Watch "The Impact of Rising Sea Levels in Massachusetts" on YouTube

Cape Cod is a special place. Climate change has already wrought changes and will continue to do so.  Well done Amanda!

Direct video link ->  https://youtu.be/PvmODX_7QzM

The Beatles are Back to Rock Out for HMEA! - June 26

Join us June 26, 2021 for Studio Two: Under the Stars

Get Your Tickets Before They Sell Out! You're invited to a Live, In-person, Outdoor Concert Under the Stars! Saturday, June 26, 2021  Doors at 6 PM | Music at 7 PM The Black Box | 15 West Central Street | Franklin, MA Raffles | Door Prize | Complimentary Dessert Bar | Full Cash Bar Get your Tickets Here! This event sells out every year, so don't miss your chance to be part of this fun, outdoor* event! Tickets are $20 each, or reserve a table near the stage, including tickets for 5 people, for $120! From the band: Studio Two is a headlining Beatles tribute band, comprised of Berklee Alumni who focus on the most exciting, energetic period of The Beatles: the early years (1962 - 1966). Choosing from a catalog of songs from their club and touring performances, Studio Two captures all of the excitement and danceable 50's and 60's Rock 'n' Roll songs The Beatles helped popularize. All of this is done in period correct attire and equipment. You will be transported in time!  *The event is scheduled to take place outdoors; if weather does not permit this, the show will proceed as scheduled, at the same time and location, but indoors. Please park in the adjacent Rockland Trust lot. Those arriving in wheelchairs should locate the "wheelchair drop-off" sign near the building entrance for better accessibility. Thanks to Philip Lippolis Plumbing & Heating in Walpole for, once again, generously sponsoring this event! Proceeds from this event benefit the programs of HMEA, which support more than 5,000 children, adults, and families throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island impacted by intellectual and developmental disability. We appreciate the generosity of our sponsor and you, the attendees! Get Your Tickets Before They Sell Out!

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Update: Empty Bowls virtual auction ends -> June 21, 2021 at 10 PM

If you haven't got a bid in for one or more of the fabulous ceramic works of art, please make the time to do so.

"Good news! We are extending the deadline for the Empty Bowls auction until Monday, June 21 !!!!!! Get your bids in and don't miss your chance to own a one of a kind ceramic piece AND help The Pantry! "

Auction web page -> https://sites.google.com/view/emptybowls6/home

Listen to "Inside the Empty Bowls 2021 preparations"

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/06/fm-561-inside-empty-bowls-2021-060821.html 

All this to benefit the Franklin Food Pantry. You can donate directly to the Pantry on the Empty Bowls page or at the Pantry page  https://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/ 

Come bid on these one of a kind hand-made items. #emptybowls

Franklin Matters Q & A Thursday at 1:30 PM

Franklin Matters Q & A Thursday at 1:30 PM

click below to join Franklin Matters Q & A Thursday, June 17th at 1:30
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"We rise by lifting others" - Robert Ingersoll

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Veterans History Project Hosts Panel on Post-Traumatic Stress and Music

Veterans History Project Hosts Panel on Post-Traumatic Stress and Healing Power of Music The Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP) will observe Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month with a panel discussion on Wednesday, June 23, as part of a virtual program titled "Post Traumatic Stress & Music: The Healing Power of Song." The discussion will debut at 8 PM ET through the Veterans History Project Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/vetshistoryproject) where panelists and a moderator will be available to answer questions and address remarks in the comments section. Click here for more information. (https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-21-031/veterans-history-project-hosts-june-panel-on-post-traumatic-stress-and-the-healing-power-of-song/2021-06-16/)

MA Attorney General: Update on the Open Meeting Law

Guidance from the Division of Open Government

View this email in your browser   Update from the Division of Open Government On June 16, 2021, Governor Baker signed into law An Act Extending Certain COVID-19 Measures Adopted During the State of Emergency.  This Act includes an extension, until April 1, 2022, of the remote meeting provisions of his March 12, 2020, Executive Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law. The new law has two major parts.   First, the new law allows public bodies to continue providing live "adequate, alternative means" of public access to the deliberations of the public body, instead of holding meetings in a public place that is open and physically accessible to the public. "Adequate, alternative means" may include, without limitation, providing public access through telephone, internet, or satellite enabled audio or video conferencing or any other technology that enables the public to clearly follow the proceedings of the public body in real time.   Second, the new law authorizes all members of a public body to continue participating in meetings remotely; the Open Meeting Law's requirement that a quorum of the body and the chair be physically present at the meeting location remains suspended.   The new law provides that a municipal public body that, for reasons of economic hardship and despite best efforts, is unable to provide alternative means of public access that will enable the public to follow the proceedings in real time, may instead post a full and complete transcript, recording, or other comprehensive record on its website as soon as practicable after the meeting.  In light of the various free and low-cost technologies that could be used to provide the public with real time access, the Division of Open Government strongly recommends that a municipal public body consult with our office before determining that it is unable to provide the public with real time access to a meeting. Furthermore, this provision is not available for meetings when another general or special law, regulation or a local ordinance or by-law requires allowance for active participation by members of the public, such as in the case of certain public hearings.   All other provisions of the Open Meeting Law and regulations, such as the requirements regarding posting notice of meetings and creating and maintaining accurate meeting minutes, remain in effect. Public bodies are reminded that notice of all meetings must be posted at least 48 hours in advance, not including weekends and holidays, and the meeting notice must clearly specify how the public may access the meeting, whether in-person, remote or both.   NOTE: Due to a typographical error in the final draft of the legislation, three paragraphs in Section 20(b) were compressed into one paragraph. Based on the legislative history of the new law and the Legislature's clearly-demonstrated intent, the Attorney General interprets the sentence "This paragraph shall not apply to proceedings that are conducted pursuant to a general or special law, regulation or a local ordinance or by-law that requires allowance for active participation by members of the public" as only applying to the economic hardship exception in the prior sentence, not to the entire paragraph of subsection (b).   In partnership, The Attorney General's Division of Open Government Copyright © 2021 Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Massachusetts Attorney General's Office Division of Open Government 1 Ashburton Place, 20th Floor Boston, MA 02108

Empty Bowls silent/virtual auction ends June 21, 2021 at 10 PM

If you haven't got a bid in for one or more of the fabulous ceramic works of art, please make the time to do so before the auction closes out Thursday, Jun 17 at 10 PM.

"Good news! We are extending the deadline for the Empty Bowls auction until Monday, June 21!!!!!! Get your bids in and don't miss your chance to own a one of a kind ceramic piece AND help The Pantry! "

Auction web page -> https://sites.google.com/view/emptybowls6/home

Listen to "Inside the Empty Bowls 2021 preparations"

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/06/fm-561-inside-empty-bowls-2021-060821.html 

All this to benefit the Franklin Food Pantry. You can donate directly to the Pantry on the Empty Bowls page or at the Pantry page  https://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/ 

Come bid on these one of a kind hand-made items. #emptybowls