Hold the date for this Quilt and Crafting Weekend in Holliston July 25 - July 27, 2025

Yankee Quilters, a local guild of quilters, will hold a weekend "staycation" for all interested quilters and crafters who enjoy sewing in a beautiful space with friends new and old.

This three-day quilting event will be Friday, July 25^th to Sunday, July 28^th at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 600 Central Street, Holliston. In addition to giving participants the time and space to create their own quilts and crafts in a well-lit spacious hall, ironing tables, 6-foot tables, and wagons to unload equipment are provided. An elevator is available. Hours are Friday 1:00 to 9:00 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday Noon to 5:00 pm. A Yankee Quilters member will be available all weekend to give basic tips on quilting, knitting, or crochet

Yankee Quilters members will provide Friday supper, Saturday soup lunch and supper, and bagels and cream cheese on Sunday morning. Coffee, tea, water and snacks are offered throughout. A refrigerator and microwave are available for those who bring their own food.  

Quilt and Crafting Weekend in
 Holliston July 25 - July 27, 2025

Participants may register now with prepayment. The rates for members are $100 for the full weekend or $40 per day, or for non-members the weekend rate is $120, or $45 per day including meals. To register, contact Yankee Quilters at yankeequilters11@gmail.com. 

Quilters from new to experienced are welcome to attend Yankee activities throughout the year. In addition to monthly meetings on the second Tuesday in Franklin, the group offers speaker programs, member "show and tell" demonstrations and opportunities to sew together throughout the year. A major focus every year is the creation of dozens of quilts which are provided to cancer patients, Quilts of Valor, Wrap the World with Quilts and other families in need.

This event is a fundraiser for Yankee Quilters, a nonprofit charity based in Franklin. For information about other events, please contact YankeeQuilters11@gmail.com.

Yankee Quilters Guild is a 501-c-3 charitable organization based in Franklin with members throughout the region. The Guild meets on the second Tuesday each month at Emma's Quilt Cupboard in Franklin, Horace Mann Plaza, East Central Street, Franklin in space generously donated by the store. Donations to the Guild are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by current law.

Free lunch program for Summer by YMCA with Franklin Food Pantry collaboration

Free lunch program for Summer by YMCA

Get the kids out of the heat and enjoy a FREE lunch at Bellingham Public Library - Massachusetts!

Children (age 18 and under) and their caregiver are invited to join us every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM for a no-cost summer meal, now through August 14, 2025.

Additional no-cost lunch sites are at Memorial School in Milford (M, T, W, Th, and F from 11 AM to 12:30 PM), and the Jackson Elementary School in Plainville (T and Th, 12:15 to 1 PM).

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More Perfect Union - WFPR: 99 - DEI (audio)

In this episode, the group and guest Dr. Bell, as well as the audience from the Senior Center discuss the DEI, or Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the workplace, and how it as a concept has been around, and it's important to provide opportunities and fairness to all people.

Audio link -> https://more-perfect-union.captivate.fm/episode/99-dei

More Perfect Union - WFPR: 99 - DEI (audio)

More Perfect Union - WFPR

Discussing American Politics and Current Events

Peter Fasciano, Dr. Michael Walker Jones, Jeff Roy, and Nick Remissong host a round table discussion on current events and American politics, bringing about thoughtful conversation, compelling discourse, and a look at what the future might hold for the United States.

Find all the More Perfect Union episodes online -> https://more-perfect-union.captivate.fm/episodes  or subscribe with your favorite podcast app

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday, June 30, 2025

Yes, Franklin has it's own radio station -> wfpr.fm. Franklin Public Radio has a brand new schedule for the locally produced shows that fill our air waves. 

It is available anywhere, anytime at wfpr.fm or in the local Franklin, MA area at 102.9 on the FM dial.

Tune in to listen to the following:

wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday - Franklin Public Radio

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule

Franklin TV schedule for Monday, June 30, 2025

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = MONDAY

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = MONDAY

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = MONDAY

 

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

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What's happening in Franklin, MA: Sunday, June 29, 2025 ???

Sunday, June 29

9:00am Yoga on the Common (Franklin Town Common)

11:00am Sunday Brunch (Teddy Gallagher's Irish Pub)

1:00pm Franklin Historical Museum (always free) 

7:00pm Sunday at Sunset (St John's Episcopal Church)

** NO  Town Meetings today   **

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What's happening today in Franklin? 

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-calendar

Franklin TV: Summerdust

My First ever for real June

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 06/29/2025

I discovered my first real June. After kindergarten was in the books, June became the prominent marker for the return of those open days of Summer freedom. The previous June or any other time before kindergarten, was undefined – just part of a small child’s daily meandering curiosities and adventures; all in the amorphous openness of tiny kid-time – when all that was – was the now-ness of things. No past. No future beyond the ‘tomorrow’ day. No concerns beyond the present interest.

One early afternoon in this first fully recognized actual and for real month of June, I sat in a farm field under a warming Sun. It was a bucolic Andrew Wyeth setting somewhere deep in the back-country of Maine. I was – I am – in the present tense. As a little kid, it’s the only tense I know. An afternoon breeze whirlygigs along a dirt road, dancing with wispy Summerdust. The breeze raises up dust from the Earth. The dust makes the swirly-whirly wind dance visible. The high Sun’s fire raises up those towering clouds that only minutes later release a few scattered Sun showers. Raindrops glisten under the Sun as they return the Summerdust from the winds back to whence it came. The dusty dance is done.

In these moments of reverie, just letting the world happen, I am quietly bearing witness; a naïve observer; transfixed in wonderment, whimsy. I have just met the four original Greek elements of all creation. Earth, Wind, Fire, Water. I don’t know they are ancient elements. I don’t know they’re Greek. I don’t know they’re anything but that they are. The nature of nature – its constituent elements, including the nature of dust beyond this first impression as a durable memory – are things yet to be learned. Facts – and context – and understanding will surely come with time and other Junes. A lifetime of Junes later, I have collected and recollected, learned and relearned, shaped and reshaped shards of knowledge into insights, true and false, that on good days might even substitute for wisdom.

On that first actual and for real June afternoon, all I had was unmarked time and my little kid blank page agenda where attention is always immediate, before it develops a span. Today – I have tenses – and the turbulent tensions of time as my terrible taskmaster. What did I fail to do? What must I do next? When? Why? All things, living – and just being – eventually give in to the dust. Each of us has our collected dusty memories, our singular dusty destination. Until that final time of times, I will be. I will favor and savor my weightless present tense – the ineffably fulgent yet fleeting now of every moment, refinding redefining refining my reflections on the innocent wonderment and whimsy in that first dance with elemental existence – the dance of Summerdust in the perfect warmth of June.

And – as always –

Thank you for watching. 

Thank you for listening to wfpr●fm.

And staying informed at Franklin●news.

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Summer Youth Track meets return July 8, 15, & 22

Summer Youth Track meets return July 8, 15, & 22

The Summer Youth track meets are back!

Join us on July 8th, 15th, and 22nd and try out a wide variety of different track and field events geared towards younger athletes.

Registration and field events open up at 5 PM with the running events to follow.

You can use the link below to preregister and sign the waiver ahead of time.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScs7Ve0r_vJeYuHJRA_OQzkIiASSR9jLLBf8zroEpQsN5SZ4Q/viewform

Save the date for the Harvest Festival - September 27, 2025 from noon to 5 PM

Mark your calendars! After a wildly successful Strawberry Stroll, we are thrilled to announce the dates for our upcoming Harvest Festival!

More info on booth registration forthcoming - booths will be first come first serve to FDP members.

Not a member? There’s no better time to join! Visit our website to learn about membership and sponsorship opportunities!

Visit the Downtown Partnership page for membership info ->   https://franklindowntownpartnership.org/

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Hold the date: Police Station Building Committee - Agenda for Aug 6, 2025

Police Station Building Committee

Agenda & Meeting Packet

August 6, 2025 - 5:00 PM

Meeting will be held at the Franklin Police Station - 911 Panther Way

Agenda: 

1. Tour of the Franklin Police Station located at 911 Panther Way. The Building Committee will take a tour of the facility. 

The public is welcome to attend and tour the facility with the Committee. There will be more public opportunities to tour the facility in September and October as part of a formal public outreach and engagement series.

Agenda doc -> https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08062025-1801

Welcome to Military Consumer Month 2025

Welcome to Military Consumer Month 2025 By BCP Staff Military servicemembers, veterans, and their families sacrifice a lot to keep our country safe. In the spirit of protecting those who've served, the Federal Trade Commission invites you to talk about scams with your battle buddies. Looking for ways to share what you know and protect someone else from a scam? The FTC's got your six. Read more ->  https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2025/06/welcome-military-consumer-month-2025?utm_source=govdelivery

        

Welcome to Military Consumer Month 2025

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Sunday, June 29, 2025

Yes, Franklin has it's own radio station -> wfpr.fm. Franklin Public Radio has a brand new schedule for the locally produced shows that fill our air waves. 

It is available anywhere, anytime at wfpr.fm or in the local Franklin, MA area at 102.9 on the FM dial.

Tune in to listen to the following:

 

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Sunday

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Sunday