Franklin Rod & Gun Club: all-you-can-eat breakfast - Feb 9

The Franklin Rod & Gun Club slated its all-you-can-eat breakfast events through April.

Breakfasts will be held from 8 to 11 AM Feb. 9, March 8, and April 5 at the Franklin Rod & Gun Club, 53 Florence St. 

The menu includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, home fries, baked beans, coffee, tea, orange juice and hot cocoa.

The cost is $6 per person and free for children ages 4 and younger.

For information, visit https://franklinrodandgun.org or call 508-528-2573.

Franklin Rod & Gun Club: all-you-can-eat breakfast - Jan 12

In the News: good timing, Spilka speaks about mental illness

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

"It was June 7, 1916, when Anna was born in a tidy house with a farmer’s porch on Franklin’s Chestnut Street to immigrant parents: Her mother, Josephine (Laskavitch) was from Poland and her father, John Chestercove (originally Chestzcovo), was from Russia. It was a household already crowded with seven siblings. 

The girl born that day would live through the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, another world war, the Great Depression, Prohibition, the successful adoption of women’s suffrage, the invention of television, development of commercial air travel, the Civil Rights movement, the coming and going of the Cold War, the arrival of man on the moon, and the rise of the age of technology. 

On Thursday, Town Councilor Debbie Pellegri presented Chestercove, whose married name was Ruo, with the town’s Boston Post cane, officially giving her a place in town history. For the presentation, family members gathered around her bed in the Oak Street house she has called home since 1956. On Friday, family members mourned: Anna Chestercove Ruo had died at the age of 103"

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200131/franklins-oldest-resident-honored-with-boston-post-cane-dies-at-age-103

"State Senate President Karen Spilka knows the challenge of living with a family member who suffers from mental illness. 

Her father battled the condition, a fact Spilka shared during her keynote address Friday morning at the MetroWest Opioid Coalition Legislative Breakfast at Leonard Morse Hospital. 

Spilka said she kept her father’s struggle quiet for years, but finally opened up about it publicly for the first time years ago to reduce the stigma of mental illness. 

During her talk, Spilka announced that Senate lawmakers plan next week to roll out a comprehensive mental health parity and access bill. The goal is to level the playing field for mental health services, compared to the current level of services to treat physical health. She did not provide details of the bill."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200131/senate-president-karen-spilka-shares-story-of-loved-ones-mental-illness

MBTA - Franklin Line - Reminder: shuttle bus service on weekends through March 2020

South Station – Forge Park/495

Weekends through March

Shuttle buses will replace Franklin Line service between Forge Park/495 and Readville Stations while we upgrade the signal system as part of Positive Train Control (PTC) work. Also during this work, connecting train service between Readville and South Station will be on the Fairmount Line. There will be no Franklin Line service at Ruggles or Back Bay.

Learn about Positive Train Control

See all Franklin Line service changes

MBTA - Franklin Line - Reminder: shuttle bus service on weekends through March 2020

Senator Rausch State House Briefing: Part 1, Chapter 9

Greetings from Beacon Hill! Did you know the Senate has a shared leadership model? It's true. I'm proud and honored to serve as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government. This Committee reviews legislation pertaining to local and regional economic development, planning, zoning, charter changes, and a host of other matters often called "home rule petitions." That's short-hand for a change that a particular town or city wants to make to its governance structure or other element of its operations for which it needs the Legislature's approval. (My favorite kind of home rule petition is the kind that creates gender-neutral language in local governance, like shifting from Board of Selectmen to Select Board. Words matter.) The Committee also reviews bills about animal safety and care. This session, 220 bills were assigned to the Municipalities Committee, and more will continue to roll in throughout the session as my colleagues continue to file home rule petitions for their communities. Between April and November 2019, we held 11 separate hearings where legislators, advocates, and members of the public presented testimony regarding the bills before us. We also received testimony via letters, emails, and telephone calls, and reached out to state agencies and other organizations to add their expertise to our deliberations. Taking all of this information into account, the Committee took favorable action on many bills. Many of those bills have already become law, including the law permitting Norfolk County to borrow the funds needed to make repairs at the Norfolk County Agricultural School. Those home rule petitions to recognize, in charters, that people other than men serve in local government too? I've loved approving issuing favorable reports on more than half a dozen of them so far this session. Many of those bills have already become law, making the charters of those towns more inclusive and accurate descriptors of their governing bodies. I was also particularly excited to pass a home rule petition to allow Easthampton to implement ranked choice voting in its local elections, which became law back in September. The city will use ranked choice voting in its next election! We also favorably reported bills that have not yet become law, including bills addressing climate change through zoning and building codes, a bill permitting solar drying of laundry, bills to protect public shade trees and encourage recycling, a bill to set aside handicapped parking spaces, and bills to allow New Bedford to lease a performing arts center and Athol to build a public library. Under the House and Senate Joint Rules, every Committee must act on every bill assigned to it by the first Wednesday in February. This means that across the State House, over 30 committees are working overtime to make final recommendations on literally thousands of bills by next week! Wondering how the legislative process in Massachusetts really works? Stay tuned for the next episode of Low Budget Beacon Hill, due for release shortly! As always, please follow along on Twitter and Facebook, and don't hesitate to call our office at 617-722-1555 or stop by Room 218 in the State House. Yours in service, The newsletter was shortened for publication here. To review the full contents, follow this link  View this email in your browser https://mailchi.mp/3dc560373ee9/senator-rausch-state-house-briefing-2019-year-in-review-12152966?e=0c2c9810fe

Upcoming Events in Franklin, MA: FRI - Jan 31 to THU - Feb 6

Friday, January 31

9:00am

 Library- Baby-Wearing Dance Party!- Ages 0-12mo

10:00am

 Knitting Group

Saturday, February 1

9:30am

 St. Mary's Women's Faith Formation Group

10:00am

 Franklin Historical Museum (Always free)

10:30am

 Library- Baby Sensory!- Ages 0-2

Sunday, February 2

1:00pm

 Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

Monday, February 3

10:30am

 Library-Move Along- Ages 0-5

3:30pm

 Library- D&D for Kids- Ages 7-13

Tuesday, February 4

9:30am

 Library- Cool Cruisers- 8mo-18mo

10:30am

 Library-Get Ready for Kindergarten- 3-5yrs

4:00pm

 Dean Leadership Institute: Brian Beneduce

4:00pm

 Library-Toe-Tapping Tuesdays-Ages 2-4!

6:00pm

 Library - Adults - Drop-In ESL Conversation Class

6:30pm

 Franklin Garden Club: Craft Night

6:30pm

 Franklin School Committee: Legislative Forum

7:00pm

 Friends of the Franklin Library Book Group

Wednesday, February 5

10:30am

 Library- Terrific Toddlers- Ages 18mo-3yrs

3:30pm

 Library- Creation Station!- Ages 4+

6:00pm

 Artist Amigos! For Teens

7:00pm

 Franklin Art Assoc - Monthly Meeting

7:00pm

 Friends of the Franklin Library

Thursday, February 6

8:30am

 Franklin Downtown Partnership General Meeting

9:30am

 Library- Tummy Time- Ages 0-12mo (pre-walkers)

10:30am

 Library-Story Xplorers- Ages 0-5

4:00pm

 Library- Bookworm Bounce Storytime!- Ages 0-5

5:45pm

 FAA Booster Mtg

6:00pm

 Library-Volunteens-Teens (13+)

6:30pm

 Provincetown and the Pilgrims

7:00pm

 Frankin Music Boosters Meeting

For the interactive version, please visit

https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html

For the Town of Franklin Public Meeting Calendar

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar

Submit an event for the Community Calendar, please use this link

https://www.franklinculture.org/things-do/links/submit-event

Upcoming Events in Franklin, MA: FRI - Jan 31 to THU - Feb 6

FM #197 - Frank Falvey - Handicap access on the Town Common

FM #197

This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 197 in the series, that we are now developing in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm).

Frank Falvey, creator of two music programs for Franklin TV / Franklin Radio sat with me recently at the Franklin studio.

Frank initiated the creation of the two new handicap parking spots at the Town Common. We sat to discuss how this came to be. Our conversation then stayed within the handicap and access realm to cover parking passes and the accessibility issues at the downtown Franklin/Dean MBTA station.

Listen to our conversation, approximately 35 minutes


https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HyVQ5HLX




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Links and answers to some of the questions or topics raised during our conversation:

- MA disability placard info can be found online at the MA.gov page https://www.mass.gov/how-to/renew-your-temporary-disability-placard
note: permanent cards are auto renewed, temporary are not

- American Disabilities Act (ADA) was first published in 1990 and updated recently https://www.ada.gov/2010_regs.htm

- The MBTA meeting was held in December 2019. The meeting was held Tuesday, Dec 17 - I was recording the FinComm meeting that night and missed it. Jeff Roy shared the presentation doc which I then posted to the FM web page later that week
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2019/12/franklin-line-meeting-powerpoint.html

- GATRA - Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Authority http://www.gatra.org/ (you can get there from the "Explore Franklin" link on the Town of Franklin home page)


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One of the new handicapped parking spots on the Town Common, this one at the corner of High St and Main St

FHS wrestling tops KP, indoor track teams split vs. KP, Brogan sets school record in 1 MIle

Via HockomockSports.com, we share the results of FHS winter sports action on Thursday

Wrestling = King Philip, 30 @ Franklin, 45 – Final
Despite having to forfeit three weight classes and starting the match down 12-0, Franklin rolled to a win that clinches the outright league dual meet title. It is the third Kelley-Rex title in the last four years for the Panthers. Drew DiFillipo started the comeback at 120 with a 10-2 win that cut the KP lead to 12-4. Devin Bramson got the hosts within two with a first round pin at 126 pounds and then a forfeit at 132 put the Panthers ahead 16-12. Jackson Kelley wasted little time putting the Warriors in front with a first round pin, but Alex Fracassa put Franklin ahead for good with a 10-2 win at 145. 

Following a KP forfeit at 152, Dom Sackley added six more points with a first round pin. At 170, Liam Cogavin jumped ahead 7-2 after two periods, but Cole Ricci battled back in the third with a takedown cutting the lead to three and then forcing Cogavin to hold on for the win and three points. Dylan Nawn put Franklin ahead 41-18 with a second round pin at 182, but Shawn Conniff answered back with a first round pin at 195. It was Conniff’s 130th career win and his 100th career pin. He is now two wins shy of the program record. Matt Walker closed out the meet with a 13-2 win at 220 before another forfeit at 285.

For a Photo Gallery from this meet:
https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2019-2020/Winter-2019-2020/Franklin-King-Philip-Wrestling-1-30-20/

Boys Indoor Track = Franklin, 63 vs. King Philip, 36 – Final
– Senior Jacob Cummings and junior Shane Bissanti each took home a pair of individual wins and the Panthers won three more events, plus both relays, to earn a win over King Philip. Cummings won both the long jump (19-09.25) and the 300M (37.98) while Bissanti crossed first in the 55M hurdles (9.44) and won the high jump (5-04.00). Alec Hanley (1:27.53) and Camden Harrington (1:27.95) went 1-2 in the 600M while Griffin Sieczkiewicz (10:47.01) and Joseph Zercie (10:49.74) did the same in the 2 Mile race. KP’s Mike Griffin and Franklin’s Tyler Brogan put on another show in the 1 Mile Race with Griffin (4:18.22) edging out Brogan (school-record 4:18.95), with KP’s Michael Norberg (4:24.56) taking third, the three clocking in the best three times among Hock runners on the night.

Girls Indoor Track = Franklin, 42 vs. King Philip, 58 – Final
– Franklin swept a pair of events but King Philip showed off its depth, taking wins in both relays and six other events to get the win. Junior Sofia DelVecchio won the 55M dash (7.66), junior Allison Beltramini took first in the 300M (45.03), juniors Isabelle Crocker (3:18.29) and Charlotte Majer (3:19.87) went first and second in the 1000M, sophomore Maya Evans won the 2 Mile (12:32.69), junior Milan Simmons (9.42) and senior Victoria Priestley (9.53) went 1-2 in the 55M hurdles, and seniors Sarah Vigevani (30-01.00) and Bailee Ziolkowski (29-10.00) took the top two spots in the shot put. Franklin swept the long jump with sophomore Jillian Fenerty (14-11.00) taking first and sophomore Ava Fraulo (14-10.50) and junior Katelyn Guidi (14-03.00) following as well as the 600M race, won by senior Samantha Powderly (1:45.84) and Sydney Hawkins (1:48.31) and Riley Fitzpatrick (1:50.06) rounding out the top three.

For other results around the Hockomock League
https://hockomocksports.com/thursdays-schedule-scoreboard-01-30-20/

Franklin vs. King Philip wrestlers in action (HockomockSports.com photo)