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| Student Bus registration required for 2020-2021 school year |
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| Election Workers needed for upcoming Primary and State Elections |
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"State Department of Transportation officials have laid out the three-stage process it will likely take to start replacing the Bourne and Sagamore bridges, with the goal of starting construction on the same timeline as laid out by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The multiyear process will include preliminary design, a 25% design and then handing it over to a design and building firm for the construction phase, department officials said in an interview with the Times on Tuesday.
The department took the lead on replacing the two 85-year-old bridges last week after signing an agreement with the Corps, the owner of the existing bridges, that would hand over ownership of the newly constructed bridges to the state.
The project was originally going to be done by the Corps, but the state is taking over because Massachusetts transportation officials said it was better suited to build two highway bridges. Replacing the bridges will be the largest construction project on Cape Cod in recent memory, and the state is currently embarking on the preliminary design phase."Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
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| Further updates can be found on the Mass DOT page |
"Parents who are eager to know whether Massachusetts students will return to classrooms this fall will likely have to wait until at least early August for any final decisions.
Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey Riley sent additional guidance on fall reopening plans to school districts on Friday and asked officials not to make any announcements to families at this time.
“While you continue working to flesh out these models, I am requesting that you hold off on announcing any final decisions about what reopening will look like for the fall in your district until early August,” Riley wrote.
In late-June,school districts received Initial Fall School Reopening Guidance, which asked them to prepare a reopening plan that addresses three possible learning models for the fall: a full return to in-person learning with new safety requirements, a hybrid of in-person and remote learning and the continuation of remote learning."Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
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| In the News: DESE requests no announcement of final decisions on re-opening plans |
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| FM #314 School Committee Anti-Racism Resolution Discussion 7/14/20 (audio) |
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| FM #313 Franklin (MA) School Committee Re-Opening Update - 7/14/20 (audio) |
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| School Committee recap: anti-racism taskforce likely to be formed |
Thursday = 10:00a/1:00p/7:00p Frank’s Music – Frank FalveyThe show repeats on Saturday at 10:00 AM
Frank explores a range of music genres and artists
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| Rhiannon Giddens By Schorle - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41615331 |
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| Podcast: The Wonderful World Of Wine (WWW) |
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| Facebook LIVE: Franklin's Top dog drawing - July 15 - 10 AM |
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| Party for the Pantry - Virtually fund raising - Thursday, July 16 |
"These days of rising cases, hospitalizations and now surging deaths can be overwhelming. To help get through this storm, we must keep track of positive developments, too.
Here are six positive developments to remind us that there is hope in this crisis:
- Therapeutic treatments (in addition to what we already have for the most sick patients) will arrive before vaccines. When someone contracts the novel coronavirus, his or her body’s immune system launches a defense, including producing antibodies that circulate in the blood to help identify infectious invaders. These circulating antibodies offer some protection against future infection (for how long, we still don’t know). Scientists have now engineered clones of these antibodies — what we call monoclonal antibodies — and they are showing to be effective both therapeutically and to prevent infection. They work by attacking the spike protein of the coronavirus, which is how this virus gets into our cells. Stop that from happening, and the virus can’t replicate inside the body."
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| From The Washington Post, an article of interest for Franklin |
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| Franklin Residents: Job Opportunities for Fire Dept, DPW |
"There’s an opening on the Franklin Finance Committee after its chairman resigned from his role last week.
“I stepped down after 10 years on the committee to pursue other interests,” Michael Dufour told the Daily News after an opening on the committee was posted on the town’s homepage and Facebook page on Thursday. His term wasn’t set to expire for at least another year.
Dufour was first appointed to the committee as a member back in 2010, and later assumed the role of chairman, he said. He didn’t elaborate on the interests he would be pursing after leaving his role, but said he worked alongside dedicated and collaborative Finance Committee members in his time on the committee, and enjoyed working with former Town Administrator Jeff Nutting and current Town Administrator Jamie Hellen.
“I was very fortunate to work with members of the committee and town administration who put the town before themselves,” he said."
The Franklin Finance Committee is now accepting applications for a new member. The position is for a 3-year term.
Finance Committee meetings are typically held on the 1st Tuesday of every month. As a committee member, you will be involved in the finances and financial procedures of the Town of Franklin and make recommendations as a committee to the Town Council on all financial matters.
For more information on the Finance Committee visit: https://www.franklinma.gov/finance-committee
To apply visit: http://franklinmaboards.vt-s.net/newcaf.php
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| In the News: Finance Committee has open position |
"Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the pandemic.
The decision was announced at the start of a hearing in a federal lawsuit in Boston brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs said federal immigration authorities agreed to pull the July 6 directive and “return to the status quo.”
A lawyer representing the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said only that the judge’s characterization was correct.
The announcement brings relief to thousands of foreign students who had been at risk of being deported from the country, along with hundreds of universities that were scrambling to reassess their plans for the fall in light of the policy."
"Business owners from Hubbardston, Lexington, Burlington, and Marlborough, the pastors of churches in Westfield and Medford, and Ben Haskell, headmaster of Trinity Christian Academy in Hyannis, have sued Gov. Charlie Baker.
They are challenging his authority to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency and to issue the emergency orders that have shaped life in Massachusetts for the last four months.
The state’s highest court will hear arguments in September.
Justice Barbara Lenk, sitting as part of a single-justice session, ordered a lawsuit brought by the New Civil Liberties Alliance to be transferred to the Supreme Judicial Court for arguments in September. The suit revolves around whether a governor can use the powers afforded under the Civil Defense Act to declare an emergency around public health."
Thursday = 10:00a/1:00p/7:00p Frank’s Music – Frank FalveyThe show repeats on Saturday at 10:00 AM
Frank explores a range of music genres and artists
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| Frank's Music with Frank Falvey: "Louisiana Hayride - Elvis Presley And Others" |
