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ALS Has Made Freedom a Luxury for Franklin Man Family Hopes to Raise Funds for Wheelchair-Accessible Van By J.D. O’Gara The simple things are what he misses. Jamie Miller, whose 53-yearold brother, Franklin father of two Terry Nash is battling ALS, is also battling the isolation that accompanies this debilitating, fatal disease. His sister, Jamie, explains that traveling outside the home with his wheelchair is nearly impossible, and although the family has hopes of saving money for a wheelchair-accessible van – or dreams of finding one that someone else may no longer need – the financial strains the disease places on the family make that wish seem unattainable. Terry had to resign from his 18-year position at Boston Market in January of 2014, and although he has help from disability insurance and social security, which cover a portion of what he had earned, necessary medical equipment or home health services are not funded.
Shown here is Terry Nash, of Franklin, with his sister, Jamie Miller. Jamie is hoping to raise funds for Terry, VAN whose life has been curtailed by ALS, to purchase a wheelchair-accessible van, new or used. continued on page 5
Better Late than Never? Franklin Granted Limited Intervention after Late Petition in Exelon Proposal By J.D. O’Gara It’s been on the table for some time now, the proposed expansion of power company Exelon Generation’s facilities in Medway to include two units adjacent to its current 94-acre Summer Street facility in response to an RFP by ISO New England. The proposal, first submitted in March, would be for two units capable of producing 200 megawatts of electricity to meet New England energy needs in times of peak demand. The dual-fueled units would run on either natural gas or ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel. The project was first proposed by Exelon in March, and the town of Medway, the Charles River Watershed Association and the Conservation Law Foundation all filed petitions to intervene in the EFSB hearings at the end of June. Franklin, on December 10, filed a late petition to intervene in the hearings before the Energy Facilities Siting Board. Franklin maintained that notice of the deadline to intervene was sent to
MILFORD - FRANKLIN John F. Hatch, M.D. Roger M. Kaldawy, M.D. Kameran Lashkari, M.D.
Franklin’s planning board, not the Town Council, and that the Council was unaware of the scope of potential impacts to Franklin in the areas of air and water use. Franklin argued that it is “substantially and specifically affected by this proceeding” due to Franklin’s proximity to the proposed facility, that Franklin provides drinking water to its residents governed by a 2007 Water Management Act (WMA) permit and that as a resident of the Charles River Basin along with Millis and Medway, a “safe yield” cap exists under WMA regulations and that water usage for the project, if purchased by Millis, would place Millis over its permitted water withdrawal and possibly threaten its ability to sell water to Franklin. Franklin is possibly looking for 300,000 to 500,000 gallons per day of water from Millis, discussing this with Millis as recently as late October. “Franklin cited sale of water by Millis to Exelon affecting their
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