If you didn't go back the same way, maybe you did not see the other side of the sign
I hope it finds a good place. It is one of the connections to where I grew up, down the road a piece in Pawtucket, RI.
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"Most people assume that meditation is all about stopping thoughts, getting rid of emotions, somehow controlling the mind. But actually it's … about stepping back, seeing the thought clearly, witnessing it coming and going.” (Andy Puddicombe)
The Friends of the Franklin Library will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. in the downstairs meeting room in the Franklin Library. All are invited and welcome to attend.
The MBTA confirmed Tuesday that it will begin planned improvements on the Depot Street commuter rail station this spring.
Local officials and opposition groups were rallying on Wednesday following the surprise news that the developer planning a Milford casino filed a last-minute application on Tuesday for a license from the state’s gaming commission.
State Sen. Richard J. Ross, R-Wrentham, is joining his colleagues in the Senate Republican Caucus to request that a forensic services drug laboratory oversight board be created within the Executive Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security.
The School Department has requested capital improvement funds from this year’s budget to replace two special education vans that, combined, have more than 200,000 miles on them.
Gov. Patrick wants to increase education spending by up to $1 billion annually by fully funding Chapter 70, increasing learning time at middle schools, and expanding early childhood education
Early education and care can provide lifelong benefits for young children, and it also helps support the day-to-day needs of working parents.
Two new MassBudget reports examine the positive impact early education and care can have, along with the funding cuts that have affected these programs. The first paper, "Declines in Spending on Early Education and Care in Massachusetts," tracks trends in funding since welfare reform in the mid-1990s and finds that:
The second paper, "Economic Gains from Early Education and Care" is authored by PERI economist and UMass professor Arthur MacEwan. It documents the large economic benefits of high quality early education and care. This includes both the contribution of parents who could not work without the support of reliable child care and also the long-term gains from kids whose life prospects are improved by early education. As MacEwan puts it:
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The Society of St. Vincent dePaul of St. Mary’s Church in Franklin will hold its monthly food collection at all Masses the weekend of Feb. 2 and 3.
Democrats in Franklin will hold a caucus to elect delegates to the Massachusetts Democratic Party’s 2013 Platform Convention on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 9 a.m. in the Franklin Room at the Alumni Restaurant, 391 East Central St., Franklin.
Franklin Girls Softball Association has opened registration online and will have two “walk in” dates as well.
An accelerated investment in our transportation system is needed to stabilize maintenance needs, modernize roads and trains, and create jobs.MassDOT has released their full report. You can go to their website to download it or go here to obtain a copy. This should be required reading!
Area high schools competing include Algonquin Regional, Acton-Boxborough, Bellingham, Dover-Sherborn, Framingham's Marian High, Franklin, Holliston, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Maynard, Medfield, Milford, Natick, St. John's of Shrewsbury, Gann Academy of Waltham, and Wayland.
In this year's criminal case, the prosecution alleges the defendant poisoned and killed his great-aunt by tampering with her medication. The defense claims the great-aunt either died of a natural heart attack or was murdered by either her live-in caretaker or another relative upset about her reduction of their inheritance.