“It’s complicated"

With the comparison to the new tot lot at Fletcher Field fresh in mind, the point is made.

The playground had something that state Rep. Jeffrey Roy did not recognize. 

Large concrete pipes painted colorfully to look like one long caterpillar stood out from the other playthings. 

Roy, D-Franklin, was in Sderot, Israel, a city located just a mile from Gaza that residents say has been bombarded by missiles during this third major escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 

When sirens sound, villagers told him, children use the pipes as bomb shelters.

Continue reading the article here: (subscription may be required) http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20141222/NEWS/141229438#sthash.zRlOXYeG.dpuf

Franklin Children's School - Open House - Jan 23, 2015

Hi Steve, 

I am the new director at Franklin Children's School a private, non-profit preschool in Franklin. We are getting ready for registration for the 2015-2016 school year. I was wondering if you would be willing to share the information about our open house with your readers.

Franklin Children's school will be hosting an Open House on Friday January 23rd 4:00-6:00pm at 900 Chestnut Street. The community is welcome to stop in to learn more about the school, tour the classrooms and speak with the teachers. 

Thank you so much for your consideration,

Kim Barrett

screen grab of Franklin Children's School webpage

You can find out more about the Franklin Children's School on the webpage here http://www.fcskids.com/

Franklin Recreation (@FranklinRec) has sent you a direct message on Twitter!

via Twitter, I can share that the opening ceremony for the tot lot being added to the Fletcher Field Playground will be held on Tuesday, Dec 23, 2014 at 11:00 AM

@FranklinRec - Tuesday 11am Fletcher playground opening ceremony

Steve Sherlock, You have a new direct message.   Franklin Recreation @FranklinRec Tuesday 11am Fletcher playground opening ceremony 12:55 PM - 19 Dec 14 Keep the conversation going. Message @FranklinRec Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market St., Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94103

The progress of the playground from hole in the ground to the current finished product is shown in this series of photos

Fenced off hole in the ground

Fenced off hole in the ground - 1

the playground comes with 'some assembly required'

it starts to take shape

pieces to the puzzle come together

a second structure is added

a few days later, more progress is evident

assembly complete, now the mulch is getting filled in

'12 Days of Donating' - preliminary results

The Franklin Food Elves and the Franklin Downtown Partnership are pleased to announce that the preliminary numbers are in and the “12 Days of Donating” Campaign has collected more than three tons (or 6,000 pounds) of goods and $8,000 for the Franklin Food Pantry.

(L to R) Elf Ellie Teixeira, Co-Founder Cameron Piana, Food Pantry Executive Director Erin Lynch

More than 90 Food Elves collected from their Franklin neighbors, the most volunteers in the history of the Franklin Food Elves. They worked in conjunction with local businesses that set up collection bins at their locations around town.

Some of the donations dropped off at the Food Pantry

“We’d like to thank all of residents of Franklin who donated to our campaign this year. We also would like to thank the elves that worked hard to bring the donations in, and the businesses that helped fill the donation bins at their locations. We are excited to see the totals because we still have more donations coming in,” says Cameron Piana, Food Elves co-founder.

Student volunteers weigh donations

Local businesses were deeply involved in this year’s campaign. DCU gave a check for $5,000, and 15 other businesses pledged a $200 cash donation and donated time and bin space to the cause.

Those businesses included Auerr, Zajac & Associates, LLC, Berry Insurance, British Beer Company, Dean Bank, Dean College, Drama Kids of Metro West, Emma’s Quilt Cupboard, the Franklin Downtown Partnership, Jane’s Frames, Keefe Insurance Agency, Murphy Business, Printsmart Office Products, Pour Richard’s Wine & Spirits, RE/MAX Executive Realty, and Yellin & Hyman, P.C.


For more information about the Food Elves and the “12 Days of Donating” campaign, please contact the Food Elves at franklinfoodelves@yahoo.com or visit their Facebook page.


This was shared from the Franklin Downtown Partnership page here
http://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/2014/12/12-days-of-donating-preliminary-totals.html

Franklin Senior Center: A new edition of The Franklin Connection is available

A new edition of The Franklin Connection has been published on the Town of Franklin web site.

Click the link below to read the latest edition.

http://town.franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_Senior/Jan15connection.pdf

Franklin Senior Center

Franklin Police: Drive Sober

The Franklin Police Dept has shared this public service announcement from the MA Highway Safety Division


A message from the Massachusetts Highway Safety Division.

For the 2014 holiday season, the MA Highway Safety Division produced this spot with assistance from the Lexington Police, Lexington Fire-Rescue, and Bedford Police Departments. The message is simple and needs no narration. It's our hope that these images will instill some common sense this holiday season. The spot was produced by The Rendon Group in Boston, MA.

Franklin (MA) Police

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FHS Sports results - Saturday - Dec 20, 2104

From Hockomock Sports we can share the results of the Franklin High School boys and girls track and hockey results from their games on Saturday.

Indoor Track (@ Reggie Lewis Center)

Boys

Franklin, 39 vs. King Philip, 61 - Final - KP's 4x200 relay team had the best time of all schools on the day and the 4x400 relay team had the second best. Senior John Berdos had a strong showing in the 300M, finishing in 38.59. Ryan Spelman had the second best time (4:45.16) in the 1 mile race, and Logan Mitchell had a good showing in the long jump (18-4.50).

Girls

Franklin, 41.50 vs. King Philip, 58.50 - Final - Christa Wagner came away with the top time in the 300M for all Hockomock girls, Olivia Weir did the dame in the 1000M race with a time of 3:01.97, Abby Seaberg had the best time in the 1 Mile at 5:29.38, Hannah McNeil was the best in the 55M hurdles on the day with a time of 9.26 and Renee Poirier recorded the top shot put distance at 35-09.00. Franklin freshman Jessica Kroushl had a strong day, finishing the 55M dash in 7.89, which was the fourth best time on the day.

Girls Hockey

Franklin, 5 @ Dover-Sherborn, 5 - Final

Find all the results across the Hockomock League on Saturday
http://www.hockomocksports.com/blog/hockomock-schedule-scoreboard-122014

Boys Hockey

Senior forward Alec Borkowski scored the game’s lone goal in the second period and goaltender Ryan Shea made 22 saves to lead Franklin to a 1-0 victory over league rival Canton on Saturday night at Pirelli Veterans Memorial Rink.

Alec Borkowski scored the only goal on Saturday night as Franklin beat league rival Canton, 1-0. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)

Continue reading the article on the boys hockey win over Canton here
http://www.hockomocksports.com/blog/borkowski-nets-winner-for-panthers-against-canton