Franklin TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) schedule for Friday, June 7, 2024

• wfpr.fm or 102.9 on the FM dial = Friday

9:00a/12:00p /6:00p Chapters – Jim Derick  Insightful, life-affirming stories and interviews

10:00a/1:00p/7:00p Music to Lift the Spirit - Jim Derick & Frank Falvey

11:00a/2:00p/8:00pm Senior Story Hour – Senior Center Scribblers Group

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel         (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = FRIDAY

7:00 am     Metrowest Symposium: Sharing Identity on Social Media
8:30 am     Frank Presents: Michael Videira
10:00 am     Riffing on Main Street: Steve Sherlock
11:00 am     Senior Connection: Disabilities Commission
12:00 pm     Brook'n'Cookin: Tai Salad
12:30 pm     Cooking with Linda: "Marry Me" Chicken
1:00 pm     Strawberry Stroll 2022
1:30 pm     Pizzapalooza: Margherita Pizza
2:00 pm     New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 1
3:00 pm     Winning Ways with the MIAA: Student Athletes May 2024
4:00 pm     Celebrate with Pride: Second Son
8:30 pm     Endless Konnections: Patience Noah Pt 2
9:30 pm     Circle of Friends: Garnet Rogers

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel           (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = FRIDAY

7:00 am     Public School Event: Horace Mann Winter Music 2021
8:30 am     Mental Health: Raeleen Sullivan
9:30 am     Rec Basketball: 5th & 6th Grade Boys Championship
11:00 am     FHS Varsity Softball: v St. Paul Diocesan 06-01-24
1:30 pm     All-Town Showcase 2024: Band
3:00 pm     Arts Advocacy: How-Tos
4:00 pm     FHS Senior Awards 2024
8:30 pm     FHS Graduation 2024

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) =  FRIDAY

8:00 am     Zoning Board of Appeals 05-23-24
2:00 pm     Zoning Board of Appeals 05-23-24

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf   

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What's happening in Franklin, MA: Thursday, June 6, 2024?

Thursday, June 6

8:00am Early voting for Special Election (Town Clerk's Office)

8:30am Franklin Downtown Partnership General Meeting (Dean College)

4:00pm JF Kennedy School PCC fundraiser at Papa Ginos

6:00pm Remington Middle Sch Concert (Horace Mann Middle School)

6:00pm Franklin LGBTQ Alliance (Franklin Public Library)

9:00pm Steven Fritzsche (live music) (3 Restaurant)

** No Town Meetings today

What's happening today in Franklin? 

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Why are there multiple calendars?

There is a Cultural events calendar upon which other community events are layered to create the Community calendar.

Respectfully, the Library and Senior Center calendars are too full of events to include all their events so we tend to focus on the major events. Town and School meetings are also kept separate. Links for all the calendars are shared here:

The Cultural calendar displays only the cultural events    

https://www.franklinculture.org/things-do/pages/calendar

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 Library calendar of events ->    calendar link

The Senior Center calendar of events ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/node/39/events/month/39/2023-12

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

Voices of Franklin: A letter to Franklin’s 65+ community from your fellow seniors

The children of Franklin are our town’s future citizens. They deserve the best educational opportunities. The children of Franklin are a joy to their parents and even the older population who no longer have school-age people in their own lives. We as senior citizens look back on the ways public schools have contributed in unique and important ways to our own personal development. As a group we urge a YES vote on the tax override, because our investment in education will pay dividends for decades.

Everyone knows from personal experience the profound impact that educational opportunities have had on their own lives. Everyone knows that the educational opportunities and social relationships offered by schools have a huge role in developing positive character traits and life competency skills. Everyone knows that providing for the needs of children is a financial commitment that extends beyond the individual household. Outside the family, children spend most of their waking hours in school.

For a multitude of reasons (many outside the control of our district) the Franklin Public Schools have been starved of funds for years. Again and again, our local school spending is discussed and shows to be dropping from 25th percentile, and now under 20th percentile when compared to all other towns in the Commonwealth.

Our heroic staff and teachers do excellent work with the funding they have, but could do so much more with adequate funding. Over the years, Franklin has reduced music, arts, and other activities, while class sizes have grown and fees to students have steadily increased. New technologies for teachers to master and cell phones in children’s hands present new challenges and opportunities that will require money to address.

Support for children with varying backgrounds, and the mental health needs of school age kids in a changing culture all require money. Modern day parents are facing challenges our generation never dealt with, and much of the responsibility to help these families falls to the public schools. We as seniors are committed to the value that it does indeed take a village to raise children.

We think back with gratitude on how schools have helped our children adapt to the challenges of life and learning-in ways that could not be accomplished by even the best parenting done in isolation.

The ability to collect public funds to adequately support public interests like the education of our children is critical to Franklin’s long-term health. The request for an ‘override’ of arbitrary tax limitations is consistent with information about the school funding that the town has made available for years. Furthermore, an override is consistent with current economic conditions such as inflation across industries. We should also acknowledge that Franklin’s real estate taxes are lower than most surrounding towns. While this may seem like a positive attribute, in reality it means we are allowing our town’s school system to decay. Franklin should not become a backward outlier in our region.

Many of us moved to Franklin for the high quality of our public educational system. Even though that specific time in our lives has passed, we understand and continue to support the belief that public education is the responsibility of citizens of all ages.

Signed by Seniors Supporting Vote YES for Franklin!

Signed by Seniors Supporting Vote YES for Franklin!

Shared from this PDF doc -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N-tr4PcrzpK0Pu8lbv5WHWPqttm1hNDC/view?usp=drive_link

Voices of Franklin: A letter to Franklin’s 65+ community from your fellow seniors

Many Override questions answered at Franklin Senior Center on Wednesday (audio)

FM #1227 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1227 in the series. 

This session of the radio show shares the Override Q&A session conducted at the Franklin Senior Center on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Town Administrator Jamie Hellen was joined by School Superintendent Lucas Giguere and School Business Administrator Dr Bob Dutch to provide an override and answer many questions. 

Town Clerk Nancy Danello provided an update that as of that afternoon, 3700 ballots had been cast for the early voting on the June 11 Special Election. She was also there to answer questions on the election process but none were raised.

Many of the questions were asked by skeptics in the group. It seemed apparent that some myths were dispelled, yet despite the info, some seemingly were not changing their minds.  

The conversation runs just less than 2 hours. Let’s listen to the Q&A session on June 5. Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1227-franklin-senior-center-override-qna-06-05-24

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Override Info page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/town-budget/webforms/fy25-override-information 

FY 2025 Town budget page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/town-budget/webforms/fy-25-budget-materials 

Citizen Discounts and Exemptions info page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/administrator/pages/citizen-discounts-exemptions 

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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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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters" 

Many Override questions answered at Franklin Senior Center on Wednesday (audio)

FHS boys lacrosse team tops Catholic Memorial for a spot in Elite 8

Via Twitter and our subscription to HockomockSports.com, we share the results of the Spring sports competition for Franklin High School on Wednesday, June 5, 2024.

Boys Lacrosse = Division 1 = #9 Franklin, 11 @ #8 Catholic Memorial, 9 – Final

⭐️ Hansen 2🚨 2🍎

⭐️⭐️ O’Brien 3🚨

⭐️⭐️⭐️Mcevoy 2🚨 1🍎

https://x.com/FranklinHSLax/status/1798515583379771422

 

It wasn't easy, but @Franklin_Lax  moved into the Elite 8 with a win over  @CathMemKnights  in the  @MIAA033  D1 Sweet 16 on Wednesday. 

Quick recap & highlights from Luke Miller (milla media on IG & YouTube): https://bostonlax.net/miaa-sweet-16-9-franklin-11-8-catholic-memorial-9-panthers-beat-knights-to-reach-elite-8-video/   https://x.com/bostonlaxnet/status/1798557515422347378

https://hockomocksports.com/wednesdays-schedule-scoreboard-06-05-24/

FHS Panther sports results shared via Twitter & subscription to HockomockSports.com

Master Plan Update Cmte schedules a Public Hearing for June 12 at 6:30 PM

What should be changed to improve Franklin over the next 10 years? 

 

The goals and objectives for the Master Plan should be available for review and comment. 

Shared from -> https://www.facebook.com/share/gTgJGcFw4hWRZLdD/

Master Plan Update Cmte schedules a Public Hearing for June 12 at 6:30 PM

"Last" Comprehensive School Facility Planning meeting for this Subcommittee review progress towards redistricting (audio)

FM #1228 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1228 in the series. 

This session shares the Comprehensive School Facility Planning Subcommittee meeting of Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Subcommittee Chair Dave Callaghan, Al Charles (remote), Erin Gallagher, Supt Lucas Giguere, Asst Supt Dr Tina Rogers, Asst Supt Paula Marano, Business Administrator Dr Bob Dutch, Food Service Director Colin Boisvert, and Facilities Director Mike D’Angelo participated.

This the last meeting of this subcommittee. There will likely be another subcommittee and/or combined with liaisons to provide oversight and School Committee involvement as the redistricting implementation moves forward.

Review of the Phase I planning for June was provided. Progress on the timeline is being made with announcements coming before the end of this school year. 

Preliminary data shared to highlight the juggling being done to help determine the best alignment for equity in enrollment for the new schools, distribution of the students for demographic and other factors. The redistrict line remains to be determined and that proposal will likely be shared in advance of a school committee vote to approve that alignment in Sept/Oct.

The administrative teams for the new schools (principals, assistant principals, etc.) will be announced in advance of the final alignment so they can be involved in the next level of planning. Architect and landscape designers are being engaged to review the bus loops on the facilities for possible improvements to the traffic flow.

The meeting recording runs about 55 minutes.

Audio link ->  https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1228-comprehensive-school-facility-plng-mtg-06-05-24

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Agenda for this session ->  https://www.franklinps.net/district/school-committee/agenda/comprehensive-facilities-planning-sub-committee-2 

PDF of the Phase I June timeline -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/137BNmXPQ6OjO9UKv-P2cSO-egnrIUmSN/view?usp=drive_link 

My notes captured via Twitter can be found in one PDF file -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RC9WzBElBzvBd28MphziTVo7k2jjGlYn/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

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!

------------------

You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"

"Last" Comprehensive School Facility Planning meeting for this Subcommittee review progress towards redistricting (audio)

Short videos being shared with reasons to Vote Yes for Franklin (video)

First video - Roberta Trahan

Video link -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCT37wL_yNo

Second video - Melanie Hamblen

Video link -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwuMr6wCoE

The One Franklin page -> https://onefranklinma.com/

JF Kennedy School PCC fund raiser at Papa Gino's starting at 4 PM June 6

JF Kennedy School PCC fund raiser at Papa Gino's starting at 4 PM June 6

Shared from -> https://www.facebook.com/share/p/gkTkxDHeRaBnAEW3/

Franklin TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) schedule for Thursday, June 6, 2024

• wfpr.fm or 102.9 on the FM dial = Thursday

9:00a/12:00p/6:00p   Franklin Faith Forum

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

7:30 am     Fallen Heroes Pt 3
8:00 am     Veterans' Call: SHINE
9:00 am     Metrowest Symposium: Sharing Identity on Social Media
10:30 am     SAFE Coalition: The Hamlins
11:30 am     Cooking Thyme: Ice Cream
12:00 pm     Brook'n'Cookin: Tai Salad
12:30 pm     Cooking with Linda: "Marry Me" Chicken
1:00 pm     Strawberry Stroll 2022
1:30 pm     Pizzapalooza: Margherita Pizza
2:00 pm     New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 1
3:00 pm     Riffing on Main Street: Steve Sherlock
4:00 pm     Winning Ways with the MIAA: Student Athletes May 2024
5:00 pm     Celebrate with Pride: Second Son
6:30 pm     Extended Play Sessions: Alice Wallace
8:00 pm     Frank Presents: Michael Videira
9:00 pm     Endless Konnections: Patience Noah Pt 2
10:00 pm     Critical Conversations: Social Media

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel           (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = Thursday

7:00 am     Public School Event: Lifelong Music Pt. 2 05-13-19
8:30 am     All-Town Showcase 2024: Band
10:00 am   FHS Graduation 2024
1:30 pm     Arts Advocacy: How-Tos
2:30 pm     Winning Ways with the MIAA: Student Athletes May 2024
3:30 pm     FHS Varsity Softball: v St. Paul Diocesan 06-01-24
6:00 pm     Tri-County RTVH School Graduation - LIVE
8:30 pm     FHS Senior Awards 2024

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = Thursday

7:30 am     Conservation Commission 05-30-24
2:00 pm     Conservation Commission 05-30-24

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf  

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What's happening in Franklin, MA: Wednesday, June 5, 2024?

Wednesday, June 5
8:00am Early voting for Special Election (Town Clerk's Office)
9:00am Fallen Hero: Frank Gryzboski (Veterans Walkway, Town Common)
10:00am Veterans Coffee Social (Franklin Senior Center)
1:30pm Override Info Session (Franklin Senior Center)
3:00pm Spring Health Fair (Franklin Public Library)
4:30pm Spiderman comes to the Raillery (Raillery Public House)
6:00pm Annie Sullivan Middle Sch Concert (Horace Mann Middle School)
6:00pm Spiderman comes to the Raillery (Raillery Public House)
6:30pm Franklin Art Association (Franklin Senior Center)

 

** Town Meetings today

• Board of Health Meeting

Event Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 5:00pm (3rd fl conf room)
https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/revised_boh_agenda_6-5-24_-.pdf

• Franklin Public Schools Comprehensive Facilities Planning Sub Committee Meeting

Event Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 5:00pm (3rd fl training room)
https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/events/fps_comprehensive_0.pdf

• Sustainability Subcommittee

Event Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 5:00pm (virtual only)
https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/sustainability_-agenda_2024-6-5.pdf

• Friends of Franklin Library Meeting

Event Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 7:00pm (somewhere in the library)
no posted agenda found

• Town Council Meeting

Event Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 7:00pm
https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/june_5_2024_town_council_meeting_agenda.pdf

What's happening today in Franklin? 

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Why are there multiple calendars?

There is a Cultural events calendar upon which other community events are layered to create the Community calendar.

Respectfully, the Library and Senior Center calendars are too full of events to include all their events so we tend to focus on the major events. Town and School meetings are also kept separate. Links for all the calendars are shared here:

The Cultural calendar displays only the cultural events    

https://www.franklinculture.org/things-do/pages/calendar

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 Library calendar of events ->    calendar link

The Senior Center calendar of events ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/node/39/events/month/39/2023-12

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