Showing posts with label scribblers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scribblers. Show all posts

Monday, June 2, 2025

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday, June 2, 2025

Yes, Franklin has it's own radio station -> wfpr.fmFranklin Public Radio has a brand new schedule for the locally produced shows that fill our air waves. 

It is available anywhere, anytime at wfpr.fm or in the local Franklin, MA area at 102.9 on the FM dial.

Tune in to listen to the following:

wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday - Franklin Public Radio
wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday - Franklin Public Radio


Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Sunday
Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 ???

Wednesday, May 28

Library & Senior Center events
Library & Senior Center events
  • 1 day offset for Trash & recycle schedule due to Holiday

  • Early Voting - FY 2026 Override Special Election


1:00pm Scribblers Writing Group (recording session) (Franklin Senior Center)




For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->   
**  NO Town Meetings today   **

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What's happening today in Franklin?
What's happening today in Franklin? 
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

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 ???

Wednesday, February 26

9:00am Fallen Hero Recognition: Richard L. Desper - Vietnam  (Veterans Walkway, Town Common) 
1:00pm Scribblers Writing Group (recording session) (Franklin Senior Center) 
4:00pm Movie Night ("6888") (Franklin Senior Center)


for additional details on Library events -> https://franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=24&showPastEvents=false
Library events
Library events



**  Town Meetings today   **


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Why are there multiple calendars?
What's happening today in Franklin?
What's happening today in Franklin? 
Respectfully, the Library and Senior Center calendars are too full of events to include all their events so we tend to focus on the major events. Town and School meetings are also kept separate. Links for all the calendars are shared here:

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 Library calendar of events ->    calendar link
The Senior Center calendar of events ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37&showPastEvents=false

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 071 - Love Poems, Novels, Church Fires, & much more ... (audio)

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about a mystery novel, love, a recent church fire, an eagle's life, the sea, a book about grammar, and poems inspired by a favorite poet.

Audio link ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episode/episode-071-love-poems-novels-church-fires-stones-maknig-their-way-to-the-sea-and-much-more-

The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group
The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group


Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 070 - Love Poems, Novels, Stories of Family, etc. (audio)

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group shares stories, poems, and writings about family, love, the equinox, chapters of novels, and the importance of "content in context".


Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 070 - Love Poems, Novels, Stories of Family, etc. (audio)
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 070 - Love Poems, Novels, Stories of Family, etc. (audio)



Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 069 - Love Poems, Forgetful Poems, Stories of Family & more (audio)

In this episode, the Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about family, friends, forgetfulness, love, perseverance, and how the answer is 42.



Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 069
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 069

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 068 - Love Poems, Art Inspired Poems, Heroes of The Everyday, and "Send Me On My Way" (audio)

In this episode, the Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about love, Claude Monet and water lilies, real life stories of everyday heroes, and a reflection based on the song "Send Me On My Way".


Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 068
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 068

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 066 - Moose, Costume Balls, Flowers, Love (audio)

In this episode, the Franklin Senior Center Writers Group (scribblers) share stories, poems, and writings about moose, a chapter of a story similar to one of our other writers about a costume ball, stories of picking flowers, poems of love, and much more.


Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 066 - Moose, Costume Balls, Flowers, Love (audio)
Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 066 - Moose, Costume Balls, Flowers, Love (audio)

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 064 - Red Squirrel Court Case, April Showers, Love Poems and more (audio)

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about a red squirrel court case, Ms. April Showers, poems of love, Alice's new book getting published and much more...



Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 064 - Red Squirrel Court Case, April Showers, Love Poems and more (audio)
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 064 - Red Squirrel Court Case, April Showers, Love Poems and more (audio)

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->   https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Monday, March 4, 2024

Check out the highlight events for the Franklin Senior Center this week! March 4 through March 8, 2024

Check out the highlight events for the Franklin Senior Center this week! 

One update is that the Scribblers writing group is on a new schedule. We're meeting on the 2nd Wednesday at the Senior Center and the last Wednesday at the Franklin TV Studio to record our monthly radio show. Note: the 'last' Wednesday can be either the 4th or 5th depending upon how the days fall out on the calendar for that month.

The Senior Center calendar is found at   https://www.franklinma.gov/node/39/events/month/39/2024-03

Check out the highlight events for the Franklin Senior Center this week!  March 4 through March 8, 2024
Check out the highlight events for the Franklin Senior Center this week!  March 4 through March 8, 2024


Sunday, February 11, 2024

Listen to the Senior Story Hour - WFPR

Senior Story Hour - WFPR
The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more.
Find all the episodes online (or on your favorite podcast app)  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/

You can also listen to wfpr.fm or 102.9 on Friday's 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 8:00 PM

Listen to the Senior Story Hour - WFPR
Listen to the Senior Story Hour - WFPR

Monday, January 29, 2024

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 061 - New Year, Putter Day, Santa Visits, Celestial Light and more (audio)

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about New Years, January 1st aka "Putter Day', a surprise visit from Santa, Celestial Light and much more.

This episode was aired during January on wfpr.fm and if you missed it then, you can catch it now.



Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 061 - New Year, Putter Day, Santa Visits, Celestial Light and more (audio)
Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 061 - New Year, Putter Day, Santa Visits, Celestial Light and more (audio)

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Senior Story Hour (wfpr.fm): Episode 059 - Thanksgiving, Guy Fawkes Day, Love Poems and more (audio)

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about Thanksgiving, the upcoming holiday season, Guy Fawkes day, poems of love and much more...


Senior Story Hour (wfpr.fm): Episode 059 - Thanksgiving, Guy Fawkes Day, Love Poems and more (audio)
Senior Story Hour (wfpr.fm): Episode 059 - Thanksgiving, Guy Fawkes Day, Love Poems and more (audio)

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Senior Scribblers Book Release Party celebrated at the Franklin Senior Center (video)

For those who missed the book release party, you can watch recording of the event by Franklin TV.  A number of the contributors to the books read one or more selections. 

Those in the audience could leave with a copy of the book.  You still have a chance for a copy:

Faith Flaherty (left) and Al Larkin (right)
Faith Flaherty (left) and Al Larkin (right)




Sunday, September 24, 2023

Franklin TV: The Senior Writers Group – Book Launch - Sep 26 at 10 AM

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 09/24/2023

Oh yes, we did. Our third Writers Book will be officially launched at the Senior Center on Tuesday morning (09/26/23) at 10 AM.

Book Launch
Writings from the Senior Scribblers
Third Edition – by Scribblers Press

This time we arranged for our collected works to be beautifully printed and bound as a self-micro-published run of 100*. 

It’s a real book book – 77 pages of collected writings and storytelling. Simple stories? Personal adventures? Musings? Poems?

There’s something for every reader.

It’s not in The Library of Congress. You won’t find it on Amazon or Google Books. It’s available only at the Franklin Senior Center. Come to our great unveiling, Tuesday, Sept 26 at 10 AM.

Join us for selected readings and copies of our latest ‘best seller’. The N Y Times literary critic wasn’t extended a special invitation. Not even Oprah’s Book Club. Just you.

Do you have some stories and scribbles in you? You can be part of our next book. 

And – as always –
Thank you for listening to wfpr●fm. 
And, thank you for watching.

* Note - of the 100 copies, the contributors got their share and there are 45 available for first come, first serve at the book launch.


PROGRAMMING NOTE:
Our assigned Comcast channels have changed. Verizon is not affected.
Our Public All-Access TV channel has moved from 8 to 6
Our Franklin Pride School channel has moved from 96 to 8.
Our Town Hall TV Government channel has moved from 11 to 9.


Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf   

Monday, August 14, 2023

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 056 - Senior Singles Prepare To Mingle, Macho is Childish, Romance (audio)

In this episode, the Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about how being macho is childish, kindness, "Senior Singles Prepare to Mingle", light verse poetry and more.

This episode aired on Franklin Radio for August 2023. 
Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts the Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. If you'd like to join in person or remotely (via Zoom), contact the Franklin Senior Center to get on the mailing list.
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Saturday, August 5, 2023

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 055 - Senior Olympics, Independence Day, Hurtful Words, Homelessness (audio)

In this episode, the Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about hurtful words, Senior Olympics, Independence Day, Homelessness, and much more.

This episode aired on Franklin Radio for July 2023.

Audio file -> https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episode/episode-055-senior-olympics-independence-day-hurtful-words-homelessness

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts the Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. If you'd like to join in person or remotely (via Zoom), contact the Franklin Senior Center to get on the mailing list.
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Sunday, June 25, 2023

Franklin TV: Our Greatest Invention? It’s Also One of Our Oldest

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 06/25/2023

Beyond fire and the wheel, there is language, and there is language immortalized. Writing likely began as an effort at simple adornment. A crude representation of a memory scratched onto a cave wall. Sometime well before the caves of Lascaux, writing gradually took form around 10-15 thousand years ago. 


What do these ancient images tell us? The mind ponders and wanders. I can divine some images as a shopping list:

“Honey, on your way home pick up some bison, and if it’s still in season – a mastodon.”

What is key is that these first efforts at recorded memory reveal the experiences of early humans. As language became refined over the millennia, we could include abstractions (the future?) and convey experiences and concepts to later generations who would follow us.

Today, many of us write for our own enjoyment. Personally, I view writing as a mental full-contact sport. Our Senior Center Writers Group (aka, The Scribblers) has just completed our third book. It’s a lovely romp through seventy-seven pages of our past short works. All dressed up for the press run, our latest works will be released later this Summer.

Writings from the Senior Scribblers. Coming soon to a Senior Center near you.

Will you be in our next book? Join our group. Write on, man! Write on!

Thanks for listening to 102.9 wfpr●fm. 
And – as always – thanks for watching.


Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf   

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 053 - To Have And To Hold, St. George, Memorial Day, and more (audio)

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about Spring, Memorial Day, St. George, and much more.

This episode aired on Franklin Radio for May 2023.

Audi file -> https://player.captivate.fm/episode/d278cf91-eabb-4b93-8aec-73ac66b8ba56

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes