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| "Anything Goes in THE BOX" - Saturday, Oct 14 |
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| FYBO Board Nominations and Elections in November |
"The Dean College School of the Arts in now playing its first theatre production of the year, Six Characters in Search of An Author. The show opens TONIGHT and will run through this Sunday, October 15, 2017.
Tickets are selling fast, so be sure to purchase your tickets TODAY!
Wondering what the performance is about? Well, we sat down with guest director Eric Parness to get the answers to your questions and take us on his journey of adapting this great work for the Dean College production."
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| "Six Characters in Search of An Author" - Through Oct 15 |
"Community members are invited to donate gently-used clothing and household items Oct. 13-15 at the First Universalist Society of Franklin (FUSF), 262 Chestnut St., Franklin.
All goods collected through the FUNDrive are sold to Savers, the parent company to thrift stores like Value Village, Unique, and Savers. Savers pays the church by the pound for every qualifying donation received. In turn, these items help keep the stores freshly stocked.
Donations can be dropped off Friday, Oct. 13 from 4-7 p.m. in the Dana Room (use side entrance); Saturday, Oct. 14 from 3 to 6 p.m. in the FUSF parking lot, and Sunday, Oct. 15 from 9-10 a.m. in the FUSF parking lot
"The Franklin Distinguished Young Women Program is holding an information night on Wednesday, Oct. 18, starting at 7:30 p.m., at the Hockomock Area YMCA Bernon Family Branch, 45 Forge Hill Road, Franklin.
High school juniors from all area towns are eligible.
The Franklin Distinguished Young Women Program is part of a national scholarship program that inspires high school girls to develop their full, individual potential through a fun, transformative experience that culminates in a celebratory showcase of their accomplishments."
"We're very excited to be sponsoring the Franklin Turkey Trot 5K coming up next month on Thanksgiving Day!
This is a very fun event for the whole family and first 150 registered runners get a free t-shirt and other goodies.
All proceeds go to benefit the Franklin Food Pantry. Details can be found at franklinturkeytrot.org.
Sign up today!"
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| Sign up or the Franklin Turkey Trot 5K - Thanksgiving morning |
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| FHS Panthers |
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| Friends and Family CPR Course - Oct 18 |
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| A Favorite Poem Project - Oct 25 |
"Weather is expected to be sunny with temperatures in the low 70s for the 15th annual Franklin Harvest Festival on Saturday.
The festival will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and occupies the entirety of Main Street and much of the surrounding downtown area. The event, sponsored by the Franklin Downtown Partnership (FDP), will be a day of local entertainment, carnival-style games, food, and giveaways.
“Our ability to stage the event throughout Main Street, East Central and West Central streets for this festival will provide an incredible setup for entertainment, shopping and dining downtown,” said FDP vice president and event chairperson Scott Martin.
After 12 p.m., the Dean Bank parking lot will be open for handicapped parking and serve as the drop-off and pickup location for senior living center residents. Other festival parking information will be posted on the FDP website the day of the event.
Main Street will be closed to vehicle traffic for the expected 6,000 people and 150 vendors, crafters, exhibitors, and local groups."
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| downtown decorated for the Franklin Harvest Festival on Saturday |
"After putting out ads and spreading the word on social media, the DPW is still having trouble finding contractors to plow the roads for the upcoming snow season.
Highway and grounds superintendent Carlos Rebelo said that the town will hire about 68 plow contractors this year, but has only received a handful of applicants.
“It’s hard because this time of the year the weather is still good,” said Rebelo.
As a result, the town is still seeking many more plows for the upcoming winter. Equipment must to be in good running condition for the town to consider hiring, and is subject to inspection by town mechanics prior to the start of the season."
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| FHS Hockey Booster Club tickets available at Harvest Festival |
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| FHS Hockey Booster Club |
| J. Legislation for Action |
1. Resolution 17-62: Acceptance of Gift - Franklin Fire Department (Motion to Move Resolution 17-62 - Majority vote (5))
a yearly donation, great to corporate citizens step up to do so
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| J. Legislation for Action |
2. Resolution 17-63: Acceptance of Gift - Franklin Police Department (Motion to Move Resolution 17-63 - Majority vote (5))
motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0
same as above; a yearly donation, great to corporate citizens step up to do so
Pellegri - do we send thank you's, yes...
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| J. Legislation for Action |
3. Resolution 17-64: Request to Town of Norfolk Zoning Board of Appeals to Request a Traffic Study of the Intersection of Mill Street and Chestnut Street in Franklin (Motion to Move Resolution 17-64 - Majority vote (5))
motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0
Norfolk has a housing development (approx 200 homes/condos) near the corner of the intersection but the prior approvals by Norfolk did not include this intersection
the traffic study is online at Norfolk ZBA (will add link later) but none of Franklin was included
apparently, over a million yards of material to come out of the development
a lot of land but a lot will be left open
Part of it is a 40B and comment about their need for water
we should not be in a position to send any their way
in addition to the bridges, they will be looking for alternate routes through Franklin; the amount of material to come out of there could take years at 50 trucks a day
what is the impact to Franklin?
Pellegri - is this a scenic road?
no it is not
Kelly had met with some residents which got this started
a bridge is being talked of being replaced
Buckley and Mann site, it is contaminated and would be bringing that stuff through here
Amazon was looking at a site in Bellingham, if we don't have a way to fix this, we are going to be in trouble
Richard Ciccone - Chestnut St
speaking for the study to be done, this is going to be an issue
if there is a public hearing, we can speak. I don't believe they have closed the hearing yet
Let's get ahead of the curve. Why can't we ask for mitigation?
Nutting - the best way would be for the ZBA to put in a truck route, so it would be a binding ruling. That is the construction phase, wand what is the ongoing phase.
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| J. Legislation for Action |
4. Bylaw Amendment 17-796: Chapter 63, Buildings, Numbering Of - 2nd Reading (Motion to Move Bylaw Amendment 17-796 - Majority Roll Call vote (5))
motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0 (via roll call) green construction is more expensive, but the energy efficiency should pay off over time there are good points to this, when we built the high school, we got 2 point (or 2M) for building green |
| J. Legislation for Action |
5. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 17-797: Setbacks for Accessory Buildings and Structures - 2nd Reading (Motion to Move Zoning Bylaw Amendment 17-797 - 2/3 Majority Roll Call vote (6))
motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0 (via roll call)
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| K. Town Administrator's Report |
K. Town Administrator's Report
Harvest Festival on Saturday, should be biggest ever |
| L. Future Agenda Items |
L. Future Agenda Items
none |
| M. Council Comments |
M. Council Comments
flu shots on Oct 17 lights for trees where we didn't own the trees? apparently held over from last year harvest festival, took over a dozen years and now we have the benefit for having the Festival Oct 18, CPR course at Fire Dept NARCAN training also being offered Oct 18 at the Fire Dept Condolences to the Peachy family, she would have been 100 on Dec 1 Elks ride thjrough Clinton and back, raised $6500 acknowledge the passing of Bob Fahey acknowledge American Legion post 75 had an honor guard for him Larry Bedarian to show off his new stuff, All MA and All US VFW member |
| N. Executive Session |
N. Executive Session
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| O. Adjourn |
O. Adjourn
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