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4 days ago | 
thederrick.com | Helen Fielding
The Rocky Grove Fire Hall was packed to the gills Tuesday with around 100 seventh- and eighth-grade students building working hydraulics models for the annual Komatsu Fluid Power Action Challenge competition day.
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5 days ago | 
thederrick.com | Helen Fielding
Franklin City Council has awarded a $47,639.58 contract to Russell Standard for asphalt seal coating of 13 city streets this year. The work had gone out to bid through the regional Council of Governments, and the contract that council approved during its public meeting this week included seal coating on portions of Sibley Avenue, 16th Street, Plumer Avenue, Old Mercer Road, Elk Street, 15th Street, Liberty Street, Fountain Lane, Wiley Avenue and Parkway.
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1 week ago | 
thederrick.com | Helen Fielding
Matthew Zinz, Shaun Kline and Dan Johnson, from left, of the Franklin street and wastewater departments, sweep up dirt and antiskid from the winter on the 1200 block of Liberty Street in Franklin during the annual S.P.i.F.I.Y. (Show Pride in Franklin, It’s Yours!) clean-up day on Wednesday.
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1 week ago | 
thederrick.com | Helen Fielding
Bella Eggleton, Brady Clinger, Ellie Miller and Isaac Dotterer of Clarion-Limestone High School, from left, compete with their hydraulics model during the timed challenge portion of the Komatsu Fluid Power Action Challenge on Tuesday. Greenville High School student AJ Hart uses a saw to cut a piece of wood for his team’s hydraulics model during the Komatsu Fluid Power Action Challenge competition day on Tuesday.
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1 week ago | 
thederrick.com | Helen Fielding
Franklin city council rescinded a decision from last month and heard an in-depth explanation of the city’s fire truck situation as the fire department considers how to address a cracked frame on its newest fire truck. Franklin Fire Chief Andrew Eckel first told the panel the series of events which had led to the discovery of the cracked frame in the 2008 fire truck, which council last month gave emergency approval to be repaired at a cost of $329,002.
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1 week ago | 
thederrick.com | Helen Fielding
Two historic artifacts were recently unearthed during exterior masonry restoration work at St. Patrick Church in Franklin, offering a glimpse into the region’s past. The time capsules were discovered from different milestones in the parish’s history — one beneath the cornerstone of the church and the other stored inside a 1956 foundation stone found during the demolition, which was ordered due to structural decay of the former parish offices on 10th Street.
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1 week ago | 
thederrick.com | Helen Fielding
On Wednesday, Bridge Builders Community Foundations (BBCF) marked its 50th anniversary of philanthropic service to the Oil Region. Around 50 community leaders, donors, volunteers and elected officials gathered at the foundation’s new home at 1322 Elk Street in Franklin to commemorate the foundation’s half-century legacy and look ahead to the future.
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1 week ago | 
thederrick.com | Helen Fielding
Changes continue to come to the storefronts of Franklin’s shopping district, with multiple businesses moving to new locations. Something CleverSomething Clever, under the new ownership of Venango County residents Inde and Bobby Hawkins, last weekend held a soft opening of its new location in the former Feldman Jewelers. Niki and Doug Volmrich, who had owned both Feldman and Something Clever, sold the business to the couple but continue to own the building.
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1 week ago | 
thederrick.com | Helen Fielding
The McElhattan Challenge Advisory Board, from left to right: back row, Matt Beith of Beith Associates LLC, Franklin Business Outreach Coordinator Jess Carroll, Roy Schmoutz of Komatsu, Robert Moore of Venango Technology Center, Warren Thomas of Baytree Farm, John Dumot of Liberty Electronics, and Tim Heffernan of the Innovation Institute for Tomorrow; front row, Franklin Community and Economic Development Director Amanda Power, McElhattan Foundation Knox and Franklin Program Officer Sarah...
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2 weeks ago | 
thederrick.com | Helen Fielding
As the warm weather brings blooms and greenery to northwest Pennsylvania, plenty of blooms and greenery will also be popping up in Franklin’s Fountain Park this weekend for the annual May Garden Mart. Held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the annual mart by the Franklin Gardeners’ Association will bring more than 40 vendors, including greenhouses, food vendors, artisans and others.
