Urgent: NO EMERGENCY - Franklin Public Schools Follow Up

NO EMERGENCY - FPS Follow Up

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We apologize for any inconvenience or misunderstanding this may have caused.

Thank you,

Franklin Public Schools

Urgent: NO EMERGENCY - Franklin Public Schools Follow Up

Franklin TV and wfpr.fm schedule for Thursday, Nov 3, 2022

• wfpr.fm or 102.9 on the FM dial = Thursday

9:00a/12:00p/6:00p   A Priest, A Minister and a Rabbi

10:00a/1:00p/7:00p   Frank’s Music – Frank Falvey and Jim Derick

11:00a/2:00p/8:00pm   Frank Presents – Frank Falvey Presents 

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 8, Verizon 26) = Thursday

7:30 am FAA: Art From The Heart

8:00 am Veterans' Call: VA Pension

9:00 am Arts Advocacy: How-Tos

10:30 am SAFE Coalition: Danny Lagarce

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Apple Crisp

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Stromboli

12:30 pm Sandhya: Macaroons

1:00 pm Physician Focus: Winter is Coming

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 2

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Fall 2019 Show 5

3:00 pm Let's Talk Sports: Episode 7

3:30 pm Once Upon A Town: Schools

4:30 pm Frank Presents: Mark Lenzi

5:09 pm Frank's Musings: Ballot Questions

7:00 pm Extended Play Sessions: Alice Wallace

8:00 pm Metrowest Symposium: Sharing Identity on Social Media

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel (Comcast 96, Verizon 28) = Thursday

7:00 am Public School Concert: Lifelong Music Pt. 2 01-29-19

9:00 am Critical Conversations: Social Media

11:30 am Metrowest Arts & Culture Symposium

2:00 pm All-Town Showcase: Chorus & Orchestra

3:30 pm Let's Talk Sports: Episode 7

4:00 pm Universe of Adolescent Sleep

8:30 pm FHS Varsity Football: v Milford 10-28-22

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 11, Verizon 29) = Thursday

8:00 am Conservation Commission: 10-27-22

2:00 pm Conservation Commission: 10-27-22

7:30 pm Zoning Board of Appeals: LIVE, Remote, 864 0862 5019

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf   

Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm)

Franklin Police: Update on the Nov 1, 2022 West Central/Union Auto Crash

Yesterday (Tuesday, Nov 1, 2022) at approximately 3:23 PM, the Franklin Police and Fire Department responded to a three-car motor vehicle crash at the intersection of West Central Street and Union Street. After an investigation it is determined the first vehicle involved, a Toyota Highlander was stopped at the intersection at a red light. The second vehicle, a Chevy Equinox was stopped behind the first vehicle. The third, a KIA SUV rear-ended the second vehicle which caused a chain reaction crash into the first vehicle. 

Upon arrival, first responders found the operator of the KIA SUV, a 58-year-old female resident of Wrentham unresponsive in her vehicle. First responders quickly began life-saving measures including CPR. She was transported to Milford Hospital where she was later pronounced deceased. The operator of the second vehicle was transported to UMASS Memorial with what are believed to be serious injuries. It was determined the operator of the KIA SUV suffered a serious medical episode while driving which resulted in the crash. Given the medical nature of this call, no further information will be provided. 

 

Our thoughts are with the victim, their friends, and their family following this tragic incident. 

Visit the Franklin Police Dept -> https://www.franklinma.gov/police-department

Franklin Police: Update on the Nov 1, 2022 West Central/Union Auto Crash 

Franklin Cultural District: knitting, sewing, Crafts Fair, cornhole & Classical piano in the week ahead

Check out the knitting & sewing classes, Franklin Art Association meeting Wednesday, music & liquid refreshments all before Sunday which brings a cornhole tournament and classical concerts. Oh, and the Newcomers Crafts Fair on Saturday. Yes, Franklin #artshappenhere!

Wednesday, November 2

4:00pm - Sewing for Kids - with Jennifer Vacca (ages 8+ full for November) (Franklin Mill Store) 6:30pm - Knitting with Gayle Johnson (for all levels) (Franklin Mill Store) 6:30pm - Sewing for Adults - with Jennifer Vacca (or all levels) (Franklin Mill Store)

7:00pm - Franklin Art Association (Franklin Senior Center)

La Cantina Winery

Thursday, November 3

4:00pm - Sewing for Kids - with Jennifer Vacca (ages 8+ full for November) (Franklin Mill Store)

6:30pm - Knitting with Gayle Johnson (for all levels) (Franklin Mill Store)

6:00pm - Ken Barney (live music) (La Cantina Winery)

6:30pm - Franklin LGBTQ Alliance - monthly meeting (Franklin Public Library)

7:00pm - Beyond the Library presents Parks for All: Frederick Law Olmstead (virtual event)

Friday, November 4

JP Royer (live music) (67 Degrees Brewery)

6:00pm - David Rak (live music) (La Cantina Winery)

Saturday, November 5

9:00am - Newcomers & Friends Craft Fair (Tri-County RVTHS)

10:00am - Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

Sunday, November 6 -  Daylight Saving Time ends

67 Degrees Brewery

12:00pm - Cornhole Tournament  (67 Degrees Brewery)

12:00pm - Thee Taco Dude  (67 Degrees Brewery)

1:00pm - Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

3:00pm - LiveARTS: Artists of the Year, VictorRosenbaum (FUSF, 262 Chestnut St)

Tuesday, November 8

7:00pm - Yankee Quilters (Emma’s Quilt & Cupboard)

7:00pm - FBRTC Meeting  (67 Degrees Brewery)

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The Franklin Art Association Art Gallery remains open during business hours at Escape into Fiction (Main St, Franklin)

Visit the Cultural District page ->  https://www.franklinculture.org/

Find the full Community event calendar  https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://forms.gle/oPdi8X3ZbHHyrHzo6

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar
The School district calendar is found  https://www.franklinps.net/calendar-by-event-type/26 

Franklin Cultural District: Arts are happening here!

Ted & I talk microgrids and more in this 18th episode of Making Sense of Climate - 10/25/22 (audio)

FM #870 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 870 in the series. 

This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Ted McIntyre, Franklin resident and climate activist. We recorded this via the Zoom conference bridge Tuesday, October 25, 2022.  

In this episode our conversation covered the following topics: 

• Microgrids

• South Carolina residential building auto based

• DPU and municipal aggregation approval cycle

• Building code, stretch code revisions pending

• Offshore cable system

• Mother Jones says ‘microgrids’ are good

This discussion continues our journey understanding the MA roadmap toward net zero and while it helps me “make sense of climate”, we hope it helps with your understanding as well. 

If you have climate questions or Franklin specific climate questions, send them in and we’ll try to answer them in a future session.  

The conversation runs about 40 minutes. Let’s listen to my conversation with Ted 

Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-870-making-sense-of-climate-18-10-25-22

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microgrid - Merriam Webster added the word in September

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/10/merriam-webster-we-added-370-new-words.html   

teaser to come back to microgrids

 

South Carolina massive residential building underway in 'low country' outside of charleston. 

no mass transit, while 55 housing is being built, all are hostage to the automobiles

not sustainable for net zero, or for those 55+ who as they age are going to be standed out there

 

municipal aggregation, we have it, others can't get it

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/16/science/these-communities-want-lower-residents-electric-bills-carbon-emissions-heres-whats-stopping-them/

 

public ownership of utilities I don't think it the answer, we need to ensure appropriate board and oversight of the utilities doesn't create/continue the fossil fuel domination

https://www.repmikeconnolly.org/public_ownership_of_public_utilities

 

Hard to find a good contractor.--- this will be important as we go forward in MA>

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2022/10/8/23387530/home-electrification-heat-pumps-gas-furnace-contractors

 

offshore cable system, rather than extending electric grid above ground

https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/10/18/offshore-wind-transmission-lines-grid

 

microgrids, Mother Jones article

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/10/tool-surviving-extreme-weather-mircogrids-distributed-power-batteries/

 

Eversource/Framingham pilot construction updates https://www.eversource.com/content/ema-c/residential/about/transmission-distribution/projects/massachusetts-projects/geothermal-pilot-project

See the page that collects the “Making Sense of Climate” episodes -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/02/making-sense-of-climate-collection.html 

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.  

This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

How can you help?

• If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors

• If you don't like something here, please let me know

Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.

For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news/

If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com

The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

I hope you enjoy!

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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"

Eversource/Framingham pilot construction update

We welcome Alecia to our "Talk Franklin" conversation with Jamie and I about the Nov 8 election and Town Council topics (audio)

FM #869 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 869 in the series.

This session of the radio show shares my "Talk Franklin" conversation with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and we welcome for the first time to join us Alecia Alleyne, Assistant to the Town Administrator. We had our conversation via conference bridge.  

Topics for this session

Welcome Alecia  

November 8 election

early voting continues in Town Clerk's office

observation sessions for opening & depositing scheduled

Town council 

Recap: Legislative delegation visit, Schmidt’s Farm purchased approved with CPA funds

teaser: parking by laws; budget adjustment, tax rate hearing scheduled for Nov 30 & a snow update

The conversation runs about 25 minutes. Let’s listen to my conversation with Jamie and Alecia. Audio file -> https://anchor.fm/letstalkfranklin/episodes/Election-Information--the-Purchase-of-Schmidts-Farm-e1q4e31/a-a8pn91a

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Town Administrator page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/administrator

Oct 19, 2022 agenda -> https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/agendas/october_19_town_council_agenda_0.pdf

Oct 19, 2022 meeting YouTube video -> https://youtu.be/2vd8NUH0kt0 

Schmidt’s Farm presentation (Chap 61a right of first refusal) -> https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/uploads/schmidt_farm_61a_presentation.pdf

Nov 2, 2022 agenda -> 

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/agendas/november_2_town_council_meeting.pdf

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.  

This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

How can you help?

• If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors

• If you don't like something here, please let me know

Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.

For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news/

If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com

The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

I hope you enjoy!

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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"

We welcome Alecia to our "Talk Franklin" conversation with Jamie and I 

FHS Division 1 - Field Hockey (#5) playoff seeds released on Tuesday

Via HockomockSports.com and the MIAA, we share the results of the fall sports playoff brackets for Franklin High School field hockey. 

We also provide the links to the HockomockSports.com posting and the MIAA brackets as released on Tuesday.

Division 1 - Field Hockey
#5 Franklin (16-1-1) will host #28 Barnstable (8-7-3) on Monday, 11/7 at 3:45.

http://miaa.statebrackets.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=6855

https://hockomocksports.com/hockomock-field-hockey-playoff-seeds-matchups-2022/

FHS Panthers

Pantherbook: "What the Club @FHS_EmptyBowls Really Is"

“Somewhere someone’s bowl is always empty” 

The Empty Bowls Club is finally starting its 2022-23 school year, bringing lots of excitement! 

Empty Bowls is a club at Franklin High School that brings a community of students together to make bowls out of clay. The club partners with the Franklin Food Pantry who helps spread the word. The club’s goal every year is to make 400 bowls for the fundraiser that happens in May, which raises money for the Franklin Food Pantry.

Monday, Oct. 3rd, the club had its first full member meeting to discuss the membership expectations, the annual t-shirt design, and to take a club group photo. 

Continue reading the article by: Kayla Atchinson online

https://franklinpanthers.us/clubs-activities/2022/11/01/what-the-club-empty-bowls-really-is/

Empty Bowls Club Photo by: Ms.Johnston

350 Mass Greater Franklin Node, Virtual Meeting, Thursday, November 3, 7:00 PM

350 Mass Greater Franklin Node

Our next 350 Mass Greater Franklin Node meeting will be on Zoom,  this Thursday, November 3, 7:00-9:00 PM 

Here are the Zoom details.
Zoom link for the meeting, Thursday, November 3, 7:00-9:00 PM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88924607755?pwd=bHl1empTRVFxYzdZUmVBSGl1Q0p3Zz09
Meeting ID: 889 2460 7755
Passcode: 350ma
Dial-in +1 646 876 9923

 

Twice-a-month, our Node, one of more than fifteen such 350 Mass groups throughout the state, holds its meetings. Our Node's participants come from Franklin and several towns north to Sharon and south to Attleboro. You are always welcome to attend, to learn about climate and energy, politics and science, to hear about opportunities for action, and to contribute to our goals in a way that works for you. 

   

Our meetings address ongoing challenges and actions related to energy and climate. Our typical agenda includes: discussion of climate and energy developments locally, across the state, and nationally. Announcements about planned advocacy and protest actions organized by 350 Mass and other groups. And plans for activities in our Greater Franklin region. Our tone and manner are collegial and neighborly. We hope to meet you one of these Thursdays. Or you can reply to this message; we'll follow up.

 

If you have items you would like to announce or add to the agenda, please reply to our Node Co-coordinators, Carolyn Barthel (carolyncbarthel@gmail.com) and Ralph Halpern (ralph.halpern@comcast.net). 

 

We hope you receive 350 Mass' Climate Weekly email. It's a good way to keep up with key issues and actions on their behalf. You can sign up here.

 

We will send a reminder about the Node's meeting on Thursday. 

Thank you.

 

Node Co-coordinators,
Carolyn Barthel
Ralph Halpern

Ralph Halpern
ralph.halpern@comcast.net
781-784-3839 (h)

339-203-5017   

Voices of Franklin: Ted McIntyre - Strong Support for Senator Rausch

I strongly support the re-election of State Senator Becca Rausch. I condemn the unethical and intentionally deceptive messages being released by her opponent.

Senator Rausch should be re-elected because she is the only candidate in this race who has forged the widespread collaborative network needed to continue delivering for our values and our community. She has both the successful track record and the broad support to prove it. Senator Rausch is endorsed by more than half the State Senate, the very people who are now, and will be, her direct colleagues. The list includes the Senate President, the Senate President Pro Tempore, the Senate Majority Leader, and every other member of Senate Leadership.

On top of that, the vast majority of local elected officials in our district have endorsed Senator Rausch. These are the people whose recommendations should weigh heavily in Rausch's favor -- they know and appreciate her skills in serving the district. You can see the impressive list at www.beccarausch.com/endorsements.  Senator Rausch has been endorsed by the overwhelming majority of State Representatives in our district, including State Representative Jeff Roy, whom Rausch’s opponent inappropriately name-dropped in a recent mailing. That mailing was an explicit attempt to mislead voters. Indeed, the letter falsely claimed support from Democrats and was signed by someone who is, in fact, a registered Republican in Bellingham. This kind of disinformation campaign runs afoul of common decency and basic respect for us, the voters.

Rausch's opponent has also tried to dodge his staunchly right wing record as he seeks higher office and promotes his own personal gain. His record speaks for itself, and that record has earned him the badge of being among the farthest right-wing extremist politicians in the entire Commonwealth, per the American Conservative Union. He has repeatedly voted against abortion access, birth control access, climate action goals, workers, voting rights, and protecting LGBTQ+ youth from the serious harms of abusive conversion therapy. Every one of those votes is documented.

You are smarter than Shawn Dooley thinks you are. Get the facts. Resist the lies. Join me in voting for Senator Becca Rausch on or before Tuesday, November 8.

Ted McIntyre, Ph.D.
Franklin MA

To add your voice to the discussion, please follow the guidelines

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/03/introducing-voices-of-franklin.html

Voices of Franklin: Ted McIntyre - Strong Support for Senator Rausch