#shopFranklin - The Curry House - Mon/Tue in April

The Curry House is offering the first #shopFranklin customer special!

Every Monday and Tuesday in April, you will receive 1/2 off your second entree (the lesser priced) when you dine in and show the attached image.

#shopFranklin - The Curry House

#shopFranklin is the 'accidental' effort being fostered by Sarah Mabardy. You can find the #shopFranklin group on Facebook here. 

Be sure to read and follow the guidelines:

This group was formed in response to our desire to help support and promote our local, independently owned and operated businesses in Franklin and create a community where we respect and support our neighbors. 

All area residents and small businesses are welcome to join and post on the page according to the mission of supporting Franklin’s independently owned businesses.

Franklin Police: Change to Driving Law

HEADLIGHTS ON FOR SAFETY 

Mass General Law Ch. 85 sec 15 

1. Motorists will be required to turn on headlights and taillights whenever the windshield wipers are on. 

2. Motorists will be required to turn on headlights and taillights when visibility is reduced so that persons or vehicles are not visible at 500 feet due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions - Law will take effect April 7, 2015.

Franklin Police Station, Panther Way

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Egg Hunt at the Franklin LIbrary - 10:30 AM

Looking for something to do with the little ones this morning? How about the egg hunt at the Library? Starting at 10:30 and running until noon, there will be crafts and the egg hunt of course!

egg hunt at the Franklin Library

This was shared from the Franklin Library page here
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2015/03/egg-hunt-crafts.html

"a partial solution to the issue of parking"

From the Downtown Partnership general meeting on Thursday, Milford Daily News writes about the update on the construction project by Town Administrator Jeff Nutting:

At the meeting, he presented an artistic rendering of the finished island in front of the Rome Restaurant on East Central Street. 

“The island gets smaller and really busy between the flagpole, the sign, the troth, the planters; in working with the Downtown Partnership, we plan to buy the planters and then surround them with stonework — similar to in front of the Town Hall,” he said. 

Business owners say a lack of parking is one of the major barriers preventing more people from shopping and eating in the downtown. 

Nutting believes he has found a partial solution to the issue of parking: Next month, he will deliver a proposal to the Town Council asking for the removal of the downtown meters in favor of two-hour parking. In addition, commuter rail passes will only be active from 5 a.m. to noon, freeing up spots that might otherwise be taken.

Continue reading the article in the Milford Daily News here
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150403/NEWS/150408542/1994/NEWS

This "Purple Heart" community received an "unqualified opinion"

The Town Council meeting was varied and efficiently conducted in just about an hour. The summary of items discussed and where appropriate voted on is as follows:

• A proclamation was made to recognize Franklin as a "Purple Heart Community"
• The liquor license transfer from Soco Rose to GBU was approved.
• The DPW was authorized to purchase a 'hot box' to help improve the pot hole patching process.
• Chief Gary McCarragher presented on Ping4Alerts, a new alert system being deployed by MEMA and Franklin for all the alerts and other targeted important notifications.
• The auditors talked about the "unqualified opinion" that Franklin received as being the highest rating and how "solid and well managed" Franklin was overall.
• The insurance payments for the Keller sprinkler incident required a Council vote to approve the disbursement. As the payments had come to the Franklin accounts, the Council needed to authorize the payments to the vendors involved. Most of the insurance reimbursements had gone directly to the vendors and hence did not require a Council vote.

The MEMA video touting Ping4Alerts




To get Ping4Alerts, follow the links on this MEMA page
http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/mema/massachusetts-alerts.html

Massachusetts alerts

For all the detailed notes reported live during the meeting, check these links:

• Live reporting: Legislation through to closing

• Live reporting: audit results - "an unqualified op...

• Live reporting: Ping4Alert

• Live reporting: License transfer and hot box purch...

• Live reporting: Town Council - Apr 1, 2015

Giving Youth Sports Back to Our Kids - be part of the studio audience!

We would like to invite the public to be part of a studio audience at our new Cable TV studio.  

We are inviting the public to a series of thirty-minute shows on topics trending in education with a focus on raising resilient children.

The first is to be held on April 14th at 9:30 a.m. at the studio on 23 Hutchinson Street.

The topic is:  Giving Youth Sports Back to Our Kids, featuring Jay Horrigan, who has a wealth of experience through his involvement with sports programs at all levels.

The new studio is beautiful... we are so lucky to have it in our town.  This is a great opportunity for people to visit and interact on topics of interest.

I am hosting the program

       Anne Bergen
(recently retired principal of Horace Mann Middle School)

main entrance to Franklin TV studio on Hutchinson St

Franklin Library: LEGO Mania - Apr 2

LEGO Mania returns to the Franklin Library on Thursday, Apr 2 and Apr 16 at 4:00 PM.

LEGO Mania

Ideal for those aged 3 - 12. Those of us whow would like to play with LEGOs will need to find another time/place.

This was shared from the Library page here
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2015/03/lego-club.html


Check out the work of Nathan Sawaya, the Brick Artist for some inpirational creations  http://www.brickartist.com/

image from The Brick Artist

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