Election Day - voting from 6 AM to 8 PM at Franklin High School

The collection of posts covering the election of 2018 for the Franklin, MA voters. 

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Franklin High School, Oak Street

6:00 AM – 8:00 PM

 


What precinct am I?
http://www.franklinma.gov/town-clerk/files/what-precinct-am-i-0

What does the ballot look like?

• Precinct 1, 2, 3, 4, 7

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hthk_gwAXMkKkNxyhFngqI2l6mBv1RbC/view?usp=sharing

• Precinct 5, 6, 8

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NH0g86NC7IaabVtMJyXoqQgsFJMrN6Gs/view?usp=sharing

Note: the only difference is the color header for the ballot. There is a different color for absentee (shown here). Another color for early voters and a third color for today's voters.

The Franklin Town Clerk page with additional information
http://www.franklinma.gov/town-clerk

The 'election collection' can be found here
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/10/election-collection-2018.html

Election Information for Nov 2018

Christmas on the Common - Nov 25

With Halloween behind us, Christmas rapidly approaching, the tree lights will be turned on at the Town Common on Sunday, Nov 25 at 4:00 PM.

Santa Claus will be delivered via the Franklin Fire Dept. There will be music and refreshments and "Jingles, the Elf".

To help decorate the Town Common, donations are welcome by sending to

Concerts on the Common
PO Box 92
Franklin, MA  02038

Christmas on the Common - Nov 25

This was shared from the Town of Franklin page
http://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/christmas-common-community-event

FHS field hockey wins to move on to semi-finals on Thursday

Via HockomockSports we share the playoff results for the FHS field hockey team

Field Hockey = D1 South

#13 Franklin, 3 @ #5 Plymouth North, 2 – Final
– Franklin scored the first three goals of the game and then held off a comeback attempt from Plymouth North to earn the win on the road. 

The Panthers seized the lead at the 10th minute when Regan Paterson scored off an assist from Amanda Lewandowski. Sara Carney made it 2-0 just over a minute before halftime with Cassi Ronan and Paterson earning assists. Franklin added to its lead 10 minutes into the second half when Carney set up Lewandowski to make it 3-0. 

Plymouth North got on the board just two minutes later, and made it a one-goal game with 10 minutes to play but Christina Luccini didn’t allow the hosts to tie the game. 

Franklin advances to the semifinal to face top seed Walpole on Thursday at Taunton High.


For other results around the Hockomock League
https://hockomocksports.com/mondays-schedule-scoreboard-11-05-18/

The updated MIAA bracket for the field hockey playoffs can be found
http://miaa.statebrackets.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=4973

FHS Panthers

FHS field hockey wins to move on to semi-finals on Thursday

Info night for Gr Franklin Distinguished Young Women Program - Nov 14

Calling all juniors in high school who want to earn scholarship money and learn how to be their best self. Join us for our info night as we welcome new members of the Class of 2019!

The Franklin Distinguished Young Women program is an official local preliminary of Distinguished Young Women, a national scholarship program that promotes and rewards scholarship, leadership, and talent in young women.

When: November 14, 2018 at 7 PM – 8:30 PM
Where: Hockomock YMCA, 45 Forge Hill Rd, Franklin, Massachusetts 02038

Follow the event on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/FranklinDistinguishedYoungWomen/

Info night for Gr Franklin Distinguished Young Women Program - Nov 14

Charter School: Applications Now Open

BFCCPS is excited to commence our enrollment season for the 2019-2020 School Year! While historically BFCCPS has maintained a lengthy waiting list, this year’s enrollment process is your best chance at securing enrollment at BFCCPS in Grades K-5.

We will be adding two new classrooms for Kindergarten through Grade 5 as we open our brand new 72,000 square foot school. 92 spaces will be offered for Kindergarten and 40 new spaces will be offered in all grades Grades One through Five. 

Applications for Grade Six through Eight will be accepted as openings occur or will receive a wait list position.

Get an application here  http://bfccps.org/about/enrollment/enrollment-application/

For more about the Charter School, visit them on the internet  http://bfccps.org/

Charter School: Applications Now Open

In the News: "That’s what it’s about, thinking about it differently"

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"A developer plans to build 53 new single-family homes on what is Schmidt’s Farm at 215 Prospect St., according to plans submitted to the Department of Planning and Community Development. 

Maddi North Street Development LLC wants to build the homes on 114.5 acres in a subdivision called Prospect Farms. 

The homes would be built along a new 6,650-foot horseshoe-shaped road, with a small side street reconnecting with the main one. The main road would connect Prospect Street to Nicholas Drive , according to the plans."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20181105/developer-files-plans-for-53-home-subdivision-in-franklin

"In Massachusetts, about 120,000 people are living with dementia of some variety. 

In Franklin an estimated 13 percent of citizens over 65, or about 548 people, have been diagnosed with the disease and according to director at the Franklin Senior Center Karen Alves, that number is expected to grow over the next decade. 

“We want a community that is respectful and aware of dementia, folks who are living with it, and their caregivers,” Alves said. “We’re looking to reduce the stigma of dementia, as well as the social isolation that folks that are living with it experience.” 

The senior center is now taking steps for the town to become one of the municipalities in the state that will have official Dementia Friendly Community status. The facility was recently awarded a grant of $12,000 and is now putting the money to work to ease the lives of people living with dementia and their caretakers."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20181105/franklin-strives-to-be-dementia-friendly-community

"That’s what it’s about, thinking about it differently"

In the News: vaping in MA schools; Georgia's election security troubles

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"It’s no small secret vaping happens at a school near you. 

In 2015, nearly 50 percent of Massachusetts high-school students and nearly 10 percent of middle-school students reported having used some type of electronic-vapor product. And inhaling vaporized liquid through an electronic, battery-powered device has only become more prevalent, especially with the surging popularity of the brand name JUUL, raising serious health concerns. 

“The popularity of JUUL among kids threatens our progress in reducing youth e-cigarette use,” said Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We are alarmed that these new high-nicotine-content e-cigarettes, marketed and sold in kid-friendly flavors, are so appealing to our nation’s young people.” 

Despite its widespread popularity, however, there remains a lot of confusion related to vaping, which has surpassed cigarette use among middle- and high-school students."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20181105/vaping-in-massachusetts-schools

"The hacking accusation is not the first from Kemp accusing outsiders of trying to penetrate his office. Immediately after the 2016 general election, Kemp declared that DHS tried to hack his office’s network, an accusation dismissed as unfounded in mid-2017 by the DHS inspector general. 

Georgia’s centrally managed elections system lacks a verifiable paper trail that can be audited in case of problems. The state is one of just five nationwide that continues to rely exclusively on aged electronic voting machines that computer scientists have long criticized as untrustworthy because they are easily hacked and don’t leave a paper trail. 

In 2015, Kemp’s office inadvertently released the Social Security numbers and other identifying information of millions of Georgia voters. His office blamed a clerical error. 

His office made headlines again last year after security experts disclosed a gaping security hole that wasn’t fixed until six months after it was first reported to election authorities. Personal data was again exposed for Georgia voters — 6.7 million at the time — as were passwords used by county officials to access files."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/zz/news/20181105/georgia-governors-race-awash-in-election-security-issue


The Franklin Town Clerk page with additional information
http://www.franklinma.gov/town-clerk

Additional info can be found in the 2018 Election Collection
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/10/election-collection-2018.html

Election Information for Nov 2018