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| The FHS Boys basketball team did well in summer competition (FHS Panthers Facebook image) |
2nd Annual Golf Tournament is October 14. Register here:https://fhsboysbasketballgolf.eventbrite.com/
"Tinkergarten announced on Tuesday it has raised a $5.4 million Series A round of financing led by Owl Ventures, with additional investment from existing investors Omidyar Network (the philanthropic investment firm established by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam) and Reach Capital.“KIDS NOW SPEND UPWARDS TO 8 HOURS PER DAY IN FRONT OF A SCREEN. PARENTS HAVE A STRONG NEED TO BALANCE THAT TIME WITH HEALTHY […] TIME OUTDOORS.”The Northampton, MA-based company uses an online platform to organize outdoor educational activities for kids ages 1-8 years old. A mix of learning and play, activities are conducted by trained “leaders,” people with a passion for teaching who can be educators, scientists, artists or even attorneys."
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| image from Tinkergarten webpage |
"OUR WTFI ATHLETES ARE AT IT AGAIN!
NINE OF OUR AMAZING ENDURANCE ATHLETES WILL BE RUCKING 200 MILES (10 MILES FOR EVERY VETERAN WHO TAKES HIS/HER LIFE) ACROSS THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Oh, and they will be doing it nonstop over 3 days.
The transition from military to civilian life can be difficult, especially when dealing with injuries, illnesses, the scars of combat and loss of comrades. Those who have not served have a difficult time understanding this and bringing Veterans back into the community, while Veterans have a hard time sharing their stories and becoming part of the community that wants them.
This 200-mile ruck across Massachusetts will help raise awareness for the needs of Veterans, specifically, the need for them to become part of the community after service, the prevention of suicide and to raise charitable donations to support programs to help them.
We will start at Bates Memorial State Park and finish at Plymouth Rock Park.
Check out our route at the site below.
http://www.warriorthunderfoundation.org/vet-ruck-new-england/
Grab all of your friends and meet us along the route in your town or any town and cheer us on. I mean, 200 miles, nonstop...come on.
Wave your flags, bring all your Veteran friends, bring ALL your friends, family, dogs ... even your mother in law (no we won't take her with us).
Check out our website (by clicking tickets above) for the route. We will post the times of each location we travel through. If you would like to be sponsor or want your group or town leaders to meet with us, please contact Darren Bean. (508) 244-9950 or darrenbean@warriorthunder.org
We are proudly sponsored by Skeleton Optics, Cascade Designs, Petzl, The Cabby Shack and Reebok!! Thank you for supporting our Veterans and their Families."
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| The Vet Ruck Walk will travel through Franklin Saturday, Aug 19 |
"After a rainy, cool start to the season, blueberry gatherers might have expected slim pickings. But the reality is the exact opposite.
Local blueberry growers say their bushes have been putting on a good show this summer, and picking is plentiful.
“We have a really good crop of berries this year. The cool wet weather hasn’t seemed to affect the berry production,” said Pam Gianetti, of Gianetti’s U-Pick Blueberries on Franklin’s Union Street.
There, about five acres of high bush blueberry bushes are tucked away amidst a residential neighborhood at 557 Union St. -- a hidden treasure pocket laden with the plump, dark blue gems of summer. Since 1979 the Gianetti family has welcomed visitors to their blueberry beds to pick their own buckets full of berries."
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| we went ti Gianetti's a couple of weeks ago and it was good picking |
"The vibrant colors of the Panthers logo in the center of the new turf field at the high school are almost too bright to look at, but hard to turn away from.
The fierce, blue panther and its intimidating teeth are sown proudly into the middle of the field, on the 50-yard line.
“All I know is how beautiful it is and how excited we are to have it,” said athletic director Tom Angelo.
The department of public works hired contractors to replace two of the three turf fields in town – the high school and Beaver Pond. They will also be replacing the track at the high school, as soon as the field is complete The town budgeted for the replacement far in advance, with the knowledge that turf life is about a dozen years. The project costs about $1.6 million."
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| the new turf is being installed at Franklin High School |
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| the crumb rubber infill is coated with an epoxy which should make it safer |
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| Franklin Public Library: pancakes, potluck, and book sale - Aug 12 |
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| Cultural Diversity Potluck, Saturday, August 12, 2:00 - 4:00 PM |
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| Franklin Public Library Book Sale, Saturday, August 12, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM |
