Senior Center event highlights for week of Jan 6, 2025

Senior Center event highlights for week of Jan 6, 2025

"New Year New You! 

Come in and try a new class or activity. 

Make a new friend. 

Try something new! 

Here’s what’s happening this week at the #franklinseniorcenter

Shared from ->   https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEcwn6mxAMc/

Check the Franklin Senior Center page for additional info on these events

https://www.franklinma.gov/fsc

You can also listen to Sarah & and Ariel talk with me about all the events happening during January ->  https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/01/sarah-ariel-join-me-in-reviewing-senior.html

Body Fit Training (BFT) Franklin coming soon to Franklin Village

BFT Franklin coming soon to Franklin Village

"We’ve Saved our Best Perk for Last! 💥

Secure our ✨LOWEST PRICE EVER ✨and keep it for as long as you’re a member with us!

Our Founding Membership Launch is just days away! Be ready to secure your spot and unlock these exclusive perks! Don’t miss out!"

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Get more information about BFT Franklin ->   https://www.bodyfittraining.com/location/franklin-village

Franklin Youth Softball registration opens for Spring 2025

registration open for Spring 2025

Haven’t registered yet? Head to www.fgsafastpitch.org and click on “Register” in the top right corner to get started. 

Hurry - registration closes Sunday, January 26th (for all divisions except Instructional, which closes February 9th)

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Get your tickets for "Wit & Wisdom: volume 1" at Pour Richard's - Jan 16

"When George becomes Giorgio... You know we are back. Thursday Jan 16, 6:30 PM. We're building George and YOU a new classroom in the back of the shop.

Wit & Wisdom: volume 1

10 Wines, flights from Tuscany, Piedmont and beyond.

Send us a DM or swing by the shop to reserve your spot. $25/Ticket, 15 Available. That $25 goes straight onto your new Insiders Card as a voucher that you can redeem that evening.

Let's kick this year off in style. Much more to come."

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Children's Museum fund raiser @ Chipotle Jan 7

Children's Museum fund raiser @ Chipotle Jan 7

 

"Meal planning for the week? Consider Tuesdays dinner plans set!

Show this flyer at Chipotle in Franklin or use the online order code and 25% goes to Children’s Museum of Franklin! 

Any easy way to “do good” for dinner"

Shared from -> https://www.instagram.com/p/DEdSWolvJDt/

Boston Globe: "Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden signed"

"President Joe Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and in other public service jobs.

Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it will also put strain on Social Security Trust Funds, which face a looming insolvency crisis.

Social Security Fairness Act

The bill rescinds two provisions — the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset — that limit Social Security benefits for recipients if they get retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement programs from a state or local government.

“The bill I’m signing today is about a simple proposition: Americans who have worked hard all their life to earn an honest living should be able to retire with economic security and dignity — that’s the entire purpose of the Social Security system,” Biden said during a signing ceremony in the White House East Room."

Continue reading the Globe article (subscription maybe required) -> 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/05/business/higher-social-security-payments/

Note: my wife and I stand to benefit from this change. She had worked in the private sector before spending 20+ years teaching in the Franklin School System. 

Franklin TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) schedule for Monday, Jan 6, 2024

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

9 AM 12 PM and 6 PM - Talkin’ the Blues – Jim Derick & Nick Remissong
2 hours of awesome blues music, info, interviews

11 AM 2 PM and 8 PM - Frank’s Music – with Frank Falvey

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

7:00 am Riffin' on Main Street: James McLaughlin

8:00 am SAFE Coalition: Michelle Palladini

9:00 am FPAC: The Nutcracker 2024

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Scones

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Salmon

1:00 pm Cooking Thyme: Centerpieces

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: White Pizza

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 7

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 8

4:00 pm Second Sunday Speaker Series: Twisted Sisters

5:30 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage Pt1

7:00 pm Frank Presents: Jim Derick

8:00 pm Circle of Friends: Heather Pierson Trio

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

8:00 am FHS Girls Varsity Basketball v Taunton 01-03-25

10:30 am Cultural Council: BT ALC Big Band

12:00 pm Public School Event: Annie Sullivan Winter Music 2022

1:30 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage Pt1

3:30 pm Public School Concert: MICCA Showcase Pt. 2 03-14-18

7:30 pm SAFE Coalition: Michelle Palladini

8:30 pm FHS Boys Varsity Hockey v Newburyport 12-31-24

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

8:00 am Planning Board 12-16-24

12:00 pm Economic Development 12-18-24

2:00 pm Planning Board 12-16-24

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: Sunday, January 5, 2025 ???

Sunday, January 5

• Fiber Art Installation Franklin Public Library 

1:00pm Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

2:00pm Weekend Watercolor (Franklin Public Library)

**   NO  Town Meetings today   **

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Why are there multiple calendars?

What's happening today in Franklin? 

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:

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/upcoming

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

Franklin, MA: Agenda for Town Council Meeting on January 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM

FRANKLIN TOWN COUNCIL

Agenda & Meeting Packet

January 8, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Meeting will be held at the Municipal Building

2nd floor, Council Chambers

355 East Central Street

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CHAIR

a. This meeting is being recorded by Franklin TV and shown on Comcast channel 9 and Verizon Channel 29. This meeting may be recorded by others.

b. Chair to identify members participating remotely.

c. Upcoming Town Sponsored Community Events.

2. CITIZEN COMMENTS

a. Citizens are welcome to express their views for up to three minutes on a matter that is not on the agenda. In compliance with G.L. Chapter 30A, Section 20 et seq, the Open Meeting Law, the Council cannot engage in a dialogue or comment on a matter raised during Citizen Comments. The Town Council may ask the Town Administrator to review the matter. Nothing herein shall prevent the Town Administrator from correcting a misstatement of fact.

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

a. December 18, 2024

4. PROCLAMATIONS / RECOGNITIONS - None Scheduled

5. APPOINTMENTS - None Scheduled

6. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 7:00 PM

a. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 24-917: A Zoning Bylaw to Amend Chapter 185 Section 3 of the Code of the Town of Franklin - Definitions, Accessory Dwelling Units.

i. Legislation for Action #9c

b. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 24-918: A Zoning Bylaw to Amend the Franklin Town Code at Chapter 185 Attachment 8, Use Regulations Schedule Part CVII: Accessory Uses

i. Legislation for Action #9d

c. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 24-919: A Zoning Bylaw to Amend Chapter 185 Section 20 of the Code of the Town of Franklin - Signs (at C. 3.) To be continued. (Motion to Continue Public Hearing of Zoning Bylaw Amendment 24-919 to January 22, 2025 at 7:00 pm - Majority Vote)

i. Legislation for Action #9e

d. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 24-920: A Zoning Bylaw to Amend Chapter 185 Section 20 of the Code of the Town of Franklin- Signs (at E.2.) To be continued. (Motion to Continue Public Hearing of Zoning Bylaw Amendment 24-920 to January 22, 2025 at 7:00 pm - Majority Vote)

i. Legislation for Action #9f

7. LICENSE TRANSACTIONS - None Scheduled

8. PRESENTATIONS / DISCUSSION

a. Franklin Ridge Senior Affordable Housing Project Update - Bryan Taberner, Director Director of

Department of Planning and Community

b. Residential Development & Subsidized Housing Inventory (SHI, aka Chapter 40B) Update - Bryan

Taberner, Director Director of Department of Planning and Community

9. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION

a. Bylaw Amendment 25-922: Amendment to Sewer System Map - First Reading

(Motion to Move Bylaw Amendment 25-922 to a Second Reading - Majority Vote)

b. Bylaw Amendment 25-933: Amendment to Water System Map - First Reading

(Motion to Move Bylaw Amendment 25-923 to a Second Reading - Majority Vote)

c. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 24-917: A Zoning Bylaw to Amend Chapter 185 Section 3 of the

Code of the Town of Franklin - Definitions, Accessory Dwelling Units. - First Reading

(Motion to Move Zoning Bylaw Amendment 25-923 to a Second Reading - Majority Vote)

d. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 24-918: A Zoning Bylaw to Amend the Franklin Town Code at

Chapter 185 Attachment 8, Use Regulations Schedule Part CVII: Accessory Uses - First

Reading (Motion to Move Zoning Bylaw Amendment 24-918 to a Second Reading - Majority Vote)

e. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 24-919: A Zoning Bylaw to Amend Chapter 185 Section 20 of the

Code of the Town of Franklin - Signs (at C. 3.) First Reading to be continued. (Motion to

Continue First Reading of Zoning Bylaw Amendment 24-919 to January 22, 2025 - Majority Vote)

f. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 24-920: A Zoning Bylaw to Amend Chapter 185 Section 20 of the

Code of the Town of Franklin- Signs (at E.2.) - First Reading to be continued. (Motion to

Continue First Reading of Zoning Bylaw Amendment 24-920 to January 22, 2025 - Majority Vote)

g. Resolution 25-01: Acceptance of Gifts - Senior Center ($1,672), Veterans Department ($3,125)

(Motion to Approve Resolution 25-01 - Majority Vote)

10. TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

11. SUBCOMMITTEE & AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS

a. Capital Budget Subcommittee

b. Economic Development Subcommittee

c. Budget Subcommittee

d. Master Plan Committee

e. Davis-Thayer Reuse Advisory Committee

f. Police Station Building Committee

g. GATRA Advisory Board

12. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

13. COUNCIL COMMENTS

14. EXECUTIVE SESSION - None Scheduled.

15. ADJOURN

Note: Two-Thirds Vote: requires 6 votes

Majority Vote: requires majority of members present and voting

Complete agenda doc on Town page -> 

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/tc_agenda_1.8.25.pdf

Accessory Dwelling Units

FHS girls hockey posts 2-1 win on Saturday

Via Twitter, Franklin TV, and our subscription to HockomockSports.com, we share the results of the Winter sports competition for Franklin High School on Saturday, January 4, 2025 

Boys Hockey = Franklin, 2 @ Canton, 3 – Final 

By Josh Perry, HockomockSports.com Managing Editor, 

"For the majority of Saturday night’s league showdown with Franklin at the Metropolis Rink, Canton looked to be in complete control. The Bulldogs had a significant edge in shots on goal, seemed to be a step quicker, and were the more physical team.

But, as usually happens when the two perennial powers of the Hockomock League square off, with 90 seconds left to play the Panthers were down by just a goal and had a man advantage. It is never easy to win this matchup.

Senior goalie Connor Geoghan came up huge, making a save on a point-blank chance with just 40 seconds to go and managing to keep the puck out of the net despite the massive scrum in the crease that ensued. It would be the final chance for the Panthers and helped Canton skate away with a 3-2 victory."

Continue reading the game recap (subscription required)

https://hockomocksports.com/canton-boys-hockey-holds-on-late-wins-league-matchup-with-franklin/

For a Photo Gallery from this game -> (subscription required)     https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2024-2025/Winter-2024-2025/Canton-Franklin-Boys-Hockey-01-04-25

Girls Hockey = Franklin, 2 @ Mansfield/Oliver Ames, 1 – Final 

By Ryan Lanigan, HockomockSports.com Editor, 

"Franklin hadn’t had a lead all game entering the final minutes of Saturday’s Hockomock clash against Mansfield/Oliver Ames, but with the way the Panthers were playing, first-year head coach Brendan LaMarre could feel it coming. 

The Warriors took the lead with a goal in the final seconds of the first period before the Panthers equalized five minutes into the second period. The game stayed level going into the final five minutes of the game.

Eighth-grader Olivia Heger started the play, collecting a pass from senior Hannah Auerr along the boards just outside her own blue line. She looked up and quickly fired a cross-ice pass to senior Maddie O’Brien, who had just come off the bench on a change. 

 

O’Brien carried to the net and tossed a backhand chance on goal that was denied by Mansfield/Oliver Ames sophomore goalie Cristina Coviello. The rebound popped in front and it was Heger who was there first to smack in the loose puck."

Continue reading the game recap (subscription required) ->

https://hockomocksports.com/hegers-third-period-goal-propels-franklin-girls-hockey-past-warriors/

For a Photo Gallery from this game (subscription required) -> 

https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2024-2025/Winter-2024-2025/MansfieldOliver-Ames-Franklin-Girls-Hockey-01-04-25

Wrestling = Natick Redhawk Duals (Franklin), 9:00AM

Great day of wrestling at Natick Redhawk duals, Franklin goes 2-3 with wins against Agawam and Plymouth and loses to Natick, Hopkinton and Mt. Hope.

https://x.com/FHSWrestle/status/1875646182267220420

Pins today at Natick Duals from Woodall (3), Swahn (1), Caccevelli (4), Carlucci (4), Sauer (3), Rosenberg (2), and LeBlanc (1)  OW goes to Roman Caccevelli for bumping up a wieght and going undefeated with 4 pins   https://x.com/FHSWrestle/status/1875647710872924666

For other results across the Hockomock League (subscription required)

https://hockomocksports.com/saturdays-schedule-scoreboard-01-04-25/

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

Franklin TV: Betterment - The product of progress

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 01/05/2025

We are seekers. It’s that quiet yet constant flame from someplace deep within us. Life is quite literally a fire that has no flame. Is it a ‘burning desire’? No. It’s in the background of our consciousness, smoldering. Subtle, but smoldering nonetheless.

In November we seek to embrace gratitude and be thankful. In December we seek the peace of the season. As days wane, these are months for emotional reckoning. A mental settling of accounts. Settling in.

In January, we tend to seek a bit more. What lies forward?

How to frame January? Hope becomes restless. What do we seek? Is it direction? Is it progress? There is a somewhat technical term that insurance companies often cite – ‘betterment’.

Betterment refers to items (and their value) that the insured attempts to include in a loss claim that were not a direct or consequent loss resulting from the loss event. In plain English, if you were in a minor fender-bender and tried to include your worn brakes in a claim, that’s betterment. You seek a better outcome from a loss. Earned or not, we seek to tip the scales in our favor.

So here we are in January. Post-holiday doldrums. Restless. Hope against shapeless dread?. Seeking.

Impatient? Some might say we’re, ‘antsy.’ We want to get things moving somehow. (Even as we strive to retrain our muscle memory to write ‘2025’ instead of ‘2024’ .)

Last week I quipped about my ersatz holiday – Putter Day. Even in jest, it serves a purpose. It reminds us that the desultory doing of things – puttering – is a way to engage – to move from stasis – to shift from seeking to starting. If you’re unsure about what to do, just do something, no matter how simple.

Our lives are filled with gains and losses. On January first, Putter Day is not just about that one day. It’s a start. It’s our way forward – to some form of earned betterment.

And – as always –

Thank you for watching.

Thank you for listening to wfpr●fm. 

And staying informed at Franklin●news.

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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Did you sign up for the FREE "Stop the Bleed!" training scheduled for January 22, 2025 ???

Stop the Bleed! - January 22, 2025

Stop the Bleed! - January 22, 2025

The Town of Franklin Health Department & Fire Department Present: Stop the Bleed!

Learn how to STOP THE BLEED and gain the ability to recognize life-threatening bleeding and act quickly and effectively to control bleeding.

When: Wednesday January 22, 2024 from 3:30PM to 4:30PM

Where: EOC Classroom, Franklin Fire Headquarters, 40 West Central St, Franklin MA

Shared from -> https://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/stop-bleed-january-22-2025

Memorandum: Jake Auchincloss’ Fourth Year in Congress

This year, the House GOP pursued a series of wedge issues, torpedoing bipartisan policies in subservience to Donald Trump. Congressman Jake Auchincloss remained focused on working left, right, and center to deliver local wins and bipartisan solutions for the Fourth District of Massachusetts. 

Congressman Auchincloss’ Legislative Victories and Representing Values

• As a “heavy hitter on national security issues,” Auchincloss remained a forceful voice against China, Iran, and Russia’s global axis of authoritarianism serving on the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.
• Served as Democratic co-chair of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party’s Fentanyl Policy Working Group, where he led three bipartisan bills to crack down on the Chinese Communist Party’s role in subsidizing fentanyl precursors and analogues by coordinating U.S. government actions and implementing sanctions and fines.
• As a Member of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, helped draft and pass the overwhelmingly bipartisan reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration, including improvements to air traffic control recruitment and training and his own legislation to help airports reduce congestion at the curb.
• Continued his leading role as an advocate for Ukraine’s right to defend itself from Russia’s invasion forces, and was a strong proponent for the congressional aid package earlier this year. 
• Led a letter with 52 House Members urging the Biden administration to pursue more vigorous Russian oil sanctions and questioning an exception granted to a U.S.-based company conducting business in Russia and fueling Vladimir Putin’s war economy. 
• Delivered cable hit after hit forcefully urging President Biden to remove all remaining restrictions on Ukraine’s use of U.S.-manufactured weapons in the final months of his presidency. Auchincloss’ Wall Street Journal op-ed implored Biden to enable Ukraine to deploy combined-arms tactics inside enemy territory, just as NATO militaries would. 
• Drafted and gained 60 bipartisan cosponsors for the “strongest set of reforms introduced in Congress to date” to tackle the prescription drug price-gouging abuses of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) – the middlemen of drug pricing – with the bipartisan Pharmacists Fight Back (PFB) Act 
• Confronted the surge in campus antisemitism by holding to account the eight colleges and universities scoring poorly on the ADL’s campus antisemitism report, and by leading a bipartisan letter with over 20 U.S. lawmakers urging the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to investigate these incidents on college campuses and issue a report to Congress with policy recommendations, as it did 20 years ago
• As an “outspoken advocate for gun violence reduction efforts,” wrote to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to encourage school districts to share federal resources available under the Biden administration on safe firearms storage with parents and guardians.
• Used his unique perspective as the youngest parent in the Democratic Caucus to take on trillion-dollar social media corporations on behalf of parents for their corrosive effects on youth mental health. He co-led the successful TikTok divestment bill and introduced his own legislation, the Verifying Kids Online Privacy Act, to raise the age of internet adulthood from 13 to 16 in support of replacing the phone-based childhood with the play-based childhood
• Worked across the aisle to tackle explicit deepfakes on social media – nearly 100% of which is non-consensual, intimate content of women. His legislation, the Intimate Privacy Protection Act, would amend Section 230 to prevent social media companies from evading their responsibility to remove deepfake pornography from their platforms.
•  Delivering Results at Home 

Since his first term in Congress, Congressman Auchincloss has secured tens of millions of dollars in water, transportation, and social services funding across the Massachusetts Fourth. The funds have fixed bridges, cleaned water, and unlocked land for housing. In the past year, he was able to secure over $7 million in FY24 Community Project Funding grants. 

In the past year, Auchincloss’ office provided assistance to constituents across all 35 cities and towns in MA-04:

• Nearly $1.494 million in tax refunds returned
• 1,270+ casework inquiries completed 
• 160+ people helped with Social Security benefits
• 400+ constituents helped with immigration issues
• Nearly 104,598 responses to constituents through emails, letters, and phone calls 

Recognized Leadership

Congressman Auchincloss received the Government Leader Award from the Massachusetts Society for Medical Research in recognition of his commitment to strong intellectual property protection for novel innovation, and health insurance reform that ensures first-dollar coverage for medicines.

Democratic Whip Katherine Clark stated “Jake Auchincloss is a policy leader on lowering patients’ prescription drug costs. In his first term, he helped negotiate and pass the law that empowered Medicare to negotiate drug prices. Now he’s at the forefront of efforts to ensure that health insurers improve patient access and lower out-of-pocket costs.

Shattering Echo Chambers

Congressman Auchincloss continued his aggressive “go everywhere” media strategy this year, using his voice as a “prominent, pragmatic, voice among younger members of the Democratic caucus” to reach diverse audiences. 

• During his fourth year in office, he made over 275 podcast, local media, and national television appearances. 
• While he represents some of the bluest zip codes in the country, the largest city in his district, Fall River, flipped red for President Trump for the first time since President Coolidge in 1924. Congressman Auchincloss appeals to both constituencies, as he is one of the Democrats that makes regular rounds on non-traditional media and conservative media outlets like Fox News.
• As part of this approach, Auchincloss has consistently shattered echo chambers on both the far right and far left: be it flipping the script on the GOP’s pandering to the NRA on conservative media, or pushing back on the far-left’s bad faith attacks on Israel. 
• This spring, Auchincloss garnered national headlines for calling out the far-left’s double-standard of failing to condemn the surge in antisemitic college protests. 
• Called a “particularly tough interrogator of PBM executives” at a House Oversight Hearing in July,  Auchincloss continued keeping the price-gouging abuses of PBMs at the forefront of national attention. Despite the GOP’s caving to the health insurance lobby at the end of this year, he will continue to put maximum pressure on PBMs next Congress. 

As we head into another year of Republican leadership and a second Donald Trump presidency,  Congressman Auchincloss will continue to defend democracy at home and abroad; uphold the rule of law and the sanctity of the Constitution; and advance bipartisan legislation to deliver results for Bay Staters.

Memorandum: Jake Auchincloss’ Fourth Year in Congress

Get your January 2025 guide to social resources from Hockomock Area YMCA

January 2025 guide to social resources

Hockomock Area YMCA (@HockomockYMCA) posted Sat, Jan 04, 2025:

 

"Our Y is committed to connecting people to available local resources and social support services as part of our Social Action Services initiative.

You can also download our resource guide here: https://t.co/moKRBSXIUp"

 

Shared from -> https://t.co/JmlXIKBMMj

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Saturday, January 4, 2025 ???

Saturday, January 4

• Fiber Art Installation Franklin Public Library 
• Trash/Recycle delayed one day (normal Friday, gets picked up today)

9:00am Thrifty Threads (Franklin Federated Church)

10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free) (Franklin Historical Museum)

10:00am LGBTQ Brunch with Friends (Maks Roast Beef and Breakfast)

2:00pm Craftalong for Adults (Franklin Public Library)

6:30pm Wicked Queer Game Night (Pete's Nerd Emporium)

8:00pm Karaoke (Raillery Public House)

**   NO  Town Meetings today   **

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

Why are there multiple calendars?

What's happening today in Franklin? 

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:

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/upcoming

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