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| Solid Waste mailer - PDF copy to keep handy |
"Massachusetts ratified the 19th Amendment 100 years ago, ensuring a woman’s right to vote. Though more women are running for office and casting more ballots than men, female elected officials are still in the minority. Women make up 28.5% of the Massachusetts Legislature.
When Shirley Anita Chisholm, the first black congresswoman in the United States, met 6-year-old Yvonne Spicer, she said her job was “to help people.”
Spicer, who lived in the congresswoman’s hometown of Brooklyn, New York, was immediately enamored by her.
“I think about that experience and where that seed was being planted when I was six,” said Spicer, Framingham’s mayor and the first African-American woman popularly elected mayor in Massachusetts."
"Though the Zelus Beer Company launched in 2015, the Medfield brewer has been somewhat incognito, operating from an office and warehouse not open to the public.
The company is set to change that soon; it has been building a “tap room” at 1 Green St. to feature its offerings, and plans to open it in coming days.
Company founder Geoffrey Pedder said the company - named for Zelus, the Greek personification of competition and rivalry - began with the intent of connecting to anyone who’s active.
“It was designed and developed with athletes in mind,” he said. “We do want to be known as the home for wellness beers, which is a big segment of the market.”
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| Zelus Beer Company |
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| Rep Jeff Roy with Jennifer Knight-Levine |
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| school is finally all out for the summer! |
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"What happens to your plastic after you drop it in a recycling bin?
According to promotional materials from America’s plastics industry, it is whisked off to a factory where it is seamlessly transformed into something new.
This is not the experience of Nguyễn Thị Hồng Thắm, a 60-year-old Vietnamese mother of seven, living amid piles of grimy American plastic on the outskirts of Hanoi. Outside her home, the sun beats down on a Cheetos bag; aisle markers from a Walmart store; and a plastic bag from ShopRite, a chain of supermarkets in New Jersey, bearing a message urging people to recycle it."
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| "Where does your plastic go? Global investigation reveals America's dirty secret" (Guardian photo) |
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| The Franklin trash rate is scheduled to increase July 1 to $248 per year |
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| MBTA Commuter Rail: This weekend - Franklin Line no Back Bay or Ruggles stops |
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| Upcoming Events in Franklin, MA: FRI - Jun 21 to THU - Jun 28 |
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| Peter Willis (courtesy photo) |
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| Participants of the recent demonstration (courtesy photo) |
"AAST is pleased to release the AAST Position Statement for Support of the Start School Later Initiative. This position statement, supporting the efforts of Start School Later, Inc, outlines AASTs view on this important issue.
Given the compelling research currently available, AAST strongly recommends that school start times for middle and high school students be delayed to 8:30 AM or later to adequately accommodate student sleep requirements.
AAST President Rita Brooks commented that, “Support of this initiative is critically important for AAST as an organization whose members educate and assist in the follow-up care of patients with sleep disorders. Reinforcing the importance of sleep and advocating for later school start times is a necessary step in ensuring a more rested younger generation.”Continue reading the announcement here
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| "strongly recommends that school start times for middle and high school students be delayed to 8:30 AM or later" |
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| US Census Bureau: 4th of July - Did you know? |
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| 2019 Annual Franklin Hockey Golf Tournament - July 21 |
