Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts

Sunday, January 1, 2023

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2023!

The "watch list" of Franklin topics will get updated for 2023 as we close out calendar year 2022. Storm water has been on the list for a couple of years. 
  • Will storm water remain on the watch list? 
  • What else should be on the watch list? 

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The map of the impervious area for each property

Merry Christmas to all celebrating!

Friday, December 30, 2022

Noon Year's Eve Party! at the Franklin Public Library Dec 31 - noon time

"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!"
Happy New Year's Eve - Uploaded by JamieFlower
Happy New Year's Eve - Uploaded by JamieFlower

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Franklin Cultural District: The Library has family events as the year comes to a close

The Franklin Public Library has multiple family events as December winds down to the New Year on Sunday! You can also walk the labyrinth at the First Universalist Society in Franklin (FUSF) on New Year's Eve.


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)

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 closed

Monday, January 2, 2023

Library closed


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Visit the Cultural District page ->  https://www.franklinculture.org/

Find the full Community event calendar  https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://forms.gle/oPdi8X3ZbHHyrHzo6

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar
The School district calendar is found  https://www.franklinps.net/calendar-by-event-type/26 


Franklin Cultural District: Arts are happening here!
Franklin Cultural District: Arts are happening here!


Franklin Commuter Rail special for Saturday, Dec 31 (New Year’s Eve)

"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."

Affected direction: Outbound
Affected trips:
1717 (10:55 pm from South Station)

-Travel on all Commuter Rail Lines will be free after 8:00 pm on Saturday, December 31st
-Bikes including folding bikes will not be allowed on inbound rains between 10 am and 6 pm and on all outbound trains from 4 pm until the end of service on that day.

Last Updated: Dec 27 2022 03:17 PM

Franklin Commuter Rail special for Saturday, Dec 31 (New Year’s Eve)
Franklin Commuter Rail special for Saturday, Dec 31 (New Year’s Eve)

Complete MBTA schedule for Franklin

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Franklin DPW Notice: Regular Curbside/ Recycling Schedule & Holiday Recycling Center Hours

Regular Curbside/ Recycling Schedule & 
Holiday Recycling Center Hours

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:
  • Saturday, December 24: 8 AM - 1 PM
  • Sunday, December 25: CLOSED
  • Saturday, December 31: 8 AM - 1 PM
  • Sunday, January 1: CLOSED

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.

Franklin DPW Notice: Regular Curbside/ Recycling Schedule & Holiday Recycling Center Hours
Franklin DPW Notice: Regular Curbside/ Recycling Schedule & Holiday Recycling Center Hours

Sunday, December 11, 2022

DPW Curbside & Recycling Ctr schedule for holiday weeks Dec 26-30, 2022 & Jan 2-3, 2023

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 

Sunday, November 6, 2022

#LightUpFranklin returns New Year's Eve for 2nd Year - order by Dec 17, 2022

BSA Troop 126 is hosting our 2nd Light Up Franklin event.

We had a successful turn out last New Year's Eve, the scouts are hosting the event again this year.


Please check out the flyer and place your order by Saturday, December 17.

Thank you! #LightUpFranklin

#LightUpFranklin returns New Year's Eve for 2nd Year - order by Dec 17, 2022
#LightUpFranklin returns New Year's Eve for 2nd Year - order by Dec 17, 2022

Saturday, January 1, 2022

Senate President Spilka: From the Bottom of my Heart - Thank You


Dear Friend,

As 2021 draws to a close, my heart is filled with gratitude. To everyone who has supported the work of the Massachusetts State Senate and me personally, I just want to say: thank you.

Like so many of you, my 2021 was filled with ups and downs.

I have been incredibly proud of the work the Massachusetts State Senate has done this year to continue to address the public health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including seeing a $4 billion economic recovery package signed into law, as well as passing a comprehensive bill to reform mental health care delivery in Massachusetts.

But I have also had my share of struggles, including being diagnosed by my doctors as having had a mild stroke in November. I am feeling stronger every day, and my doctors expect a full recovery within a matter of weeks. As I reflect on this experience, I am so very grateful to the medical professionals I worked with for their assistance, especially as many have worked tirelessly throughout this pandemic to care for those with COVID-19.

I am also grateful to everyone who has reached out to support me in my recovery. Because of your support, I am energized by the work ahead. We have important work to do on mental health care, childcare, our climate and much more. I look forward to working with all of you on the issues that matter most to the residents of our Commonwealth.

As we move into a new year, I wish you and yours a very happy and healthy 2022!
Warm regards,
Sharing Awareness About Stroke
In mid-November, I experienced what my doctors diagnosed as a mild stroke. I shared my story in a televised interview because I wanted people to see firsthand that I'm doing well.

I also feel it would be a missed opportunity not to speak up. I hope that by telling my story, I can help raise awareness about those who have survived and thrived after experiencing stroke, and encourage those who are experiencing symptoms to seek help immediately.

Watch my televised interview with Alison King of NBC Boston here.
Political Harmony in Massachusetts
I had a lot of fun joining in Alison King's annual tradition, 'Political Harmony' to join my colleagues and partners in government in singing "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town." Thank you for inviting me to be a part of this wonderful tradition.

Watch this holiday video here.
Wishing you Happy Holidays!
Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy 2022!

Senate President Karen E. Spilka | Massachusetts State House, Room 332, Boston, MA 02133

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Friday, December 31, 2021

"May this be the day We come together"

A poem? In Franklin Matters? Why? 

Sometimes the poet has the words to say what needs to be said. In this case, the new work by Amanda Gorman fits the need so very well.  


‘New Day's Lyric’ by Amanda Gorman

May this be the day

We 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 learning

That though we weren't ready for this, 

We have been readied by it.

Steadily we vow that no matter

How 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 missed

Are 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 fought

Need 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.

 



and USA Today

Listen to Amanda read this poem in her Instagram video ->

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Beaver St Recycling Center hours for the New Year's Weekend

Beaver St recycling center hours as the year comes to a close...

For those who want to 'celebrate' getting rid of stuff, this is the time to do so
  • New Year's Eve - 8 AM to 3 PM
  • New Year's Day - 8 AM to 3 PM
  • Sunday, Jan 2 - 9 AM to 1 PM

Beaver St Recycling Center hours for the New Year's Weekend
Beaver St Recycling Center hours for the New Year's Weekend


Shared from the Town of Franklin DPW Facebook page ->

Sunday, January 3, 2021

Welcome to 2021

Rarely has a new year been so anticipated. Rarely has the old year been so challenging.

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director  - 01/03/2021

2020, good riddance! That was the broadly shared sentiment on New Year’s Eve.

Midnight came. Midnight went. The ball dropped on an evacuated Times Square. That sorry visual summed up 2020. Confetti going nowhere. No cheering throngs. Ryan Seacrest was working overtime to gin up manic excitement from – nobody. (sound effect of crickets.)   The surreal scene unfolded like a bad dress rehearsal. This apocalyptic moment was 2020’s parting ‘gift’ to the world. 2020 threw a  going-away party – and nobody came.  (sound effect of one feeble party horn.)

I take a few minutes to watch the ball drop every year. Underneath the noise and hoopla there is a clock-tick at the stroke of midnight; one that I just don’t hear.

Can’t say the ‘moment’ ever hits home for me at midnight. My sense of a New Year happens when that very first glimmer of predawn light arrives the next morning. This hushed, solitary waking moment, separated from all that was, is when 2021 becomes real. It is my existential, experiential journey from first night to first light.

This is the light of hope and promise. It is mine.

Now we turn to hope for 2021 – more than usual. However, we also need resolve – more than usual. Steely resolve – for our journey from darkness.

Yes, it will be darkest before the promised dawn. But, by steely resolve that dawn will surely come. That resolve is simply to be kind and considerate to others around you, be they friend or stranger.

We are resolved to defeat covid19 in 2021. When it’s gone, we can party– like it’s 1999.
And – as always –
Thank you for listening to wfpr●fm.
And, thank you for watching. 
DelCarte on New Year's day
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

Friday, January 1, 2021

Commuter Rail notice - New Year's Day service

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:

  • Newburyport/Rockport Line
  • Haverhill Line
  • Lowell Line
  • Fitchburg Line
  • Framingham/Worcester Line
  • Needham Line
  • Franklin Line
  • Fairmount Line
  • Providence/Stoughton Line
  • Middleborough/Lakeville Line
  • Kingston/Plymouth Line
  • Greenbush Line


Last Updated: Dec 30 2020 06:57 PM 

Additional info can be found on the MBTA page for the Franklin Line
 
 

 

Commuter Rail notice - New Year's Day service
Commuter Rail notice - New Year's Day service

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Town of Franklin: Holiday office hours for New Year's Eve, New Year's Day

The offices will close at noon on Thursday, December 31st, and will be closed on, Friday, January 1st. 

Have a happy and healthy holiday season!  

Town of Franklin: Holiday office hours for New Year's Eve, New Year's Day
Town of Franklin: Holiday office hours for New Year's Eve, New Year's Day


Boston Globe: "First Night Boston cancels New Year’s Eve Fireworks"

The Boston Globe has the following:
"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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Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Happy New Year

Goodbye 2019, hello 2020!

I hope you are all able to spend some quality time with family and friends as we begin this new year.

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be safe moving about this new year
be safe moving about this new year