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Thursday, June 24, 2021
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MA News Briefs: Governors race adding candidates ; Baker proposes to expand tax break holiday
Governors race adding candidates
"Another day, another candidate in the race for Massachusetts governor not named Baker. Or Healey, for that matter.
With today’s campaign launch by Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, three Democrats have now formally announced bids for the state’s top job. The Jamaica Plain lawmaker joins former Senate colleague Ben Downing and Harvard professor Danielle Allen in the race for the Democratic nomination."
Gov Baker proposes to expand tax break holiday
"WITH MASSACHUSETTS on track to end the year with a multi-billion dollar surplus, Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday proposed a two-month sales tax holiday that would give consumers a break from the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax in August and September in an effort to drive shoppers to local businesses.
The major tax relief proposal would cost the state an estimated $900 million in forgone revenue, but the Republican governor said it would also be a way for the state to show appreciation to business owners and consumers who have contributed to the surplus by finding ways to support each other during the COVID-19 pandemic."
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Town of Franklin: Job Opportunities in Marketing/Communications, Health nurse, Executive Asst, Custodians, etc.
Job Opportunities
To apply for a vacant position, please submit a resume and cover letter to apply@franklinma.gov. Please put the job title in the subject line of your email.
- Marketing and Communications Specialist - Offices of the Town Administrator and Superintendent of Schools
- Public Health Nurse - Health Department
- Regional Health Agent - Sanitary Inspections and Enforcement - Metacomet Public Health Alliance (apply through the Town of Wrentham)
- Executive Assistant - Town Administrator's Office
- Part-time and Substitute Custodians - Facilities Department
- Summer Jobs - Facilities Department - DPW summer positions are full - FACILITIES IS STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
If you do not have a resume, you may send a completed Application for Employment instead.
Read more -> https://www.franklinma.gov/human-resources/pages/job-opportunities
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Be the Match for Gigi - June 26 (video)
PLEASE NOTE: To join the registry you must be 18-44 years old, in good health and willing to donate to any patient in need.
Be the Match for Gigi - June 26 (video) |
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Keeping wits and hope alive
"For the first third of his preliminary race at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, Sean McGorty ran comfortably, keeping pace near the front of a heap of 14 runners. He had started running the 3,000-meter steeplechase — a middle-distance event that requires competitors to hurdle high, hard barriers, sometimes over 2½-feet-deep pits of water — in May, but already he had achieved the qualifying standard.McGorty, a Fairfax native and Chantilly High graduate, entered Oregon’s Hayward Field hopeful to reach the Tokyo Olympics. To secure his place in the final, he would need to finish in the top five. Everything was going to plan one kilometer in, until it wasn’t. A runner stepped on the back of McGorty’s right foot, ripping down the heel of his shoe.“I got a flat tire,” McGorty said."
Sean McGorty finished ninth in his preliminary heat of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Ore. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images) |
350 MASS: Who's Delaying Climate Action in MA? (video)
Via 350 MASS:
"Earlier this year, Brown University released a bombshell report that identified the forces working against climate action in Massachusetts.
Hear from researchers Trevor Culhane, Galen Hall, and J Timmons Roberts, as well as Rep. Mike Connolly to answer the question everyone is asking: Who's Delaying Climate Action in MA? "
video link -> https://youtu.be/wgn6pBbiqlY
MA News Briefs: traffic is back, legislature rebuffs Gov Baker, remote access should stay for meetings
“Traffic, for all intents and purposes, is back to about 2019 levels on most roadways in Massachusetts at this point,” Gulliver said in a presentation to the Department of Transportation’s board.
"House lawmakers on Tuesday rejected Governor Charlie Baker’s proposal to spend $2.8 billion of federal funds provided to the state through the American Rescue Plan, opting instead to stow the majority of the $5.3 billion in aid into a separate account under the Legislature’s control.House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano and Senate President Karen E. Spilka said in a statement Tuesday that by placing the money in a separate fund, it will allow lawmakers to decide how best to use the money with input from the public."
"As we look back on the hellish year gone by, it’s also time to sort through those changes worth keeping, those things that actually made improvements in our lives.And those changes don’t begin and end with to-go cocktails — as much fun as they were. One of the best things to come out of the pandemic lockdown was the way most government bodies from Beacon Hill committees to municipal boards and commissions adapted, allowing their own members and members of the public to attend meetings remotely — from the comfort and safety of their homes.Computer screens became that critical window on the political world that allowed the public to tune in to legislative committee hearings on crucial issues, city council hearings, town meetings. And not merely to tune in, in many of those cases, but also to offer remote testimony. Distance or disability was no longer a factor. Nor was the inability to get a babysitter or reluctance to make the hours-long trek from Pittsfield to Boston."
495/MetroWest Partnership: Our 2021 "Strength in Numbers" Report
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“Massachusetts is going to be ground zero for the next wave of this fight”
"A fight that became the most expensive ballot measure in California’s history has arrived in full force in Massachusetts, setting the stage for a potentially costly campaign that could reshape the state’s labor law and how hundreds of thousands of workers operate under it.The question of whether Uber drivers, DoorDash delivery people, and other so-called gig economy workers should be classified as independent contractors or employees has already reared its head in litigation and at the State House, where a bill backed by the major ride-hailing companies is working through Beacon Hill’s legislative gears.But the emergence of two similarly named but opposing coalitions — each claiming the backing of app-based workers — is seeding a potential ballot question fight next fall, when voters could be asked to decide how the workers should be treated."
Library of Congress: Copyright Public Modernization Committee Announced
Library Announces Copyright Public Modernization Committee
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The Housing Production Plan comment period is closing Friday June 25, 2021
Housing Production Plan sections
- The Introduction to the **2021 Town of Franklin - Housing Production Plan - Public Review Draft**
- Executive Summary: ** 2021 Town of Franklin Housing Production Plan (HPP) ***
- Plan Development and Public Participation ** 2021 Town of Franklin - Housing Production Plan - Public Review Draft **
- Comprehensive Housing Needs Assessment ** 2021 Town of Franklin - Housing Production Plan - Public Review Draft **
- Strategies for Affordable Housing Production ** 2021 Town of Franklin - Housing Production Plan - Public Review Draft **
- Find the full copy of the Housing Production Plan
- Info on the public comment period
- Find the full copy of the Housing Production Plan
Meeting notes and audio links
Economic Development Subcommittee meeting (recap)
The Housing Production Plan comment period is closing Friday June 25, 2021 |
wfpr.fm Schedule for Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Hour | Wednesday |
9 AM | Finance Cmte - 6/16/21 |
10 AM | Wonderful World of Wine |
11 AM | Community Preservation Cmte - 6/17/21 |
12 noon | Finance Cmte - 6/16/21 |
1 PM | Wonderful World of Wine |
2 PM | Community Preservation Cmte - 6/17/21 |
3 PM | Music of the Swingin’ Big Band Era |
4 PM | Great American Songbook |
5 PM | Great American Songbook |
6 PM | Finance Cmte - 6/16/21 |
7 PM | Wonderful World of Wine |
8 PM | Community Preservation Cmte - 6/17/21 |
wfpr.fm Schedule for Wednesday, June 23, 2021 |
Tri-County RVT High School 42nd Graduation Ceremony - June 6, 2021
Superintendent-Director, Stephen Dockray, was joined on stage by School Committee Chair Brian Mushnick of Norfolk, Principal Michael Procaccini, Vocational Director Cathie Rebelo, Director of Special Education John Martin, Class Valedictorian Vivienne Seested of Franklin, Class Salutatorian Gerard (Ace) Ayotte, III of Seekonk, and. Class President Jennavive Barber of North Attleboro.
“You have made it to today despite a world-wide pandemic happening around you for the past 15 months. You have had to adapt continually over your last two school years here at Tri-County. This is a skill set that will serve you well in future years,” Superintendent-Director Stephen Dockray said. “Class of 2021, you did it! You should be SO proud of yourselves. It may not have been an easy road, but you made it!”
During her inspiring Valedictory speech, Seested spoke about Tri-County’s motto, “Work Hard, Today Counts,” and encouraged her classmates to “Work hard, work smart. Your yesterday, today, and tomorrow count.”
Barber’s Class President speech saluted her graduating classmates by saying, “Among us are electricians who powered light to hospitals, IT experts who fixed students’ Chromebooks during distance learning, and even healthcare workers who took care of COVID patients. We may have not had a normal high school experience, but as a vocational school, we did something bigger; we impacted the world in ways teenagers have never done before. We were unlike any others before us; we were unprecedented.”
Tri-County RVT High School 42nd Graduation Ceremony - June 6, 2021 |
Several students were awarded local scholarships and tool awards totaling $82,100 available exclusively to Tri-County students during the ceremony. Similar to scholarships, tool awards are given by local businesses, civic organizations, and families to aid students entering the workforce to purchase tools for their trade.
One of the largest scholarships awarded is the Dean College scholarship given annually to one Tri-County graduate. Anna Weidman, an Engineering Career Program graduate from Franklin, has been awarded a $36,000 tuition scholarship to Dean College for the 2021-2022 academic year. The scholarship is renewable for up to four years/eight semesters of attendance at Dean College. This is the twenty-third year that Dean College has awarded a scholarship to a Tri-County Regional student.
This year, Digital Federal Credit Union granted $10,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors.
The Tri-County graduation was held on a stage designed and constructed by the teachers and students of our Carpentry Program. The new stage will be used for years to come, and their hard work is much appreciated.
Many Tri-County graduates will further their education by attending a university or post-secondary education. Others will enter the workforce with the certifications and skills gained throughout their high school career, and five Tri-County graduates plan to enter into the U.S. Military.
graduation was held on a stage designed and constructed by the teachers and students of our Carpentry Program |
FHS baseball, girls and boys lacrosse teams win to advance in playoffs
Baseball - D1 South = #16 Durfee, 1 @ #1 Franklin, 15 – Final (5 Inn.)
Boys Lacrosse - D1 South = #16 Mansfield, 3 @ #1 Franklin, 16 – Final
Girls Lacrosse - D1 East = #9 Acton-Boxboro, 10 @ #1 Franklin, 15 – Final
Boys Tennis - D1 South - #8 Needham, 3 @ #1 Franklin, 2 – Final
https://hockomocksports.com/mondays-schedule-scoreboard-06-21-21/
Tickets Are Selling Fast, So Grab Them While They Last! - Studio Two at THE BLACK BOX June 26
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