In the News: casino, gun licenses

Towns look for strength in numbers on casino battle

Four MetroWest towns are close to solidifying a 3-year agreement to form a team to pool funds in the fight against a proposed casino in Milford. Hopkinton, Holliston, Medway and Ashland have drafted an intermunicipal agreement to form the MetroWest Anti-Casino Coalition, known as MWACC, as in "whack" Foxwoods developers’ plan until they leave town.

Gun Owners Action League, state Senator call for investigation of license delays

Westfield Republican state Sen. Michael Knapik and the Northborough-based Gun Owners Action League are asking the state to investigate lengthy delays they say plague residents applying for gun permits.

Sharing is a Virtue (and should be rewarded!)

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Anaerobic Digester Presentation - Town of Franklin - Planning Board Mtg June 3rd, 2013

Dear Friends and colleagues,

I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to attend the June 3^rd, 7pm meeting of the Town of Franklin Planning Board.

355 East Central Street

Council Chambers – Second Floor

Franklin, MA 02038

During this meeting we will be having a special presentation concerning Anaerobic Digester Plants.

Please come and learn what Anaerobic Digesters are, how they benefit the environment and ultimately how they can benefit our community.

"Think Green, be GREEN!"

Anaerobic digestion definition:

Anaerobic digestion is a biological process making it possible to degrade organic matter by producing biogas which is a renewable energy source and a sludge used as fertilizer.

The production of biogas is carried out in the environment in a natural way (e.g. gas of marshes - vegetable and animal matter decomposition where the formation of bubbles at water surface can be observed).

In the absence of oxygen (anaerobic digestion), the organic matter is degraded partially by the combined action of several types of micro-organisms.   The bacteria which carry out these reactions exist in natural state in the liquid manure and the anaerobic ecosystems; it is not necessary to add more, they develop naturally in a medium without oxygen.

The resulting Methane gas is utilized to run electrical generators.

Federal EPA Anaerobic Digester website link:

http://www.epa.gov/agstar/anaerobic/index.html

Link to Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Anaerobic Digestion website.

http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/service/energy/anaerobic-digestion/

Articles pertaining to the Fremont, Michigan Anaerobic Digester Plant.  

http://www.novienergy.com/news/fremont-digester-turning-food-scraps-into-electricity-fertilizer-and-compost

http://www.novienergy.com/news/state%e2%80%99s-first-commercial-biodigester-scheduled-to-come-online-in-july

http://www.novienergy.com/news/food-waste-is-turned-into-kilowatts-at-novi-energys-digester-plant

Fremont diagram   http://www.fcdbiogas.com/complete-mix-anaerobic-digestion-technology/

In your service,

Glenn F. Jones

Franklin Town Council

Chairman - Economic Development Committee

Franklin Farmers Market

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June 7

to

November 1

(No market July 5)

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New this season: 

 Non-Profit Table for Community Groups!

one group scheduled per week, inquire at:

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A group blog on child well-being: MassKidsCount.org

MassBudget    Information.    Participation.  Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center    Democracy. MassKidsCount.org What Can We Do to Help Kids? As part of our KIDS COUNT initiative, MassBudget is participating in a new group blog about the well-being of children in Massachusetts: MassKidsCount.org. The blog brings together leading voices in child advocacy and public policy research to present a fuller picture of the ways we can help children reach their potential. For instance . . . We know they need good K-12 schools. And to really benefit from those schools they also need good early education & care. And if they lack quality health care, they may not be able to fully participate in school or community life. And if their communities are unsafe or their families face economic insecurity, stress and danger may keep them from play and learning. These things are all interconnected in the lives of children. Contributors to the blog have expertise--and long experience--across these areas: in early education & care, mental and physical health, K-12 education, children with disabilities, child poverty, juvenile justice, and beyond. Each has written a first post (listed below) introducing themselves and sharing some of the policy ideas they are currently pursuing. Future posts will address urgent policy challenges, new research, major events, and other things vital to children's lives. We invite you to read the posts, join the discussion, and visit again (and again) as new posts appear in the coming days. If you prefer, you can also receive information about new posts via RSS, Twitter, or Facebook. EXPLORE MassKidsCount.org, or go directly to any of the posts listed below Children's League: Slashing the Safety Net -- A CLM Coalition Impact Report Strategies for Children: Approaching a Tipping Point for Early Education Health Care For All: Fighting For Children's Health Schott Foundation: Education Groups Convene in Boston to Build a Movement Thrive in 5: Boston's Promise to Its Children Citizens for Public Schools: Public Schools, A Resource Worth Funding and Defending MassBudget: Our Children. Our Choices. The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget) produces policy research, analysis, and data-driven recommendations focused on improving the lives of low- and middle-income children and adults, strengthening our state's economy, and enhancing the quality of life in Massachusetts. MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER 15 COURT SQUARE, SUITE 700 BOSTON, MA 02108

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Youth of the Year - Tom Senst

Tom Senst received the Bernon Family Branch’s Youth of the Year award for his commitment and dedication to making a positive impact on YMCA members, participants, and staff. He was awarded the honor at the annual Hockomock Area YMCA’s annual meeting and awards night on Wednesday, May 15 at Lake Pearl Luciano’s in Wrentham. 

Tom has been a member of the Hockomock Area YMCA since he was six years old, participating in summer camp and knowing as early as the first week that he would one day become a camp counselor. He credits his early counselors with having fostered morals of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility in him. Having advanced from camper to leader-in-training, then counselor-in-training to cadet, he appreciates his current position as counselor because he gets to instill the same values in his campers. For two years, he has been an active participant in Leaders Club, the Y's leadership program that gives teens the opportunity to envision and pursue a positive future, and offers chances to take an active role in strengthening community. Tom is a respected member of the YMCA staff during the school year, acting as a group leader in the after school program called our School's Out program and as a coach in youth sports leagues. 

Tom Senst with Bernon Family Branch Camp & Teen Director Lexi Allen

Remarking on Tom's abilities, Lexi Allen, Camp and Teen Director, says, "It doesn’t take long to recognize his positive spirit, true compassion, and maturity beyond his years.” Tom smiles when he states matter-of-factly that the Y has contributed immensely to shaping who he is today. "The YMCA has given me a second family and no other organization or group that I've ever been a part of has given me such a great and tremendous gift,” says Tom Senst proudly.

About The Hockomock Area YMCAThe Y is the nation’s leading nonprofit committed to strengthening communities in the areas of youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. At the Y, strengthening community is its cause. Every day, the Y works side-by-side with its neighbors to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income or background, has the opportunity to learn and grow. 

For more information about the Hockomock Area YMCA, please visit www.hockymca.org

"All the weird stuff was my stuff"

Author Christopher Golden visited the Horace Mann Middle School this week.

A Framingham native, he met in the morning with more than 60 students before holding a writing workshop. He started the lecture by urging them to do what they love in life and not to let dreams of wealth cloud or defer the dreams that matter. 

"I know the focus is on how do I get a job where I can make a lot of money so I can have whatever I want," the 45-year-old said. "But what if the whatever you want is the way you can make a lot of money?" 

Golden said stories, fiction or non-fiction, have an enormous power to influence life. 

"Go back to the beginning … the images that were painted on cave walls told a story," he said. "Legends and myths and oral traditions that Native Americans told around fires that were passed along, passed along, passed along before they were ever written down — stories."

Read more: Popular fantasy author brings his magic to Franklin middle school - Franklin, MA - Wicked Local Franklin http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x90719189/Popular-fantasy-author-brings-his-magic-to-Franklin-middle-school#ixzz2U6hsztvY