the seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, a Democrat. Frank announced in November that he is retiring after more than three decades in Congress, citing the newly reconfigured district. Bielat lost to Frank in 2010 by an 11-point margin.
The winner of the Republican primary will likely face off against Brookline resident Joe Kennedy III. Kennedy, the son of former U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy II and grandson of the late Robert Kennedy, has shown strong fundraising capabilities— raking in $1.3 million last quarter— and pundits have said he’ll be hard to beat.
Newton engineer Herb Robinson is also running for the seat as a Democrat, but his campaign hasn’t picked up momentum and has just $997 cash on hand.
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1052259920/GOP-4th-Congressional-District-candidates-duke-it-out#ixzz20xwFfXM3
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Franklin schools gain $10,000 A+ dollars!
On the School Committee agenda for Tuesday evening, Jul 17, 2012, there are two action items acknowledging donations to Franklin High School and Remington Middle School.
The tally for the Franklin School District works out to be
These must be the first two donations received by the school offices. According to the A+ website checks should be delivered in June via regular US Mail attention to the principal of each school.
b. I recommend acceptance of a check for $453.42 from A+ School Rewards for the Franklin High School.According to the Stop and Shop A+ webpage, this is only part of the donations heading to the Franklin schools.
c. I recommend acceptance of a check for $66.94 from A+ School Rewards for Remington Middle School.
The tally for the Franklin School District works out to be
School
|
Amount
|
| Annie Sullivan MS | $ 3,587.16 |
| Jefferson ES | $ 1,314.88 |
| Oak St ES | $ 1,014.34 |
| Helen Keller ES | $ 923.03 |
| Gerald M Parmenter ES | $ 860.13 |
| Davis Thayer ES | $ 859.75 |
| John F Kennedy ES | $ 821.44 |
| Franklin HS | $ 453.42 |
| Horace Mann MS | $ 445.06 |
| Remington MS | $ 66.94 |
| $10,346.15 |
These must be the first two donations received by the school offices. According to the A+ website checks should be delivered in June via regular US Mail attention to the principal of each school.
As a frequent shopper at Stop and Shop, our card was set up to contribute to a couple of schools. It is your choice to set this up for one or more schools.
We'll do another post as the school year approaches on how to set up your Stop and Shop card to contribute to one of the Franklin schools. If you want to see more about the A+ program visit the Stop and Shop page here http://www.stopandshop.com/our_stores/bonus_bucks/index.htm?linkid=SN
Sting Jun 15 catches four business
The Milford Daily News reports on one of the agenda items for the Town Council meeting scheduled Weds Jul 18,2012.
The Guru Bar & Grill, 30 Main St., Alumni Restaurant and Bar, 391 East Central St., Mobil gas station on West Central Street and Ichigo Ichie Sushi & Hibachi Grill, 837 West Central St., failed the check, police said.
The Mobil gas station had failed a compliance check in 2009.
The businesses were notified June 18 by police and received letters from Town Administrator Jeffrey Nutting’s office recently informing them of the license hearings.
From 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. on June 15, the Franklin Police Department checked 35 businesses with six undercover police officers and four under-21 buyers. The minors tried to buy alcohol while the officers observed.
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1975585708/Businesses-face-liquor-charge#ixzz20s7ffqby
Salisbury Historical Markers Unveiled
Does Franklin have one of these markers?
Sent to you by Steve Sherlock via Google Reader:
via Commonwealth Conversations: Transportation by Klark Jessen on 7/16/12
In 1930, the legislature authorized the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the colony with historical markers. Nearly 300 markers were erected statewide, all with an inscription telling the stories of the early settlements in each community.
Five signs were erected in the Town of Salisbury. MassDOT restored one, the Old Meeting House sign, and replaced four others with replicas of the original 1930 signs.
The Commission 82 years ago promised that "travellers who shall pass by the many storied ways through the lands of the Puritan occupations in the ancient days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, may now read on tablets set by roadsides or in city streets the tales which the ocean shores, the hills, the fields, the churches, the garrison houses and the old hearthstones, have to tell of the heroism, of the romance and of the tragedies, and of the unfaltering faith, of the ancestors of our Commonwealth."
The legislation called for the highway department to maintain the signs. Congratulations to MassDOT workers for doing just that, keeping alive the tales of our ancestors.
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