Franklin Matters: 2026-03-15

Sunday, March 15, 2026

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Sunday, March 15, 2026 ???

Sunday, March 15

7:30am All You Can Eat Breakfast (Franklin Rod & Gun Club)

1:00pm Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

2:00pm Into the Woods (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

Music Boosters fund raiser at Hot Table, Weds Mar 18

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Franklin TV: It’s Today (3/14/26) (Yikes!)

We Are Go for Launch at 2pm.

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 03/14/2026

On March 16th, 1926 the world changed. We entered the space age. From an open field in Worcester, MA Dr. Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket. His rocket’s flight was reminiscent of the Wright Brothers at Kittyhawk; arcing off the ground, and flying for a few hundred feet. In that singular, brief moment space flight went from mad concept to scientific pursuit.

Franklin TV: It’s Today (3/14/26) (Yikes!)

Today, Saturday 3/14 we mark the centennial of the space age. Franklin.TV and The Wonder Mission will cover the event from Worcester – live – on our All-Access channel, Comcast 6 and Verizon 26, and streaming on our YouTube channel.

Visit www.thewondermission.org

We are in the midst of planning our live coverage, and we encourage other Public Access studios around the state and the country to rebroadcast our program and carry this momentous event along with us – live –TODAY!

Video link of the live broadcast Saturday -

https://www.youtube.com/live/vvTD-0GeOZ0?&t=266

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

Don't get sick, research cuts may prevent the solution from being discovered

"Think about the disease that worries you most — the one that runs in your family. Or, maybe, someone you love is living with it. Whether that’s cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, or depression, odds are the US government has been funding the research to treat it.

That research is a big reason we have drugs that made fatal blood cancers survivable, treatments that turned HIV from a death sentence into something people live full lives with, and a vaccine that all but prevents cervical cancer.

But, last year, the US funded dramatically fewer grants to do medical research that can lead to breakthroughs like those. New data released by the NIH this week shows how the damage from those cuts broke down. The numbers are striking across the board."

Read the full story at the link - https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/482363/nih-medical-research-grants-cut-2025

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