Saturday, March 23, 2013

"I feel like I belong there"

The Milford Daily News has an article about a new skating team in Franklin that is preparing to compete.

The team originally consisted of Brianna Cummings, Madigan Smith, Alexandra Sousa, Michaela DeToma, and Holly Swinamer. Since those five girls first skated, the team has nearly quadrupled. It now has 19 girls from Franklin and area towns.

The team, based out of Franklin’s Pirelli Arena, made a mark when Holly Swinamer’s mother, Tracey, approached team coach Joanna Zehme about a competition in Danbury, Conn. – The Holiday Challenge.

"Honestly, we were so new and had such a small team, I wasn’t sure we could get enough skaters interested in traveling out of state for an overnight competition," Zehme said.

In the News: casino, crash, fire

Foxwood plans $1 billion Milford casino

During a preliminary discussion with town officials this week, Foxwoods representatives outlined a plan to invest $1 billion in the casino they and a Colorado developer are proposing for Milford.

Three hurt seriously in Franklin crash

Two young men were flown by LifeFlight helicopters to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester Friday morning and another was taken via ambulance to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, all with serious injuries, after their SUV struck a tree.

Firefighters snuff Franklin chimney fire

Franklin firefighters put out a chimney fire at Stone Ridge Condominiums on Friday evening.

Performances today

Crossway Church presents ‘Jack and the Beanstalk," March 23

Members of Crossway Church, 282 Summer St., Franklin will present “Jack and the Beanstalk” on Saturday, March 23, at 4 p.m.

‘Strawberry Freckleface’ to be staged in Franklin

The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School’s (BFCCPS) Fine and Performing Arts Department is proud to present two performances of Freckleface Strawberry on Saturday, March 23, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Thomas D. Mercer Auditorium, Horace Mann School, 224 Oak St., Franklin.

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Top secret honey mustard sauce

No, actually the Parmenter School "Talent Show" goes on stage tonight at the Horace Mann Middle School Auditorium.

Sounds like a good time!

The annual Franklin Education Foundation Trivia Bee was held last night at the Mercer Auditorium, Horace Mann middle School. Each team was sponsored by a business or group. Some teams were represented by members of that group, others were filled in by Franklin High School students. Good fun was had with the music theme. Some of the questions involved clips of music to be identified. One of the clips was played in real-time by the High School Jazz Band ("the A Train").

The five teams that made it to the final round were

Horace Mann PCC
Franklin School Committee
Keller PCC
ECDC
Remington PCC

Update: The Franklin School Committee won the final round and overall title!

A slide show of most of the sponsored teams is available here:

("Most" as there are 26 in this first pass, so I need to figure out which 4 teams I missed and add those.)

For more about the Franklin Education Foundation, you can find them on Facebook or visit their webpage

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