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Monday, April 20, 2026

No "scheduled" Trash Delay This Week!

No Trash Delay This Week!

The 2025-2026 curbside calendar is also found on the Town of Franklin page - https://www.franklinma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1279/Waste-Management-Trash-and-Recycling-Collection-Services-2025-to-2026-PDF

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Reminder: No trash delay scheduled due to holiday

Patriot's Day is Monday.

Town offices, the Library & Senior Center are closed. Schools are off on vacation.

Trash and recycling are scheduled for a normal pick up. However, stuff may happen...

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

Monday, March 23, 2026

Finance Committee gets a good discussion on policies, and an update on the grant process yielding $112M over 10 years (audio)

FM #1696 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1696 in the series.

This session shares the Finance Committee meeting conducted Wednesday, March 11, 2026. The Committee meeting opened with 6 members present, 2 absent (1 open position reportedly to be filled soon).

Quick recap:

a healthy and engaging discussion on the policies, to be resumed at one of the budget hearings in April before making a recommendation on changes (if any) to the Town Council
Presentation on the grant process and the yield of $112M over 10 years, an average of $10M/year
Future Agenda Items / Next meeting Dates:

a. April 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2026 - Anticipated Finance Committee Budget Hearings
b. May 28, 2026 - FY27 Budget discussion - first look at health care numbers as open enrollment would have closed Apr 30
c. June 3, 2026 - FY27 Budget discussion and vote to recommend budget with changes (if any) for the Town Council to vote on at their June 10 session

The recording runs almost 2 hours, let’s listen

Audio link - https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1696-franklin-ma-finance-cmte-mtg-03-11-26/

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Franklin TV video is available for replay - https://www.youtube.com/live/UZl8H4Koptg?&t=476

Agenda (updated 3/11/26) - https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03112026-2189

My notes in one PDF - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oxC1JQgvl3PoNs-2qaHf9vacux3JvsZY/view?usp=drive_link

Photo album of the grant presentation slides shared

https://photos.app.goo.gl/kLdsxaJEHqXjYEzT7

Summary of grants over 10 years

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Thursday, March 12, 2026

Finance Committee gets a good discussion on policies, and an update on the grant process yielding $112M over 10 years (video)

The Franklin Finance Committee met on Wednesday as scheduled March 11, 2026. 6 members were present, 2 absent (1 open position reportedly to be filled soon).

Franklin TV video is available for replay - https://www.youtube.com/live/UZl8H4Koptg?&t=476

Agenda (updated 3/11/26) - https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03112026-2189

My notes in one PDF - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oxC1JQgvl3PoNs-2qaHf9vacux3JvsZY/view?usp=drive_link

Quick recap

a healthy and engaging discussion on the policies, to be resumed at one of the budget hearings in April before making a recommendation on changes (if any) to the Town Council
Presentation on the grant process and the yield of $112M over 10 years, an average of $10M/year
Future Agenda Items / Next meeting Dates:

a. April 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2026 - Anticipated Finance Committee Budget Hearings
b. May 28, 2026 - FY27 Budget discussion - first look at health care numbers as open enrollment would have closed Apr 30
c. June 3, 2026 - FY27 Budget discussion and vote to recommend budget with changes (if any) for the Town Council to vote on at their June 10 session

Photo album of the grant presentation slides shared

https://photos.app.goo.gl/kLdsxaJEHqXjYEzT7

Monday, March 2, 2026

Reminder: Regular curbside schedule for this week; Beaver St Recycling Ctr hours added

From DPW On Saturday

"Good morning! Working with the Town Administrator and members of the Town Council, the following is planned to help folks that have been affected or will be affected by a trash and recycling missed pick-up or cancelled pick-up last week or this upcoming week caused by the Blizzard of 2026.

Free overflow bags (2) will be provided to residents who live in affected areas. The affected areas are the Friday trash and recycling route and certain areas of the Monday route that could not be serviced.

To get these free overflow bags, come to the Franklin Public Works Administration Building at 257 Fisher Street with an ID.

Additionally, the Beaver Street Recycling Center will be open the following hours next week:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9AM to 2:30PM
Wednesday from 9AM to 6PM

This will allow the affected residents mentioned above to drop off trash or recycling if needed. A sticker is not required, but please bring an ID."

Friday, February 27, 2026

DPW with a curbside schedule change for next week; back to normal schedule (audio)

Per the 5 PM (2/27/2026) all-call from the Department of Public Works:

"Good evening Franklin, this is Brutus Cantoreggi, your Public Works Director.

I have important information regarding trash and recycling pickup. Working with the Town Administrator, the Town Council, resident ideas, and Waste Management, this is the plan going forward.

We will continue with the plan for tomorrow, Saturday, to pick up Thursday trash and recycling.

Next week, starting Monday, we will resume the regularly scheduled trash and recycling pickup plan. Monday will be on Monday, Tuesday on Tuesday, etc.

There will be a dumpster available for those who really have a trash surplus issue. Just go to the recycling center on Beaver St. for instructions.

Once again we are just resuming normal trash and recycling pickup next week.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the 40-degree days coming our way!"

If you're interested in signing up all-calls from the Town of Franklin, please visit this link to sign up: https://embeds.regroupcloud.com/orgs/franklintown/channels/residents-channel/signup_embed

Audio link - https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1676-franklin-ma-dpw-curbside-schedule-change-02-27-26/

Shared from - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1LfHr6vr3q/

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Franklin TV: Spreadsheets

Math is Mathin’ – Totally.

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 01/25/2026

In days of yore, when someone’s stated claims just didn’t make sense we used to say, “ Wait. That just doesn’t add up.”

Today, the street says, “ Yo, that math ain’t mathin’.”

Franklin TV: Spreadsheets

Enter the spreadsheets. I love Excel. That sounds so – nerdishly geeky. But, it’s true. Why? Because math is truth. If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. In a time when our cable funding is slowly shriveling up from cord-cutting, we all need to work and ‘math’ our budgets with sharper pencils. (Sharper – mouse-clicks?)

As Public Access TV folks, we strive to do more with less. Is what we do ‘enough’? The best way to answer that is, “What would our services cost – if we didn’t exist?” Although our media services are free, what’s the fair market rate for what we do?”

So, every year I recreate a standard media services ‘Line Card’. It’s a breakdown of all the gear and labor that goes into a media project – from first idea to final release. I develop a detailed reference ‘Line Card’ as a Menu of our equipment and services. (I’ll have the Two Cameras – with a side of audio, please.) It averages the market rate services from ‘for hire’ media and production companies across the country.

Then the fun begins. I combine and tally services for the types of productions we create. I model studio projects; location projects. Then I tally all the episodes we produce for each program series, school games, civic events, government meetings. It’s our report card. It’s our North Star. It’s – a lot.

In fact, it’s typically 2.3x to 2.6x our income. What does that mean in real numbers?

‘For hire’ media needs a margin of at least 1.8x just to survive. We’re healthy, so far.

Franklin has 33,000 residents. At $18 per capita (and dropping), our annual income is around $594,000. Our ‘fair market’ value total is $1,425,000; 2.4x our income. This is what a performance reality check should look like. The numbers reveal all.

Our math? It’s totally mathin’. It’s not the income that matters. It’s the outcome.

And – as always –

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and staying informed at Franklin●news.

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Sunday, January 18, 2026

Trash Pickup Schedule 1/19/26 - 1/24/26 (Yes, there is a change due to weather !!! )

Update from Waste Management

Due to the incoming weather pattern, Trash and Recycling will NOT be collected on Monday 1/19/2025.

Each day this week, trash & recycling curbside collection will be delayed by one day.

Monday's route (1/19/2025) will be collected on Tuesday (1/20/2025).

Tuesday's route will be collected on Wednesday (1/21/2025).

This pattern will continue, and conclude with Friday's route (1/23/2025) being collected on Saturday (1/24/2025).

Thank you for your patience.

Shared from -> https://www.franklinma.gov/m/newsflash/home/detail/93

If you misplaced the Curbside Recycling flyer, you can find a copy on the Town page to download and print for reference. Link to Town page for flyer ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1279/Waste-Management-Trash-and-Recycling-Collection-Services-2025-to-2026-PDF

No "scheduled" trash delay due to MLK Day on Monday

I appreciate the confidence in the posted calendar however, given recent history, as you know life happens; I prefer to classify this as "No Scheduled Trash Delay"

No "scheduled" trash delay due to MLK Day on Monday

Shared from -> https://x.com/i/status/2011809621887930653

If you misplaced the Curbside Recycling flyer, you can find a copy on the Town page to download and print for reference. Link to Town page for flyer ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1279/Waste-Management-Trash-and-Recycling-Collection-Services-2025-to-2026-PDF

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Monday: Commuter Rail will operate on regular weekday schedule for MLK Day - Jan 19, 2026

On Monday, January 19th, for MLK Day, all Commuter Rail line trains will operate on a regular weekday schedule.

Affected lines:

Franklin/Foxboro, Providence/Stoughton and Fairmount Line passengers:

The Amtrak infrastructure repair work has been completed and effective Mon. 1/19, trains resume operating on Fall/Winter schedule available now at mbta.com/cr.
Keep your commute on track and sign up for T-Alerts!

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Last Updated: Jan 16 2026 01:54 PM