What's happening in Franklin, MA: Saturday, August 23, 2025 ??

Saturday, August 23

9:00am Thrifty Threads (Franklin Federated Church)

9:00am 6th Annual Reach Out and Run 5K Run/Walk (Medway)

10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

10:00am Walking Group (St John's Episcopal Church)

10:30am Weekend Wiggles! (Franklin Public Library)

3:00pm Franklin TV Block Party & Open Meeting (Franklin TV & Radio Studios)

5:30pm Community Cookout (Franklin UNited Methodist Church)

5:30pm Jamie Barrett (live music) (Rushford & Sons Brewhouse)

8:00pm Karaoke at The Raillery (Raillery Public House)

8:00pm THE BLACK BOX Sings… The 2024-25 Broadway Season (THE BLACK BOX)

** NO Town Meetings today   **

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What's happening in Franklin, MA

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 Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found  https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Saturday, August 16, 2025 ??

Saturday, August 16

9:00am Thrifty Threads (Franklin Federated Church)

9:00am Library Book sale (Franklin Public Library)

10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

10:00am Rise Up (Franklin United Methodist Church)

10:00am Walking Group (St John's Episcopal Church)

10:30am The Poop Museum! (Franklin Public Library)

12:00pm Mad Science Minis!(Franklin Public Library)

1:00pm Library bag sale (books by the bag) (Franklin Public Library)

3:00pm Music and Comedy of Don White (Franklin Public Library)

8:00pm Karaoke at The Raillery (Raillery Public House)

For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->        

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** NO Town Meetings today   **

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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

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found  https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Saturday, July 19, 2025 ???

Saturday, July 19

9:00am Thrifty Threads (Franklin Federated Church)

9:00am Library Book Sale (Franklin Public Library)

10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

10:00am Rise Up (Franklin United Methodist Church)

10:00am Walking Group (St John's Episcopal Church)

10:30am Legendary Foam Party! (Franklin Public Library)

12:00pm Mad Science Minis! (Franklin Public Library)

1:00pm Library Bag Sale (books by the bag) (Franklin Public Library)

2:00pm Matt York Concert (live music)(Franklin Public Library)

8:00pm Karaoke at The Raillery (Raillery Public House)

For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->        

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** NO Town Meetings today   **

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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

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found  https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Saturday, May 31, 2025 ???

Saturday, May 31

• 1 day offset for Trash & recycle schedule due to Holiday

9:00am Thrifty Threads (Franklin Federated Church)

10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

10:00am Walking Group (St John's Episcopal Church)

10:30am Saturday Bookworm Bounce! (Franklin Public Library)

3:00pm Music of Lennon & McCartney Concert (Free Concert) (Franklin Public Library)

6:30pm Italian film Festival - "The Italian Job" (Franklin Historical Museum)

For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->   

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

**  NO Town Meetings today   **

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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

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found  https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Saturday, May 24, 2025 ???

Saturday, May 24

• Last day to register to Vote in June 3 Special Election (Town Clerk's Office)
• Early Voting - FY 2026 Override Special Election (Town Clerk's Office)

9:00am Thrifty Threads (Franklin Federated Church)

10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

10:00am Walking Group (St John's Episcopal Church)

10:30am Weekend Wiggles (Franklin Public Library)

12:00pm DJ party (Maha Juice Bar)

1:00pm Painting for Adults (registration required) (Franklin Public Library)

For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->   

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

**  NO Town Meetings today   **

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What's happening in Franklin, MA

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 Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found  https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Saturday, May 17, 2025 ???

Saturday, May 17

7:30am FBRTC 5K Road Race - pre-registration (SNETT Trailhead, 234 Grove St) 

9:00am  Annual Electronics Recycling Event (St Mary's school parking lot) 

9:00am Thrifty Threads (Franklin Federated Church) 

9:00am Library Books Sale (Franklin Public Library)

9:00am FBRTC 5K Road Race (SNETT Trailhead, 234 Grove St)

10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

10:00am Rise Up (Franklin United Methodist Church)

10:00am Walking Group (St John's Episcopal Church) 

10:30am Music at the Blissful (Franklin Public Library)

11:00am  All School Art Show - "Art from the Heart" (Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter)

12:00pm La Cantina Winery Celebrates 10 Yr Anniversary 

1:00pm Library Bag Sale (Franklin Public Library)

2:00pm Holi Celebration (Franklin Town Common)

6:30pm Italian film Festival - "Cabrini" (Franklin Historical Museum)

7:30pm John Gorka (live music) (Circle of Friends Coffeehouse)

** NO  Town Meetings today   **

 

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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

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found  https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar

St John’s extends invitation to all for two new opportunities to socialize

You are invited to two new opportunities to socialize. We hope you’ll join us:

Walking group:

St John’s Episcopal Church

Let’s get some fresh air and exercise together. Every Saturday at 10 AM, weather permitting, beginning May 17. Meet in the parking lot. Kids, dogs, and friends welcome.

Gather ‘round the fire:

Every Sunday at sunset, weather permitting, beginning May 18. Bring a chair, a beverage, something to cook on a stick, a musical instrument, a poem, or a friend. On the lawn at St John’s.

St John’s Episcopal Church, 237 Pleasant Street, Franklin

For more information:

Call 508-528-2387 Email Rector@StJohnsFranklinMA.org

Like us on Facebook See our website at www.stjohnsfranklinma.org   

 

Boston's Walking City Trail website is updated and ready to help

Miles Howard (@MilesPerHoward) posted:

How it started >>> How it's going

The original Walking City Trail website is being put out to pasture today.

The new and expanded website, which was made possible through generous direct support from several of you, continues to live and grow at https://t.co/F7WwUHdhlw  or  https://www.bostontrails.org/

Onward!

Shared from -> https://t.co/0fSHh8VRxi

Boston's Walking City Trail website is updated and ready to help

From trade restrictions to zoning as a means to change our world for more sustainable living (audio)

FM #1206 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1206 in the series. 

This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Ted McIntyre, Franklin resident and climate activist. We met to record in the Franklin TV & Public Radio studio on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.  

We continued making sense of climate by working our way from the trade restrictions on electronic vehicles (EVs) just announced to transportation issues, walking, biking and then briefly to zoning as a measure to change our world for more sustainable living.

This discussion continues our journey understanding the MA roadmap toward net zero and while it helps me “make sense of climate”, we hope it helps with your understanding as well. 

If you have climate questions or Franklin specific climate questions, send them in and we’ll try to answer them in a future session.  

The conversation runs about 39 minutes. Let’s listen to my conversation with Ted.

Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1206-making-sense-of-climate-44-05-14-24

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Trade restrictions on EV  https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/14/joe-biden-tariff-chinese-made-electric-vehicles 

White House fact sheet https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/14/fact-sheet-president-biden-takes-action-to-protect-american-workers-and-businesses-from-chinas-unfair-trade-practices/ 

Smoot Hawley Act   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act

CHIPS Act   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIPS_and_Science_Act 

International Monetary Fund on Border Carbon Adjustments

https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2021/09/24/Border-Carbon-Adjustments-Rationale-Design-and-Impact-466176 

Building Equitable Neighborhoods for Franklin (www.BEN4Franklin.org/ )

Audio mentioned during #44 https://www.franklinmatters.org/2024/05/building-equitable-neighborhoods-for_01632997446.html 

** See the page that collects all the “Making Sense of Climate” episodes -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/02/making-sense-of-climate-collection.html 

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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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From trade restrictions to zoning as a means to change our world for more sustainable living (audio)