Franklin Matters: Senior Center

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Friday, November 21, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Friday, November 21, 2025 ???

Friday, November 21

10:00am Knitting Group (Franklin Public Library)

1:00pm Thrifty Threads (Franklin Federated Church)

6:00pm Jennifer Tefft (live music) (Quarterdeck)

7:00pm Mean Girls performed by FHSTC (Franklin High School)

7:30pm Peter and the Starcatcher (THE BLACK BOX)

8:00pm Ken Barney (live music) (Eagle Brook Saloon)

For additional details on Library events ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/942/Calendar-of-Events

For additional details on Senior Center events ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

Library & Senior Center events

** Town Meetings today **

FOFE Meeting

Friday, November 21 Time: 9:00 AM

Council on Aging Meeting

Friday, November 21 Time: 1:30 PM

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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

Thursday, November 20, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Thursday, November 20, 2025 ???

Thursday, November 20

8:30am State & Town Officials Office Hour (Franklin Senior Center)

5:00pm Ken Barney (live music) (The Red Rooster)

7:00pm 350 Mass Greater Franklin Node Meeting (First Universalist Society Franklin)

7:00pm BEN 4 Franklin Mtg (Franklin TV and Radio )

7:30pm Musical Bingo (Teddy Gallagher's Irish Pub)

For additional details on Library events ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/942/Calendar-of-Events

For additional details on Senior Center events ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** Town Meetings today **

Town Council Office Hours

Thursday, November 20 Time: 8:30 AM

No agenda for this session

250th Anniversary Celebration Committee Meeting

Thursday, November 20 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11202025-2007

Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) Meeting

Thursday, November 20 Time: 7:30 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11202025-1997

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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

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 ???

Wednesday, November 19

10:00am
What's happening in Franklin, MA
Free Haircuts for Veterans (Franklin Senior Center)

11:00am Franklin Q&A (Franklin Senior Center)

1:00pm Scribblers Writing Group (recording session) (Franklin Senior Center)

1:00pm Where's the Toast? Memory Cafe (Franklin Senior Center)

6:30pm Queer Book Club (Franklin TV and Radio 102.9 FM)

Library & Senior Center events

For additional details on Library events ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/942/Calendar-of-Events

For additional details on Senior Center events ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** Town Meetings today **

Board of Assessors Meeting

Wednesday, November 19 Time: 4:30 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192025-2009

Town Council Meeting

Wednesday, November 19 Time: 6:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192025-2010

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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

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 ???

Tuesday, November 18

What's happening in Franklin, MA

12:00pm Community Closet (Franklin United Methodist Church)

6:00pm Table Top (Franklin Public Library)

7:00pm Franklin Bellingham Rail Trail Cmte Monthly Mtg (Franklin TV Studio)

For additional details on Library events ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/942/Calendar-of-Events

Library & Senior Center events

For additional details on Senior Center events ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** Town Meetings today **

Franklin School Committee MASC Workshop

Tuesday, November 18 Time: 5:30 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11182025-1982

Franklin School Committee

Tuesday, November 18 Time: 7:00 PM

https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4780/FPSD/6138802/SCAGENDA11-18-25.pdf

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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

Italian Roundtable: Experiences of 20th Century Immigrants - November 14, 2025 (audio)

FM #1583 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1583 in the series.

Gino Carlucci was the Master of Ceremonies for the "Italian Roundtable: Experiences of 20th Century Immigrants" held on Friday, November 14, 2025 at the Franklin Senior Center.

Quattro Eroi Lodge 1414 Order Sons and Daughters of Italy In America put this program together. The participants for the discussion in order of speaking (for TV viewing from left to right) were:

Eddie Colace - Franklin
Phyllis Vozzella - Franklin
Antonio Cence - Bellingham
Al Pizzi - Franklin
Mike Narducci - Medway

They shared their experiences on the following topics:

Age/year of move
Memories of home town
Initial impressions
Steps taken to adjust
Career/job/family
Places lived
Changes observed during lifetime

The recording runs about 1 hour and 15 minutes

Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1583-italian-roundtable-discussion-11-14-25/

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The program available at the Senior Center for this roundtable is available in PDF

Italian Roundtable: Experiences of 20th Century Immigrants - November 14, 2025 (audio)

Italian Roundtable: Experiences of 20th
Century Immigrants - Nov 14, 2025 (audio)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EvXCw-7i5Br8qjMK96jWBZ7b-jlZwMyI/view?usp=drive_link

Quattro Eroi Lodge 1414 -> https://www.osiama.org/quattro-eroi-1414

When the Franklin TV video of this event is available, we'll share that also.

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