Franklin Matters

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Public Meeting tonight - FinCom budget hearing schedule

Tonight the meeting you should participate in is the public meeting on the future of the Emmons St building. This meeting had been scheduled for earlier in Feb and was canceled due to one of the snow storms.

Emmons St building

The 7:00 PM meeting tonight will be held in the 3rd floor training room in the Municipal Bldg, 355 East Central St. The location usually means that the meeting will not be broadcast via local cable so participation in person would be required.

The Finance Committee would normally meet tonight. They are not meeting until next Tuesday, march 11 when they begin the budget hearing process for FY 2015. The current budget hear schedule looks like this:

Tuesday 3/11
Thursday 3/13
Thursday 3/20
Wednesday 3/26
Tuesday 4/1
Thursday 4/3

For the budget hearing, each department manager presents their budget needs and usually provides some good insights into how the department works and why the budget change is required.

Hockomock League Swimming All Stars

HockomockSports.com has published the Hockomock League All Star swimmers for both the boys and girls teams. Franklin was well represented on both teams.

Connor Bourgeois	Franklin
Nathaneal Hidden	Franklin
Chase Manning	Franklin
Austin Sholudko	Franklin

Molly Brown	Franklin
Colleen Proulx	Franklin
Leah Zogby	Franklin

The boys list can be found here
http://www.hockomocksports.com/1/post/2014/03/hockomock-league-boys-swimming-all-stars.html

The girls list can be found here
http://www.hockomocksports.com/1/post/2014/03/hockomock-league-girls-swimming-all-stars.html

Franklin High School - home of the Panthers

A Great Excuse to Quit Early

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Knock off early!

On Friday, March 21st, we're quitting work early and hope you can too. Please come by to enjoy some basketball, have a drink, make a (re)connection... or all of the above! We're going to have fun and support the Franklin Food Pantry, because it's madness that donations should be so slow this time of year. Most needed item? Shaving supplies. Who knew?

Home court: Murphy Business

Tip-off: 4:00pm

Ticket price: Can(s) of shaving cream

It's a steal, a lay-up... no, a slam dunk!

Let us know if you can join the fun and games.

Thanks!

SHAVING CREAM IS GOOD. SHAVING POINTS IS BAD. KINDLY COMPLY.

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Murphy Business
15 East Central Street
Franklin, MA 02038
508-440-5670

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"when I’m running it feels like my disability disappears"

Dick and Rick Hoyt, the father-son team that has competed in more than 1,100 marathons and triathlons, on Monday brought their message of determination in the face of overwhelming adversity to Annie Sullivan Middle School.

"Yes you can," Dick Hoyt told nearly 500 middle-schoolers before he described how Rick, though bound to a wheelchair and unable to speak, has managed to graduate both high school and college and race in 31 Boston Marathons.

Read the full article here
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20140304/NEWS/140309056

Monday, March 3, 2014

Franklin's Birthday Party (photo essay)

On March 2, 1778 Franklin came into being. It was incorporated as a town and remained a small town for many, many years. Then in the 1980's and 1990's the population growth hit great numbers. Entire farms disappeared into residential developments and the population has now settled around 30,000. Franklin operates as a city form of government but we still call ourselves "The Town of Franklin."

I missed Jamie Barrett who performed his special song "The City that calls itself the Town of Franklin". Last year, his performance was recorded and posted to YouTube

City or town, a birthday is a birthday and a cause for celebration!

birthday party sign outside the Museum

Franklin Historical Museum

Hat's off to Franklin

recognition for those who share March 2 as their birthday

Can you have a birthday without cake?

Franklin Historical Museum

You can also follow the Historical Museum on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FHM02038

or visit their webpage here http://www.franklinhistoricalmuseum.com/

Next Sunday, March 9th - you can get up to three items appraised. Details can be found here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/02/appraisal-day-mach-9.html

For additional music by Jamie, check out his Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/Jamiebarrettmusic

or his YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/Geetarmann/featured

Carnival at the YMCA - Fri, Mar 14

FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH, 2014
6:30-8:00pm — Activities

Get the kids out of the house and take a break from your crazy schedule!
Join us at the Y for a FREE night of fun!