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| Call for Volunteers to help the 2026 Celebrate With Pride! |
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| For additional details on Library events -> https://www.franklinma.gov/ |
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| For additional details on Senior Center events -> |
Planning Board Meeting
Monday, June 1 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06012026-2341
Recreation Advisory Board
Monday, June 1 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06012026-2306
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| Fallen Hero Recognition Schedule for June 2026 |
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| Fallen Hero: 2nd L William Hosford |
• Thursday, June 11th: 1pm - 6pm, showing Mexico vs. South Africa at 3pm, New England Revolution Meet & Greet throughout the day• Friday, June 12th: 5pm - 11pm, showing USA vs. Paraguay at 9pm• Saturday, June 13th: 5pm - 11pm, showing Brazil vs. Morocco at 6pm and Haiti vs. Scotland at 9pm
• Sartorius Soccer Fever• Southwick’s Zoo Basketball Shootout• Shaw’s “Take Your Shot” Photobooth• Quest Diagnostics Soccer Kick Wall• Alltown Fresh Axe Throwing• MWRTA Soccer Darts
• Wednesday, June 24th: 2pm – 9pm event time, showing Switzerland vs Canada at 3pm and Scotland vs Brazil at 6pm• Thursday, June 25th: 3pm – 9pm event time, showing Ecuador vs. Germany at 4pm and Tunisia vs Netherlands at 7pm, New England Revolution Meet & Greet throughout the day
• Southwick’s Zoo Giant Tic-Tac-Toe• Franklin Youth Soccer Soccer Darts• Franklin Youth Soccer Soccer Shootout• New England Revolution Accuracy Kick• “Take Your Shot” Photobooth• Lawn games and additional family activities
The MetroWest Boston Visitors Bureau is a non-profit organization focused on promoting travel and tourism throughout the 19 towns of the MetroWest region: Ashland, Bellingham, Framingham, Franklin, Holliston, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hudson, Marlborough, Medway, Milford, Millis, Natick, Northborough, Sherborn, Southborough, Sudbury, Wayland, and Westborough. For more information, please visit the MBVB website at www.metrowestvisitors.org.
FM #1746 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1746 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares the audio of the Town of Franklin Memorial Day ceremony held on the Town Common on Monday, May 25, 2026. The day was overcast, a rainy forecast had caused the cancellation of the parade.
Veterans Service Officer Shannon Nisbett is the master of ceremonies and introduces each speaker, and walks us through the program.
The ceremony runs about 56 minutes.
Audio link - https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1746-town-of-franklin-memorial-day-ceremony-05-25-26/--------------
The ceremony program provides all the snake and roles of speakers and contributors (PDF) ->
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y6VTbOFEgYFTve7wCVFaWcFpZIpRJBjx/view?usp=drive_link
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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
And if you have interest in reporting on meetings or events, please reach out. 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!
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FM #1737 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1737 in the series.
This session shares my conversation with Rion James and Evelyn Rossing to talk about the 5th Annual Franklin Celebrate With Pride. We had our discussion in person at the Franklin TV Studio on Monday, April 27, 2026.
We talk about
Celebrate With Pride - Saturday, June 27 from noon to 4
Rain date, Sunday, June 28, same time frame
Vendor, non-profit table and volunteer sign up open now
Some of the highlights of those confirmed
T-shirts to be available at the Strawberry Stroll
The recording runs about 13 minutes, so let’s listen in.
Audio link - https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1737-5th-annual-celebrate-with-pride-04-27-26/--------------
Main website: https://franklinlgbtqalliance.com
Celebrate with Pride: https://franklinlgbtqalliance.com/pride-2026
Volunteer signup: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C084DACA82FA1FCCE9-62955030-celebrate
Exhibitor signup: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvBVtBF2ZZtXP9LVDkTFeey91ZJplACUadlwZWqKynqQGc6g/viewform
Questions: franklincwp@gmail.com
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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
And if you have interest in reporting on meetings or events, please reach out. 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!
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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"
