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| Creative Corner Art Studio will host your birthday party !!! |
FM #1481 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1481 in the series.
This session shares my conversation with Ariel Doggett, Programming & Volunteer Coordinator of the Franklin Senior Center. We had our discussion in the Franklin Radio Studio on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
We talk about
All the key event highlights for August
Possible Great Gatsby themed future event(s)
The show notes include links to the Senior Center page, the calendar of events, and to subscribe to the monthly newsletter.
The recording runs about 40 minutes, so let’s listen in. Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1481-franklin-senior-ctr-august-2025-highlights-07-16-25/
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Franklin Senior Center page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/583/Franklin-Senior-Center-Council-on-Aging
August 2025 newsletter -> Link to be added when available
The newsletter archive page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/585/Connection-Newsletter
Senior Center calendar view (just FSC events) -> https://franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37&showPastEvents=false
Subscribe to the newsletter -> by calling 508-520-4945
My Active Center -> https://myactivecenter.com/
The Great Gatsby was published in April 1925. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby
The rewrite as a whodunit is Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56922665-beautiful-little-fools
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| Ariel previews the August activity highlights for the Senior Center (audio) |
We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.
This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.
How can you help?
If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
If you don't like something here, please let me know
And if you have interest in reporting on meetings or events, please reach. We’ll share and show you what and how we do what we do
Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.
For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com
The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy it!
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| Paint Party Social at Pete's Nerd Emporium - May 28 |
Garden of Hedon: Record Release party
SATURDAY!
@gardenofhedonofficial returns to THE BLACK BOX!
🎟️ THEBLACKBOXonline.com | 508-528-3370
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| Rise Up Holiday Party |
FM #1192 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1192 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares my conversation with resident Lisa Oxford and Town Councilor Cobi Frongillo. We talk about the launch events for the Building Equitable Neighborhoods for Franklin (BEN 4 Franklin).
We talk about how the group
The vision
We envision an inviting, diverse, environmentally sustainable, and fiscally strong Franklin where all can be engaged and find a home. We are aligned with the vision of the 2022 Franklin for All report.
The mission
We are an inclusive community advocating for a Franklin with abundant, affordable housing for all and walkable, economically vibrant downtown and neighborhoods that evolve in a fiscally-responsible manner.
Our conversation runs about 27 minutes. Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1192-ben-4-franklin-launches-05-02-24
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BEN 4 Franklin web page -> https://ben4franklin.org/
Launch party - May 10, 7 PM at Franklin TV Studio
Jane’s Walk - May 11, 10:30 AM starting from Franklin TV Studio
RSVP to a launch event or to at least join the mailing list
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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.
This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.
How can you help?
If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
If you don't like something here, please let me know
Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.
For additional information, please visit www.franklin.news/ or www.Franklinmatters.org/
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com
The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy!
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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"
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| Launch party - May 10, 7 PM at Franklin TV Studio |
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| Jane Jacobs' Walk - May 11, 10:30 AM starting from Franklin TV Studio |
"Don't forget to join us next Friday as Santa pays a visit to the Rec Department for a Pizza Party!!!
We will have crafts, bounce house, face painting and of course pizza!
Register online at franklinma.myrec.com"
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| Franklin Recreation schedules annual Pizza Party with Santa - Friday, Dec 8 |
"Mickey Mouse is turning 95! Join us for games, crafts, snacks, and more as we celebrate everyone's favorite mouse!"
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| Mickey Mouse Birthday Party - Nov 18 at the Franklin Public Library |
HALLOWEEN PARTY!Save the date, October 28 from 2 PM - 6 PM we’re hosting our annual Halloween Party at the station.
Kids of all ages are encouraged to come in costume and enjoy a day of candy, haunted station tours, bounce houses, games, pumpkin painting, and much more.
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| Save the Date: Franklin Police Halloween Party set for Oct 28 |
Shared from Instagram -> https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl168lLvbO8/
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| Teddy Gallagher's: Kids Christmas Party - Dec 11 |
Join us this Friday for our August Monthly Party: LUAU STYLE with Live Steel Drum Entertainment with Justin
This Friday, August 12 at 11:00AM.
$6.00 per person. Call to Register 508-520-4945
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| Franklin Senior Center: summer luau - Aug 12 at 11 AM |
#seniorcenter #luau #monthlyparty #seniorswhoparty
Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/FranklinSrCntr/status/1556987958548463617
From the Boston Globe:
"Given the hierarchical and largely one-party political control of both Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the churn of executive positions is slow. And the behind-the-scenes jockeying for those posts can last years among those angling to hold the job next.Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
But on Thursday afternoon the news came quick, bringing with it a major shake-up in New England politics. First, the word that Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo was President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to serve as commerce secretary. Then 26 minutes later, the scoop from Politico that Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was Biden’s pick for labor secretary.
With this week’s pair of Democratic wins in Senate races in Georgia giving them control of the US Senate, confirmation for both Raimondo and Walsh should be assured. The real story, however, will be what their vacancies mean for politics in their home states."
"The Supreme Court repudiation of President Trump’s desperate bid for a second term not only shredded his effort to overturn the will of voters: It also was a blunt rebuke to Republican leaders in Congress and the states who were willing to damage American democracy by embracing a partisan power grab over a free and fair election.The court’s decision on Friday night, an inflection point after weeks of legal flailing by Mr. Trump and ahead of the Electoral College vote for President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Monday, leaves the president’s party in an extraordinary position. Through their explicit endorsements or complicity of silence, much of the G.O.P. leadership now shares responsibility for the quixotic attempt to ignore the nation’s founding principles and engineer a different verdict from the one voters cast in November."
"HOUSE REPUBLICANS have faced what amounts to a choice between standing for or against democracy: whether to sign on to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s delusional lawsuit to overturn the presidential election. A large majority of them failed the test. More House Republicans, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), on Friday signed an amicus brief supporting Mr. Paxton, just hours before the Supreme Court unceremoniously rejected the suit. This is a disheartening signal about what these members of Congress might do on Jan. 6, when at least some Republicans probably will object to the counting of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral votes.
Mr. McCarthy and the other extremists and toadies who have signed their names to President Trump’s antidemocratic plot may think their complicity is costless, because the Supreme Court was bound to reject the Paxton lawsuit, as it did on Friday, and there are enough Democrats on Capitol Hill to foil any GOP mischief during the electoral vote counting. They are wrong. Their recklessness raises the once-unthinkable possibility that a Congress controlled by one party might one day flip a presidential election to its candidate in defiance of the voters’ will, citing claims of mass fraud just as bogus as the ones Republicans have hyped up this year."
From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
"When President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team announced his COVID-19 advisory board on Monday, House Speaker Robert DeLeo quickly did the math, pointing out on Twitter that more than half of the members “were educated and/or employed in Massachusetts.”
And while Boston Mayor Martin Walsh noted Sunday that Biden “can’t take everyone from Massachusetts to Washington with him,” speculation has started to swirl about which Bay State pols might find a new home in a Biden administration.
Walsh and U.S. Sen Elizabeth Warren -- who’d indicated a willingness to serve as Biden’s running mate after her own presidential bid came up short -- are frequently mentioned names among Democrats, and another one-time 2020 presidential contender, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, endorsed Biden in January after ending his own campaign.
With Biden trumpeting a message of unity, the Delaware Democrat could look to pull some members of his cabinet from across the aisle. Gov. Charlie Baker’s name has surfaced as a potential candidate, and former acting Gov. Jane Swift said she was “honored” to be among the ”#unexpected5″ blogger Patrick Riccards floated as potential education secretaries."
"As Super Tuesday approaches, most know which presidential candidate they’ll be voting for. But for those in some communities, what about those other names on the ballot - those running for town and state committee seats?Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
Massachusetts is among a few states that list town and state committee members alongside presidential candidates to be voted on during the Super Tuesday primary. But what exactly do town and state committee members do, and how do they affect local, state and national politics?
Why are state and town committee candidates on the Super Tuesday ballot, and what do they do?
These locally-elected candidates act as a bridge between local party issues and state issues; they’re elected every four years. Local caucuses are held in individual communities to narrow down who appears on the Super Tuesday ballot."
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| "committee members typically support candidates of the party at different levels" |
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| DJ Mike to Entertain at St. John’s Summer Block Party - Aug 25 |
"Thank you to all of our sponsors for the 4th Annual Party For The Pantry - Franklin Food Pantry Benefit! It's coming up fast. Get your tickets now!
We are looking for raffle items to help get us to our goal of $10,001. Both small and large items are needed. We have a regular raffle and then a super raffle for higher end items.
In the past people have donated sports tickets, vacations, autographs and memorabilia.
Can you help?"
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| Party for the Pantry - May 4 - Tickets on Sale |
"Taking the party to the streets for the first time on its own, Dean Bank is hosting its first solo “Dancing on Dean” block party on Friday.
The party kicks off at 5 p.m. on Dean Street in Franklin, where local food, live music, and beer and wine will be enjoyed until 8 p.m.
Michael Carroll, senior vice president of marketing at Dean Bank, said bank officials “test drove” their first event during this year’s Strawberry Stroll in June, closing off Dean Avenue for their efforts.
Downtown restaurants like Acapulcos and Ted Gallagher’s have agreed to supply food for Friday’s event, and there will be beer and wine tents as well, utilizing the newly approved one-day outdoor beer and wine permits in town."Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
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| “It has a singular purpose – to bring the community together" |
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| SOAR at BBC's St. Patty's Party - Mar 17 |
