Franklin TV & Radio Programming Guide: June 2012

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Honey takes patience

Howard Crawford puts together some great wildflower honey at the Akin-Bak Farm here in Franklin. The values of a good honey are multiple and well written about. I'll leave that for others to focus on. You can find some of that here and here. You can get a jar of honey at the Farmers Market. I like to add dribbles of it to good bread that has been lightly toasted. Hmm, good!

Honey takes patience. Working with the bees can be a challenge but the output is well worth it.

What else takes patience? Putting together a coordination among several communities to centralize the dispatch functions for public safety. This is one of the several items on the Town Council agenda coming up with the meeting on Wednesday, Jun 20. Franklin may get together with Norfolk, Plainville and Wrentham. The communities have spent time over the past year to work out the details and are now looking for each town board to request a home rule petition from the Legislature.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Council requests Representative Vallee to introduce the attached Home Rule Petition for prompt consideration by the State Legislature.

With Rep Vallee's announcement that he has stepped down from his House seat earlier than anticipated, it will be interesting to see if this needs to wait until the November election, or if it can move forward anyway

Either way, more patience and hard work remains!

Jun 17

Jun 16

In the News: Electric Youth, Sweatt Beach, Fast Lane
Summer Fun at the Y...Something for Everyone!

Jun 15

Jun 14

Jun 13

“We are very thin administratively"
Flower power

Jun 12

Parmenter 5K - photo essay
Franklin teacher inspires cancer ride

Jun 11

Relay for LIfe - photo essay
Rep McGovern: 2012 Office Hours - Ashland, Hopkinton, Holliston, Medway, Franklin

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Week ending - Jun 10, 2012

This was a week were advance planning was evident all around.

The Finance Committee appropriated over $3.3M on a variety of projects that have been talked of for some time and are now taking a step forward. There is still a way to go for most of the projects but it is a start. Capital funds were established for a new fire truck, for the artificial turf fields and for the Senior Center. Money was put aside now for these items but more will be needed. A little bit at a time requires planning!

The Town Council also appropriated the same amount making the final approval that that FinCom had passed along to them. The FinCom votes were all 8-0 and the Town Council votes were all 9-0. Some discussion but everyone agreed this was good planning!

The Relay for Life was held on the high school field on Friday night into Saturday. Exactly how much money they raised to fight cancer is not known as this is written. There were dozens of teams, tents and bunches of folks still walking when Dolores and I stopped by Saturday morning. Planning for this event started months ago. Planning for this event was critical for successful execution!

The Parmenter 5K was held on Sunday. This is the 4th annual event and it has been growing in size each year. It is good to see so many folks coming out to exercise and fund raise for the school. Planning again.

Not much time left for kindergartners; school will be out for the summer soon. What are you planning to do with your summer? I hope you are planning to do something good!

The rain garden planted in a few locations around the Parmenter School is carefully planned to naturally treat rain water before it makes its way to the brooks and streams and eventually to the Charles River. Yes, planning!

Jun 10

Jun 9

Parmenter 5K and Bottle/Can drive

PHOTOS: Lighting the way in Franklin

Jun 8

Jun 7

Jun 6

Jun 5

Jun 4

DPW Construction Plans for 2012

Big Y: Franklin, MA

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Week ending - Jun 3, 2012

Memorial Day has come and gone and 387 Franklin High School seniors have officially begun their new life as graduates! In between these two significant events, much else has happened around Franklin.

What does the week ahead look like?
After setting the budget, the Finance Committee and Town Council get about approving some funding for specific projects.

The fire truck replacement fund gets this year's addition. If I recall correctly, this is the third year of building up the fund to help pay for a replacement.
The talk of renovating Davis Thayer gets to the step of funding an architect to develop the draft and estimates of what should be done and how much it would cost.
The outstanding work on the dams on the DelCarte property come up for funding.
A fund for Senior Center capital improvements is proposed
A fund for athletic field capital improvements is proposed
Funding for a new DPW garage and storage facility is up for discussion
Funding for street and sidewalk improvements

The Finance committee gets their first look at these items during their meeting Tuesday evening. Their vote is an input for the Town Council discussion and action item for their meeting on Wednesday evening.

(Note: if you do read the detail on Res 12-46, there will likely be a revision before approval. Obviously, a clerical error where the fund being established for the Senior Center would not be used to help the athletic fields.)

Jun 3

Jun 2

Jun 1

May 31

May 30

May 29

May 28

Memorial Day - 2012

Franklin, MA: Memorial Day activities