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Saturday, August 26, 2023
Next Week, Event With Senator Warren 8/30/23 - Register Now
Mass Cultural Council's Strategic Plan FY24-26 (video)
Via Michael J. Bobbitt (@mbobbitt)
"So excited to launch Mass Cultural Council's Strategic Plan FY24-26 Launch Video created by Wesley Verge and a number of artists in Massachusetts.
Pay no attention to my terrible acting! LOL.
https://t.co/Fj03nqjlo8"
Shared from -> https://twitter.com/mbobbitt/status/1694765155979083860
For more information on the Strategic Plan for FY 24-26
3rd Annual Mexican Independence Day Fiesta at La Cantina - Sep 16
Amigos are you ready to party?Come join us for our 3rd Annual Mexican Independence Day Fiesta!! Enjoy and dance to some traditional Mariachi music!We will also be having tacos from Lalos Mexican Restaurant! You won’t want to miss this event that’s filled with good music, delicious food and of course vino
Tickets available online -> https://lacantinawinery.square.site/
Shared from -> https://www.instagram.com/p/CwTC-kvxtoC/
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| 3rd Annual Mexican Independence Day Fiesta at La Cantina - Sep 16 |
Friday, August 25, 2023
Franklin's Event Outlook: August 25, 2023 to August 31, 2023
The Farmers Market is canceled for today due to the weather forecast.
Friday, August 25
2:00pm - Franklin Farmers Market (Franklin Town Common)
2:00pm - Kymberlee O'Brien (live music) (Franklin Town Common)
2:00pm - Thrift Threads thrift shop (Franklin Federated Church)
5:30pm - Beaver Pond Movie Night (Town of Franklin Recreation Dept)
6:00pm - Dom DeBaggis (live music) (La Cantina Winery)
Saturday, August 26
10:00am - Franklin Historical Museum (always free)
1:00pm - Pub Crawl fundraiser (ticketed event) (start/finish La Cantina Winery)
4:00pm - Bigelow Station (live music) (La Cantina Winery)
6:00pm - SOB (live music) (67 Degrees Brewery)
Sunday, August 27
10:00am - FUSF Service "Everyday Spiritual Practices" (First Universalist Society of Franklin)
1:00pm - Franklin Historical Museum (always free)
Monday, August 28
6:00pm - The Super Mario Bros. Movie (movie night) (Franklin Public Library)
Wednesday, August 30
1:00pm - Senior Scribblers (writing group)
Thursday, August 31
6:00pm - Matt Zajac (live music)
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The Franklin Art Association Art Gallery remains open during business hours at Escape into Fiction (Main St, Franklin)
Find the full Community event calendar https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html
The Cultural calendar displays only the cultural events https://www.franklinculture.org/things-do/pages/calendar
If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication: https://forms.gle/oPdi8X3ZbHHyrHzo6
The Town meeting calendar is found https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar
The School district calendar is found https://www.franklinps.net/calendar-by-event-type/26
The School district calendar is found https://www.franklinps.net/calendar-by-event-type/26
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| Franklin's Event Outlook: August 25, 2023 to August 31, 2023 |
MA notifies Franklin of plans to house migrant families in local Franklin hotel
Town Administrator, Jamie Hellen, was notified this week that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has entered into a year lease with the Best Western Plus Executive Residency on Upper Union Street in Franklin to shelter incoming migrant families.
“The Town, and its departments, will lead with compassion, support and assistance for families, as allowed by the state” Hellen said. “We are working with various Town departments to proactively organize a managed response and we will communicate more information as it becomes available.”
Massachusetts law requires cities and towns to find housing for migrants coming into the state under the right to shelter provision. No local approvals are required and, at this time, the Town does not have any specifics, such as how many migrants Franklin will host, where the migrants are coming from, and the composition of these individuals.
The Town’s Public Health Director, Cathleen Liberty, will be coordinating these efforts in close collaboration with both the Healy Administration and the Town Administrator’s office. As more information becomes available the Town will share it broadly and post it to the Health Department’s website at https://www.franklinma.gov/health-department.
More than 80 communities throughout Massachusetts are working with the state to support more than 20,000 homeless families in crisis. Once the Town becomes aware of the particulars and understands the needs associated with helping individuals and families coming to Franklin, we will notify the community for support.
“At this time we are asking the community not to send donations until the Town has a better understanding of the needs” said Liberty. “We anticipate there will be a need for aid and we will work closely with local human services organizations and the community in the coming weeks to lend a helping hand to those requiring assistance”
“Franklin is a welcoming community, and I have no doubt we will do whatever we can to accommodate and accept migrants with open arms and an open heart,” said Hellen. “It is my understanding that the Commonwealth will be providing meals, public health services, and transitional assistance. With that said, there will still be ongoing impacts and costs associated with hosting these families for Franklin and the Town will work with the state to help alleviate these costs.”
The Town is advising the public to not visit the Best Western hotel as there are no families currently housed there and there are no services present.
Copy of press release -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZrtRuZM0DyW9gbQ1K5GPRaKD2-1iMokO/view?usp=drive_link
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| MA notifies Franklin of plans to house migrant families in local Franklin hotel |
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| plans to house migrant families in local Franklin hotel |
Night Owl Farmstand open today 2 to 6 PM
We will be open today (8/25) 2:00-6:00, 49 Prospect Street, Franklin.
Here’s what we will have available:
Artichoke (Small, but YUMMY!)
Basil (LOTS!!)
Carrots, Orange
Carrots, Purple
Celery
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Eggplant, Fairytale
Garlic
Husk/Ground Cherries
Kale
Kohlrabi
Onions, Pearl
Onions, Red
Onions, Yellow
Parsley
Peppers, Greeb
Peppers, Hot
Peppers, Ripe
Peppers, Shishito
Scallions
Squash, Summer
Squash, Zucchini
Swiss Chard
Tomatoes. Heirloom
Tomatoes, Slicers
Tomatoes, Cherry
Plus lots of GORGEOUS flowers and other farm stand finds!
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| Night Owl Farmstand open today 2 to 6 PM |
Master Plan Update Committee discusses timeline, outreach, survey and more in 2 hour session (video)
The Master Plan Update Committee met as scheduled on Wednesday, Aug 23, 2023 beginning at 6:30 PM. I joined the meeting in progress at about 7ish (after the Police Station committee completed in the Council Chambers.)
The agenda doc -> https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/master_plan_agenda_-_august_23rd_2023_0.pdf
The Franklin TV meeting video replay link -> https://www.youtube.com/live/1sLTy6XZK48
Brief recap
- Discussion on branding efforts complicated by heavy web presence of Franklin Tennessee and wanting to avoid confusion with them
- Will have booth at Harvest Festival, discussion on logo, branding desire to have something ready to handout or engagement with community at booth
- Proceeding with "Form Franklin's Future"
- Recommendations from multiple members to obtain input in map based form, for multiple good reasons to help visualize and work with qualitatively, if not quantitatively
- extended discussion on survey and use of an incentive to increase participation, action to run this by the Town Attny for 2 answers, one if the committee could do so (per meeting likely not); alternatively, might another non-town org (i.e. Dean College) run the survey (and include incentive) to enable the data to be used by the committee. Amy to get answers
- Amy to create spreadsheet for committee members to use to add orgs and other contact points for outreach effort
- The 2020 update to the Master Plan is the one to use for status of which of the prior plans objectives and actions items were completed or not. Ginelle has marked up the spreadsheet with color coding on completion status and will share to the drive from other members to work with
- Meeting adjourns
My full set of notes captured via Twitter can be found in one PDF
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| Master Plan Update Committee discusses timeline, outreach, survey and more in 2 hour session (video) |
Franklin SEPAC announces their 2023 Fall Fundraiser
We are so excited to announce our 2023 Fall Fundraiser, a calendar raffle with more that $4,800 in prizes, including signed memorabilia from the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots !!!
Tickets are $10 for 32 chances to win!VISIT OUR SITE TO LEARN MORE AND BUY TICKETS: http://www.franklinsepac.org/Please share this post and help us get the word out!Sending a huge, enormous, gigantic shout out to all of our supporters, but particularly to our local sponsors, including:Rod at I Have Coins & CollectiblesMark DeBaggis Guitar Lessons
Shared from Facebook -> https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551606135109407/permalink/3506813566255311/?mibextid=Nif5oz
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