Live Reporting: Town Council - Nov 18, 2015

Present: Padula, Vallee, Kelly, Pfeffer, Bissanti, Dellorco, Mercer (remote via phone)
Absent: Jones
Pellegri (also present but not as a member of the Council yet)

A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

C. ANNOUNCEMENTS
- This meeting is being recorded by Franklin TV and shown on Comcast channel 11 and Verizon channel 29. This meeting may be recorded by others.

D. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS

E. CITIZEN COMMENTS
none

F. APPOINTMENTS
Franklin Community Cable Access, Inc.- Board of Directors
William K Norman, Rose Turco

re-doing the vote to cover a technicality where last week it was referenced as a committee when they are really to the Board of Directors

Liaisons -SAFE Board

• Dellorco

Communications

• Jones

"Start by asking Great Questions"

StoryCorps invites families across America to participate in its Great Thanksgiving Listen from Nov. 26-29. 

The goal of this project is to preserve the voices of a generation, in a single weekend. Equipment required is a smartphone or tablet and the StoryCorps App, available free for Apple and Android devices. The stories recorded can remain private or become part of the Library of Congress. The free app allows for up to 40 minutes per listening session to be recorded.

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20151117/NEWS/151116642/1994/NEWS

Story Corp - recording booth

The Getting Started quick ref card
https://storycorpsme.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2015/10/Getting-Started.pdf

Interview tips
https://storycorpsme.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2015/10/Interview-Tips.pdf

Review some sample questions to ask  https://storycorps.org/great-questions/

Downtown Partnership - Networking Luncheon - Nov 20

Please join us for our upcoming Networking Luncheon
Friday, November 20, at 1 p.m.
Dean College Smith Dining Center

Dean College Smith Dining Center

This luncheon is a great opportunity to talk about your business and grow relationships with other professionals in a relaxed atmosphere while enjoying a delicious lunch. It is an ideal way for new businesses to get the word out about their ventures and make new connections.

The Franklin Downtown Partnership holds these networking luncheons every 3rd Friday of the month. Networking Committee Co-Chairs Gary Donelan and Matt Lechter are looking in to after-hours events at local businesses, and are actively looking for speaker ideas. Please contact them with topics that you feel are instrumental to your business success.

Gary Donelan, gary.donelan@middlesexbank.com
Matt Lechter, mlechter@dean.edu

Franklin represented on Hockomock Cross Country All Stars - 2015

From Hockomock Sports, we share the All Stars for Cross Country. Nicole Clermont was named the MVP for the Girls

the top 16 girls at the Hockomock Cross Country Championships, Oct 31, 2015

Girls Cross Country

HOCKOMOCK LEAGUE MVP

• Nicole Clermont, Franklin

HOCKOMOCK LEAGUE ALL STARS

Catherine Song, Canton
Lindsey Nelson, Foxboro

• Nicole Clermont, Franklin
• Kate Hartnett, Franklin
• Brittany Robinson, Franklin
• Sabrina Roche, Franklin

Erin Quinn, King Philip
Julie Romano, Mansfield
Jenise Madden, Milford
Ann Roberts, North Attleboro
Elizabeth Peckham, Oliver Ames
Olivia Timbone, Oliver Ames
Carly Ryter, Sharon
Ariadne Tolay, Sharon
Amanda Baptiste, Taunton


HONORABLE MENTIONS

• Nicole Mucciarone, Franklin

Boys Cross Country

HONORABLE MENTIONS

• Ryan Spelman, Franklin

Girls

http://www.hockomocksports.com/the-2015-hockomock-girls-cross-country-all-stars-hms/

Boys

http://www.hockomocksports.com/the-2015-hockomock-boys-cross-country-all-stars-hms/

Franklin's Meals on Wheels Program can use your help!

Got a few hours in the morning that you want to use helping others? 

Meals on Wheels needs your help!

Deliveries are any weekday from 10:30 AM - 12:00 noon (routes are in Franklin and 2 surrounding towns).

Kitchen help is from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (in Franklin). Call 508-520-1422 with questions.

Franklin Lifelong Learning: Decorating Holiday Cupcakes - Dec 2

Make the Holidays Special

Franklin Public Schools  -  Lifelong Learning Institute The Center for Adult Education and Community Learning Invite you to Decorate Holiday Cupcakes Get creative for the holidays and have some fun with cupcake art. Join our friends from the cake bar and learn how to make your cupcakes special. During this hands-on class you will be decorating four cupcakes .... and taking them home, too!  You will learn four different decorating techniques, using fondant decorations.  For those who want to continue practicing at home after the class, extra supplies will be available for purchase on the night of the class at a 10% discount to all attendees. (Cash and checks will be accepted).                                                             Wednesday, December 2                             Time: 7:00 to 8:30pm                              Location: Franklin High School, 218 Oak Street                              Cost: $50 NOTE: Participants should be at least 18 years of age.  REGISTER NOW

The Center for Adult Education & Community Learning | 218 Oak Street | Franklin | MA | 02038

In the News: MCAS 2.0, Clerk recount Thursday, Sen Spilka visits Franklin, Methodist Church events

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin

After test-driving the PARCC exam for two years, Massachusetts will instead opt for a new hybrid exam beginning in 2017. 

“This is going to be one of the most important policy decisions I think any group in the commonwealth will make for many years to come,” Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Chairman Paul Sagan said. 

The board voted 8-3 Tuesday to adopt Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester’s proposal to develop a new standardized test that incorporates elements of both PARCC and MCAS. Chester touted the new exam as a “next-generation MCAS” and “MCAS 2.0.”

Read the full article online here (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20151117/NEWS/151116385/1994/NEWS

The votes cast in the town election earlier this month will be recounted Thursday to definitively name the winner of the town clerk race. 

Current Town Clerk Deborah Pellegri said candidate Diane Padula-O'Neill has formally requested the reconsideration after coming up 32 votes shy in the Nov. 3 count. 

The recount will take place at 10 a.m. at the Franklin Municipal Building, Pellegri said.

Read the full article online here (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20151117/NEWS/151116015/1994/NEWS

State Sen. Karen Spilka visited the Franklin Downtown Partnership office recently, viewing the progress being made on the Downtown Roadway and Streetscape Improvement Project and discussing the FDP’s work on a number of downtown initiatives. 

Franklin Downtown Partnership Executive Director Lisa Piana and Planning and Community Development Director Bryan Taberner reviewed the Streetscape construction project’s progress to date. They also shared plans for new development and improvements to the downtown, such as a new retail building, park, and Horace Mann statue at the corner of Emmons and West Central streets.

Read the full article online here (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20151117/NEWS/151116182/1994/NEWS

Franklin United Methodist Church, 82 W. Central St., will host the following Christmas events.

• Caroling: 2:30 p.m. Dec. 6.
• Quiet time service, or Blue Christmas service: 7 p.m. Dec. 17.
• Christmas Pageant: 10 a.m. Dec. 20.
• Christmas Eve services: 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Dec. 24.

For information, call the church at 508-528-1092.

http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20151117/NEWS/151116064/1994/NEWS