Franklin Matters: 2025-03-23

Saturday, March 29, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Saturday, March 29, 2025 ???

Saturday, March 29

Last day for this "Look Up" Gallery (Franklin Public Library during open hours)

9:00am Thrifty Threads (Franklin Federated Church)

9:30am Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) (Franklin Public Library)

10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

5:00pm 3rd Annual Comedy Night Fundraiser (Tickets closed out) (Franklin Elks Lodge #2136)

7:00pm Party for The Pantry (tickets sold out) (THE BLACK BOX)

8:30pm Jennifer Tefft (live music) (Bally's Tiverton)

For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->
https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** NO Town Meetings today **

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Why are there multiple calendars?

What's happening today in Franklin?

Respectfully, the Library and Senior Center calendars are too full of events to include all their events so we tend to focus on the major events. Town and School meetings are also kept separate. Links for all the calendars are shared here:

Find the full Community event calendar https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication: https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

The Town meeting calendar is found https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendars

Hold the date for Franklin’s Earth Day Clean-Up! - Saturday, April 19, 2025 - 9 AM to noon

Saturday, April 19, 2025 - 9 AM to noon

Join Us for Franklin’s Earth Day Clean-Up!

Saturday, April 19, 2025

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Beaver Pond, 450 Beaver Street, Franklin, MA

Let’s come together as a community to keep Franklin beautiful!

Grab your friends, family, and neighbors for a morning dedicated to cleaning up parks, trails, and public spaces.

Event Highlights:

First 100 volunteers get a FREE tee shirt!

Kick off the day with bagels & coffee

Supplies provided—gloves, trash bags & cleanup maps!

Take home a tree!

Choose a lilac or Frasier fir sapling.

Student volunteers—earn community service hours!

Let’s work together for a cleaner, greener Franklin! Spread the word and bring your friends!

#FranklinEarthDay #CommunityCleanUp #GoGreen

Shared from -> https://x.com/FranklinRec/status/1905326679305630140

Flag Football Tournament centerpice of Franklin Fest hosted by Dean Students - April 6 (audio)

FM #1415 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1415 in the series.

This session shares my conversation with Quinten Jones, originally from Winchester, VA and a senior at Dean College. We had our discussion in person in the Franklin TV & Radio Studio on Friday, March 21, 2025.

We cover

The course requirements to prepare and conduct an event
Flag football tournament chosen
Hockomock YMCA in Franklin to benefit from proceeds
Fun family day with food and other activities

The recording runs about 12 minutes, so let’s listen in. Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1415-franklin-fest-centers-on-flag-football-tournament-03-21-25/

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As part of our Event Management & Operations class, we are tasked with planning and executing a successful event—and we’d love for you to be a part of it! All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Franklin YMCA!

Dean's Franklin Fest scheduled for April 6

Help us make this event a success—sign up or donate using the website link or QR codes on the flyer!

📅 April 6, 2025

⏰ 11 AM - 3 PM

📍 Longley Field, 69 Maple Street, Franklin, MA

🏈 Flag Football Tournament

🎯 Fun games like Spike Ball, Cornhole & Connect 4

🎟️ 50/50 Raffle & Giveaways

🍿 Concessions

For more information or any questions: https://franklinfest.wixsite.com/franklin-fest

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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
And if you have interest in reporting on meetings or events, please reach. We’ll share and show you what and how we do what we do

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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Pantherbook: FHS boys basketball D1 State Championship

Via The Pantherbook:

Pantherbook: FHS boys basketball
D1 State Championship (Pantherbook image)

"Last Sunday, the FHS Boys Basketball team beat Newton North 55-52 at the Tsongas Center and became the Division 1 state champions.

Despite losing a talented senior class, the boys came back stronger than ever. After a season with only one loss and the number one seed, the team looked to redeem their loss in the finals in 2024, and they delivered. To get to the championship this year, the team won in a tough game against Central Catholic 52-44. "

Continue to read the article -> https://sites.google.com/franklinps.net/pantherbook/sports/state-champs-fhs-boys-basketball?authuser=0

Beaver St Recycling Center Update - warm weather hours start Tuesday, April 1

No that is not a joke (although April 1 is also April fools day)

Beaver St Recycling Center Update - warm weather hours start Tuesday, April 1

Shared from -> https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HCgBRUsgi/

Annual Electronics Recycling Event - Saturday, May 17

SAVE THE DATE:

Annual Electronics Recycling Event!

Join us on Saturday, May 17th for our annual electronics recycling event! This is a fantastic opportunity to responsibly dispose of all your unwanted electronics, appliances, items with a plug, batteries, and even bicycles in any condition

Shared from -> https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DVYzcC1sC/