"This Milford TV programming event, Confronting the Challenges of COVID-19 at Milford Regional Medical Center: Honoring Our Healthcare Heroes, will include a diverse cast of over twenty guests, each one presenting his or her own experience in helping to manage the pandemic in the greater Milford community and sharing personal stories of the challenges entailed in offering the best possible care for patients and their families coping with COVID-19.
This special program, created as a tribute to our community’s healthcare professionals and others working on the front lines, will air live on Tuesday, June 9 beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Milford TV (Comcast 8 and Verizon 38), MyFM 101.3, and other community access channels including Bellingham, Douglas, Franklin, Hopedale, Hopkinton, and Norfolk.
State Representatives Brian W. Murray and Jeffrey N. Roy will be your co-hosts. As Rep. Roy stated, “Extraordinary moments call for extraordinary measures, and our healthcare heroes at Milford Regional have answered the call. I’m thrilled to be a part of the effort to honor those who have stepped up, confronted the challenge, and saved lives in this process.”
"Waving from a truck through town wasn’t how Chorrkin Chin envisioned celebrating his high school graduation, but it was also one car ride he’ll ever forget.
“It was crazy – I don’t even know where to start,” said Chin, vice president of the Franklin High School Class of 2020 after the high school’s first-ever car parade graduation on Friday afternoon. Wearing his blue gown with a gold graduation stole and honor cords, the 18-year-old graduate decked out his ride with silver streamers and banners for the ceremony. He saw many teachers along the 3-4 mile route, which included circling the Town Common then ending up at the high school where graduates received their diplomas from Principal Paul Peri and roaring cheers from teachers and the administration.
He even saw his kindergarten teacher.
“There was so much support for us in this community – it’s unbelievable,” he said. “Definitely one of the best times (of my life that) I’ve ever had.”
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| Franklin, MA: School Committee - Budget SubCommittee 6/05/20 (audio) |
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| MBTA: Commuter Rail - shuttles service to Walpole |
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| track section prepared to be replace at the Union St crossing |
“It’s like an insurance policy,” said Franklin Police Chief Thomas Lynch, whose department belongs to the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council, which includes nearly 50 cities and towns.
Lynch acknowledged the average police officer lacks full training in areas like crowd control, formation and keeping cool under pressure.
“You try to keep as cool as you can,” he said. “It’s very difficult.”
To achieve a level of calm, Lynch said his officers participate in training exercises that simulate interaction with what Lynch called “agitators.” Franklin officers are also trained in use-of-force and de-escalation tactics, although the chief acknowledged that training is unlike real situations."
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| screen capture of Chief Lynch during the budget hearing on May 27 |
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| Senate-House Pass Bill to Preserve Municipal Governance During Ongoing COVID-19 Crisis |
