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Senior Story Hour - WFPR |
Providing accurate and timely information about what matters in Franklin, MA since 2007. * Working in collaboration with Franklin TV and Radio (wfpr.fm) since October 2019 *
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 080 - The Thousand Hour Lesson Chapter 4, The Writer's Group, Love, Memorial Day, and much more (audio)
Monday, July 14, 2025
Franklin TV: Memorial Day Breakfast & Parade for 2025 (video)
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Wind Phone Installation being welcomed on Sunday, July 27 at noon
Almost a year after Amy Adams and I talked about her possible "wind phone" installations, one is happening next Sunday in Natick.
"my art has always been about raising awareness and promoting healing so the proposal "Project Healing with HeART", was significant to help me continue to bring that forward."
Friday, July 11, 2025
Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Friday, July 11, 2025
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Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Friday |
8:00 AM, 1:00 PM, and 6:00 PM - Franklin Matters Radio – Steve Sherlock covering Franklin, its local government, services, and events
- This features my conversation with Chasity & Ariel as we talk about event highlights for July at the Franklin Senior Center -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/06/get-inside-scoop-from-chasity-ariel-on.html
9:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 7:00 PM
10:00 AM, 3:00 PM, and 8:00 PM - Talkin’ the Blues – Jim Derick & Nick Remissong. 2 hours of awesome blues music, info, interviews
11:00 AM, 4:00 PM, and 9:00 PM - “The Vibe” show plays music for everyone searching for some enjoyment, some dance, a happy or thinking mood, and most importantly, having fun. Tune in to wfpr.fm and listen to “DJ Vibe” spin music across many genres and join this new vibing experience
Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule for Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule for Wednesday |
- This repeats my conversation discussion on the Summer Reading Blitz with Ms Caleigh and Ms O'Leary -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/06/talking-about-summer-reading-blitz-and.html
- Hosts Kim Simone and Mark Lenzi have a captivating discussion about the world of Italian wine with the esteemed Shelley Lindgren -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/07/the-wonderful-world-of-wine-www-shelley.html
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 078 - Love, Objective Correlatives, Roller Coaster Rides, Prayers, and much more
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 079 - Love, Robert Frost, Joining the Navy, Oranges, and much more
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Senior Story Hour - WFPR |
Saturday, July 5, 2025
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 077 - Love, Drafts, Springtime, Freeverse, and Old Friends
Friday, July 4, 2025
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 076 - Love Poems, Cats, Howard Hughes, etc.
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 075 - Blue Hair, Love, Car Rentals, March, Mystery, and The Wind Howls
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: 074 - Cinnamon Soldiers, Love Poems, Chocolate, White Socks, and much more
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 073: Love Poems, Winter Skating, New Years Resolutions, and much more
Monday, June 30, 2025
More Perfect Union - WFPR: 99 - DEI (audio)
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More Perfect Union - WFPR: 99 - DEI (audio) |
Friday, June 27, 2025
Get the inside scoop from Chasity & Ariel on the Senior Center event highlights for July 2025 (audio)
FM #1477 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1477 in the series.
This session shares my conversation with Chasity Cheng, Senior Center Deputy Director and Ariel Doggett, Programing & Volunteer Coordinator, both with the Franklin Senior Center. We had our discussion in the Franklin Radio Studio on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
We talk about
All the key event highlights for July
Reminder on fee increases effective in July
“Franklin First” for special event registrations
Reminder on use myactivecenter.com/ for online Senior Center registration
Teasers for July & vans trips in the future
The show notes include links to the Senior Center page, the calendar of events, and to subscribe to the monthly newsletter.
The recording runs about 40 minutes, so let’s listen in.
Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1477-franklin-ma-senior-ctr-july-2025-highlights-06-18-25/
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Franklin Senior Center page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/583/Franklin-Senior-Center-Council-on-Aging
July 2025 newsletter -> Link to be added when available
The newsletter archive page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/585/Connection-Newsletter
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Senior Center event highlights for July 2025 |
Subscribe to the newsletter -> by calling 508-520-4945
My Active Center -> https://myactivecenter.com/
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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 it!
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Thursday, June 26, 2025
Franklin Public Radio wfpr.fm schedule for Thursday, June 26, 2025
- This segment repeats my conversation with Camille Bernstein on poetry and her special project conducted during April poetry month -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/04/camille-and-steve-talk-about-poetry-and.html