Franklin TV: Computers – Lots of ‘em

Stacking ‘em up – to get it done.

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 03/08/2026

Due to the inclement weather our Conservation Commission held their recent meeting via Zoom. Sooo, about a half-dozen souls tied their computers together over the internet via Zoom. That’s a computer for each person, and an ‘invisible’ computer at Zoom to connect them all and record the proceedings.

We also join the meeting in order to connect it to our Government channel. So, I fire up a computer at home and join the meeting in order to coordinate that connection. Then I fire up a second computer at home to control another computer at the studio that will also join their meeting and send it to yet another computer that will stream it to our YouTube channel. I also connect the meeting to another computer that plays the meeting on our government cable channel while also recording it.

We set up this computing cascade well in advance of the meeting’s start – because you just never know… Total computer count – 12. What could possibly go wrong?

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 

Watch Listen Read all things that matter in Franklin MA

Franklin Welcomes the World - June 25 & June 26 (part 2)

Community Engagement on the Town Common & Haywood Manor Beer Garden Overview

Geared towards community organizations and businesses. Tier 2 builds on Tier 1 by providing a physical presence at the festivities events on the Franklin Town Common and/or Haywood Manor Beer Garden; giving businesses and organizations the opportunity to host community-focused activities during the events, or sell their retail goodies on June 25–26. All Tier 1 benefits apply, including inclusion in the digital hub, print guide, and town-wide promotion.

Types of Community Engagement:

Vendors

•  Vendors participate to sell goods or services directly to the public at events on the Town Common or at Haywood Manor.
•  Examples include: food trucks, retail vendors, artisans selling handmade goods, or small businesses offering products.

Community Partners

•  Community partners pay for a space to host an activity, demonstrate their mission, or engage the public—not to sell products.
•  Examples include: local nonprofits, arts organizations, cultural associations, youth programs, educational groups, or civic clubs.

Fee Information

•  Vendor and community partner fees will vary based on the type of participation.
•  Fees and official registration will be published on the Town of Franklin website by March 1st.

Fee Purpose

Vendor and community partner fees help cover essential event costs; including the FIFA public viewing license required to stream the matches legally, as well as police/security details for the events.

Special Note – Farmers Market Vendors

Vendors already approved for the Franklin Farmers Market may participate in community engagement events without paying an additional fee. DACCE will coordinate with market staff to ensure vendor placement, setup times, and operations align with both market and watch party activities.

Participation & Submission for Vendor & Community Partners

Email Cory Shea, to be alerted of when the community engagement and vendor application officially opens on the Town of Franklin website.

Download the playbook for both Part 1 & Part 2

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Xa9h_6rTqvmZJ9dnASwz1y39m4rGPrn/view?usp=drive_link

Franklin Welcomes The World - June 25 & June 26

The Town of Franklin will host two days of festivities celebrating the international soccer games playing at neighboring Gillette Stadium. These events will take place on June 25 and June 26 on the Franklin Town Common and at one of our community partner locations, Haywood Manor.

The festivities will include live streamed games on a large screen; enabling viewing from the Town Common and the Haywood lawn; as well as community vendors, food trucks and live music. These free, community-centered days are designed to create a welcoming, festive atmosphere for residents and visitors while supporting downtown activity and cultural tourism.

Programming is also part of the broader ‘Franklin Welcomes the World’ marketing campaign, reinforcing Franklin’s role as a regional gathering place during a global event.

Viewing party & Community Engagement Primary Location:

Franklin Town Common & Hayward Manor

LED screen viewing area with open lawn seating at Haywood Manor; will host outdoor viewing, including a beer garden component (pending licensing and approvals).

Watch Party/Festivity Timeline: 3-9pm June 25th+26th Streamed games:

Thursday, June 25

•   4pm Ecuador v Germany
•   7pm Tunisia v Netherlands
•   10pm USA - Go watch elsewhere!   

Friday, June 26

•   3pm Norway v France
•   8pm Uruguay v Spain

Community Engagement Elements | Vendors & Community Partners

Presented on the Town Common and Haywood Manor. Note that the beer garden is at Haywood Manor only, and no alcohol is permitted on the Town Common.

• Live music performances before and/or after matches
• Community Partners/Vendors on the Town Common
• Food trucks
• Wayfinding and signage connecting the Common, downtown, and partner locations + ‘Franklin Welcomes the World’ marketing campaign

Estimated Attendance

Projected total attendance: 1,000–1,500 visitors over two days, Audience includes: Franklin residents, Regional visitors attending Gillette matches,

Families, young adults, and soccer fans.

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 ???

Tuesday, January 20

6:00pm Table Top (Franklin Public Library)

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   ***

2:30 PM   GATRA Public Meeting  LIVESTREAM  at the Senior Center

or 

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

Design Review Meeting

Tuesday, January 20 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01202026-2099 

-----------

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

Brownsville ME deer feed trough (video)

You can watch deer feeding any time of day.

Video link -> https://www.youtube.com/live/XwLug9jR7lA

FHS sports live streaming schedule for week of Dec 15 - Dec 19, 2025

FHS sports live streaming schedule for week of Dec 15 - Dec 19, 2025

You can find the video each day/time at    https://www.youtube.com/@franklinpridetv7819/streams

Shared from -> https://www.instagram.com/p/DSSuOnkCeAi/

Incident Report on Town Council (Dec 3) & ZBA (Dec 4) meetings

Incident Report on Town Council (Dec 3) & ZBA (Dec 4) meetings 

The following “incident report” was prepared by Steve Sherlock in coordination with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and Franklin TV Executive Director Peter Fasciano.

-----------------------------

** The Dec 3, 2025 Town Council meeting issue:

Franklin TV equipment in Council Chambers took a power surge during the storm Tuesday night causing the loss of some critical equipment. Studio personnel worked Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Friday’s work seems to have brought the systems back to operational status. Additional testing will be done before the meetings next week

Action:

• The Town Council Dec 3, 2025 meeting needs to be reconstructed from the Zoom recording and Council Chamber recording. This will take time but will be shared once ready. 

• Processing underway by Franklin TV

• The studio equipment is Franklin TV responsibility; the studio location in Council Chambers is powered by the Town. Power management from the Town is optimal.  A few years ago backup power was revised to distribute to 'mission critical' service points throughout the building in an emergency.  It's referenced as red-socketing.  You see red wall sockets in hospitals and anywhere that power must be maintained under all conditions.  It answers the question:  If power goes away, what points must we maintain?  It divides the building into "must do, like to do".  The Franklin TV control room is included. The implementation was smartly accomplished. The issue that arose in this case was a failure in the Franklin TV UPS - (uninterruptible power supply) the one thing that should have protected the system.  

• The UPS is effective and necessary, but not absolutely guaranteed. Franklin TV to replace the UPS

** Thursday’s Dec 4, 2025 Zoning Board of Appeals meeting issues:

The Thursday Zoning Board of Appeals meeting had less of a technical glitch and more of a resource issue to manage the meeting. The technical glitch occurred prior to the meeting start and the check to resolve was not completed before the meeting started. The meeting was recorded, and immediately upon conclusion, made available to YouTube.

• All meetings scheduled for broadcast start on Zoom.

• The Town manages the meeting or webinar format, setting time, permissions, and managing the attendees (admitting, muting/unmuting, etc.). 

• One of the key steps is for the Town to permission the Franklin TV account to record the meeting. This recording is then fed through the Franklin TV network to feed the Comcast and Verizon cable subscribers as well as to YouTube. 

The technical glitch on Thursday was an update to the YouTube feed controller. Comcast and Verizon broadcast feeds were handled properly. The YouTube feed was fixed immediately after the meeting ended and the meeting was public at that time.

The management glitch was in Town administration of the meeting. A new person was at the controls and unaware of the lack of the feed to YouTube. Once made aware, then the general public were added to the session (beginning approx. 7:00 PM).

Action:

• Franklin TV to confirm feed configurations are proper and operational before next week's meetings.

• As noted in the Town Council issue, Franklin TV will be conducting additional testing to confirm both the Chamber studio and feed configurations are operational

• There needs to be a backchannel for those conducting the meeting to communicate other than through the open meeting, especially when the open meeting itself is an issue. The backchannel process needs to be defined, process and communications confirmed to better manage future meeting issues. (Note: this backchannel is much more important for Remotely Only meetings, generally, folks are together in the Council Chambers or 3rd floor training room and can address the issues and determine a communication plan if needed)

• Town Administrator Jamie Hellen acknowledges and will coordinate appropriate parties

KP tops FHS football on Thanksgiving (video)

The Franklin High School football team hosted the King Philip Regional team for the annual Thanksgiving game.

King Philip, 49 @ Franklin, 19 – Final

• 1st Quarter: (KP) Tallan King 14-yard rush, Nate Crowley XP good.
• 2nd Quarter: (KP) Ryan Greenwood 50-yard rush, N. Crowley XP good; (KP) Zach Gebhard 15-yard pass to T. King, N. Crowley XP good; (F) Alex Weber 2-yard rush, Owen Essam XP good; (KP) T. King 56-yard rush, N. Crowley XP good.
• 3rd Quarter: (KP) Keigan Canto-Osorio 47-yard rush, N. Crowley XP good; (F) Ethan Edmunds 6-yard pass to Stephon Reed, XP no good; (F) E. Edmunds 54-yard pass to S. Reed, Conversion failed; (KP) K. Canto-Osorio 50-yard rush, N. Crowley XP good; (KP) R. Greenwood 1-yard rush, N. Crowley XP good.
• 4th Quarter: No scoring.

Franklin TV video is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IkllMlcXAY

KP tops FHS football on Thanksgiving (video)

Quarter summaries shared from HockomokcSports.com

https://hockomocksports.com/thursdays-schedule-scoreboard-11-27-25/

St Mary's live stream re-enabled (finally)

It's a very busy weekend here at St. Mary Parish. 

St Mary's live stream re-enabled (finally)

Here is some long-awaited great news: our livestream is back up and running.

Masses in our primary worship space will be shared via livestream starting Saturday with the 4 PM Mass. 

The new service requires viewers to download Twitch. 

Here is the link: https://m.twitch.tv/stmarysfranklin/home

Shared from -> https://www.facebook.com/share/1Nd3uhbZnS/

FHS sports live streaming schedule for week of 10/13/25

FHS sports live streaming schedule for week of 10/13/25

Schedule for sports for the week!

Checkout Franklin Pride TV on YouTube for live streams.

https://www.youtube.com/@franklinpridetv7819

Or use -> https://bit.ly/FTV-Schools

Shared from ->   https://www.facebook.com/share/1BEPQ4RPfT/

FHS sports live stream schedule for week of Oct 5, 2025

FHS sports live stream schedule for week of Oct 5, 2025

Schedule for sports for the week!

Checkout Franklin Pride TV on YouTube for live streams.

https://www.youtube.com/@franklinpridetv7819

Or use -> https://bit.ly/FTV-Schools

Shared from -> https://www.facebook.com/share/1Cv4dNYqRC/

FHS sports streaming schedule for week of 9/22 - 9/26

FHS sports streaming schedule for week of 9/22 - 9/26

Schedule for sports for the week!

Tune into Franklin Pride TV on YouTube for the Live Streams!

https://www.youtube.com/@franklinpridetv7819/streams   or  https://bit.ly/FTV-Schools

Shared from -> https://www.facebook.com/share/1Bnpyzoxmw/

Congressional Update and Q&A with Congressman Jake Auchincloss - Sep 14 in Franklin

Update and Q&A in Franklin‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Hi neighbor, On Sunday, September 14, I'll be hosting a Congressional Update and Q&A in Franklin. This is an opportunity for you to ask questions and hear updates on how I'm working to represent the district. Congressional Update and Q&A with Congressman Jake Auchincloss Sunday, September 14 3:00pm – 4:30pm Franklin, MA Doors will open at 2:00pm.  RSVP here for location.  Live stream   Sincerely, Jake Auchincloss WASHINGTON 15 Independence Avenue SE 1524 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-5931 NEWTON 29 Crafts Street Suite 375 Newton, MA 02458 Phone: (617) 332-3333 ATTLEBORO 8 North Main Street Suite 200 Attleboro, MA 02703 Phone: (508) 431-1110

Congressional Update and Q&A with Congressman Jake Auchincloss - Sunday, September 14

Update and Q&A in Franklin‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Hi neighbor, On Sunday, September 14, I'll be hosting a Congressional Update and Q&A in Franklin. This is an opportunity for you to ask questions and hear updates on how I'm working to represent the district. Congressional Update and Q&A with Congressman Jake Auchincloss Sunday, September 14 3:00pm – 4:30pm Franklin, MA Doors will open at 2:00pm.  RSVP here for location.  Live stream   Sincerely, Jake Auchincloss WASHINGTON 15 Independence Avenue SE 1524 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-5931 NEWTON 29 Crafts Street Suite 375 Newton, MA 02458 Phone: (617) 332-3333 ATTLEBORO 8 North Main Street Suite 200 Attleboro, MA 02703 Phone: (508) 431-1110

FHS Fall Sports Resume this week (and so does the Franklin TV broadcasts)

FHS Fall Sports Resume this week
(and so does the Franklin TV broadcasts)

FHS FALL SPORTS START NEXT WEEK!

Franklin Pride TV on YouTube to watch Live streams of all home games!

For Football all home & away games!

YouTube link -> https://www.youtube.com/@franklinpridetv7819

OR

Franklin Pride TV - YouTube  https://bit.ly/FTV-Schools 

Shared from ->   https://www.instagram.com/p/DN8QmovjgtU/