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Friday, November 24, 2023
Holiday Stroll: Downtown Franklin, Fri, Sat, & Sun
Friday, November 17, 2023
The Holiday Stroll returns to Downtown Franklin Friday, Nov 24 through Sunday, Nov 26, 2023
Friday, December 8, 2017
"the town is officially in holiday mode"
From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20171207/franklin-kicks-off-holiday-season
"Holiday cheer arrived Thursday night as hundreds showed up for the town’s 9th annual Holiday Stroll.
Dozens of businesses in the downtown area set up for the event with snacks, hot chocolate, dance lessons, singing, Santa, and more.
Milford radio station MyFM 101.3 blared holiday classics, while families went station to station under the downtown holiday light display.
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20171207/franklin-kicks-off-holiday-season
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Dean College carolers warmed up the crowd with holiday songs before and after the tree lighting |
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Boomer lit the tree |
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the Pied Piper of Franklin, Jamie Barrett, entertains the crowd at Jane's Frames |
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hat's off to give thanks to the Downtown Partnership and all who coordinated to make the Holiday Stroll a success |
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Holiday Stroll - today - 4 PM to 7 PM
Catch the tree lighting at Dean College at 4:00
Mrs Claus is at the Historical Museum
Santa is at Simon's Furniture
Decorate gingerbread men at Dean Bank
Music will be out and about the downtown businesses!
This was shared from the Downtown Partnership webpage
http://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/2017/11/our-2017-holiday-stroll-poster.html
Mrs Claus is at the Historical Museum
Santa is at Simon's Furniture
Decorate gingerbread men at Dean Bank
Music will be out and about the downtown businesses!
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Holiday Stroll - today - 4 PM to 7 PM |
This was shared from the Downtown Partnership webpage
http://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/2017/11/our-2017-holiday-stroll-poster.html
Saturday, November 18, 2017
"It’s a wonderful local night out.”
From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20171117/franklin-holiday-stroll-set-for-dec-7
"This year’s Franklin Holiday Stroll is set to be the biggest yet, with dozens of businesses to visit and spread that holiday cheer that’s been pent up all year.
The ninth annual Holiday Stroll starts on Dec. 7 at 4 p.m. with carolers and hot chocolate on the Dean College campus, before the tree lighting at 4:30, as the sun sets.
Until 7 p.m., more than 30 participating businesses will have their doors open for tempting treats, special offers and holiday-themed entertainment. A complete list of each business’s activity or offering will be available at the tree lighting ceremony and at participating locations.
“We’re hearty New Englanders so we’ll put on our hats and coats and stroll through town, visiting our downtown stores and shopping at the outdoor booths,” said Holiday Stroll co-chairman, Roberta Trahan."
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20171117/franklin-holiday-stroll-set-for-dec-7
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Franklin Holiday Stroll to be Thursday, Dec. 7 |
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Friendly reminder to catch the new Franklin Almanac
Friendly reminder to catch the new Franklin Almanac on Franklin TV. I caught the broadcast at noon on Wednesday. I knew there was a segment about Franklin Matters but I had not known that the #shopFranklin Small Business Showcase was also featured. The Holiday Stroll and the plastic bag ban discussion also get covered in this format. Very well done!
"There’s a new program in town. In fact, it’s all about the town. At Franklin TV we’ve launched our very own news-magazine program, Franklin Almanac. Like an actual almanac of information, it’s a compendium– of life in Franklin, produced and hosted (and written and edited) by our TV journalist Polikseni Manxhari.
See Almanac this week on All-Access TV. Almanac also has an introductory run weekdays at noon on our TownHall TV channel, Comcast11/Verizon29."
You can read the full article posted on Sunday
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/12/franklin-almanac-arrives-at-franklin-tv.html
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Franklin TV journalist Polikseni Manxhari |
See Almanac this week on All-Access TV. Almanac also has an introductory run weekdays at noon on our TownHall TV channel, Comcast11/Verizon29."
You can read the full article posted on Sunday
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/12/franklin-almanac-arrives-at-franklin-tv.html
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Franklin's Festive Holiday Stroll
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tree decorated at Dean College |



Our sponsors helped make the night festive and fun!
Gold Sponsors for this event were Dean College and Dean Bank.
Silver Sponsors were DCU, D.G. Ranieri Real Estate, Franklin Ford, Middlesex Savings Bank and Rescom Exteriors.
Bronze Sponsors were Beaux Regards Photographic Art by Marjorie Sardella, BMW Gallery of Norwood, Boston Solar, Flynn/Wirkus/Young Attorneys at Law, Franklin Central Pizza, Franklin Driving School, Franklin Girl Scouts, Simon’s Furniture, Tom Fricker Heating and A/C.
Thank you to the Franklin DPW and the Franklin Police Department for your help, too!
We have many more photographs. Check them out in our Google Album or on the Downtown Partnership Facebook page!
Note: this was shared from the Franklin Downtown Partnership page
http://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/2016/12/franklins-festive-holiday-stroll_2.html
Note: this was shared from the Franklin Downtown Partnership page
http://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/2016/12/franklins-festive-holiday-stroll_2.html
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Holiday Stroll - Updated Program
Note: there may still be some changes to this but as of Thursday morning, this is the plan
Dean College:
Tree Lighting with refreshments
Dean Bank:
OUTDOORS
Gingerbread Man activity
Music Street Realty
Relay for Life/sponsored by Dean Bank
Rockland Trust:
OUTDOORS
Shaws Market Wreaths
INDOORS
Franklin Girl Scouts
Franklin Distinguished Young Woman/sponsored by Rockland Trust
Corner near Teddy Gallaghers:
OUTDOORS
Envoy Mortgage
Depot Plaza:
INDOORS
Enchanted Memories (stand alone business front, downstairs)
UPSTAIRS at Depot Plaza
Franklin-Bellingham Rail Trail
Drama Kids
FUSF
Beaux Regards
Flynn Wirkus Young
Salley’s Alley
Mary Rubino Hypnosis
DOWNSTAIRS at Depot Plaza
Franklin Driving School
Blessed Sacrament School
Family Legal Practice
Edward Jones
LuLaroe Willow and Daisy
Emma’s Quilt:
INDOORS
North Pole Postman
Kennedy-Donovan Center
America’s Best Defense
Touchstone Crystal
Norfolk Music Together
Refreshments
Franklin Historical Museum:
INDOORS
Mrs. Claus
Refreshments
Franklin Fire Department:
Touch a Truck
THE BLACK BOX:
Performance snippets of upcoming Holiday Shows!
Jane’s Frames:
Jamie Barrett (4:30 - 5:30) (music)
WMRC outdoors
Simon’s Furniture:
Outdoors
Erik the Wood Carver
Feet in Motion (dance)
Franklin Ford
Honda/BMW
DCU
Boston Solar
Rescom
Central pizza-coupons
Indoors:
SANTA CLAUS!!!
FHS Performers (music)
Elizabeth Randall Designs
Roaming Main Street:
Saint Mary Choir
Central Pizza offering coupons to strollers!
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Holiday Stroll, Dec 1 - 4:00 to 7:00 PM |
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Franklin Downtown Partnership Hosts Holiday Stroll December 1
The Franklin Downtown Partnership is hosting its annual holiday party on Thursday, December 1, from 4:15 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Franklin’s newly revitalized downtown.
Main Street will be closed to vehicle traffic for this year’s Holiday Stroll, allowing easy walking between all the festivities on Main, West Central, East Central and Summer streets. Families will find decorated store fronts, entertainment and refreshments, visits with Santa, Mrs. Claus and Post Mark the North Pole Postman, crafts and gingerbread cookie decorating, and gift shopping.
“This event is always so much fun and really gets you in the mood for the holidays,” says Roberta Trahan, event co-organizer. “The Holiday Stroll showcases our businesses beautifully, and the downtown looks festive with the storefronts decorated. This year we have special guests and a new Holiday Stroll Passport that offers shoppers something extra.”
The Holiday Stroll begins at 4:15 p.m. with costumed carolers and refreshments on Dean College’s Dean Hall Common. The tree will be lit at sundown. Visitors don’t need to wait for the tree to be lit to begin their stroll through downtown; vendor booths and shops will be open for business by 4:30 p.m.
The Franklin Food Elves “12 Days of Donating” campaign benefiting the Food Pantry kicks off that day, and red donation bin will be placed at the tree lighting. Bins will also be set up participating downtown businesses.
An all-new Holiday Stroll Passport will help visitors check items off their holiday gift shopping lists. The free passport can be picked up at participating businesses. Visitors will get their passport stamped at each location listed. When the passport is full of stamps it will be entered into a grand prize drawing, which is one $25 gift card from each business listed. Check the FDP website, www.franklindowntownpartnership.org, and Facebook event page for a list of passport business locations.
Several special guests will make appearances at this year’s Holiday Stroll. At Emma’s Quilt Cupboard on Main Street, Post Mark the North Pole Postman will mail letters to Santa and read from a Christmas book he’s written from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
Families can follow Candy Cane Lane down East Central Street to Simon’s Furniture where Santa Claus and his elves will hear wish lists from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mrs. Claus will arrive at the Franklin Historical Museum at 5 p.m. to treat kids to stories and snacks.
Great entertainers will put everyone into a jolly mood. Jamie Barrett will sing and play guitar at Jane’s Frames. The Saint Mary’s choir will perform holiday favorites on Main Street, and WMRC 1490-AM will broadcast live with giveaways and contests.
At Simon’s Furniture, talented Franklin High School musicians will perform inside while Feet In Motion Dance School students will put on holiday-themed dances and Eric the Wood Carver will create his artwork using a chainsaw and logs outside in the parking lot.
On West Central Street, performers at THE BLACK BOX will perform scenes from three FPAC December shows, including The Nutcracker, Humbug, and a holiday panto entitled A Glass Slipper Christmas.
Check the FDP website, www.franklindowntownpartnership.org, or Facebook event page for entertainment times and location updates.
Kids will enjoy the Touch-A-Truck event at the Franklin Fire Station, and the Historical Museum will have delicious treats when kids come to see Mrs. Claus.
Downtown businesses will open their doors and tempt visitors with refreshments and shopping deals on holiday gifts, services and gift cards. Sponsors and merchants will have booths inside the Depot Plaza building next to Acapulco’s on Main Street, and also at Dean Bank and Simon’s Furniture.
“We’re turning downtown Franklin into ‘Holiday Central’ during our Stroll. Everyone can visit Santa, Mrs. Claus and the Postman, sing Christmas carols, shop for gifts, and meet friends for dinner, all right here in the center of town,” says Jennifer Hurst, event co-chair.
The Holiday Stroll is made possible by the generous sponsorship of local businesses. Dean Bank and Dean College are Gold sponsors of this event. Silver sponsors are DCU, D.G. Ranieri Real Estate, Franklin Ford, Middlesex Savings Bank and Rescom Exteriors.
Bronze sponsors are Beaux Regards Photographic Art by Marjorie Sardella, BMW Gallery of Norwood, Boston Solar, Flynn/Wirkus/Young Attorneys at Law, Franklin Central Pizza, Franklin Driving School, Franklin Girl Scouts, Simon’s Furniture and Tom Fricker Heating & A/C.
For more information about the Holiday Stroll contact event organizers Roberta Trahan, trahanroberta@gmail.com, and Jennifer Hurst, jhurst@deanbank.com.
The Franklin Downtown Partnership is celebrating its 15th year as a 501©3 organization made up of business owners, community leaders and residents working to revitalize downtown Franklin. For more information about the FDP, please visit www.franklindowntownpartnership.org, or contact Executive Director Lisa Piana at downtown.franklin@yahoo.com.
Main Street will be closed to vehicle traffic for this year’s Holiday Stroll, allowing easy walking between all the festivities on Main, West Central, East Central and Summer streets. Families will find decorated store fronts, entertainment and refreshments, visits with Santa, Mrs. Claus and Post Mark the North Pole Postman, crafts and gingerbread cookie decorating, and gift shopping.
“This event is always so much fun and really gets you in the mood for the holidays,” says Roberta Trahan, event co-organizer. “The Holiday Stroll showcases our businesses beautifully, and the downtown looks festive with the storefronts decorated. This year we have special guests and a new Holiday Stroll Passport that offers shoppers something extra.”
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Holiday Stroll December 1 |
The Holiday Stroll begins at 4:15 p.m. with costumed carolers and refreshments on Dean College’s Dean Hall Common. The tree will be lit at sundown. Visitors don’t need to wait for the tree to be lit to begin their stroll through downtown; vendor booths and shops will be open for business by 4:30 p.m.
The Franklin Food Elves “12 Days of Donating” campaign benefiting the Food Pantry kicks off that day, and red donation bin will be placed at the tree lighting. Bins will also be set up participating downtown businesses.
An all-new Holiday Stroll Passport will help visitors check items off their holiday gift shopping lists. The free passport can be picked up at participating businesses. Visitors will get their passport stamped at each location listed. When the passport is full of stamps it will be entered into a grand prize drawing, which is one $25 gift card from each business listed. Check the FDP website, www.franklindowntownpartnership.org, and Facebook event page for a list of passport business locations.
Several special guests will make appearances at this year’s Holiday Stroll. At Emma’s Quilt Cupboard on Main Street, Post Mark the North Pole Postman will mail letters to Santa and read from a Christmas book he’s written from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
Families can follow Candy Cane Lane down East Central Street to Simon’s Furniture where Santa Claus and his elves will hear wish lists from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mrs. Claus will arrive at the Franklin Historical Museum at 5 p.m. to treat kids to stories and snacks.
Great entertainers will put everyone into a jolly mood. Jamie Barrett will sing and play guitar at Jane’s Frames. The Saint Mary’s choir will perform holiday favorites on Main Street, and WMRC 1490-AM will broadcast live with giveaways and contests.
At Simon’s Furniture, talented Franklin High School musicians will perform inside while Feet In Motion Dance School students will put on holiday-themed dances and Eric the Wood Carver will create his artwork using a chainsaw and logs outside in the parking lot.
On West Central Street, performers at THE BLACK BOX will perform scenes from three FPAC December shows, including The Nutcracker, Humbug, and a holiday panto entitled A Glass Slipper Christmas.
Check the FDP website, www.franklindowntownpartnership.org, or Facebook event page for entertainment times and location updates.
Kids will enjoy the Touch-A-Truck event at the Franklin Fire Station, and the Historical Museum will have delicious treats when kids come to see Mrs. Claus.
Downtown businesses will open their doors and tempt visitors with refreshments and shopping deals on holiday gifts, services and gift cards. Sponsors and merchants will have booths inside the Depot Plaza building next to Acapulco’s on Main Street, and also at Dean Bank and Simon’s Furniture.
“We’re turning downtown Franklin into ‘Holiday Central’ during our Stroll. Everyone can visit Santa, Mrs. Claus and the Postman, sing Christmas carols, shop for gifts, and meet friends for dinner, all right here in the center of town,” says Jennifer Hurst, event co-chair.
The Holiday Stroll is made possible by the generous sponsorship of local businesses. Dean Bank and Dean College are Gold sponsors of this event. Silver sponsors are DCU, D.G. Ranieri Real Estate, Franklin Ford, Middlesex Savings Bank and Rescom Exteriors.
Bronze sponsors are Beaux Regards Photographic Art by Marjorie Sardella, BMW Gallery of Norwood, Boston Solar, Flynn/Wirkus/Young Attorneys at Law, Franklin Central Pizza, Franklin Driving School, Franklin Girl Scouts, Simon’s Furniture and Tom Fricker Heating & A/C.
For more information about the Holiday Stroll contact event organizers Roberta Trahan, trahanroberta@gmail.com, and Jennifer Hurst, jhurst@deanbank.com.
The Franklin Downtown Partnership is celebrating its 15th year as a 501©3 organization made up of business owners, community leaders and residents working to revitalize downtown Franklin. For more information about the FDP, please visit www.franklindowntownpartnership.org, or contact Executive Director Lisa Piana at downtown.franklin@yahoo.com.
Monday, November 28, 2016
In the News: Holiday Stroll set for Thursday; Food Elves kick off new drive
From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20161127/franklin-downtown-partnership-planning-holiday-stroll/1
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20161127/franklin-12-days-of-donating-drive-to-start-dec-1
"With Thanksgiving over, the Franklin Downtown Partnership is preparing to kick off the holiday season with its much-anticipated Holiday Stroll next week.
The event, set for Thursday, Dec. 1, 4:15-7 p.m., will include a tree lighting, carols and other holiday festivities.
The first celebration of the season will take place in the town's newly upgraded downtown business district, with Main Street closed to traffic for the duration to give revelers a chance for a leisurely stroll among the attractions on Main, West Central, East Central and Summer streets."
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20161127/franklin-downtown-partnership-planning-holiday-stroll/1
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new seasonal banners up on the street lights in downtown Franklin |
"After their "12 Days of Donating" drive last year garnered more than four tons of food, the Franklin "Food Elves" are gearing up for another run this December.
Though the group hopes to once again near or beat that total, it's monetary donations that will be the focus of this year's effort.
The drive, now in its 11th year, is run by local students - the "Food Elves" - to benefit the Franklin Food Pantry."
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20161127/franklin-12-days-of-donating-drive-to-start-dec-1
Friday, October 7, 2016
Harvest Stroll - photo essay
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early in the morning, before most were up and about, the streets were cleaned |
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early in the evening, right around supper time, Main St closed |
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Town Council Chair Matt Kelly served as master of ceremonies |
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Congressman Joe Kennedy represented the Federal side of the collaboration to pull the improvement plan together |
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Representative Jeff Roy |
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Senators Karen Spilka and Richard Ross |
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and what we were waiting for, the ribbon did get cut! |
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Main St was full of folks all evening |
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not the best spot for a string instrument performance but the FHS students did well for an appreciative crowd |
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even as the sun was setting, Main St was full |
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