Franklin MA: Storm Center Collection for Jan 25 - 26, 2026

This page will get updated with additions and/or changes as the storm situation evolves. 

From Massachusetts Emergency Mgt Assoc (MEMA)

"With temperatures across Massachusetts forecast to be dangerously cold on Friday night and Saturday, if you or someone you know needs shelter from the cold, you can call 2-1-1 or reach out to your local public safety officials to find the nearest warming center."

More extreme cold safety tips: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/extreme-cold-safety-tips

"With a significant winter storm forecast to bring 12+ inches of snow to much of Massachusetts on Sunday and Monday, it's time to prepare. 

• Plan ahead for possible power outages. Fully charge your cellphone, laptop and any essential electronic devices before the storm. 

• Ensure you have extra batteries for medical equipment and assistive devices. 

• Take stock of your emergency kit and ensure it includes seasonal supplies, such as extra winter clothing and blankets."

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For more safety tips visit mass.gov/mema/snow

"As a significant winter storm approaches, individuals with disabilities may experience additional challenges especially for those who rely on mobility aids, personal assistance, or durable medical equipment.

Keep in mind these safety tips to plan for everyone's needs and always remember to check on your neighbors!"

Additional information can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/MEMA26afn

From Franklin Police Dept:

"Community Warming Center Open: St. Mary's Church of Milford and Pathway to a Better Life are coming together to keep our community safe during the upcoming extreme cold and snowfall.

• Opening: Friday, January 23rd at 4pm
• Closing: Monday, January 26th at loam

(May extend through Tuesday, January 27th at 10 am)

If you or someone you know needs warmth — Unhoused, Living in a vehicle, No heat, Frozen pipes Any cold-weather emergency call Lisa at 508-92"

Warming center link - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bkhx3PwU5/

Parking ban reminder

"Repeat after me…

Milk, bread, and don’t park your car on the street when it’s expected to snow over a foot because the plows cannot properly clear the roads when you do that and your car will get ticketed and towed

Again

Milk, bread, and don’t park your car on the street when it’s expected to snow over a foot because the plows cannot properly clear the roads when you do that and your car will get ticketed and towed"

Parking ban link -> https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HmegqoafR/

From Franklin DPW: 

Winter Storm Parking Ban

01/25/2026 12:00 PM to 01/26/2026 12:00 PM

A winter storm parking ban is in effect from 12:00 noon on 01/25/2026 until 12:00 noon on 01/26/2026.

During this period, parking of any motor vehicle is prohibited:

- within the right-of-way of any public street or roadway open to the public, and

- on any municipality owned property.

Purpose:

- Ensure safe movement of police, fire, and emergency medical vehicles;

- Facilitate efficient snow and ice removal by the Public Works Department;

- Protect public safety during winter weather conditions.

Penalty:

- Violators will be fined $25 for each offense.

Please move vehicles before 12:00 PM on 01/25/2026 to avoid fines and to help emergency services and snow-removal operations.

How to avoid frozen pipes

"Disconnect outside hoses and turn the water off at the valve inside your home.

Keep garage doors closed if there are water supply lines in the garage.

Open kitchen & bathroom doors to allow warmer air to circulate around the plumbing.

• When the weather is very cold outside. let the COLP WATCR ONLY drip from the faucet served by exposed pipes. Running water through the pipe - even at a trickle - helps prevent pipes from freezing.

If your pipe runs through the attic or crawl space, open the door to allow warmer air to now in.

• Keep the thermostat set to the same temperature both during the day and at night. By

temporarily suspending the use of lower nighttime temperatures. you may incur a higher

heating bill. but you can prevent a much mote costly repair job if pipes freeze and burst.

If you will be going to be away in cold weather, leave the heat on"

Frozen pipe alert link https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1aU13EppZz/

UPDATE! Curbside Trash/Recycling

"Due to the predicted large amount of snow to fall tomorrow Sunday January 25th and Monday January 26th, 2026, your scheduled trash and recycling pick up will be delayed one day.

So, Monday trash and recycling will be picked up on Tuesday.

Tuesday trash and recycling will be picked up on Wednesday

Wednesday trash and recycling will be picked up on Thursday

Thursday trash and recycling will be picked up on Friday

Friday trash and recycling will be picked up Saturday!"

Curbside schedule change for next week https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1bgpchiWBD/

Franklin MA: Storm Center Collection for Jan 25 - 26, 2026 

Closed or Early Closing for Sunday, January 25, 2026

• Franklin Historical Museum - Closed   https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BzBUk73mz/
• Children's Museum of Franklin - closing at 12:30 PM  https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16sthCnPYP/
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What's happening in Franklin, MA: Sunday, January 25, 2026 ???

Sunday, January 25

Storm Center Collection

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/01/franklin-ma-storm-center-collection-for.html

12:00pm Parking Ban takes effect until Monday, Jan 26 at noon time

12:30pm Children's Museum of Franklin (closing time due to storm)

1:00pm Franklin Historical Museum - CLOSED due to the Storm

2:00pm Steel Magnolias (THE BLACK BOX)

*** NO Town Meetings today   ***

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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: Spreadsheets

Math is Mathin’ – Totally.

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 01/25/2026

In days of yore, when someone’s stated claims just didn’t make sense we used to say, “ Wait. That just doesn’t add up.”

Today, the street says, “ Yo, that math ain’t mathin’.”

Franklin TV: Spreadsheets 

Enter the spreadsheets. I love Excel. That sounds so – nerdishly geeky. But, it’s true. Why? Because math is truth. If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. In a time when our cable funding is slowly shriveling up from cord-cutting, we all need to work and ‘math’ our budgets with sharper pencils. (Sharper – mouse-clicks?)

As Public Access TV folks, we strive to do more with less. Is what we do ‘enough’? The best way to answer that is, “What would our services cost – if we didn’t exist?” Although our media services are free, what’s the fair market rate for what we do?”

So, every year I recreate a standard media services ‘Line Card’. It’s a breakdown of all the gear and labor that goes into a media project – from first idea to final release. I develop a detailed reference ‘Line Card’ as a Menu of our equipment and services. (I’ll have the Two Cameras – with a side of audio, please.) It averages the market rate services from ‘for hire’ media and production companies across the country.

Then the fun begins. I combine and tally services for the types of productions we create. I model studio projects; location projects. Then I tally all the episodes we produce for each program series, school games, civic events, government meetings. It’s our report card. It’s our North Star. It’s – a lot.

In fact, it’s typically 2.3x to 2.6x our income. What does that mean in real numbers?

‘For hire’ media needs a margin of at least 1.8x just to survive. We’re healthy, so far.

Franklin has 33,000 residents. At $18 per capita (and dropping), our annual income is around $594,000. Our ‘fair market’ value total is $1,425,000; 2.4x our income. This is what a performance reality check should look like. The numbers reveal all.

Our math? It’s totally mathin’. It’s not the income that matters. It’s the outcome.

And – as always –

Thank you for watching.

Thanks for listening to wfpr●fm, 

and staying informed at Franklin●news. 

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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Franklin, MA Agenda for School Committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 27, 2027

Franklin School Committee 

January 27, 2026  7:00 PM

Municipal Building – Council Chambers

Call to Order Dr. Griffith

Announcements from the Chair

Pledge of Allegiance 

Moment of Silence

 

I. Routine Business

A. Review of Agenda

B. Payment of Bills Mr. Callaghan

C. Payroll Dr. Griffith

D. FHS Student Representative Comments

E. Superintendent’s Report

II. Guests/Presentations

A. Superintendent’s Recommended FY27 Budget

III. Discussion/Action Items

A. Policy - Second Reading/Adoption

I recommend adoption of Policy IHAIA - Middle School Pathway Exploration as discussed. 

B. Policy - First Reading

I recommend moving Policy BL - Remote Participation to a second reading as discussed. 

C. ECDC 2026-27 Tuition Rate (from last meeting)

I recommend approval of the ECDC 2026-27 tuition rate as discussed.

IV. Discussion Only Items

A. Monthly Financial Report (from last meeting)

B. School Healthcare

V. Information Matters

A. School Committee Sub-Committee Reports

B. School Committee Liaison Reports

VI. Consent Agenda

A. Approval of Minutes

I recommend approval of the Minutes from your January 13, 2026 meeting as detailed. 

B.   FHS Gifts

I recommend the acceptance of $2,760.72 for In-house enrichment as follows: Jostens/The Mascot Shop $ 240.93

Grinn & Barrett Enterprizes, Inc. $2,519.79 

C.   FHS Scholarships

I recommend the acceptance of $6,000.00 for scholarships as follows: Thomas Wagner $5,000.00

Roberta DeBaggis Trahan $1,000.00 

D.   Lincoln & Washington St. Recurring Field Trip

I recommend approval of the request of Mary MacMurray to take music students to the Veteran’s Auditorium, Providence, RI on May 22, 2026 as detailed. 

E.   Lincoln St. Recurring Field Trip

I recommend approval of the request of Katherine Nayler to take 4th & 5th graders to Roger Williams Zoo, Providence, RI on 5/29/26 (Gr 4) & 6/12/26 (Gr 5) as detailed. 

F. New Student Activity Account

I recommend approval of the new Student Activity Account (ACHIEVE) as detailed. 

G. FHS GIft

I recommend the acceptance of $1,100.00 from the FHS PCC for Supplemental Supplies as detailed.

VII. Citizen’s Comments

VIII. New Business

To discuss any future agenda items

IX. Executive Session

A. Per M.G.L. c. 30A, § 21 (3) To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares.

X. Adjournment

FHS Indoor Track Performances at MSTCA Coaches Invitational & Frosh-Soph Invitational Meets - Jan 24, 2026

MSTCA Coaches Invitational  

Jan 24, 2026

https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/622661/results 

Results -> https://live.mstca.org/meets/60578/teams/1441502 

Franklin High School

Mens Results

55 Meter Varsity - Finals 6. 12 Peter Gubka 6.60a

55 Meter Varsity - Prelims 5. 12 Peter Gubka 6.65a

600 Meters Varsity - Finals 46. 12 Tucker Morin 1:29.55aSR

1 Mile Varsity - Finals 21. 11 Kyle Twomey 4:32.53aPR

55m Hurdles - 39" Varsity - Finals 3. 12 Peter Gubka 7.66a

55m Hurdles - 39" Varsity - Prelims 1. 12 Peter Gubka 7.76a

Womens Results

55 Meter Varsity - Prelims 34. 11 Jossie Camp 7.82a

600 Meters Varsity - Finals 33. 12 Savannah Copeland 1:46.31aPR

55m Hurdles - 33" Varsity - Prelims 16. 11 Jossie Camp 9.48a

4x200 Relay Varsity - Finals 7.

11 Callie Joyce

10 Isabella Oteri

10 Penelope Brady

10 Julia Matteson

4x800 Relay Varsity - Finals 1.

12 Gwenyth Holland

12 Victoria Courtright-Lim

12 Savannah Copeland

12 Madison Bruno

MSTCA Frosh-Soph https://live.mstca.org/meets/60574

Franklin High School

Boys 55m Hurdles - Prelims

43 Caleb Keras 10.05 H7 • #657 • Yr: 9

Girls 55m Hurdles - Prelims

8 Phoebe Cuneo 9.54q H5 • #133 • Age: 16 • Yr: 10

Girls 55m Hurdles

7 Phoebe Cuneo 9.51 H1 • #133 • Age: 16 • Yr: 10

Boys 300m

37 Peter Theodorou 39.16 H8 • #663 • Yr: 9

Girls 300m

6 Phoebe Cuneo 43.49 H11 • #133 • Age: 16 • Yr: 10

16 Isabella Oteri 45.48 H9 • #142 • Yr: 10

23 Julia Matteson 45.96 PR • H5 • #139 • Yr: 10

Girls 600m

23 Reenad Osman 1:50.63 PR • H3 • #141 • Yr: 10

Boys 1000m

52 Ryan O'Connor 3:00.10 H3 • #661 • Age: 15 • Yr: 10

Girls 1000m

19 Keelan Donnelly 3:20.85 PR • H4 • #134 • Yr: 10

Boys 1 Mile

27 Sawyer Laing 4:52.80 PR • H3 • #658 • Yr: 10

51 Ryan O'Connor 5:00.90 PR • H2 • #661 • Age: 15 • Yr: 10

Girls 1 Mile

30 Aleksandra Ignatova 5:54.92 PR • H2 • #137 • Yr: 9

50 Hannah Dulong 6:14.52 H1 • #136 • Yr: 10

55 Violet Copeland 6:24.76 H2 • #132 • Yr: 10

Boys 2 Mile

15 Sawyer Laing 10:34.54 H2 • #658 • Yr: 10

Boys Long Jump

46 Jack Marshall 16-09.75 5.12m F3 • #660 • Yr: 10

Boys Shot Put

2 Matthew Lord 44-01.00 13.44m F6 • #659 • Yr: 10

3 Jackson Bartro 43-08.75 13.33m F6 • #656 • Yr: 10

58 Anthony Ridgeway 29-07.00 9.02m F3 • #662 • Yr: 9

Girls Shot Put

12 Lydia Donnelly 27-08.50 8.45m F6 • #135 • Yr: 10

25 Jocelyn Buchanio 25-10.50 7.89m F4 • #131 • Yr: 10

For a PDF of the results ->

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AfnIIw3gRDdr7Zyo0grvUK9CHAdqF7oo/view?usp=drive_link