Concerts on the Common: 6:00 PM

This Wednesday, Concerts on the Common will present Frank Padula.

The children's program will begin at 6:00 and feature DJ Mike Rutkowski.

Concerts on the Common

There will be two more concerts in Aug (7th and 14th). The performers are listed here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/07/concerts-on-common-600-pm.html

"did raise questions and concerns"

The Milford Daily News reports on the Planning Board approval of a new downtown parking bylaw.

Most parking problems stem from people parking illegally in the Depot Street commuter rail lot and failing to put money in the parking meters. 

Primary parking structures may help alleviate the burden on business owners to provide parking for their customers. And, they may bring more customers into the downtown area. 

The next step in the bylaw’s approval process is for the Town Council to schedule two public readings of the bylaw. At these, the public will be allowed to comment on the proposed bylaw. 

Once both readings are complete, the council will close the public readings and take a vote.

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1580234251/New-parking-bylaw-moves-forward-in-Franklin#ixzz2ac8yvstd

With the Town Council in a special workshop/meeting Wednesday night on zoning bylaws, this is likely to be one of the topics of discussion. The meeting is scheduled for 7:00 PM in the 3rd Floor Training Room at the Municipal Bldg. This location is not enabled for broadcast unless special arrangements are made so if you do want to participate, it would be necessary to be there in person.

Special Town Council meeting

There is a special Town Council meeting scheduled for Wednesday, July 31, 2013. It will be held in the Municipal Bldg but in the 3rd Fl Training Room. Scheduled to start at 7:00 PM, I anticipate it could run at least until 8:30.

The meeting was mentioned as needed during the discussion on the proposal for Cook's Farm. In the closing of the Town Council meeting on Jul 17, Jeff Nutting confirmed that this would be used for the workshop on zoning bylaws.



Note: Unless special arrangements are made this location means that the meeting will not be available via the normal broadcast channels.

Curbside Chronicle

The July - September Curbside Chronicle was just posted to the Franklin website. You can read a copy here.




The original posting of this to the Franklin webpage can be found here
http://franklinma.virtualtownhall.net/Pages/FranklinMA_News/01B5EF7A-000F8513

Franklin Library: Museum of Science - Science Magic

Summer Program: Museum of Science "Science Magic"

Science Magic

Franklin Public Library - 118 Main Street Franklin MA 02038 - 508.520.4940

Community Gardens - (photo essay)

The Franklin Community Gardens are located at the King St Memorial Park off King St in Franklin. I stopped by 2 weeks ago to take some photos to share. Yes, the 2 weeks has just flown on by.

Franklin Community Gardens

Abiding by the guidelines of the garden, I visited and left with photos and memories

zucchini

I found zucchini

summer squash

I found summer squash

a full garden bed

Some garden beds were chock full of green growing plants!

acorn squash (if I recall correctly)

I found acorn squash

not sure what this is?

I wasn't able to identify this one but with the dew on it, the photo was too cool to pass up. Can someone help me identify what this is?

green beans

and green beans

bee-utiful

It was a bee-utiful visit to the gardens. How is your garden growing?

This Week at Pour Richard's

Never Drink Ordinary! In This Issue What We're Drinking This Week Tedeschi Filadonna Pinot Grigio Ron Diaz Coconut Rum Sam Smith Beer Yelp Us! This week's Monday deal Quick Links Upcoming Events Ladies' Night Out National IPA Day What We're Drinking.... Wine  Filadonna Pinot Grigio Pinot Grigio is much-maligned. Honestly, most of the time the scorn is deserved. Not here. Northern vineyards, warm enough to ripen the grapes, and cool enough to retain some acid. Yields low enough to make a wine with some cojones. Peach, melon, citrus, and mineral. Crisp and cool. Everything you want to drink on a warm summer day! Spirits   Ron Diaz Coconut Rum What sets this apart from the leading National brand of coconut rum? It tastes like coconut, not sugar. Think coconut cream pie, coconut milk: rich and delicious but not cloyingly sweet. Try it this way: 1 oz Ron Diaz 1/2 oz triple sec  dash of bitters 4 oz pineapple juice FYI, this is also a LOT more cost effective than that national brand. We love that. July 28, 2013 The Grape Crush (What Caught our Attention This Week) Does a Bear Drink Vodka in the Woods? And if He Does, Why? Why do you drink what you drink? Well, there's always quality, which we try to keep first and foremost.  But we also have a firm belief in the 'story' behind a product. So we carry Hook & Ladder wines because we love the idea of Cecil DeLoach still crafting excellent Russian River Valley creations (even if someone else owns his name). And we love Tito's Vodka because it's an American-made-in Texas!-small-batch spirit. And we love the weird and nearly undecipherable stories behind the names of our Maine Beer Co brews. This is a significant part of how we do what we do; we tell the story. Apparently, we have it all wrong. What we should be doing, according to a recent Atlantic article, is selling through anthropology. The 'done' thing in many companies -Absolut Vodka,for one example-is to hire an anthropologically trained ethnographer to do site studies of how people perceive your product. (What's an ethnographer? Someone who uses qualitative research to explain and quantify cultural phenomena.) Then you use this info to craft a marketing campaign for the product or products. Sounds complicated, and a tad invasive, too. Absolut hired ethnographers to attend home parties whose hosts had agreed to and were paid for the intrusion. For me, the most interesting part of the article was the conclusion that the Absolut marketing team drew from their ethnographic data. Their customers were not very interested in the market positioning (6 times distilled! Very clean flavor! We have the best celebs in our ads!) No, they were interested in the story. Who are the people and the idea behind this bottle? And frequently, it was their own story that mattered most. Where was I when I first drank this? My graduation party? On vacation with family or friends? Some place that brings back great memories every time I taste this? At the end of the day, I think smell, taste, memory, and sentiment will trump 'marketing' every time. We'll keep on telling the story. Read the Atlantic article here Beer Journal Sam Smith- an OLD favorite!   Sometimes, you don't want to mess with tradition. If tradition has given you overwhelming success, stick with it! In a nutshell. that's the philosophy behind Sam Smith's. They've been making beer(s) the exact same way for the last 250+ years.These may just be some of the best values in the store.  The beers are fermented in 'Yorkshire Squares', solid slabs of granite with an open top. The result is a beer with more body and a great creamy head. We love love love the Oatmeal Stout, no matter the season, but then there's the Nut Brown, the Taddy Porter, Organic Cider....how to choose? I particularly like their IPA, a balanced, British style. We may have to add it to the pouring table for IPA Day. Yelp Us?   If you like what we're doing at Pour Richard's, please consider giving us a Yelp review. We have received wonderful word-of-mouth recommendations here in the Franklin area, and Yelp is a great way to  increase our visibility beyond this area. Thank you for your continued support of local business. Write a Yelp Review This week's Monday Deal: Summer Whites, the Sequel! Don't forget to check out the online sale this Monday and Tuesday. We're featuring 6 delicious summer whites. Shop online, save 15% off our already low prices, and pick your order up when it's convenient for you. Link to our online wine page Thank you for trusting us with your beverage business. Please share this email with friends who are interested in delicious wine, beer, and spirits. (Keeping all the good stuff for yourself is bad karma.)  Cheers! Ann Williams and John Wass  Pour Richard's Wine and Spirits | (508) 520-9163 | www.pourrichardswine.com | 14 Grove Street Franklin, MA 02038

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