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Thursday, March 14, 2024
Sure ways to spot a scammer
Franklin TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) schedule for Thursday, Mar 14, 2024
- wfpr.fm or 102.9 on the FM dial = Thursday
9:00a/12:00p/6:00p A Priest, A Minister, and a Rabbi
10:00a/1:00p/7:00p Frank’s Music – Frank Falvey and Jim Derick
11:00a/2:00p/8:00pm Frank Presents – Frank Falvey Presents
- Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = Thursday
7:00 am Franklin Fallen Heroes
8:00 am Veterans' Call: VA Pension
9:00 am Jim Johnston: Ben Franklin and Martin Luther King, Jr.
10:30 am SAFE Coalition: Michelle Palladini
11:30 am Comfort Food: Comfort Food
12:00 pm Brooke'n'Cookin: Mac'n'Cheese
12:30 pm Sons & Daughters of Italy: Italian Cookies
1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Margherita Pizza
2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 4
3:00 pm Riffin' on Main Street: Tom Mercer
4:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: The Road to TD Garden
5:00 pm Senior Scribblers
6:30 pm Extended Play Sessions: Season 10 Show 5 - Matt Stubbs Antiguas
8:00 pm Frank Presents: Brian Cousins
9:30 pm The Black Box: T3
- Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = Thursday
7:00 am Public School Event: Remington Winter Music 2022
8:30 am FHS Jazz Cafe 2024
10:00 am FHS Boys Varsity Basketball v Boston College High School 03-09-24
12:00 pm Universe of Adolescent Sleep
1:00 pm Public School Event: Annie Sullivan Winter Music 2022
2:30 pm Community Arts Advocacy Day: A Discussion
5:00 pm MICCA Festival 2019
6:30 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: The Road to Tsongas Center
7:30 pm FHS Girls Varsity Basketball v Andover 02-29-24
- Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = Thursday
8:00 am Conservation Commission 03-07-24
12:00 pm Master Plan Committee 03-06-24
2:00 pm Conservation Commission 03-07-24
7:30 pm Zoning Board of Appeals LIVE, Remote 921 3911 4341
Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Franklin Cultural District: Tarzan, Cinema 80, Library book sale, Winter Farmers Market & more as #arthappenshere
Wednesday, March 13
1:00pm Senior Scribblers (Franklin Senior Center)
7:00pm Friends of Franklin Library Meeting (Franklin Public Library)
Friday, March 15
1:00pm Book Sale (Franklin Public Library)
7:30pm Tarzan (ticketed event) (THE BLACK BOX)
Saturday, March 16
9:00am Book Sale (Franklin Public Library)
10:00am Children's Museum of Franklin pop up (ticketed event) (Annie Sullivan Middle School)
10:00am Winter Farmers Market (Fairmount Fruit Farm)
10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free)
1:00pm Bag Sale (books by the bag) (Franklin Public Library)
2:00pm Tarzan (ticketed event) (THE BLACK BOX)
3:00pm Irish in America Concert (Franklin Public Library)
6:00pm `Cinema 80’ Feature Films "The Lodger" (Franklin Historical Museum)
7:30pm Tarzan (ticketed event) (THE BLACK BOX)
Sunday, March 17 - St. Patrick's Day
1:00pm Franklin Historical Museum (always free)
2:00pm Tarzan (ticketed event) (THE BLACK BOX)
Monday, March 18
9:00am Fallen Hero: Elton E Ekstrom (Franklin Veterans Walkway, Town Common)
Tuesday, March 19
7:00pm Trivia Night (Raillery Public House)
7:30pm Voice of Franklin, part of Toastmasters International (Franklin TV Studio)
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Find the full Community event calendar
https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html
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 Library calendar of events -> calendar link
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 Cultural District: Arts are happening here! |
2 Dean College Events for Women’s History Month
Dean College is hosting two prominent guests in honor of Women’s History Month. These events are free and open to the public.
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| Femita Ayanbeku (right) Kenyatta Berry (left) |
The first speaker, Femita Ayanbeku, will be giving a lecture on Wednesday, March 20 at 5:30 PM in the Trophy Room. Femita is a two-time USA Paralympic sprinter, motivational speaker, spokesperson for Fitbitand Ossur, and has numerous other achievements to her name. Femita graduated from Brockton High School and until recently, lived in Boston. She has overcome tremendous obstacles to achieve her goal of competing in the Paralympics and she is looking forward to sharing her story with us!
Our second guest, Kenyatta Berry, has agreed to share her journey and insight with Dean College and the Franklin community on March 27 at 5:30 PM, also in the Trophy Room. She has co-hosted 2 television shows on PBS, hosted podcasts (https://firesidechat.com/kenyattaberry) and (https://www.audible.com/.../Conversations-with.../B08K57MK4J), authored a book and contributed to numerous research projects, including the 1619 project. Kenyatta has a professional background in the law and technology but became a full-time genealogist more than a decade ago after she had been researching genealogy for years while holding down a full-time job in another field.
As an entrepreneur, genealogist, attorney, author, podcaster, television host, lawyer and tech expert, Kenyatta has a broad scope of expertise to share.
Tom, George, & David recap the Joint Budget Subcommittee meeting of March 6, 2024 (audio)
FM #1156 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1156 in the series.
This session shares a recap of the Town of Franklin (MA) Joint Budget Subcommittee meeting held on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. This recap was recorded via Zoom on Thursday, March 7, 2024.
The recap of this critical budgetary meeting was conducted with:
- Council Chair Tom Mercer who also serves as the Chair of the Joint Budget Committee
- George Conley, Chair of the Finance Committee
- David McNeill, Vice-Chair of the School Committee as well as Chair of the Budget Subcommittee for the schools
Quick recap:
- Role of the Joint Budget Committee
- Reflections on the info shared in the meeting
- Next steps including schedule of meetings to continue to work on refining the FY 2025 budget
The recording runs about 51 minutes, so let’s listen to the recap of the Joint Budget Subcommittee meeting. Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1156-recap-of-the-joint-budget-subcmte-mtg-03-07-24
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Meeting agenda -> https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/joint_budget_subcommittee_meeting_agenda_-_march_6_2024.pdf
Presentation document link -> https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/uploads/2024-03-06_fy25_budget_slides_jbsc.pdf
Photo album capturing the slides and meeting
My notes captured via Twitter and collected in one PDF https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m42hRAFdfM-OX-brLa6epXiuEktOEeWU/view?usp=drive_link
Additional info will be added to the FY 2025 budget page as the budget gets fined tuned over the next several weeks https://www.franklinma.gov/town-budget/webforms/fy-25-budget-materials
Joint Budget Subcommittee page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/joint-budget-subcommittee
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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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| Tom, George, & David recap the Joint Budget Subcommittee meeting of March 6, 2024 (audio) |
FHS boys basketball rolls into D1 Final over Catholic Memorial
Via Twitter and our subscription to HockomockSports.com, we share the results of the fall sports playoff competition for Franklin High School on Tuesday, March 12, 2024.
Via Ryan Lanigan -> https://twitter.com/R_Lanigan
- A spot in the Division 1 state championship on the line inside the Rabouin Field House at Taunton High. #3 Franklin (24-1) taking on #2 Catholic Memorial (19-4). #hockomock
- End 1Q: Franklin 21, Catholic Memorial 16. Panthers cash in on some second chance points, Bradley Herndon with two hustle plays that led to a pair of buckets. #hockomock
- Half: Franklin 33, Catholic Memorial 29. Panthers had the lead up to 10 (29-19) before Knights closed strong. Henry Digiorgio with 11 pts, Sean O’Leary 9 pts 3 reb 3 ast. #hockomock
- Bradley Herndon has been incredible this quarter, playing with tremendous confidence. Now Caden Sullivan soars in for a tip in. Franklin up 53-37, 2:08 left 3Q. #hockomock
- End 3Q: Franklin 56, Catholic Memorial 42. Panthers win the third (23-13) by double digits, some massive momentum waves. O’Leary 14 pts, Herndon & Digiorgio 11 pts each, Sullivan & O’Neill 8 pts each. #hockomock
- Franklin had the lead up to 17 (59-42) but the offense has gone cold, missed a couple close ones. Knights with a 10-0 run including a bucket off a missed free throw. Franklin holding a 59-52 left with 2:15 left 4Q. #hockomock
- Final: Franklin 66, Catholic Memorial 52. The Panthers are headed to the D1 state championship game. Sean O’Leary 17 pts 6 reb 5 ast, Bradley Herndon 13 pts 7 reb 6 ast, Henry Digiorgio 11 pts 10 reb, Andrew O’Neill 11 pts (huge 4Q three), Caden Sullivan 10 pts 8 reb #hockomock
The other finalist will be determined by the outcome of their game later today. #1 Worcester North vs. Xaverian. The full MIAA bracket can be found -> http://miaa.statebrackets.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=7008
The full recap by Ryan Lanigan on HockomockSports.com (subscription required) ->
Photo gallery -> https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2023-2024/Winter-2023-2024/Franklin-Catholic-Memorial-Boys-Basketball-03-12-24
Boston Globe coverage -> https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/12/sports/franklin-boys-basketball-puts-its-offensive-flair-display-division-1-semifinal-win/
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| FHS boys basketball rolls into D1 Final over Catholic Memorial |
Franklin is not alone in struggling to fund their schools & town budget
Via Boston Globe:
"Nearly five years after Massachusetts lawmakers overhauled the state’s school funding formula, districts are struggling to balance their budgets for the upcoming school year, prompting many to consider cutting programs and staff or asking taxpayers to dig deeper.
The chief culprit, district leaders and advocates say, is the high rate of inflation that hit the US economy in recent years, much higher than the adjustments used in the new funding formula that was revamped to reflect modern-day costs.
The failure of the new formula to accurately capture inflation could be collectively costing districts hundreds of millions of dollars in aid, according to Colin Jones, deputy policy director at the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a nonpartisan research institute.
Voters in Belmont, Harvard, and Westford will be considering hefty property tax hikes at the polls this spring, which, if they fail to pass, could result in significant cuts to school and town services. In Belmont, for example, if voters reject an $8.4 million override on April 2, school leaders have said they will need to close the Mary Lee Burbank Elementary School, eliminate dozens of teaching and other positions, and make deep cuts to extracurricular activities."
Continue reading the full article online (subscription may be required) ->
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| Franklin is not alone in struggling to fund their schools & town budget |
Franklin Agway announces they will Close April 6, 2024
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Auchincloss Secures District Wins in Passage of Federal Minibus - Franklin Ridge gains $850K
Auchincloss Secures District Wins in Passage of Federal Minibus
"Minibus" Funding Bill Includes Auchincloss Community Project Funding Requests
Last weekend, Congress passed a partial government funding bill that was signed by President Biden and includes key wins for the Fourth District. The bill provides funding for 15 Community Project Funding (CPF) requests sponsored by Congressman Auchincloss.
"Clean drinking water & better bridges have been my priority for three funding cycles," said Auchincloss. "These projects take time – they're not quick & flashy – but the benefits will extend for a generation."
Auchincloss Projects Included in Passage:
- Pleasant Street Neighborhood Stabilization Plan Streetscapes Improvement Project, Fall River Amount Received: $1,666,279
- Danforth St. Bridge Reconstruction Project, Taunton Amount Received: $1,000,000
- Weir Bridge Reconstruction Project, Taunton Amount Received: $1,000,000
- Cleaning and Lining Large Water Main near Wading River Water Treatment Plan, Attleboro Amount Received: $959,752
- Ferry Street Sewer Pump Station Rehabilitation Project, Fall River Amount Received: $959,752
- PFAS Treatment Project, Bellingham Amount Received: $959,752
- Walnut Street Sewer Project, Foxborough Amount Received: $959,752
- Town Center Package Sewer Plant, Norfolk Amount Received: $959,752
- McKeon PFAS Treatment Facility, North Attleborough Amount Received: $959,752
- Construction of Route 6 Corridor Sewer Collection System, Swansea Amount Received: $959,752
- Water Quality Improvements, Wrentham Amount Received: $959,752
- Blackstone Valley Boys and Girls Club Stone House Renovation Project, Blackstone Amount Received: $850,000
- Franklin Ridge Senior Affordable Housing Project, Franklin Amount Received: $850,000
- South Main Street Bridge, Freetown Amount Received: $500,000
- Pleasant Street Infrastructure Improvements, Medfield Amount Received: $500,000
To learn more about Congressman Jake Auchincloss, visit https://auchincloss.house.gov or connect with him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or YouTube.
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| Auchincloss Secures District Wins in Passage of Federal Minibus |
"What’s Your Story?" An Evening of Storytelling - April 6
What’s Your Story? is an evening of storytelling hosted by the First Universalist Society in Franklin (262 Chestnut St.) April 6, 2024 from 7 PM to 8:30 PM.
Snacks and beverages will be provided during intermission but feel to bring your own.
Tickets: $10 for adults, $5 for children 12-18. Can be purchased in advance at FUSF.org/upcoming events. Cash or checks are also accepted.
For more information about First Universalist Society in Franklin (fusf.org), contact Interim Minister Beverly Waring at 508-528-5348 or minister@fusf.org.
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| "What’s Your Story?" An Evening of Storytelling - April 6 |
Have you applied for the Knights of Columbus Scholarships? Application due March 28, 2024
The Knights of Columbus 1847 St Mary Parish Franklin is accepting applications for The Robert Simmler PGK, Knights of Columbus Sacred Heart Council Scholarships. They are offering two scholarships, one in the sum of $3000 and the second $1000 scholarship.
The applicants must be a registered member of St Mary’s Parish in Franklin, and must be graduating from High School in Spring 2024 and progressing onto their first year of study at a 2 or 4 year college/university. All interested applicants please submit a completed scholarship application postmarked on or before the application deadline of March 28, 2024.
The application form is available from the banner on the St Mary parish website www.stmarysfranklin.org or on the Knights of Columbus website https://www.kofc1847.org/ .
Please fill in ALL information accurately and clearly, and then submit the completed application to
Knights of ColumbusSacred Heart Council 1847St Mary’s Parishc/o Michael Swan38 Madison AveFranklin, MA 02038
The scholarship recipients will receive payment upon completion of their 1st semester of studies and upon proof of enrollment in the 2nd semester.
If more information is needed, please contact Mike Swan: 508-404-4792
Town of Franklin: Invitation for Bid on Chip Seal Work
Chip Seal
In accordance with MGL c. 30 section 39m, it is the intention of the Town of Franklin to retain the services of a construction firm for the purposes of furnishing and applying a Rubber Chip Seal Surface Treatment on properly prepared bituminous streets within the Town of Franklin.
Shared from -> https://www.franklinma.gov/purchasing/bids/ifb-chip-seal
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| Town of Franklin: Invitation for Bid on Chip Seal Work |
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