Franklin Library: "Fairytale Snow Queen Party" - Dec 29 - 10:30 AM |
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Franklin Library: "Fairytale Snow Queen Party" - Dec 29 - 10:30 AM |
"Despite support from a majority of its members, legislation raising the Massachusetts minimum wage from $11 to $15 is ending 2017 the same way it began the year - pending before the Democrat-controlled Labor and Workforce Development Committee.
Meantime, citizen activists anxious to put a $15 wage floor on the lawbooks are moving forward with their plans to do so without any help from Beacon Hill.
Raise Up Massachusetts, the coalition behind an initiative petition on track for a vote in November 2018, noted Wednesday that the minimum wage will rise on Jan. 1 in 18 states, but will remain the same in Massachusetts for the first time in four years. Arizona, Colorado, Maine, Oregon and Washington have approved minimum wages that exceed $11 an hour, and California and New York are already on schedule to bring their minimum wages up to $15 an hour.
While minimum wage hike opponents have warned pay mandates will hold down job growth, the coalition said that since 2014, when the Massachusetts minimum wage was $8 an hour, employers have added more than 211,000 jobs in Massachusetts and the state’s low jobless rate points to a need for more workers."
"The Franklin public schools are piloting a homework-free holiday break for students in kindergarten through eighth grade as part of a broader homework policy implemented this year by the Franklin School Committee. High school teachers have been encouraged to take the same approach where feasible during the holiday period. District leaders plan to conduct a survey following the vacation of faculty, staff, administrators, parents, and students to gather feedback on the experience."
Franklin Public Schools: Message to Parents on Homework Policy |
The playground equipment was replaced by the manufacturer at no cost to the Town |
Franklin Rotary |
8-1 win vs Bishop Stang!!🏒 Goals by Paterson (2), Connelly (2), Lewandowski (2), Quinn, and Trask‼️ #Stingem’— FHS Girls Hockey (@fhsvgockey) December 27, 2017
FHS boys results for the Boston Holiday Challenge |
FHS girls results for the Boston Holiday Challenge |
Check the tweets from Coach Bailey. Our team is kind of a big deal. And his thumbs are tired and sore. Way to go panthers!! @FHSSports @FranklinHSNews @FHS_PCC #PantherPride https://t.co/iFapL2sayq— FranklinHighSchool (@FranklinHS) December 28, 2017
Girls 4x800 is third. I got blisters on my fingers from all this tweeting pic.twitter.com/kCFSaGKqVN— Coach Bailey (@FranklinHSXC) December 27, 2017
Nice job ladies! Third in the 4x200... you rock pic.twitter.com/JoqcPbrYu5— Coach Bailey (@FranklinHSXC) December 27, 2017
Clermont takes 5th in the 1000m with a 3:06 pic.twitter.com/nJCnmLpjXX— Coach Bailey (@FranklinHSXC) December 27, 2017
Clermont takes 5th in the 1000m with a 3:06 pic.twitter.com/nJCnmLpjXX— Coach Bailey (@FranklinHSXC) December 27, 2017
Jess Kroushl taking 2nd in long jump with a mark of 16’10” oh and that happens to be another school record! pic.twitter.com/VX4PJBOWmB— Coach Bailey (@FranklinHSXC) December 27, 2017
Brogan takes third in the mile with a 4:31 pic.twitter.com/MzGODbThkg— Coach Bailey (@FranklinHSXC) December 27, 2017
Jess Kroushl takes 2nd in the 55m dash and breaks her own school record with a 7.39 pic.twitter.com/YnxNQY41bb— Coach Bailey (@FranklinHSXC) December 27, 2017
Congrats to Bella Pierre for running a PR in the 55m hurdles. 2nd overall with a 9.07 pic.twitter.com/L1FkDBWFs2— Coach Bailey (@FranklinHSXC) December 27, 2017
FHS Panthers |
Exploring 19 Crimes Wine - Jan 18 |
"If you’ve resolved to get in touch with nature in 2018, you’ll have an opportunity to do so on the very first day of the year.
The Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park will be hosting a “First Day Hike” in the afternoon on New Year’s Day - part of a statewide series of hikes held by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. According to the department, this will be the fifth year the event has been offered in Uxbridge, though the first hike in the state took place 27 years ago at Milton’s Blue Hills Reservation.
Registration will begin at 12:30 p.m. at the park’s River Bend Farm Visitor Center at 287 Oak St., while the hike will kick off at 1 p.m."Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
The trails at DelCarte were in use this week |
The walk provided some great scenic views |
Franklin Newcomers and Friends - Jan 10 |
Electric Youth 2018 debuts at THE BLACK BOX - Jan 5 |
Annual Report 2017: Town Council |
Papers of Abraham Lincoln Now Online in Full Color Abraham Lincoln's papers from his time as a lawyer, congressman and the 16th president are now online in full color in a new presentation after a multi-year digitization effort at the Library of Congress. Click here for more information. |
"The papers of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), lawyer, representative from Illinois, and sixteenth president of the United States, contain approximately 40,550 documents dating from 1774 to 1948, although most of the collection spans from the 1850s through Lincoln’s presidency (1861-1865). Roughly half of the collection, more than 20,000 documents, comprising 62,000 images, as well as transcriptions of approximately 10,000 documents, is online. Included on this website in their entirety are Series 1-3 of the Lincoln Papers and the original materials in Series 4. Excluded from this online presentation is a sizeable portion of Series 4, which consists of printed material and reproductions of government and military documents made from originals in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration.
Treasures in the collection include Lincoln’s first and second inaugural addresses, his preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, the two earliest known copies of the Gettysburg Address (the Nicolay and Hay copies), his August 23, 1864, memorandum expressing his expectation of being defeated for re-election in the upcoming presidential contest, and a condolence letter written to Mary Todd Lincoln by Queen Victoria following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The Lincoln Papers are characterized by a large number of correspondents, including friends and associates from Lincoln’s Springfield days, well-known political figures and reformers, and local people and organizations writing to their president.
Notable correspondents include Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Edward Bates, Montgomery Blair, Salmon P. Chase, Schuyler Colfax, David Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, John Hay, Andrew Johnson, Reverdy Johnson, Mary Todd Lincoln, George Brinton McClellan, George Gordon Meade, Edwin D. Morgan, John G. Nicolay, William S. Rosecrans, William Henry Seward, Horatio Seymour, Caleb B. Smith, Edwin McMasters Stanton, Charles Sumner, Lyman Trumbull, E. B. Washburne, and Gideon Welles."
"During the month of January, The Society of St. Vincent de Paul will be collecting donations at The Parish of Saint Mary at One Church Square.
They’re looking for donations of personal hygiene products for both men and women. The items most needed are toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, brushes, combs, shaving cream and hand lotion.
Members of the parish will put together personal care bags for those who call St. Mary’s in need of help. Donations may be placed in the boxes at the doors of the St. Mary’s parish anytime during January. Call 508-528-0020 for more information, or to request a care package for you or someone you know.
The Parish of Saint Mary at One Church Square |
Circle of Friends Coffeehouse: Danielle Miraglia - Jan 6 |
Trash and recycling bins |
"Two hundred and twenty-two law enforcement officers graduated today (12/15/17) from the FBI National Academy program at Quantico, Virginia. The 270th session of the National Academy consisted of men and women from 49 states, as well as members of law enforcement agencies from the District of Columbia, 20 international countries, three military organizations, and four federal civilian organizations.
Internationally known for its academic excellence, the National Academy program, held at the FBI Academy, offers 11 weeks of advanced communication, leadership, and fitness training for selected officers having proven records as professionals within their agencies. On average, these officers have 21 years of law enforcement experience and usually return to their agencies to serve in executive-level positions.
Chief Lynch graduates from FBI National Academy
President Donald J. Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and FBI Director Christopher Wray delivered remarks at the graduation ceremony.
Training for the program is provided by the FBI Academy instructional staff, special agents, and other staff members holding advanced degrees, many of whom are recognized internationally in their fields of expertise.
Since 1972, National Academy students have been able to earn undergraduate and graduate credits from the University of Virginia due to the accreditation by the university of the many courses offered.
The graduating officers were represented by the class spokesperson, Craig Wiles, Drug Enforcement Administration, New Orleans, Louisiana. A total of 50,587 graduates now represent the alumni of the FBI National Academy since it began in 1935."From the Town of Franklin webpage
Police Chief Thomas Lynch is hoping to use lessons learned from a Federal Bureau of Investigation training program to improve law enforcement in town.
Lynch graduated this month from an 11-week FBI National Academy session, held at the bureau’s training grounds in Quantico, Virginia. The program featured instruction on a variety of subjects, he said, taught by either FBI agents or non-agent professionals.
“The program focuses on topics like academics and physical fitness,” he said, adding that leadership was a major component as well. “There was a lot of networking; 49 states and around 20 countries were represented in the program.”
The academy, said Lynch, was founded in 1935 as a way to strengthen cooperation between the FBI and local law enforcement agencies. Those who participate in the academy are also eligible to earn credits from the University of Virginia.
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Jamie Barrett plays a Holiday Sing Along at the Library |
the weight of the ice has bent these trees |
frosted holly |
on the Town Common in a recent snow |
"Hat's off to Franklin" at the Historical Museum |
Franklin Federated Church at night |
one of my favorite photos, the Single Solder monument on the Town Common |
the WWI dough boy on the Town Common |
Town Common at sunset |