Franklin Strawberry Stroll scheduled for Thursday, June 11

The Franklin Downtown Partnership will serve up sweet, juicy, whipped cream-topped strawberry shortcakes at the 13^th annual Franklin Strawberry Stroll on Thursday, June 11. The event will happen throughout downtown Franklin from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., rain or shine.

"The Strawberry Stroll was the first event the Downtown Partnership organized to bring the community together in the heart of downtown. In the past 13 years the event has grown but our mission has stayed the same – to give people a fun way to meet up with friends, discover new downtown businesses and create more engagement," says Nicole Fortier, event chairperson.

Franklin Strawberry Stroll - June 11

Volunteers will slice up more than 160 quarts of ripe strawberries to top nearly 700 shortcakes. Dozens of cases of whipped cream will top off the Stroll's signature desserts, which will be served up outside Dean Bank on Main Street.

More than 25 local businesses have strawberry or spring-themed specials, food items, giveaways, face painting and kids' activities planned for the afternoon. For example, the Historical Museum invites visitors to browse the Horace Mann exhibit while enjoying punch and cookies.

A complete list of happenings will be available at the Stroll and on the FDP website, franklindowntownpartnership.org, and its Facebook page.

Along with sweet treats and activities, the Stroll promises great local entertainment. Music Odyssey Productions DJ Domenic Cotoia will entertain crowds browsing the booths in the Main Street parking lot. Jane's Frames is sponsoring Jamie Barrett with his guitar, and a talented lineup of Franklin High School musicians will perform at The Cake Bar. Kevin Wolfe is set to perform at Pisini Shoes.

Generous sponsors make the Strawberry Stroll possible. The Platinum Sponsor for his event is Dean Bank. Gold Sponsors are Dean College and SolarFlair, and the Silver Sponsor is DCU. Bronze Sponsors include Chestnut Dental Associates, Franklin Ford, Franklin Health & Rehabilitation Center, Keefe Insurance Agency, Middlesex Savings Bank and The Estate at Franklin. Friends of the Festival Sponsors are Garelick Farms, Jane's Frames, Leaf Filter Gutter Protection, Nexamp and Simon's Furniture.

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FHS girls drop a double OT game - "So, it came down to wording"

It is not often that a playoff game comes down to the officials pulling an actual rule book out of a bag under the scorer’s table. Not many tournament fates are decided on the minutiae of the codes of the game but with six seconds remaining in Tuesday’s Div. 1 East semifinal that is exactly what sent the game to overtime. 

Franklin had taken a 7-6 lead on a free position goal by sophomore Caroline Lounsbury with just 29 second left to play and was in position to return to the sectional final, but with only six seconds on the clock Lincoln-Sudbury’s Brianna Stokes answered with a free position goal of her own. That is when the controversy began.  

Emily Jeffries (4) scored a goal and had an assist for Franklin, but the Panthers lost in a controversial overtime game against Lincoln-Sudbury. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)

The Panthers immediately called for a stick check on Stokes, who reached up and adjusted the strings on her stick. That is an automatic no goal, if it happened after the refs had asked to check the stick, and the refs initially waved off the goal and Franklin appeared to have won. 

After huddling on the field for a few minutes and speaking with both coaches, the officials marched to the scorer’s table and pored over the MIAA rule book. After a few minutes of deliberation, the officials said that the adjustment of the strings was before being asked and that the goal stood sending the teams to two 3-minute overtime periods.

Continue reading the article in Hockomock Sports
http://www.hockomocksports.com/blog/panthers-fall-in-overtime-thriller-against-l-s

FHS boys lacrosse drop a close one - "They were all scrappy, ugly goals"

The run is over for the Franklin boys’ lacrosse team. It has been a historic season with the Panthers going further than any team in the program’s history, but on Tuesday night Catholic Memorial shut down the Franklin offense and battled back in the fourth quarter to end the Panthers season in the semifinal, 7-6.

“We tried to force some issues and made some mistakes but credit to CM because they forced us into some of those bad decisions,” said Franklin coach Lou Verrochi. “Everything is a little bit tighter at this level and this stage of the season.”

Freshman Eric Civetti had two goals and two assist in the first half, but CM rallied in the fourth quarter to end the seaons for the Panthers in the D1 South semifinal. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)

CM jumped out to a 1-0 lead with 2:19 left in the first quarter, but Franklin responded, as they had in the previous round, with two quick goals in the second. Freshman Eric Civetti tied the game just 23 seconds into the quarter off an assist from Kyle Lundgren and then Civetti picked up an assist on a goal by Austin Kent.

Civetti then provided a pair of highlight reel plays. First, he extended the lead to 3-1 with a goal as he was falling down into the middle of the CM defense. After CM scored to cut the lead to one, Civetti provided the pass of the season with a behind the back look from the corner of the cage across the crease to a wide open Justin Miller.

Continue reading the article in Hockomock Sports
http://www.hockomocksports.com/blog/historic-run-ends-for-franklin-lax-in-south-semifinal

Franklin/Medway American Legion 5 Miler - Jun 20

Saturday, June 20th 2015 at 8am Help support our effort to give scholarships to high school students looking at the high cost of secondary education. All profits from this event will go to the Scholarship Funds for Medway Post 367 and Franklin Post 75. Registration: 7:00 – 7:45am Start Time: Run 8:00am Start / Finish: Medway High School 88 Summer Street Medway, MA 02053 Run: 5 mile loop on paved roads Entry Fee: $25 $15 High School Students Post race refreshments Prizes awarded by category T-Shirts for entrants Raffle Prizes iRace Timing by Spitler Race Systems Massage Therapist or download and register by mail

American Legion: Medway Post 367 and Franklin Post 75

Franklin American Legion · 82 West Central St · Franlkin, MA 02038 · USA

"favorable to other available options"

The charter school on Main Street has finalized plans to construct a new building with some of the land it owns on Washington Street, part of a $22 million expansion that will see its enrollment double over the next decade. 

The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School (BFCCPS) is looking to hire an architect to design the new 90,000 square-foot school, including recreation fields, said Donald Tappin, president of the school’s 10-member Board of Trustees. 

“Much of this work will take place over the summer,” he said in a blog post last week. “Our timeline remains aggressive but we currently expect that we will be able to welcome students into BFCCPS’s new facility in September of 2017.” 

The school owns three parcels off Washington Street – a total of about 8 acres. All together, the land is worth more than $600,000, according to the Franklin assessor’s database.

Continue reading the article in the Milford Daily News
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150610/NEWS/150619652/1994/NEWS

Related post:
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/06/bfccps-expansion-update.html

Live reporting: Action Items to Closing

4. Action Items
a. I recommend approval of the request for ASMS 8th graders to travel to Pawtucket, RI to see a PawSox game on June 10, 2015 as detailed.
motion to approve, seconded, passed 6-0

b. I recommend acceptance of a check for 287.66 from O’Connor Studios for supplemental supplies at Davis Thayer Elementary School.motion to approve, seconded, passed 6-0

c. I recommend acceptance of two checks totaling $2.500.00 for FHS Scholarships:
1. Whitson’s Food Service $1,500.00
2. Steven M. Coppola $1,000.00motion to approve, seconded, passed 6-0

d. I recommend acceptance of a check for $5,200.00 from the Oak St. PCC for Supplemental Curriculum Materials.motion to approve, seconded, passed 6-0


added approval of Girls Track team to Saco, ME
motion to approve, seconded, passed 6-0


5. Information Matters
Superintendent’s Report
congratulations to the 4x 800 for winning the State and now going to the New England meet

congratulations

acknowledge the number of people who made graduation and the All Night Party successful; thanks to all (long listing of groups, folks)

Pandora and Patty Clay for working with the Class of 1965 for their inclusion in the evening

Trahan - graduation never gets old (like the Globe article), all a fabulous job

Sabolinski
debriefed today and already started planning for next year
for some it may be the only graduation they attend



School Committee Sub-Committee Reports
none

School Committee Liaison Reports
none

Harlem Wizards coming in Novmeber

motion to go into executive session

Live reporting: Team Horace Mann Middle School

c. Horace Mann Update – Shawn Fortin, Kaitlyn Demers

HMMS STEM Presentation 6/09/15 from Franklin Matters

(note the slide set needs to be updated as it doesn't include all the photos from the trips)

STEM is not putting students in front of computers

we do love technology, but we do not loose the 'forest for the trees'

challenged the Science Dept to create three small field trips

actually did 5 with a couple of more coming before the year end

several small field trip - single class

secret is to get students excited about science

nurture STEM, provide opportunities that could not be achieved in the classroom

Museum of Science brought a program on heat to the classroom

MIT, actually at Mass General Hospital - beefed up the background on genetics before the trip, looking for signs of life

Mystic Aquarium - biology focused

Harvard Museum of Natural History

Signal Rock Farm - sheep farm, further into genetics

trips were made based upon the interests of the children

kids made the choice

used a simplified application process

the students took turns explaining what they learned from each of the trips

one of the activities was to dissect a squid at Mystic

O'Malley - 

outstanding student presenters, not easy to sit and present to the School Committee

a science trip is important, we live in a culturally diverse area and it is easy to do and well worth it, connecting the schools and community. I also believe in bringing the experts into the school house

Jewell - 

applaud the kids for the presentation, it was great

my father had raised sheep and breed one of his own

DNA is on file for each soldier to help with their identification

it is exciting for you to see that

• heard about Dr Carr via the network and worked to make the connection
• Mystic Aquarium is a convenient and good location with manageable traffic
• Museum of Science, if they could do what they do at the museum, here, it would be worthwhile; did provide some pre-planning to ensure a good fit and interaction
• a lot of it was trial, if it works, we'll do it again