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Saturday, November 3, 2012
12 Days of Donating-Important News From the Elves
Boston Globe endorses Rich Eustis
The Boston Globe endorses Rich Eustis:
http://bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2012/11/01/open-seats-give-voters-opportunity-reshape-beacon-hill/qibWAOOqlj5fjcV2Mls6OO/story.html
Note: If some of you were wondering who I would endorse, I do not endorse candidates. In my journalistic role, I share information to help you become an informed voter.
In the 10th Norfolk district, two strong candidates compete for the seat already vacated by Democrat James Vallee. Republican candidate Richard Eustis of Medway lacks the impressive town government experience of Democrat Jeffrey Roy of Franklin. But Eustis, who runs the Bar Advocate Program in Worcester County, offers an intriguing blend of pro-business policies and cost-effective alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent drug offenders.
http://bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2012/11/01/open-seats-give-voters-opportunity-reshape-beacon-hill/qibWAOOqlj5fjcV2Mls6OO/story.html
Note: If some of you were wondering who I would endorse, I do not endorse candidates. In my journalistic role, I share information to help you become an informed voter.
MassDOT Introduces 857-DOT-INFO (857-368-4636)
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via Commonwealth Conversations: Transportation by Klark Jessen on 11/2/12
MassDOT today announced a new telephone number to provide customers easy, direct access to statewide transportation information as part of its internal OneVoice transition.
"We are speaking with one voice throughout MassDOT," said MassDOT Secretary and CEO Richard A. Davey. "It's a voice that is focused on the customer. Maybe you don't know your highway district, nearest airport, bus route or what time the local RMV opens on Thursdays. Today, we are telling our customers all that information is just one call away, 857-DOT-INFO."
In 2009, Transportation Reform integrated stand alone agencies including the Turnpike Authority and MassHighway. Today, MassDOT is comprised of four divisions: the Highway Division, Registry of Motor Vehicles Division, Rail and Transit Division and the Aeronautics Division.
Reform has allowed MassDOT to consolidate functions and see cost savings. The OneVoice telephone transition will result in phone bill and maintenance savings of approximately $422,000 each year.
Registry of Motor Vehicles customers may be familiar with 857-DOT, as the call center transitioned to 857-DOT-8000 earlier this year. For MBTA customers, this new line complements the existing customer service line, 617-222-3200, which remains active.
MassDOT is maximizing existing resources to acquaint the public with 857-DOT-INFO. Customers will notice ads on the MBTA system and on the Highway Division's digital billboard PSA program and inside our RMV offices.
Employees with the new area code and exchange include those working at the State Transportation Building, the Registry of Motor Vehicles Headquarters in Quincy and its Boston branch, as well as MassDOT Highway District 6.
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Hurricane Relief
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From: "FRANKLIN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT"
Date: Nov 2, 2012 2:30 PM
Subject: Hurricane Relief
From: "FRANKLIN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT"
Date: Nov 2, 2012 2:30 PM
Subject: Hurricane Relief
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Pantherbook: Goodbye Access Road
The School Building Committee has an update scheduled for Weds Nov 14 in the Council Chambers at 7:00 PM.The update will cover the different stages of construction, how the traffic patterns will be affected and where the project is currently. This will be a good time to hear and discuss what is being planned for traffic during the construction that will be taking place for the next two years.
I already have to make my way through the day running on six or sometimes less hours of sleep with all my homework, after school activities and attempting to make time for my social life. Getting up earlier just to get to school is the worst thing anyone could tell me right now.
I am a junior in Franklin and I will not even benefit from the new high school. I do not see the new school as a benefit to me therefore I am frustrated that I will have to wake up earlier just to be able to park in my school!
Even with the access road helping the flow of traffic into the bustling high school in the morning, there is still an overflowing amount of cars piling into the parking lot.
"It takes me long enough to get here with all the traffic in the morning already. I park in H wing so I don't use the access road but I see how many cars go through the road to get to school after dropping off a sibling or something" says Erica Lutazzi, Junior at Franklin High School.
I have to drop off my sibling before I get to school and then use the access as an easy way to get into the senior parking lot. Without the access road I will just be even later arriving, and I get up at 5:45 every morning!
"I am not worried about the access road being shut down but for others it could be an issue" says Lutazzi.
While some students don't see the problem with the road being closed off while the new school is under construction, I see this as another struggle for me to get to school every morning.
What is the faculty going to do to help the overflowing traffic? Do we have to wake up even earlier just to get a parking spot? All I know is I get up early enough and cannot see many other students waking up that much earlier either.
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via Pantherbook by brittanylandry on 11/2/12
The new school is on it's way and will begin construction in November,but with the access road being cut off by Monday, students are forced to leave earlier in the mornings, resulting in even less sleep for us.I already have to make my way through the day running on six or sometimes less hours of sleep with all my homework, after school activities and attempting to make time for my social life. Getting up earlier just to get to school is the worst thing anyone could tell me right now.
I am a junior in Franklin and I will not even benefit from the new high school. I do not see the new school as a benefit to me therefore I am frustrated that I will have to wake up earlier just to be able to park in my school!
Even with the access road helping the flow of traffic into the bustling high school in the morning, there is still an overflowing amount of cars piling into the parking lot.
"It takes me long enough to get here with all the traffic in the morning already. I park in H wing so I don't use the access road but I see how many cars go through the road to get to school after dropping off a sibling or something" says Erica Lutazzi, Junior at Franklin High School.
I have to drop off my sibling before I get to school and then use the access as an easy way to get into the senior parking lot. Without the access road I will just be even later arriving, and I get up at 5:45 every morning!
"I am not worried about the access road being shut down but for others it could be an issue" says Lutazzi.
While some students don't see the problem with the road being closed off while the new school is under construction, I see this as another struggle for me to get to school every morning.
What is the faculty going to do to help the overflowing traffic? Do we have to wake up even earlier just to get a parking spot? All I know is I get up early enough and cannot see many other students waking up that much earlier either.
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Holiday Stroll - Nov 29th
Plan on coming to downtown Franklin for the Holiday Stroll on Nov 29th, 4:00 to 7:00 PM
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