Hello Dog Lovers,
We have scheduled a clean up on August12h at 8am to spread wood chips and clean up the park. Volunteers needed.
We need about 8 wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes. Refreshments and snacks will be there for all the volunteers.
Rain date is August 19th at 8am.
Thanks, Furry Friends of Franklin Dog Park Committee..
WOOF! WOOF!!
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| dog park at Dacey Field on a sunny summer day |
"Cold Chain Technologies (CCT), the leading source for temperature-controlled packaging solutions for all segments of the life science supply chain and the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA), the leading global facilitator of science, technology and regulatory information are pleased to announce "Temperature Sensitive Packaging and Distribution for Biopharmaceuticals," a new two-day course offering.
The "Temperature Sensitive Packaging and Distribution for Biopharmaceuticals" course is ideal for professionals employed in roles such as Regulatory Compliance, Quality Assurance, Packaging, Validation and Process Development. Upon completion of the course, attendees will understand the variables involved in designing a thermal packaging system, and learn how to develop and evaluate shipping systems based on a set of requirements including the implementation of a temperature monitoring program for their organization.
"We are very excited to partner with the world leading Parental Drug Association in sharing the best practices to properly specify and evaluate cold chain packaging. Having a sound understanding of the technical background of cold chain shippers is essential to achieving a safe and cost effective cold chain," states Geoff Kaiser, Director of Engineering and Technical Services at CCT."Continue reading the press release
"In celebration of our 50 years in thermal packaging design and innovation and the relocation of our corporate headquarters to Franklin, MA, we hosted a grand opening and ribbon cutting on June 1, 2017.
The event was attended by CCT employees, business associates, and public officials that included Massachusetts Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, State Representative Jeffrey Roy, Lisa Nelson on behalf of US Congressman Joseph Kennedy III, Peter Milano from the Massachusetts Office of Business Development, Greg Casey on behalf of US State Senator Richard Ross, Town of Franklin Administrator Jeffery Nutting, Town of Franklin Council Member Andy Bissanti, Edward Kriegsman of Kriegsman & Kriegsman, Bonnie Sullivan of Middlesex Savings Bank, Julia Dvorko of the Massachusetts Export Center and more."
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"Another member of the Molloy family has achieved the highest achievement or rank within the Boys Scouts of America.
Following in his father Peter and brother Brian’s footsteps, Samuel Molloy, 16, recently completed his Eagle Scout project.
Through his project, Samuel raised money, built and managed of a team of volunteers to install four aluminum benches along the side of the turf field at Franklin High School.
“I’m very proud of him,” said Samuel’s mother Shelly. “He went out and got donations, made speeches, researched how much the benches cost and what size; he also had to get the project approved by both the town and school.”
"The House and Senate on Wednesday signed off on a compromise bill overhauling the marijuana legalization ballot law, moving the long-awaited deal a step closer to Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk.
The committee of House and Senate negotiators had planned to produce a deal by June 30, but talks dragged on this month amid disagreements over tax rates, local control and other issues. Final votes in each branch are expected Thursday when the Senate plans to more thoroughly discuss the accord, the product of competing House and Senate bills reconciled in secret by the conference committee over more than three weeks.
Baker, who opposed Question 4 legalizing recreational marijuana, should now be in receipt of the bill by week’s end, but it’s unclear whether he might have any additional recommendations that could be proposed in the form of amendments that would further delay the implementation of the law."
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"The converted carport behind Holliston’s Prentice Road golf course contains a riot of color and movement.
Blooms in shades of pink, purple, and yellow soar up from islands of loam on the gravel floor, pour from boxes along the walls, and hang from baskets in the ceiling. Black and orange butterflies flit from flower to flower, and a few head for the netted walls and arched ceiling, where visitors can hear the rapid drumming of their wings against the barrier. A mural of the colorful insects takes up a back wall.
This is the Holliston Butterfly Aviary, which opened for its third season this past weekend, behind the town-owned Pinecrest Golf Course.
Watch where you step: some butterflies nestle into the gravel at visitors’ feet."
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| From the Holliston Agricultural Commission webpage |
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| Wild cats at the Franklin Library, Wednesday, 10:30 AM for children 6 and up |
"State Rep Jeff Roy, D-Franklin and Sen. Karen Spilka, D-Ashland, made a trip to the fire station Monday morning to get a firsthand look at the newest tools they helped purchase for the department.
Roy and Spilka worked together to secure a $65,000 grant to fund 60 hearing protection devices for Franklin firefighters.
The new items will help avoid potential hearing loss, said Fire Chief Gary McCarraher.
“The hearing protection devices are headsets that reduce the noise firefighters are exposed to within and around the fire apparatus,” McCarraher said. “They incorporate an intercom system so they can talk to one another as well as connection with the radio system.”
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| Paul Molla demos the new headsets (Jeff Roy Facebook photo) |
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| 37th Annual Crackerbarrel Classic - Sep 16 |
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| Concerts on the Common: Sharon Band - July 19 |
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| Lisa Bailey - "Colorful Escapes" - art show in Natick |
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| 7 of 9 Lives by Lisa G Bailey |
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| https://www.facebook.com/DevelopingArtistsFranklin |
"Holy flying pancakes, you guys!
I’m still processing this in what’s left of my brain. I’ll post more tomorrow.
For now, there’s this:
BAKER ORDERS STATE TO INVESTIGATE COMPRESSOR STATION ISSUES
By Michael P. Norton
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 17, 2017…
Requesting a public health assessment and thorough airing of public safety concerns, Gov. Charlie Baker has directed state agencies to investigate issues raised by opponents of a controversial natural gas compressor station planned along the Fore River in North Weymouth.
In a letter dated July 14 and released by Baker’s office on Monday, Baker said his administration would examine claims about project impacts, gather public health data, and facilitate the presentation to the federal government of public safety concerns. And while he reiterated that the “primary decisions” about the project will be made by the federal government, Baker said he’s committed to ensuring that community concerns are “heard fully.”
“We recognize the serious concerns that have been raised by many, including constituents in your town and neighboring communities, regarding a proposed natural gas compressor station to be sited along the Fore River,” Baker wrote in a letter to Weymouth Mayor Robert Hedlund, a former state senator who has called the federal review of the project “a rigged process.”
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| image from Sit With Andrea webpage |
"The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees voted to increase tuition and fees by an average of 3 percent for in-state undergraduates on Monday -- a move that will cost the average Massachusetts student $416 more than the previous academic year.
Across the UMass system, the average in-state undergraduate will pay an average $14,253 in tuition and fees this year. It is the third year in a row the university has increased tuition for students. Last July, the trustees voted to increase tuition and fees by 5.8 percent -- a hike that cost the average in-state undergraduate student $756. The trustees broke a two-year tuition freeze in 2015 when they voted to increase tuition by 5 percent.
The five-campus UMass system had more than 74,000 students enrolled during the 2016-17 academic year. Some 17,700 students earned UMass degrees in 2017 -- the largest graduating class in UMass history. The board approved the increases during a meeting in Worcester."
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| http://www.umass.edu/ |
"State House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement Monday on the state’s voter-approved marijuana law that would allow retail pot sales to be taxed at a maximum 20 percent rate.
Highlights of the deal were released by a six-member conference committee that spent several weeks trying to resolve differences between the two chambers.The compromise language mostly splits the difference between a House proposal to raise the total tax on marijuana to a mandatory 28 percent and the Senate version of the bill, which called for keeping the tax at a maximum of 12 percent.
Under the agreement, consumers would pay a 10.75 percent excise tax in addition to the state’s regular 6.25 percent sales tax. Cities and towns would also have the option of adding a 3 percent local tax."
"They hide in weeds along hiking trails and in playground grass. They wash into rivers and float downstream to land on beaches. They pepper baseball dugouts, sidewalks and streets. Syringes left by drug users amid the heroin crisis are turning up everywhere.
In Portland, Maine, officials have collected more than 700 needles so far this year, putting them on track to handily exceed the nearly 900 gathered in all of 2016. In March alone, San Francisco collected more than 13,000 syringes, compared with only about 2,900 the same month in 2016.
People, often children, risk getting stuck by discarded needles, raising the prospect they could contract blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis or HIV or be exposed to remnants of heroin or other drugs.
It’s unclear whether anyone has gotten sick, but the reports of children finding the needles can be sickening in their own right. One 6-year-old girl in California mistook a discarded syringe for a thermometer and put it in her mouth; she was unharmed."
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| SAFE Coalition presentation to Town Council, July 12, 2017 |
