FPAC performs "Cabaret" at THE BLACK BOX Jun 14-15

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the CABARET. 

With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, CABARET explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken by English singer Sally Bowles. 

Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Musical numbers include “Willkommen,” “Cabaret,” “Don’t Tell Mama” and “Two Ladies.” CABARET contains mature themes.

• Friday, June 14 7:30 pm
• Saturday, June 15 2:00 pm
• Saturday June 15 7:30 pm

Seating is General Admission, Cabaret-Style so we recommend large parties arrive early to be able to sit together.

CABARET is sponsored by the Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation and the Waters Corporation.

GET TICKETS  https://www.theblackboxonline.com/events.php?id=1195

Presented by arrangement with Tams-Witmark, A Concord Theatricals Company www.tamswitmark.com

FPAC performs "Cabaret" at THE BLACK BOX Jun 14-15

In the News: Business groups advocate for education reform

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

"Representatives of 31 business groups laid out their education reform asks in a letter to lawmakers Wednesday, as the Education Committee continues to weigh changes to the state’s school funding formula.

The letter, circulated by the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education and signed by groups including Associated Industries of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation and the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, said employers are reporting trouble finding qualified candidates for open jobs while students are graduating unprepared to secure those positions. 

The groups call passing school funding reform legislation “a unique and rare opportunity to take urgently needed steps to ensure each and every student in our commonwealth receives the high quality education they need to take their rightful place in our economy and our communities.”

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https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20190613/mass-business-groups-lay-out-ed-reform-wish-list

The letter referenced
https://www.mbae.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Letter-to-Legislators-June-12-2019-Final.pdf

Strawberry Stroll Performance Schedule - June 14

Dean Bank Stage:
4 PM to 5 PM - Matt Zajac
5 PM to 8 PM - The Northeast Groove

Intermission Patio:
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM - FSPA
5 PM - 6 PM - Jamie Barrett
6 PM - 6:30 PM - FSPA
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM - The Padula Brothers

In Front of MyFM Remote Station
5:15 PM - Feet in Motion (for 15 minutes)
6 PM - Feet in Motion (for 15 minutes)

Strawberry Stroll Performance Schedule - June 14

Get your copy of the Strawberry Stroll map
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QkHdbn6umlz1fkMTndtSlBVt3K5INpfy/view?usp=sharing

Franklin Fire Chief approved: James G. McLaughlin

Good thing I went to the Municipal Building for the Economic Development Committee meeting, as I was leaving, I realized that a Special Meeting of the Town Council has been called. Turned on my recording device and sat down using Twitter to capture my notes.

Live reporting: appointment of new fire chief James G McLaughlin #tc0612

— Steve Sherlock (@FranklinMatters) June 12, 2019

#tc0612 new leaf turning with new administration and new fire chief, goals outlined in document recommending appointment of Chief McLaughlin pic.twitter.com/4ZpezhBjZF

— Steve Sherlock (@FranklinMatters) June 12, 2019

#tc0612 the audio of this meeting should be short in length and ready in a day or so to serve as a good record of the hiring process and way forward pic.twitter.com/hDsZpehDHb

— Steve Sherlock (@FranklinMatters) June 12, 2019

#tc0612 proposed Chief McLaughlin providing background, coming from Warwick,RI with educational and job experience to lead the department, safety is job one

— Steve Sherlock (@FranklinMatters) June 12, 2019

#tc0612 has experience with a grant process using the department resources to fulfill out the applications and almost a game to do more the next time

— Steve Sherlock (@FranklinMatters) June 12, 2019

#tc0612 9-0 vote via roll call to approve new fire chief and then adjourn meeting

— Steve Sherlock (@FranklinMatters) June 12, 2019

Agenda doc and memo from Town Administrator Jamie Hellen
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w_vWiBvx-h5Y_yqRi0p3Ee3VchjlY21Y/view?usp=sharing

Franklin Fire Chief approved: James G. McLaughlin

Economic Development Meeting: recap - June 12, 2019

The Economic Development Subcommittee of the Town Council met on Wednesday evening, June 12. There were two items on the agenda (see link below).

Updates on three grants in progress. One already mentioned during the recent water/sewer proposal will save Franklin a half percentage point on the loan interest for work on the pump station repairs.

Another grant (valued about $48,000) is a joint effort with Bellingham on vulnerability planning.

The discussion moved to the plastic bag ban proposal brought forward by a group of FHS students (mostly sophomores and juniors).

Live reporting from EDC meeting. #EDC0612 5 FHS students well prepared with new proposal for bag ban, includes waiting period and temporary harm waivers; 28 of 31 surveyed businesses were in favor, 2 no opinion, one opposed

— Steve Sherlock (@FranklinMatters) June 12, 2019

#EDC0612 why bags? A good place to start. From volume and change aspects, this should be easier to get changed. Tackling other plastics (drink cups for example) would be possible in another phase

— Steve Sherlock (@FranklinMatters) June 12, 2019

The students will come back with their formal presentation and a revision to the bylaw language as proposed last time with modifications as outlined (see link for proposal). Timeline was not fully resolved it could be later this summer or in September.

The audio recording was captured and should be ready in day or so.


Meeting agenda and links to prior discussions on bag ban: 
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2019/06/economic-development-subcommittee-jun.html

Economic Development Meeting: recap  - June 12, 2019

FHS has top winning percentage of all high schools in MA

Regular readers know that when I share the HockomockSports.com results of the Franklin High School sports teams, they are usually wining. The Boston Globe published the listing of all the wins/losses for all the schools for all three seasons (fall, winter and spring). Franklin is #1 with a winning percentage of 74.79.

That says something about the FHS program, the students, and the community they represent.

Way to go Franklin!

The full Globe listing  (subscription may be required)
https://www3.bostonglobe.com/sports/schools/standings/globescholastic?event=event25&arc404=true

FHS has top winning percentage of all high schools in MA

In the News: gas service restored; motorcycle fatality; millionaires tax amendment withdrawn

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

"Gas service was restored to 32 homes in a local neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon, after Columbia Gas cut service at about 3 p.m. Tuesday during construction on a leak. 

As of midnight Wednesday, only two customers remained without service, as they were not home while crews went door-to-door with a Franklin police officer, representative from Columbia Gas and a locksmith to enter homes and disable service at the meter, according to Columbia Gas. 

Crews finished working at about 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, fully restoring service to all affected homes, according to the utility company, with no further interruption of gas service."

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https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20190612/gas-service-restored-to-32-franklin-homes

"A Franklin man died Tuesday after a motorcycle crash at the intersection of Beaver and Second streets, authorities said. 

Evan Maillet, 21, died after the 4 p.m. crash, according to a statement from Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Framingham Police Chief Steven Trask. 

On Tuesday, Maillet was riding his motorcycle when he crashed into a Ford Ranger."

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https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20190612/franklin-man-identfied-as-victim-of-fatal-framingham-crash

"Democrats from Andover, Wellesley and Gloucester have dropped their bid to pass a constitutional amendment that authorizes the Legislature to establish a graduated income tax structure. 

State Sen. Barry Finegold of Andover and state Reps. Alice Peisch of Wellesley and Ann-Margaret Ferrante of Gloucester had proposed a constitutional amendment that adds a 4 percent income surtax on household income above $1 million per year. 

The amendment was listed as withdrawn in the hours before the Constitutional Convention resumed at 1 p.m. Wednesday."

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https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20190612/millionaires-tax-proposal-withdrawn