"they should be on schedule to be done by the end of the calendar year"

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"Unforeseen conditions have delayed the renovation project at the Franklin Senior Center, though officials hope the lag will not be too lengthy.

The center is in the middle of a $1 million project to finish the building's second floor. 

Deputy Town Administrator Jamie Hellen said that it was conditions at the site itself that caused the problem. 

"When digging the hole for the elevator shaft, they hit rock," he said. "They had to go back into the plans and move the elevator shaft a little bit."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20161108/franklin-senior-center-project-slowed

Franklin Senior Center

unofficial tally for Franklin, MA for the Presidential election November 8, 2016

The unofficial tally for Franklin, MA for the Presidential election November 8, 2016.

Franklin voted for Clinton, Kennedy, Spilka, Ross, and Roy. 
They voted against ballot questions 1 and 2 and for ballot questions 3,and 4.







Thanks to all the folks in the Town Clerk's office and to all the election workers, this was a record turnout and marvelously done!

Franklin High School early on the morning of Nov 8

Franklin Library: Pastel Paint Stunning Still Lifes Like the Masters

The Franklin Public Library will host this painting workshop on Thursday, November 10, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

"Gregory Maichack, twice nominated for the MCC Gold Star Award, and award-winning pastelist, presents his all-new “Pastel Paint Stunning Still Lifes Like the Masters” workshop: instruction, demo, and hands-on work by sheer beginners to advanced who keep their pastel painting. 

He demonstrates how beginners to accomplished artists can easily pastel paint a still life while applying techniques applied by masters such as van Gogh, O’Keeffe, Monet and da Vinci. He shares humorous and insightful anecdotes on the artists in this fun workshop. 

Essential techniques of pastel painting will be clearly demonstrated as participants follow along. He provides hundreds of professional grade pastels, paper, and pencils."

http://gregorymaichack.com/adult-workshops/

Franklin Library: Pastel Paint Stunning Still Lifes Like the Masters

This was shared from the Franklin Library page
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2016/11/pastel-paint-stunning-still-lifes-like.html

Franklin Girl Scouts visit State House

Ten Girl Scouts from Troop 65396 (Franklin) paid a visit to the State House as a part of their government badge requirements. They toured the building with Representative Jeffrey Roy (D – Franklin). The girl scouts visited both the House and Senate Chambers, stepped onto the State House balcony and had a picture taken on the Grand Staircase. Attached is the photo taken on the Massachusetts State House Grand Staircase.

Troop 65396 (Franklin) visited the State House and Representative Roy

"We were excited to meet the Girl Scouts," noted Representative Jeffrey Roy (D – Franklin). "They were well engaged during the tour and their enthusiasm regarding their role in their government was a pleasure to see. They all asked pointed questions about life on Beacon Hill, while demonstrating considerable knowledge about Massachusetts history."

FHS volleyball ends playoff run against Lincoln-Sudbury

From Hockomock Sports we share the FHS fall sports results from Monday, Nov 7 as the playoff run for volleyball comes to an end. 

FHS Panthers

Volleyball = D1 Central-West

#6 Franklin, 0 @ #3 Lincoln-Sudbury, 3 – Final

– Franklin pushed the third-seeded Warriors to the limit in each set but ultimately fell 22-25, 15-25, 23-25. Ellie Wisneiwski and Erin Skidmore (17 digs) each had nine kills to pace the Panthers’ offense while Maddie Kuzio had 27 digs.

For the remainder of the Hockomock results from Monday
https://hockomocksports.com/mondays-schedule-scoreboard-110716/

Election Day 2016 - Your time to vote

Election Day is here, finally. All Franklin voters can go to the high school to cast their ballots. The polls open at 6:00 AM and will close at 8:00 PM.

School is out and with 8,458 (almost 40% of the registered voters) taking advantage of early voting (7,278) or absentee ballots (1,180), there should be shorter lines and plenty of parking.

How much of a turn out will we end up with? For the last three presidential elections we were in the low 80% range. Early voting is new this time around. What effect will that have on the turn out? It may be hard to say definitively given the state of the national political campaigns. What matters is that folks do get out to vote. In the democratic way, we'll live with what the results are.


Presidential 2004    83.2%
Presidential 2008    84.4%
Presidential 2012     83.4%
Presidential 2016      ???

If you need any information on the ballot questions, check our the Election Collection  http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/10/election-collection-2016.html

Election Day 2016

MBTA: Franklin Line shuttle updates for weekend of Fri 11/11 through Sun 11/13

Two items worthy of note for the MBTA this coming weekend. (1) Friday night will see select service via shuttle bus between Dedham Corp and Readville. (2) Saturday and Sunday will see the shuttle bus service return between those two stations which will add travel time to the 'normal' trip to/from Boston.

Item #1 

Service will be suspended on the Franklin Line between Dedham Corporate Center and Readville Stations on the evening of Friday, November 11th. Select trains will be replaced with shuttle bus service.

Due to Shore Line Bridge Replacement, buses will replace select evening trains between Dedham Corporate Center and Readville Stations in both directions on Friday, November 11th, 2016.

Customers should allow additional travel time anticipating delays of approximately twenty (20) minutes.

The following trains will be affected:

• 727 (9:00pm from Boston)
• 728 (9:01pm from Forge Park)
• 729 (10:30pm from Boston)
• 730 (10:25pm from Forge Park)
• 731 (11:50pm from Boston)
• 732 (11:46pm from Forge Park)

The following stations will be affected:

• Dedham Corporate Center
• Endicott
• Readville

Last updated: Nov 07 2016 09:39 AM

Item #2

Shuttle buses will replace Franklin Line train service between Dedham Corporate Center and Readville Stations on Saturday, November 12th, and Sunday, November 13th, due to Shore Line Bridge Replacement in Hyde Park.

Due to Shore Line Bridge Replacement, buses will replace trains between Dedham Corporate Center and Readville Stations in both directions on the following dates:

- Saturday November 12th, 2016
- Sunday November 13th, 2016

Customers should allow additional travel time anticipating delays of approximately twenty (20) minutes.

The following trains will be affected:

• Saturday - All
• Sunday - All

The following stations will be affected:

• Dedham Corporate Center
• Endicott
• Readville

Last updated: Nov 07 2016 09:43 AM

MBTA train on the Franklin Line headed to Forge Park Station