Federal funding by state (chart)

Who really depends on Washington?

Source: Visual Capitalist

https://www.voronoiapp.com/economy/Visualized-Which-US-States-Need-the-Federal-Government-the-Most-5485

Franklin TV schedule for Friday, July 4, 2025

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = FRIDAY

7:00 am More Perfect Union: D.E.I.

8:30 am Frank's Musings: Israeli Conflict

9:00 am Frank's Musings: Big, Beautiful Bill

10:00 am Riffin' on Main Street: Raye Lynn Mercer

11:00 am Senior Connection: Joe Landry

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: French Toast

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Steak

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 1

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 1

3:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage Pt1

4:00 pm Franklin 4th 2024: Backyard Swagger

6:30 pm 4th of July 2024: Neon Lighthouse

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = FRIDAY

7:00 am FHS Spring Jazz 2025

8:30 am Mental Health: Kallie Montagano & Sonja Wagner

9:30 am Lifelong Music Spring 2025: Strings School

11:00 am FHS Graduation 2025

1:30 pm FHS Theater Company: Lord of the Flies

2:30 pm All-Town Showcase 2024: Chorus and Orchestra

4:00 pm FHS Varsity Baseball v Wachusett 04-24-25

9:00 pm FHSTC: Urinetown

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = FRIDAY

8:00 am Zoning Board of Appeals 06-05-25

2:00 pm Zoning Board of Appeals 06-05-25

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Franklin TV schedule for Thursday, July 3, 2025

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = THURSDAY

9:00 am Frank's Musings: Israeli Conflict

9:30 am Frank's Musings: Big, Beautiful Bill

10:30 am SAFE Coalition: Woody Geissman

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Lobstah

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: French Toast

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Steak

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 1

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 1

3:00 pm Riffin' on Main Street: Raye Lynn Mercer

4:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage Pt1

5:00 pm Jon Mitchell & Randy LaRosa: 12-Tone Music

6:00 pm Horace Mann PSA

9:00 pm Circle of Friends: Abbie Gardner

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = THURSDAY

7:00 am Public School Event: Remington Spring Music '22

8:30 am All-Town Showcase 2024: Chorus and Orchestra

10:00 am FHS Graduation 2025

2:00 pm FHS Theater Company: Lord of the Flies

3:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage Pt1

4:00 pm FHS Varsity Softball v Taunton 04-09-25

9:00 pm FHSTC: Urinetown

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = THURSDAY

8:00 am Conservation Commission 06-26-25

2:00 pm Conservation Commission 06-26-25

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Franklin TV schedule for Wednesday, July 2, 2025

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = WEDNESDAY

7:30 am Mental Health: Kallie Montagano & Sonja Wagner

8:30 am FSPA Spring 2025 Show 1

10:00 am More Perfect Union: D.E.I.

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Lobstah

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: French Toast

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Steak

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 1

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 1

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 7

3:30 pm Franklin 4th 2024: Backyard Swagger

5:30 pm Franklin Matters: Electric Youth

8:30 pm Circle of Friends: Abbie Gardner

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = WEDNESDAY

7:00 am Public School Event: Remington Spring Music '22

8:30 am FHS Spring Jazz 2025

10:00 am SAFE Coalition: Woody Geissman

11:00 am Lifelong Music Spring 2025: Strings School

12:30 pm FHS Varsity Softball v Taunton 04-09-25

4:00 pm Tri County Graduation 2025

6:00 pm FHS Graduation 2025

8:30 pm FHS Varsity Baseball v Wachusett 04-24-25

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = WEDNESDAY

8:00 am Town Council 06-18-25

2:00 pm Town Council 06-18-25

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Franklin TV schedule for Tuesday, July 1, 2025

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = TUESDAY

7:30 am Joe Landry: Grocery Stores

9:00 am Mental Health: Kallie Montagano & Sonja Wagner

10:00 am Frank's Musings: Israeli Conflict

10:30 am Frank's Musings: Big, Beautiful Bill

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: French Toast

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Steak

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 1

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 1

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 7

3:30 pm Riffin' on Main Street: Raye Lynn Mercer

4:30 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage Pt1

5:30 pm Strawberry Stroll 2025

6:00 pm Horace Mann PSA

6:30 pm Jon Mitchell & Randy LaRosa: 12-Tone Music

8:00 pm Franklin 4th 2024: Backyard Swagger

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = TUESDAY

7:00 am Public School Event: Remington Spring Music '22

8:30 am FHS Spring Jazz 2025

10:00 am Mental Health: Kallie Montagano & Sonja Wagner

12:30 pm All-Town Showcase 2024: Chorus and Orchestra

2:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Lacrosse v Taunton 04-10-25

4:30 pm Tri County Graduation 2025

8:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage Pt1

9:00 pm FHSTC: Urinetown

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = TUESDAY

8:00 am School Committee 06-10-25

2:00 pm School Committee 06-10-25 

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Franklin TV schedule for Monday, June 30, 2025

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = MONDAY

7:00 am Riffin' on Main Street: Raye Lynn Mercer

8:00 am SAFE Coalition: Woody Geissman

9:00 am Chad Hollister Band

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Lobstah

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: French Toast

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Steak

1:35 pm Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 1

2:02 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 1

3:02 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 7

4:30 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage Pt1

5:30 pm Jon Mitchell & Randy LaRosa: 12-Tone Music

6:30 pm Horace Mann PSA

7:00 pm Frank's Musings: Israeli Conflict

7:30 pm Frank's Musings: Big, Beautiful Bill

8:30 pm Circle of Friends: Abbie Gardner

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = MONDAY

8:30 am SAFE Coalition: Woody Geissman

9:30 am Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage Pt1

10:30 am All-Town Showcase 2024: Chorus and Orchestra

12:00 pm Lifelong Music Spring 2025: Strings School

1:30 pm Public School Event: Remington Spring Music '22

3:00 pm FHS Varsity Baseball v Wachusett 04-24-25

6:00 pm FHS Varsity Softball v Taunton 04-09-25

9:00 pm FHSTC: Urinetown

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = MONDAY

8:00 am Planning Board 06-16-25

2:00 pm Planning Board 06-16-25

7:00 pm Planning Board  CHAMBERS  848 7183 4814

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Franklin TV: Summerdust

My First ever for real June

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 06/29/2025

I discovered my first real June. After kindergarten was in the books, June became the prominent marker for the return of those open days of Summer freedom. The previous June or any other time before kindergarten, was undefined – just part of a small child’s daily meandering curiosities and adventures; all in the amorphous openness of tiny kid-time – when all that was – was the now-ness of things. No past. No future beyond the ‘tomorrow’ day. No concerns beyond the present interest.

One early afternoon in this first fully recognized actual and for real month of June, I sat in a farm field under a warming Sun. It was a bucolic Andrew Wyeth setting somewhere deep in the back-country of Maine. I was – I am – in the present tense. As a little kid, it’s the only tense I know. An afternoon breeze whirlygigs along a dirt road, dancing with wispy Summerdust. The breeze raises up dust from the Earth. The dust makes the swirly-whirly wind dance visible. The high Sun’s fire raises up those towering clouds that only minutes later release a few scattered Sun showers. Raindrops glisten under the Sun as they return the Summerdust from the winds back to whence it came. The dusty dance is done.

In these moments of reverie, just letting the world happen, I am quietly bearing witness; a naïve observer; transfixed in wonderment, whimsy. I have just met the four original Greek elements of all creation. Earth, Wind, Fire, Water. I don’t know they are ancient elements. I don’t know they’re Greek. I don’t know they’re anything but that they are. The nature of nature – its constituent elements, including the nature of dust beyond this first impression as a durable memory – are things yet to be learned. Facts – and context – and understanding will surely come with time and other Junes. A lifetime of Junes later, I have collected and recollected, learned and relearned, shaped and reshaped shards of knowledge into insights, true and false, that on good days might even substitute for wisdom.

On that first actual and for real June afternoon, all I had was unmarked time and my little kid blank page agenda where attention is always immediate, before it develops a span. Today – I have tenses – and the turbulent tensions of time as my terrible taskmaster. What did I fail to do? What must I do next? When? Why? All things, living – and just being – eventually give in to the dust. Each of us has our collected dusty memories, our singular dusty destination. Until that final time of times, I will be. I will favor and savor my weightless present tense – the ineffably fulgent yet fleeting now of every moment, refinding redefining refining my reflections on the innocent wonderment and whimsy in that first dance with elemental existence – the dance of Summerdust in the perfect warmth of June.

And – as always –

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Fderal Government spending in one handy chart via USA Facts

At USAFacts, we believe that American taxpayers — the shareholders responsible for providing most government funding — are entitled to information on how the federal government and its budget operate. Every year, the federal government brings in and spends trillions of dollars.  

 

We've spent weeks combing through spreadsheets to help you track where that money goes. 

This new, searchable visualization displays government revenue from taxes and other sources, totaling $4.9 trillion for fiscal year 2024 and the $6.8 trillion the government spent.  

 

This chart even allows you to see spending data on specific federal agencies and programs. For example, type "Department of Labor" into the search bar at the top right of the visualization, and you'll see the department spent $66.2 billion in FY 2024. 

This new, searchable visualization displays government revenue from taxes and other sources

Shared from -> https://usafacts.org/government-spending/