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Saturday, October 21, 2023
Mickey Mouse Birthday Party - Nov 18 at the Franklin Public Library
Saturday, July 22, 2023
FHS class of 1966 to celebrate 75th birthdays together in October
Via Janet Robinson's Facebook post
"Mark your calendars. F.H.S. Class of 1966 classmates will celebrate our 75th birthdays on October 20, 2023 at the VFW in Franklin. A group email will be sent soon.
Please pass party information on to fellow classmates you are in contact with who are not on Facebook.
PM me to update your mail address you if do not receive the group invite. Looking forward to celebrating with you !"
FHS class of 1966 to celebrate 75th birthdays together in October |
Monday, November 14, 2022
Happy anniversary Franklin Matters readers! We celebrate 15 years bringing you timely and accurate news!
Happy anniversary to us!
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For the folks who may be new, welcome to the group! You may have questions someone has asked before (hence an easy answer) or have a question no one has asked before (and we'll go figure it out).
Integration with Franklin TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) will continue. Someday, not too far away, there will be one page with three views to “Watch, Listen, and Read” all of Franklin’s information.
Franklin TV and the three channels will be the “Watch” view
Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) will be the “Listen”
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Meeting notes: the archive on meeting notes and audio recordings for meetings going back to 2008. If interested, a link to the 2007 archives is also available.
https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/meeting-notes.html
wfpr.rm podcasts, or play anywhere Radio shows. The link to each podcast as well as the most current episode of each can be found on the page in alphabetical order. https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/franklin-matters-radio.html
The Franklin Matters Radio archives grow regularly as recordings of meetings and interviews are posted. https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/fm-podcasts.html
Among the radio shows posted there are some regular series
Talk Franklin - a regular discussion with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen
Town Council Quarterbacking with Chair Tom Mercer - a post meeting recap
Interviews with candidates for the Franklin local election (every two years)
Audio segments of meetings and events recorded, many of them shared via wfpr.fm radio
If you look for an episode and find a broken link, please let me know. I did change podcast hosts in February 2021. Links prior to that may be in the older format and I can’t update them all easily. They are available and I will do them as you need them.
Key links - a page with collections of writing around a topic. For example the “Election Collections” for each local election since 2007 are available
https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/important-links.html
https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Happy Birthday Franklin! - You can help celebrate at the Historical Museum - Mar 6
Where are you celebrating your birthday?
The Franklin Historical Museum is the place to be to celebrate the 244th birthday of the Town of Franklin. In the midst of our young country’s Revolutionary War, the residents of the western precinct of Wrentham established their own charter and the town of Franklin was incorporated on March 2, 1778.
All are welcome to stop in for a piece of cake and catch up on Franklin’s history. Residents sharing the same birthdate have received special invitations to share their mutual birthday together. All attendees sharing the same birthday as the town will be entered into a drawing for a bank note with none other than Ben Franklin’s photo adorning it! The fun starts at 1:00 PM Sunday. March 6 with the drawing held at 1:45 PM.
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Franklin Historical Museum. When visiting the museum, please bring a non-perishable food item for the Franklin Food Pantry.
Admission to the museum is always free.
The Historical Museum is located at 80 West Central St, Franklin, MA.
birthday cake in 2015 |
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Second Sunday Speaker Series & Benjamin Franklin's birthday party
Second Sunday Speaker Series
The Franklin Historical Museum is happy to welcome Dennis J. Sardella, PhD, as our guest speaker on Sunday January 9th for his presentation on Byzantine and Russian Icons.
Dennis has been a docent at the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Massachusetts since 2012, where he leads gallery tours and introduces visitors to the world of Russian icons. He also writes and speaks regularly to area groups on the topics of religious icons and the role they play in Eastern Christian spirituality. He was a professor at Boston College from 1967 until 2012. In 1990 he became the founding director of the Boston College Presidential Scholars Program, which he directed until his retirement in 2010. For 17 years he and his wife led groups of Boston College Presidential Scholars on month-long study trips to France, and they have continued to travel extensively throughout Western Europe.
Please join us for this informative talk as our Second Sunday Speaker Series continues in 2022. Doors open at 1:00PM, presentation starts at 1:15PM.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!
On Sunday January 16th we celebrate Benjamin Franklin's Birthday. The man whose name inspired the naming of our town was born January 17th, 1706. Come learn about Ben and how Franklin came to be named for him. Hear about the story of a Toad and it's tail, how 'sense is preferable to sound' and how his donation started the first public lending library in America. Join us for birthday cake from 1:30-3:00 in the research room of the museum. All are welcome.
Admission is always free. We are ADA compliant with an elevator access in the back of the building. Our gift shop is open year round.
Second Sunday Speaker Series & Benjamin Franklin's birthday party |
Thursday, October 7, 2021
FM #622 - Town Clerk Candidate Nancy Danello - 10/04/21 (audio)
FM #622 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 622 in the series.
This shares my conversation with candidate for Town Clerk Nancy Danello
This is one of a series of conversations with candidates for the Franklin Election on Nov 2, 2021. I do this to provide Franklin, MA voters with accurate and timely information that they can use to cast an informed vote. Publication of the answers or interview responses does not constitute an endorsement of this or any candidate.
We cover the candidate questions as previously developed in conjunction with the community and shared with the candidates in advance. Five of the questions are ‘general’ in nature, the sixth is specific to the role of the candidate. In this case, for the Town Clerk
Our conversation runs about 15 minutes, so let’s listen to my interview with Nancy Danello. ** Audio file -> https://player.captivate.fm/episode/af5a4375-28f2-41cc-9de9-1f89d00d431e
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Candidate questions -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/09/election-2021-candidate-interview.html
Candidate page -> https://www.nancydanello.us/
Election Collection 2021 -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/07/franklin-election-collection-2021.html
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I hope you enjoy!
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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Help celebrate Walter's 104th Birthday
Mr. Walter Zinchuk c/o Benchmark Senior Living4 Forge Hill RoadFranklin, MA 02038"
Walter Zinchuck, the oldest Franklin resident received the Boston Post Cane |
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/03/town-council-recap-march-4-2020.html
Sunday, June 20, 2021
"The annual fertility rate may be dropping — births have fallen for six straight years"
"Luz Portillo, the oldest daughter of Mexican immigrants, has many plans. She is studying to be a skin care expert. She has also applied to nursing school. She works full time, too — as a nurse’s aide and doing eyelash extensions, a business she would like to grow.But one thing she has no plans for anytime soon is a baby.Ms. Portillo’s mother had her when she was 16. Her father has worked as a landscaper for as long as she can remember. She wants a career and more control over her life.“I can’t get pregnant, I can’t get pregnant,” she said she tells herself. “I have to have a career and a job. If I don’t, it’s like everything my parents did goes in vain.”
Sunday, November 29, 2020
Someone special celebrates their 100th birthday in Dec, if you can send a card it would be great!
We have a very special lady celebrating her 100th birthday this Dec. 24th right here in Franklin. Her name is Ethel Pizzi and her family would love nothing more than to have Ethel receive a hundred cards for her birthday!
If you are so inclined please mail a Birthday Card to:
131 Wachusett St.
Franklin, MA 02038
Let’s help Ethel have the BEST birthday and know how loved she is!
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Thursday, April 9, 2020
Goodness from the Twitterverse!
Jeff Melo (@Coach_MeloPE) tweeted at 1:19 PM on Wed, Apr 08, 2020:
@OakStElementary @jfkladybugs @parmenterschool @DT_Bobcats @JeffersonLabs @KellerSchool
@FPSHealthPE @FranklinPSNews @MrBanksPE @MrsCartersPE @MrsDoylePE @coachnordberg @MrMcCabePE @MrHendrixson @somegoodnews
Coming soon...
#PEatHome https://t.co/YoMptQhYWC
(https://twitter.com/Coach_MeloPE/status/1247937218720804870?s=03)
#PEatHome https://t.co/YoMptQhYWC |
#2
Making people happy one song at a time! https://t.co/kSiw7POkzS— Franklin Police (@franklinpolice) April 8, 2020
#3
Acapella... first time using this app... wrote and recorded this in like 5 minutes... totally goofy... https://t.co/42ECFNkCnX @franklinculture @FranklinMatters @JeffersonLabs @DT_Bobcats @FCC02038 @FranklinHSMusic @RMS_Remdawgs @FranklinPSNews @FranklinEdOrg Thanks 4 listening!! pic.twitter.com/s1alxIVxJZ— James H. Barrett (@MusicWithMrJHB) April 9, 2020
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Two too good not to share!
1 - "Happy birthday Will! We love to bring a smile!"
Also found in the Milford Daily News:Happy birthday Will! We love to bring a smile! Hey @johnkrasinski and @somegoodnews here is #SomeGoodNews ! https://t.co/70nZCAMgfG— Franklin Police (@franklinpolice) April 3, 2020
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200403/video-franklin-boy-serenaded-by-police-on-his-12th-birthday
Twitter video screengrab |
2 - Kathy Pennell reads "Brown Bear, Brown Bear ..."
View the story video on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/kathy.pennell.10/videos/10222192179696410/
Facebook screengrab image |
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Franklin celebrates 242nd birthday at the Historical Museum - Mar 2
Franklin was incorporated during the early years of our country’s war for Independence. Less than two years after our young country declared independence from the Crown, the West Precinct of Wrentham declared independence and became the town of Franklin, March 2nd, 1778.
Franklin celebrates 242nd birthday |
The town has flourished and grown, first as a farming community, then a manufacturing town, and today is home to nearly 32,000 people. All residents are invited to stop by and share a piece of birthday cake, Sunday March 1st between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM.
The Franklin Historical Museum is located at 80 West Central Street. We are ADA compliant, admission is always free and donations are gratefully accepted.
Franklin celebrates 242nd birthday at the Historical Museum - Mar 2 |
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Ben Franklin Autobiography Readathon 2020 - Jan 16
Thursday, January 16, 2020 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
In honor of the 314th birthday of Benjamin Franklin, the namesake of our town and founder of our library, the Franklin Public Library will be holding its third annual "readathon" – a marathon reading of the full text of the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
The book is considered a classic of American literature. According to the Library of Congress, "It was not only the first autobiography to achieve widespread popularity, but after two hundred years remains one of the most enduringly popular examples of the genre ever written."
Like other readathons, this one invites the public to participate! Readers are encouraged to sign up in advance for 15-minute segments. Commencing when the library opens at 9 AM on January 16 [the day before Ben's actual birthday], readers will share the words of Ben Franklin with anyone interested in dropping by for all or part of the event.
It is expected that the reading will be completed between 6 PM and 8PM, when the library closes. Water and other refreshments will be available for readers and audience.
To register, visit https://forms.gle/tpwzALpEb4XhzD279 .
Ben Franklin Autobiography Readathon 2020 - Jan 16 |
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Happy birthday - Franklin!
Jamie Barrett recorded and posted to YouTube the song he composed for Franklin: "The City that calls itself the Town of Franklin".
And another version
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Franklin Historical Museum: Sunday Speaker, Franklin's birthday party
Roine’s presentation will discuss Native Peoples and Cultures of Massachusetts and Southern New England. Roine’s history will cover from ice age hunters to the myriad of groups that resided in the area when Europeans first made contact with them.
Explore the initial period of colonization and the ‘Middle Ground’ that existed between the Native peoples and European Colonists. We cannot truly consider our history unless we learn about the people that lived on the lands where we now live. Join us Sunday, March 10 at 1:10 PM and discover more about the people that walked these lands before us.
Join us for our annual Birthday Party for the Town of Franklin. Incorporated March 2 1778 during the American Revolution, Franklin celebrates its 241st birthday this year. Each year, every resident of the town, born on March 2nd is invited to the museum to share their birthdays.
The event is open to the public and all are welcome for cake. Invited guests are entered into a drawing for a special prize. Join us Saturday, March 2 at 11:00 AM to help celebrate the town.
The museum is located at 80 West Central Street, we are wheel chair accessible and always FREE. The Second Sunday Speaker Series and the Town’s Birthday celebration are sponsored by The Friends of the Franklin Historical Museum.
Franklin Historical Museum: Sunday Speaker, Franklin's birthday party |
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
In the News: resident celebrates 101 year birthday; MBTA proposes fare hike
Anne Randall celebrates 101
"While she sang along, enjoying shrimp cocktail and a whiskey sour, Anna Randall partied hard at her birthday celebration at Atria Senior Living.
Randall was overjoyed Monday, the day she turned 101 years old.
“This is just wonderful,” she said. “I never knew they would ever do this. I’m not sure they’ve done it for anyone else.”
Resident Services Director Tiffany Suza said that Randall is a born fighter and can’t seem to wipe the smile off of her face."
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20190129/franklin-resident-turns-101
MBTA proposes fare hikes
"Seeking to contain its budget deficit in the face of rising expenses, the MBTA on Monday announced a proposal to raise the price of bus, subway and commuter rail rides by an average of 6.3 percent beginning July 1 in order to raise more than $32 million in new annual revenue.
The proposal, which is open for public input and must be approved by the Fiscal and Management Control Board, would see the CharlieCard price of a bus ride increase by 10 cents to $1.80, the price of a subway trip climb by 15 cents to $2.40 and the price of a monthly link pass, which allows unlimited subway and bus trips, rise $5.50 to $90 per month.
Not all MBTA fares would increase under the proposal. A bus ride will still cost $2 if paying by cash and the fare to take the Hingham/Hull ferry to Logan Airport will be reduced from $18.25 to $9.75 to equal the proposed new fare to take the ferry to Boston, two exceptions the T said will make it easier to implement an automated fare collection system by 2021."
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20190128/mbta-proposes-fare-hikes
For more info on the complete proposal and to submit feedback
https://www.mbta.com/fare-proposal-2019
The PDF with all the changes
https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/fares/fare-proposal-2019/proposed-fare-changes-2019-final.pdf
MBTA proposes fare hikes |
Friday, September 28, 2018
Reminder: Franklin Federated Church - Birthday Celebration - Oct 14
Original church council ledgers dating from 1846, artifacts from the church’s historical room, a pictorial roster of ministers since 1738, and photo albums depicting church members and activities from 1938 to present will be available for perusal during the event.
A short humorous skit, “The Music Wars”, written by Church Historian Lyn Pickhover, will be performed as part of the regular service. The skit is based on an actual event in church records from 1738, the records of which are now on permanent loan to the Congregational Library in Boston.
The Franklin Federated Church is located at 171 Main Street, Franklin, directly opposite the Common. Services are held on Sundays at 10 a.m. All are welcome.
Franklin Federated Church - Birthday Celebration - Oct 14 |
Monday, September 10, 2018
Franklin Federated Church - Birthday Celebration - Oct 14
Original church council ledgers dating from 1846, artifacts from the church’s historical room, a pictorial roster of ministers since 1738, and photo albums depicting church members and activities from 1938 to present will be available for perusal during the event.
A short humorous skit, “The Music Wars”, written by Church Historian Lyn Pickhover, will be performed as part of the regular service. The skit is based on an actual event in church records from 1738, the records of which are now on permanent loan to the Congregational Library in Boston.
The Franklin Federated Church is located at 171 Main Street, Franklin, directly opposite the Common. Services are held on Sundays at 10 a.m. All are welcome.
Franklin Federated Church - Birthday Celebration - Oct 14 |
Monday, June 4, 2018
Register O'Donnell Invites Public to Celebrate Registry's 225th Birthday - June 20
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Norfolk County Register of Deeds Franklin Office Hours were held recently on May 24 |