Franklin High School sports results - 9/16/14

From Hockomcok Sports we find the results from Tuesday's action in the Hockomock League:

Volleyball

Franklin, 3 @ Mansfield, 2 - Final - Mansfield's Alyssa Kelley had a team-high 18 kills and Sarah Mullahy added 13 kills for the Hornets.

Field Hockey

Franklin, 1 @ Mansfield, 2 - Final - Mansfield's Julia Todesco scored the tying goal and then Lexi DiPierro scored with the game winner with four minutes left. Senior Maddie Bressler scored Franklin's goal in the first half on an assist from Taylor Reutlinger. Franklin's Samantha Jones had seven saves in net for the Panthers.

FHS Panthers

Read the full listing of results here
http://www.hockomocksports.com/blog/hockomock-schedule-scoreboard-091614

New MassBudget factsheet: Balancing Work and Family

BALANCING WORK AND FAMILY: The Economic Effects of Earned Paid Sick Time To build a life of economic security for themselves and their families, people need to be productive at work and meet their responsibilities to their families. "Balancing Work and Family: The Economic Effects of Earned Paid Sick Time" examines how providing paid sick time affects working people, their families, and the broader economy. Most children now live in families where all parents work. The share of children with a nonworking parent declined from 64 percent in 1967 to 34 percent in 2009. Yet our employment policies often don't reflect the challenges faced by working parents. Earned paid sick time provides one useful support by allowing workers to earn paid time off to address a health issue or care for a family member in need. Most higher-paid employees already have this benefit. But one in three Massachusetts workers doesn't, including more than half of low wage workers.  Click HERE to read the factsheet. MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER 15 COURT SQUARE, SUITE 700 BOSTON, MA 02108 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

Franklin Public Forum - Sep 22

Hello Steve, 

Please add to events on Franklin Matters the following public forum. On Monday September 22nd 730 pm at Franklin H.S. lecture hall will host Concord attorney Jeffrey Clements. He is a co-founder of Free Speech for Free People a nonpartisan campaign to reverse Citizens United. He is Author of Corporations Are Not People Reclaiming Democracy from Big Money and Global Corporations. 

He will be speaking about the need for campaign finance reform. Eighteen districts will be voting on this issue in November including Franklin.  

Thank you,  

Christine Manns

 

corporations are not people

For more about the Jeff Clements visit his page here

http://corporationsarenotpeople.com/jeff-clements/

For more about the 2014 edition of the book

http://corporationsarenotpeople.com/

For more about "Free Speech for Free People" 

http://freespeechforpeople.org/

Water Conservation Measures are still in effect

From the Franklin website:

Please be advised that the Water Conservation Measures are still in effect until further notice due to the dry weather conditions.

yes, the election has come and gone but the water conservation measures remain

Online course available through Brown University

Interested in neuroscience and/or computer programming? This might be up your alley!

Hi Steve, 

I am a Franklin resident, a lecturer at Brown University, and an avid reader of Franklin Matters :-) 

I was wondering if you might be interested in promoting a course I am teaching online starting at the end of the month.  The course, Exploring Neural Data, is offered for free to anyone, on the Coursera platform.  Brown University did a write-up about it today: https://news.brown.edu/articles/2014/09/mooc 

I thought it might be fun for members of the community to participate in the course, so I was hoping that Franklin Matters might be a way for them to become aware of it.  The course has no prerequisites, and would even be appropriate for advanced high schoolers with an interest in neuroscience and/or computer programming.  Here is the link to the course: https://www.coursera.org/course/neuraldata 

Please let me know what you think and if you need any more info! 

Thanks,
Monica 

--
Monica Linden, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Dept. of Neuroscience
Brown University
Box GL-N
Providence, RI 02912
401-863-5192

neuroscience online course through Brown

Emmon's Street RFP Vote-Wednesday-Sept 17th

Town Council Meeting

Wednesday, September 17th

7:00 pm at Town Hall

Town Council will vote on the specifics of the the RFP for the downtown Emmon's Street Property. 

They will decide on if they will allow a drive-through option on this site. The Council would like to hear from residents and business owners on what their views are regarding this downtown gateway property.

150 Emmons St

The FRP details can be found in the posted agenda for this meeting

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/09/franklin-ma-town-council-agenda-sep-17.html

FHS Soccer teams win and tie; Golf wins

From Hockomock Sports we find the results of the Hockomock League action on Monday:

Girls Soccer

Franklin, 6 @ Attleboro, 0 - Final - Bailey Knous, Alexis Stowell, Victoria Stowell and Taylor Cogliano scored for the Panthers.

Boys Soccer

FHS Panthers

Attleboro, 0 @ Franklin, 0 - Final

Golf

Franklin, 152 @ Attleboro, 198 - Final - Evan Vaughan carded a match best 36 for the Panthers. Attleboro's Eric Carey shot a 46 for the Bombardiers.

For all the Hockomock results you can visit
http://www.hockomocksports.com/blog/hockomock-schedule-scoreboard-091514