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Franklin Sons & Daughters of Italy Hold Summer Meeting
The Franklin Quatro Erroi Lodge of the Sons and Daughters of Italy in America held a relaxed summer meeting on the grounds of Franklin TV last month. According to lodge president, Gino Carlucci, the group discussed continuing their Film Festival, Italian Night at Fenway, re-establishing the annual Pasta Dinner (a Covid casualty) and initiating a new project to document the experiences of Italian immigrants in Franklin and the surrounding region in video and in print.
Thrifty Threads Hours Change
Thrifty Threads, the story operated by the volunteers of the Franklin Federated Church, will be We closed this
Friday, July 4 and Saturday, July 5, because of the carnival on the
Common. They will reopen next Friday, July 11 and Saturday, July 12.
Tarnished Badges
Last week, former
Hopkinton Deputy Police Chief John "Jay" Porter was sentenced to seven years in prison for child rape. And, also last week, Bellingham Police Sgt. Kevin Heenan faced charges after a car crash in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
Traffic!
AAA Northeast is projecting that 72.2 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home over the Independence Day holiday period.
