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Saturday, May 2, 2015
Bottles & Bark is Sunday, May 3
Franklin Library: Get started with Microsoft Word
Get started with Microsoft Word. Technical session on how to use the product is being held twice at the Franklin Library.
Sunday, May 3 at 2:00 pm or Tuesday, May 12 at 2:00 pm
This was shared from the Franklin Library webpage here
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2015/04/getting-started-with-microsoft-word.html
Sunday, May 3 at 2:00 pm or Tuesday, May 12 at 2:00 pm
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http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2015/04/getting-started-with-microsoft-word.html
In the News: 2 men in a van arrested
Two Brockton men have again been caught stealing donated clothing, according to police.
Franklin police say Jose Alves, 56, of 49 East Main St., and Jose Alves, 29, of 59 Brett St., on Thursday stole more than 50 trash bags of clothing from a Society of St. Vincent de Paul donation bin kept in a parking lot on Main Street.
Last year, Plainville police arrested the two men, who are not related, for the same crime after they allegedly used a small drill to open a locked St. Vincent de Paul donation bin outside a supermarket.
On Thursday, Franklin police charged both men with breaking into a depository as well as larceny over $250 and conspiracy.
Continue reading the article in the Milford Daily News here
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150501/NEWS/150509202/1994/NEWS
Friday, May 1, 2015
Upcoming Events in Franklin, MA Area: FRI 5/1/15 - THU 5/7/15
FRI 5/1 7:30pm FPAC Presents Double Bill Of Modern Classic Plays
SAT 5/2 8:30am FBRTC’s 5th Annual Road Race - 5 mile run, 3.5 and 1.5 mile walk at Jefferson/Remington. Register here.
SAT 5/2 9am-12pm Earth Day Clean Up, rain or shine, meet at Beaver Pond
SAT 5/2 10am-4pm Enchanted Memories Travel Open House. Face painting, balloons, raffles, sweet treats. 13 Main St., Suite B, Franklin.
SAT 5/2 10:30am Family Story Time at Franklin Public Library
SAT 5/2 12-2pm Annual Spring Fair at Sunrise Montessori - Kid's train ride, bounce house, entertainment by local musician, Jamie Barrett, visit by the Franklin Fire Department, silent auction, raffle baskets and much more. 31 Hayward St., Franklin.
SAT 5/2 7:30pm FPAC Presents Double Bill Of Modern Classic Plays
SUN 5/3 1:00pm FPAC Presents Double Bill Of Modern Classic Plays
SUN 5/3 1-4pm Bottles and Bark at Pour Richard’s Franklin. Donations for Forever Home Rescue accepted at the event. Well-behaved canines welcome.
SUN 5/3 1-4pm Horace Mann Day at the Historical Museum featuring a new exhibit and a talk on Horace Mann by Richard Golden.
SUN 5/3 2-3pm "Getting started with Microsoft Word" technical training at the Franklin Library
MON 5/4 to FRI 5/8 Celebrate Small Business Week! Join #shopFranklin group on Facebook.
TUE 5/5 5-7pm Town Common Clean Up - help the Garden Club, meet at the Town Common in front of St. Mary’s Church. Bring your gloves, tools and smile to help clean up the gardens before the Spring Plantings. Community Service hours are available.
WED 5/6 6:30pm Franklin Art Association Meeting at the Senior Center. Public welcome.
THU 5/7 6:30-9pm Rock the House III at The Black Box. Join State Rep. Jeff Roy and his band Ben Gardner's Boat for an evening at the new Black Box Theater in downtown Franklin. Come chat with Jeff about what's happening on Beacon Hill, listen to great music, and dance the night away -- or just kick back, relax, and have some fun with friends and neighbors. No tickets are necessary, but contributions to the Committee to Elect Jeffrey N Roy are much appreciated.
For all the Town of Franklin Public Meetings click HERE.
For event details click HERE.
*If you have any suggestions or events for the calendar, please email Renata@BetterLivingRE.com
Horace Mann Day - May 3
The Franklin Historical Commission will celebrate 'Horace Mann Day' on Sunday, May 3, 2015 with a special presentation, HORACE MANN AND HIS WORLD, featuring writer and commentator Peter Golden.
Franklin's most famous son, Mann was a lawyer, politician, abolitionist, the first Secretary of Education and is most often referred to as the 'Father of Education'. The museum will unveil the Horace Mann exhibit, which will become
a permanent exhibit.
Invitations are going out to History and Social Study teachers in town. The public is invited to attend the lecture and enjoy refreshments, including birthday cake in celebration of Mann's Birthday, which falls on Monday, May 4th.
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- Sunday 1:00PM-4:00PM,
- Thursday 5:00PM-8:00PM
- Saturdays 10:00AM-1:00PM
The museum is handicap accessible.
FHS girls top North in Lacrosse, Canton in Tennis
It was a light day on the spring sports fields and courts for FHS on Thursday. Both girls team in action posted wins; over North Attleboro in lacrosse and over Canton in tennis. The FHS results from Hockomock Sports can be found here:
All the results from Hockomock Sports can be found here:
http://www.hockomocksports.com/blog/hockomock-schedule-scoreboard-043015
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Girls Lacrosse
North Attleboro, 9 @ Franklin, 15- Final - Emily Jeffries notched a game-high seven goals for the Panthers and Julia Jette chipped in with four goals.
Girls Tennis
Franklin, 5 @ Canton, 0 - FinalAll the results from Hockomock Sports can be found here:
http://www.hockomocksports.com/blog/hockomock-schedule-scoreboard-043015
Representative Roy: House Passes Balanced FY16 Budget with No New Taxes or Fees
House Passes Balanced FY16 Budget with No New Taxes or Fees
Focuses on transportation reform, supporting vulnerable residents and investing in education
Representative Jeffrey N. Roy (D-Franklin) joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives to pass its FY16 budget which emphasizes economic growth through investments in multiple areas including education and local aid, reform to the state's transportation system, and an acute focus on improving behavioral health services.
The $38.05 billion spending bill highlights the House's ongoing commitment to fiscal prudence and targeted investments, a practice that has resulted in Massachusetts retaining its AA+ bond rating, the highest in the state's history. The budget includes no new taxes or fees and reduces its reliance on one time revenue sources. For the first time since 2007, it does not withdraw any funds from the Commonwealth's stabilization fund, leaving the balance in excess of $1 billion.
"The House of Representative's budget demonstrates that through fiscal prudence and thoughtful investments we can achieve sustainable economic growth and set the standard for aiding citizens facing adversity," said House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo (D-Winthrop). "As in the past, we have had the foresight to take immediate action on issues like transportation reform and local aid funding, while laying the foundation for long-term excellence through early education and care and workforce development. I am particularly proud of our focus on behavioral health which emphasizes the need to consider prevention, access and recovery. I thank Chairman Dempsey and the members of the House for their outstanding work on this budget."
"This budget strikes the right balance between fiscal discipline and smart investing in the programs and services that matter most to our constituents," said Representative Brian S. Dempsey, Chair of the House Committee on Ways & Means (D-Haverhill). "I thank Speaker DeLeo for his leadership in ensuring that this budget reflects the priorities of all members of the House of Representatives as reflected in its bi-partisan and unanimous support. The House budget devotes funding to invest in our future by providing significant new resources to early education, school aid, and economic development, while also proposing creative new solutions to tackle the Commonwealth's challenges especially in the areas of opiate addiction and homelessness."
"This budget is a true reflection of our commitment to investments in education and economic development, while also proposing creative new solutions to the Commonwealth's challenges," said Representative Roy, a member of the House Committee on Ways & Means. "I thank Speaker DeLeo and Chairman Dempsey for their work in helping us build a strong set of policy statements in a fiscally prudent manner that gained unanimous support among the House members. I am also delighted that we were able to secure funds the purchase of school safety zone lighting for Franklin and Medway, along with $50,000 for the Horace Mann Park and statue."
The budget enhances the House's longstanding reputation as a champion of municipalities. FY16 marks the first time that Massachusetts has access to slots revenue, providing a new funding stream of about $105 million. Investments in local aid include a $35 million increase to Unrestricted General Government Aid and an all-time high in chapter 70 funding of $4.5 billion, providing an increase of $25 per pupil.
The budget takes immediate steps to address systemic management problems at the MBTA by including a series of procurement reform tools such as a 5-year moratorium on the Pacheco Law. The budget will call for an independent audit of the T's maintenance protocols and fiscal liabilities. It also strengthens the Inspector General's internal special unit to monitor the quality, efficiency and integrity of the department's operating and capital programs. These updates follow the two transportation reform plans accompanied by major funding increases the House has passed since 2009.
Further distinguishing Massachusetts as a national leader in education, this legislation makes targeted investments in early education and care (EEC) that underscore the House's ongoing commitment to the Commonwealth's youngest students. The budget creates a framework to support expanded access to high-quality EEC programming while recognizing the efforts of our EEC workforce. Provisions include:
· $5 million to help attract and support high-quality educators;
· $5 million for childcare vouchers which will move 833 children off of the existing waitlist;
· $4 million to support the delivery of high-quality EEC programming through efforts that include improved access to technical assistance, training and workforce development.
Recognizing that education and economic development are intrinsically paired, the budget restores funding to two of the House's hallmark programs. It also enhances the House's focus on bolstering job opportunities for residents of all skillsets in diverse regions of the Commonwealth.
· MassCAN: $1.5 million to establish widespread, progressive computer science curriculum in public school through a public-private matching program;
· Talent Pipeline: $1.5 million to encourage young innovators to get a head start on their futures by matching stipends for interns at innovation start-ups, and to provide mentoring opportunities for new entrepreneurs;
· Continues to fund the Massachusetts Manufacturing Partnership, a program that has shown early results in closing the skills gap.
The FY16 budget strengthens behavioral health efforts in last year's budget and the landmark substance addiction law through numerous investments and programs. Many of the provisions focus on co-occurring disorders and finding sustainable ways to aid in both prevention and recovery including:
· More than $10 million in new funding for programs focused on substance addiction prevention and treatment, including $3.6 million new transitional support services beds;
· $2.2 million for new residential recovery beds;
· $2.5 million to expand patient access to Vivitrol;
· More than $13 million for the Department of Mental Health to annualize and expand community placements to free up beds in the DMH pipeline.
In additional to behavioral health and substance addiction initiatives, the House's budget includes numerous provisions to support Massachusetts' most vulnerable citizens.
· As it has in the past, the House focuses its homelessness efforts on prevention, this year devoting $20 million in new funding to programs that have achieved proven results. Funding for the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) is increased to an historically-high level to help families stay in their homes and out of the costly shelter program;
· Massachusetts has proven itself as a national leader in supporting those with developmental disabilities. It also allocates $12 million in new funding for autism services and maintains critical programs within the Department of Developmental Services;
· Ensures that there will be no waitlist for elder homecare services;
· Nearly triples funding for witness protection services.
The House budget includes a number of local budget items including $60,000 the purchase of school safety zone lighting for Franklin, $60,000 the purchase of school safety zone lighting for Medway, and $50,000 for a park and statue in honor of Horace Mann. Mann was born in Franklin on May 4, 1796 and Rep. Roy has been working hard to secure these funds for a fitting memorial to the father of public education as part of the downtown re-vitalization project.
The budget will now go to the Senate.
Note: By June 30, the House, Senate, and Governor should agree on a balanced budget to fund all the operations of the Commonwealth beginning July 1, 2015.
Top 10 reasons to attend the 2015 Mass Poetry Festival
The 7th Massachusetts Poetry Festival takes place May 1-3, 2015, in historic downtown Salem.
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Reminder: Franklin Art Association meeting May 6th
The Franklin Art Association will meet Wednesday, May 6th from 6:30 to 9:00 pm for our last meeting until September.
It will be held at the Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill Street. Refreshments and socialization will begin at 6:30.
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The May meeting will be an opportunity to create art together, rather than have a guest artist. This fun session will offer a variety of still life arrangements for members and guests to draw, paint or photograph. Please bring all materials needed to work in the medium of your choice. Although still life arrangements will be set up, feel free to bring your own objects.
Meetings are free and opened to the public.
For more information, please visit our website at wwwfranklinart.org or www.facebook.com/FranklinartAssoc
HMEA News & Notes - April 2015
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