- Will storm water remain on the watch list?
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"Let’s send off 2022 in style! Join us for an end of the year bash as we ring in 2023 early!
We’ll have snacks, games, and a super new year’s celebration!
See you there!"
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Happy New Year's Eve - Uploaded by JamieFlower |
Wednesday, December 28
10:30am - Trevor the Games Man! (Franklin Public Library)
3:00pm - Box City (Franklin Public Library)
Thursday, December 29
10:30am - Music at the Blissful! A Fun Family Concert! (Franklin Public Library)
2:00pm - Teen Murder Mystery Party (Franklin Public Library)
Friday, December 30
5:30pm - David Penza (67 Degrees Brewery)
Saturday, December 31 = New Year's Eve
10:00am - Franklin Historical Museum (always free)
11:00am - Noon Year's Eve Party! (Franklin Public Library)
2:00pm - The Library will be closing at 2 pm
5:00pm - Labyrinth Walk (First Universalist Society in Franklin (FUSF))
Sunday, January 1, 2023 = New Year's Day
Library closedMonday, January 2, 2023
Library closed
Franklin Cultural District: Arts are happening here! |
"On Saturday, December 31st, Franklin Line Train 1717 (10:55 PM from South Station) will be held at South Station until 12:35 AM to accommodate those attending New Year's Eve festivities in Boston."
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Franklin Commuter Rail special for Saturday, Dec 31 (New Year’s Eve) |
Notice from the Department of Public Works:
Curbside trash/recycling pickup will operate on a regular schedule during both holiday weeks (December 26 - 30, 2022 and January 2 - 6, 2023).
The Recycling Center Holiday hours are as follows:Shared from Town of Franklin page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/dpw-notice-regular-curbside-recycling-schedule-holiday-recycling-center-hours
With Christmas and New Year's on Sundays, there is no planned delay in the pickup schedule.DPW Notice:
Curbside trash/recycling pickup will operate on a regular schedule during holiday weeks
(Dec. 26- 30, 2022 and Jan. 2-3, 2023).
Recycling Center Holiday hours are as follows:
- Sat., Dec. 24: 8AM-1PM
- Sun., Dec. 25: CLOSED
- Sat., Dec. 31: 8AM-1PM
- Sun., Jan. 1: CLOSED
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May this be the dayWe come together.Mourning, we come to mend,Withered, we come to weather,Torn, we come to tend,Battered, we come to better.Tethered by this year of yearning,We are learningThat though we weren't ready for this,We have been readied by it.Steadily we vow that no matterHow we are weighed down,We must always pave a way forward.This hope is our door, our portal.Even if we never get back to normal,Someday we can venture beyond it,To leave the known and take the first steps.So let us not return to what was normal,But reach toward what is next.What was cursed, we will cure.What was plagued, we will prove pure.Where we tend to argue, we will try to agree,Those fortunes we forswore, now the future we foresee,Where we weren't aware, we're now awake;Those moments we missedAre now these moments we make,The moments we meet,And our hearts, once all together beaten,Now all together beat.Come, look up with kindness yet,For even solace can be sourced from sorrow.We remember, not just for the sake of yesterday,But to take on tomorrow.We heed this old spirit,In a new day's lyric,In our hearts, we hear it:For auld lang syne, my dear,For auld lang syne.Be bold, sang Time this year,Be bold, sang Time,For when you honor yesterday,Tomorrow ye will find.Know what we've foughtNeed not be forgot nor for none.It defines us, binds us as one,Come over, join this day just begun.For wherever we come together,We will forever overcome.
Beaver St Recycling Center hours for the New Year's Weekend |
And – as always –
Thank you for listening to wfpr●fm.
And, thank you for watching.
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DelCarte on New Year's day |
Get this week's program guide for Franklin TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf or for archive purposes
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10z6geRirkh-AuYuyu0O9tFiIb7hvdCrD/view?usp=sharing
On New Year's Day, Friday January 1, the Commuter Rail will operate on a regular Sunday schedule. The Rockport Line disruption will be the only disruption in effect.
Affected routes:
Last Updated: Dec 30 2020 06:57 PM
"Boston’s traditional New Year’s Eve fireworks displays are canceled for the first time since 1975 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.In November, the First Night Boston celebration typically held around Boston and over Boston Harbor was called off by organizers, according to the website, in favor of a livestreamed and broadcast event. First Night tweeted out a reminder Monday that the cancellation includes the traditional fireworks over the city."
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be safe moving about this new year |