The Franklin Interfaith Council invites the community to a Service of Comfort, Consolation, and Solidarity with our Jewish neighbors, following the shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
Please join us this Tuesday, October 30 at 7 PM at St. John's Episcopal Church, 237 Pleasant Street, Franklin.
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The Rev. Kathy McAdams, Rector
St. John's Episcopal Church, Franklin, MA
(cell) 857-237-9428
www.StJohnsFranklinMA.org
Monday, October 29, 2018
FHS Panthers Hockey “Concert at THE BLACK BOX” - Nov 17
FHS Panthers Hockey - “Concert at THE BLACK BOX” - November 17, 2018
Doors open at 7:00 PM, Bands start at 8:15 PM
Music and Raffles
$30 advance/$35 door
3 Bands, Cash Bar
For tickets, email: fhspanthershockey@gmail.com
Doors open at 7:00 PM, Bands start at 8:15 PM
Music and Raffles
$30 advance/$35 door
3 Bands, Cash Bar
For tickets, email: fhspanthershockey@gmail.com
- 8:15 PM - Slew Foot
- 9:25 PM - South Street Six
- 10:30 PM - Karate Show
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| FHS Panthers Hockey “Concert at THE BLACK BOX” - Nov 17 |
Franklin Garden Club: “H” is for Daylilies
Adele Keohan, a certified master gardener, will present a program on “H” is for Daylilies at the Tuesday, November 6, 2018, meeting of the Franklin Garden Club. The meeting will be held at the Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill Street, Franklin, from 7 – 9 PM, beginning with an informal social at 6:30 pm. It is open to the public at no charge.
The presentation will provide information on different types of daylilies, such as “spider,” “double,” and “eyed” plants; how to select a daylily for form, bloom time and habit; how to care for and propagate these hardy perennial plants; and how to keep them blooming in the garden from late spring to Halloween.
Keohan, a daylily enthusiast who had a garden of 200 daylilies, is a regional officer in the American Hemerocallis Society (AHS), the national daylily society. A member of AHS since 2006, she was appointed an AHS garden judge in 2008 and became a garden judge instructor in 2013. She has presented garden judge workshops at national and regional AHS conventions, as well as in Québec. The votes of AHS garden judges determine which daylily hybrids earn the top AHS awards each year.
A past president of the New England Daylily Society, she is a member of several other daylily organizations and the editor of the award-winning regional daylily society publication, “Daylilies in the Great Northeast.”
The presentation will provide information on different types of daylilies, such as “spider,” “double,” and “eyed” plants; how to select a daylily for form, bloom time and habit; how to care for and propagate these hardy perennial plants; and how to keep them blooming in the garden from late spring to Halloween.
Keohan, a daylily enthusiast who had a garden of 200 daylilies, is a regional officer in the American Hemerocallis Society (AHS), the national daylily society. A member of AHS since 2006, she was appointed an AHS garden judge in 2008 and became a garden judge instructor in 2013. She has presented garden judge workshops at national and regional AHS conventions, as well as in Québec. The votes of AHS garden judges determine which daylily hybrids earn the top AHS awards each year.
A past president of the New England Daylily Society, she is a member of several other daylily organizations and the editor of the award-winning regional daylily society publication, “Daylilies in the Great Northeast.”
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| Franklin Garden Club: “H” is for Daylilies |
FHS boys take Hockomock Cross Country Championship; girls 3rd
The Hockomock League held its annual cross country championships on Sunday morning, October 28 at the Wrentham Development Center.
The FHS boys varsity won for the first time since 1974. The girls finished 3rd.
The FHS individual results for both boys and girls, varsity and junior varsity are shared in the listing below:
The FHS boys varsity won for the first time since 1974. The girls finished 3rd.
The FHS individual results for both boys and girls, varsity and junior varsity are shared in the listing below:
| Place | Class | Name | Time | School | Race |
| 2 | 11 | Tyler Brogan | 16:12.9 | Franklin | B-V |
| 3 | 10 | Nicholas Calitri | 16:15.6 | Franklin | B-V |
| 6 | 12 | Michael Hagen | 16:36.0 | Franklin | B-V |
| 11 | 12 | Dylan Kehoe | 16:49.2 | Franklin | B-V |
| 16 | 9 | Jake McCann-Tiede | 17:10.0 | Franklin | B-V |
| 21 | 12 | Mitchell Regan | 17:16.0 | Franklin | B-V |
| 28 | 12 | Daniel Barrow | 17:30.2 | Franklin | B-V |
| 37 | 12 | Ryan Goldman | 17:47.0 | Franklin | B-V |
| 53 | 12 | Matthew Shumway | 18:14.0 | Franklin | B-V |
| 76 | 12 | Cooper Ross | 18:47.8 | Franklin | B-V |
| 1 | 10 | Declan Walmsley | 02:32.7 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 2 | 10 | Luke Cashin | 17:54.6 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 6 | 10 | Alex Towle | 19:05.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 8 | 10 | Luke Bryan | 19:19.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 10 | 10 | Joshua Anderson | 19:35.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 24 | 12 | Nicholas Zaffino | 20:10.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 34 | 10 | Johnathan Attinello | 20:48.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 35 | 10 | Joseph Zercie | 20:49.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 36 | 10 | Ethan Park | 20:50.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 43 | 10 | Travis Delvecchio | 20:59.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 50 | 10 | Shane Bissanti | 21:15.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 74 | 12 | Devin Ming | 22:11.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 90 | 12 | John Corcoran | 23:08.8 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 91 | 10 | Ryan O'Rourke | 23:11.5 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 95 | 11 | CJ Dexter | 23:19.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 97 | 10 | Adam Dombroski | 23:20.5 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 105 | 12 | Jared White | 23:40.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 106 | 10 | Aidan Weaver | 23:47.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 112 | 10 | Harry Coyne | 24:12.5 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 116 | 12 | Zanthius Collins | 24:22.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 118 | 10 | Saahil Bhakta | 24:28.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 122 | 10 | Christopher Campbell | 24:55.0 | Franklin | B-JV |
| 9 | 12 | Katrina Walbert | 20:09 | Franklin | G-V |
| 15 | 12 | Julia Fenerty | 20:48 | Franklin | G-V |
| 17 | 10 | Sydney Hawkins | 20:56 | Franklin | G-V |
| 22 | 11 | Sarah Giuliano | 21:21 | Franklin | G-V |
| 40 | 9 | Tarah Agati | 21:49 | Franklin | G-V |
| 42 | 12 | Mary Viera | 21:57 | Franklin | G-V |
| 61 | 12 | Brandi Osborne | 22:21 | Franklin | G-V |
| 62 | 12 | Stephanie Malachowski | 22:22 | Franklin | G-V |
| 68 | 12 | Erin Barry | 22:29 | Franklin | G-V |
| 78 | 12 | Julia DiGiacomo | 22:40 | Franklin | G-V |
| 80 | 12 | Maura Bruns | 22:43 | Franklin | G-V |
| 2 | 12 | Kate Stavely | 22:54.2 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 6 | 12 | Kimiya Kim | 23:37.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 7 | 10 | Erin McCaffrey | 23:49.1 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 8 | 12 | Christina Fuentes | 24:03.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 10 | 12 | Alexandra Nesbit | 24:17.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 18 | 10 | Fernanda Rios | 25:16.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 20 | 10 | Jenna Siders | 25:18.6 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 29 | 10 | Pratusha Nouduri | 25:47.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 30 | 12 | Sabrina Doherty | 25:48.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 39 | 12 | Caroline Johnson | 26:44.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 40 | 12 | Elizabeth Davis | 26:48.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 43 | 12 | Julia Longobardi | 26:59.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 44 | 10 | Lilly Land | 27:01.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 56 | 12 | Elizabeth Hamilton | 29:07.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 57 | 10 | Isabella Piso | 29:34.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 61 | 10 | Mackenzie Peters | 30:14.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
| 62 | 12 | Jennifer Kroon | 30:14.0 | Franklin | G-JV |
HockomockSports results
Complete meet results can be found on Athletic.net
Boys race photo gallery
Girls race photo gallery
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| FHS boys take Hockomock Cross Country Championship; girls 3rd |
For the first time in 44 years, your Undefeated 2018 Hockomock Champions #74nomore pic.twitter.com/QOcHN0RYVV— FHS Boys Track (@FHSPanthersTF) October 28, 2018
Attention 8th Graders: FHS Panther Pride Night - Nov 1
"Attention 8th Grade Franklin families: Mark your calendar for FHS Panther Pride Night on November 1 from 5:30-7:30!
Please come to learn about all of the activities and sports that @FranklinHS has to offer!"
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| Attention 8th Graders: FHS Panther Pride Night - Nov 1 |
Voices of Franklin: Raymond Milici - Yes on Question 1
In 2010 I retired after 50 years of service at Yale New Haven Hospital, a large nonprofit community hospital in Connecticut. All though I was not directly involved with patient care, I had many friends and acquaintances that were nurses and nurses aids. As hospital employees we all had similar problems on the job. We often heard about costs and budget concerns from hospital administrators. That usually meant austerity measures, that lead to more work with less people.
In the meantime, I witnessed large salary increases for hospital administrators and executive staff. By the time I retired, the hospital administrator was earning close to $1 million a year. According to the Boston Business Journal, Massachusetts hospital executives received double digit raises last year. In 2016 some hospital administrators salaries were well over $1 million to well over $3 million a year. And according to NBC Business News, some of the largest nonprofit hospitals have earned a collective 21 billion in investments on wall street last year.
So who is telling you to vote no on question one, those same hospital executives and business interests here in the state of Massachusetts. Hospital employees have been complaining about short staffing and overloaded work assignments for years, nobody was listening. Now they are facing required staffing levels and they don't like it. If you listen to hospital executives, it's the most diabolical thing that could happen to healthcare.
Suddenly patient care is a priority and they are claiming more nurses well mean less care for patients, figure that one out. Let's cut through the falsehoods, for the business interests in Massachusetts, it's not about patient care, it's about control and the bottom line. Hospitals just don't want to spend that nonprofit money to employ more nurses. They need to stop telling us they can't afford it. This is a classic fight between corporate interests and what's best for the public and hospital employees. So which side are you on. I'm sticking with the nurses and voting yes on question one.
Raymond D Milici
75 Grey Wolf Dr
Franklin MA 02038
Guidelines for Voices of Franklin:
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/03/introducing-voices-of-franklin.html
In the meantime, I witnessed large salary increases for hospital administrators and executive staff. By the time I retired, the hospital administrator was earning close to $1 million a year. According to the Boston Business Journal, Massachusetts hospital executives received double digit raises last year. In 2016 some hospital administrators salaries were well over $1 million to well over $3 million a year. And according to NBC Business News, some of the largest nonprofit hospitals have earned a collective 21 billion in investments on wall street last year.
So who is telling you to vote no on question one, those same hospital executives and business interests here in the state of Massachusetts. Hospital employees have been complaining about short staffing and overloaded work assignments for years, nobody was listening. Now they are facing required staffing levels and they don't like it. If you listen to hospital executives, it's the most diabolical thing that could happen to healthcare.
Suddenly patient care is a priority and they are claiming more nurses well mean less care for patients, figure that one out. Let's cut through the falsehoods, for the business interests in Massachusetts, it's not about patient care, it's about control and the bottom line. Hospitals just don't want to spend that nonprofit money to employ more nurses. They need to stop telling us they can't afford it. This is a classic fight between corporate interests and what's best for the public and hospital employees. So which side are you on. I'm sticking with the nurses and voting yes on question one.
Raymond D Milici
75 Grey Wolf Dr
Franklin MA 02038
Guidelines for Voices of Franklin:
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/03/introducing-voices-of-franklin.html
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| Election Information for Nov 2018 |
"to apply for citizenship and getting a green card can take years"
From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
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https://www.milforddailynews.com/zz/news/20181028/heres-how-long-it-takes-to-become-us-citizen
"More than 700,000 immigrants are waiting on applications to become U.S. citizens, a process that once typically took about six months but has stretched to more than two years in some places under the administration of President Donald Trump.
The long wait times have prompted some immigrant advocates to ask whether the delays are aimed at keeping anti-Trump voters from casting ballots in elections.
“People are motivated to participate, and they’re being frustrated from being able to participate in the elections they’re excited about,” said Manuel Pastor, director of the University of Southern California’s Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration.
The number of immigrants aspiring to become U.S. citizens surged during 2016, jumping 27 percent from a year earlier as Trump made cracking down on immigration a central theme of his presidential campaign. At first, the federal government kept up with the applications, but then the wait grew."
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/zz/news/20181028/heres-how-long-it-takes-to-become-us-citizen
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| "to apply for citizenship and getting a green card can take years" |
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