We are celebrating the 20th Anniversary incredABLE Day and there are so many ways to get involved – contests, challenges, raffles, virtual trivia and bingo, and more!
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| WOW, 20 incredABLE Years! Help HMEA raise some funds for their cause! |
"Early Stages of event. Everything is pending due to the pandemic.
Follow the event for further details and if you would like to have a vendor table or would like to donate for the raffle table please reach out.
Thank you"
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| JohnnyMac presents: Toys For Tots Festival - July 24, 2021 |
"New Support group added: starting MARCH 15th, 18+ sibling support group for anyone with a loved one grappling with substance use disorder💜 "Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten"
"SAFE is a regional coalition of community partners in Western Norfolk County (serving Franklin, Foxboro, Mansfield, Medway, Millis, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wrentham and surrounding towns) who have come together to provide a pathway for support, education, treatment options and coping mechanisms for those affected by substance use disorder. We do so by empowering those affected, including their families, with the tools necessary to succeed on their journey to recovery. We understand that while I can’t, we can."
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| SAFE Coalition announces new support group for substance abuse |
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| Franklin Senior Center: Connections Newsletter - March 2021 |
"Results are in for Hockomock Cup Placements! Congratulations girls so very proud of you!
@FHSSports @FranklinHS @KatCornetta @MetroWestSports @HockomockSports @fhsgymboosters @FranklinMatters @BuzzMyfm "
https://t.co/UdoaVG8OsQ
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| FHS Gymnastics: Hockomock Cup Placements |
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| FHS Gymnastics: Hockomock Cup Placements 1 |
The Franklin Youth Hockey Association (FYHA) player evaluation schedule for the 2021-2022 season is now posted on our website (https://t.co/G6QVHoZYk4).
Registration will close on Monday, 3/8. @FHSPantherHocke @fhsvgockey @FranklinMatters @FranklinRec
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| player evaluation schedule for the 2021-2022 season |
"This piece from @onesarahjones gets at the heart of one of the things I have found most disheartening about the pandemic. It gave us a chance to refocus on the vast inequities in our society, and instead it's making them wider."
"Public opinion does not, of course, dictate scientific consensus. Even so, the science isn’t as settled as many claim. While it’s true that kids aren’t as likely to fall seriously ill with COVID and aren’t as likely to spread the virus, the risk isn’t zero. As The Intercept reported in January, three recent studies indicate that the risks posed by reopening schools vary depending on rates of community transmission. According to one of the studies, reopening schools in Florida did lead to higher incidences of COVID infection among school-age children. Teachers in a school building can also spread the virus to one another and to parents if mitigation strategies aren’t sound."
In no particular order these are photos and links to the Planning Board documents for the approved projects underway in and around Franklin.
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| Amego on Washington St |
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| Bus facility on Panther Way |
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| 340 East Central St |
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| Mixed use development (residential, retails, coffee shop) |
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| On Sunday's walk, the auto dealer building is half gone |
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| Fairfield Residences on Dean Ave (now Station 117) |
I have written in other places about my 'following the money' by focusing on the Finance Committee, the School Committee and the Town Council. In so doing, I do acknowledge leaving the whole "planning process" (Planning Board, Design Review, Zoning Board of Appeals, and Conservation Commission) out of the coverage. Frankly, I have only so much time. Someday, maybe if the 'cloning thing' works, I can do both. In the meantime, I'll repeat the offer:
If you have interest in reporting on any one (or more) of the planning process meetings, I'll gladly help you get set up. You do need the interest and a basic capability to write what you hear about and see. It does take time but does provide its rewards.
PS - If I missed a project that you have a question about, let me know.
Emily Vinson, a 2020 Franklin High School graduate, has won The Friends of Franklin Library Scholarship in Memory of Wilma Winters. She received $1,000 toward the cost of her college education.
Vinson was selected as the contest winner based on her essay about a book that changed her thinking, "Becoming" by Michelle Obama. The former first lady's autobiography, Vinson wrote, inspired her to persevere through difficulties and to serve her community.
"In these challenging times today, I hoped what I learned in the book 'Becoming' can help me focus on the positive, recognize there is still good in the world, and help others," Vinson wrote.
Now a Providence College student, Vinson has volunteered at the library, senior center and elsewhere. She also served as a basketball referee through the Franklin Recreation Department, an experience she used in her essay as an example of how perseverance turned her from a soft-spoken, unsure official to a confident one that over time earned the respect of players and coaches.
The Friends of Franklin Library established its scholarship program in 2014 as part of an effort to honor Wilma Winters, a longtime Franklin resident and library supporter. Winters, who had a long career in higher education, worked for many years as a librarian, including at Boston University Medical School and Harvard’s School of Public Health. She spent her retirement years volunteering at the Franklin Public Library. Winters died in 2011, leaving a sizable donation to The Friends.
The scholarship program has assisted college-bound Franklin students in each of the past seven years. It will be awarded again this year to a member of the Class of 2021.
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| Lisa Rein, left, a Friends of Franklin Library board member, presents a check to Emily Vinson, winner of the Friends of Franklin Library Scholarship in Memory of Wilma Winters |
our very own FAA member Dennis Sardella will present "Science and Modern Art".
Someone comparing a medieval and modern artwork may find themselves puzzling, "How on earth did we get from there to here?" Art experienced two revolutionary periods that radically changed how artists saw and depicted the world, and that paralleled two revolutionary periods in which science underwent similar changes. This talk will be a visual exploration of how those two ways of seeing the world developed, and how they led from the "there" of medieval art to to the "here" of modern art."
Dennis Sardella has been a docent at the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton since 2012, where he leads gallery tours and introduces visitors to the world of Russian icons. He also writes about icons, and speaks regularly to civic and church groups on the topics of religious icons and the role they play in Eastern Christian spirituality.
From 1967 until 2012 he was a tenured Professor of Chemistry at Boston College. In 1990 he became the founding director of the Boston College Presidential Scholars Program, a university-wide co-curricular honors program, and directed it until 2010. For 17 years he and his wife Marjorie, a fine art photographer, led groups of Boston College Presidential Scholars on month-long study trips to France, and it was during those trips that he began to speak to students about science and modern art.
If you haven't already done so, don't forget to download the free app Zoom to your devices (phone, laptop, ipad etc.) and practice using prior to our "first Wednesday of the month" meetings. There are "how to" instructions on the Zoom website as well as YouTube. FAA now has its own Zoom account, with its own Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82181910922?pwd=ME9aTGtvRVJFVlg2aDBlMllVT1ZZdz09
Looking forward to seeing you all then!
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| Monthly Virtual Meeting: Presentation by Dennis Sardella!! - Wed - March 3 |
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| Economic Development Subcommittee - Agenda - Mar 3, 2021 |
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| Health Director Cathleen Liberty presenting to the School Committee meeting 2/23/21 |
Today's Black History Month Video is a special 2 Part Video about John Lewis! https://t.co/nlSq6fDIM2
Today's Black History Month Video is a special 2 Part Video about John Lewis! pic.twitter.com/nlSq6fDIM2
— FHS A World of Difference (@Franklin_AWOD) February 28, 2021
Part 2! pic.twitter.com/lgZL2AKITx
— FHS A World of Difference (@Franklin_AWOD) February 28, 2021
"We are so proud of the creativity of our faculty and staff! @MsDoherty_ART #franklinpsnews
Arts Education During COVID: The Show Must Go On! | NEAI must also include
Read the article online = https://t.co/YTdG58qijV"
