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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
The countdown begins for Dean College "Global Day of Giving" on Feb 19
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
What's happening in Franklin, MA: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 ???
Tuesday, February 11
1:00pm The Underground Railroad (Franklin Senior Center)
6:00pm Family Game Night (Franklin Public Library)
7:00pm Musical Bingo (Raillery Public House)
7:00pm FBRTC Rail Trail Cmte Mtg (Franklin TV and Radio Studio)
** Town Meetings today **
6:00 PM Franklin School Committee Policy Subcommittee Meeting
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02112025-1569
7:00 PM Design Review Meeting
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/277?fileID=3598
7:00 PM Franklin School Committee Meeting
https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/School-Committee-35/?#_02112025-1571
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Why are there multiple calendars?
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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 Library calendar of events -> calendar link
The Senior Center calendar of events -> https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37&showPastEvents=false
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-calendars
The School district calendar is found https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendars
Knights of Columbus Scholarship Program 2025
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 2025 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, 2025
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 Columbus Sacred Heart Council 1847
Knights of Columbus Scholarship Program 2025 St Mary’s Parish c/o Michael Swan38 Madison Ave.Franklin 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
You can listen to this Cultural Conversation with Cory, John, and I (audio)
FM #1379 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1379 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares my Cultural Conversation with Cory Shea and John Ristaino in the Franklin TV & Franklin Public Radio Studio on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
Cory Shea, is the Town of Franklin Director of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy. Yes, a big title. John Ristaino, is the Chair of the Franklin Cultural Council.
We talk about the relationship between the Cultural Council and the Cultural District and Cory's role in helping with the collaboration between these two groups and with the cultural entities in Franklin.
We talk about the 6 priorities of the Council Council that guided their grant process. The applicants should have addressed these priorities in their application and in many cases worked with the Council to clarify what was being asked for and what would be done with the grant.
The recording runs about 48 minutes. Let’s listen to this Cultural Conversation with Cory & John. Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1379-franklin-ma-cultural-conversation-01-28-25/
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Town of Franklin page https://www.franklinma.gov/
Cultural District page https://www.franklinculture.org/
Cultural District Committee page https://www.franklinma.gov/593/Cultural-District-Committee
Cultural Council Committee page https://www.franklinma.gov/590/Cultural-Council
Community calendar https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar
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I hope you enjoy!
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Franklin is not alone in facing school district funding issues
"Residents of this town near the New Hampshire border have been on a roller coaster since early December over the future of its only school, which has just 150 students.At first the news was bleak: Ashby Elementary was one of two schools the North Middlesex Regional School Committee targeted for closure in December to remedy a projected $3.5 million shortfall for next year. One month later, the committee rescinded that vote, which also spared Spaulding Memorial School in neighboring Townsend.
school district funding issues But then on Thursday night, the committee moved forward with shuttering Ashby as part of the superintendent’s proposed budget, which would also likely require voters approve a tax increase to fully address the shortfall.“It’s going to be detrimental to the community,” said Richie Sun, who has children in the second and third grades at Ashby. “People will move out and people won’t move in. Home prices will fall.”
Continue reading the article online -> (subscription may be required)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/09/metro/massachusetts-school-districts-budget-cuts-inflation/- FRANKLIN TOWN HALL TV - YouTube https://bit.ly/FTV-TownHall
Save the Date! Annual Spring Ladybug Trail Walk - April 26, 2025
via the Franklin Downtown Partnership (FDP)
SAVE THE DATE!
This year's Ladybug Trail Walk will be Saturday, April 26 (rain date April 27)
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| Spring Ladybug Trail Walk |
We invite FDP business members to participate by offering a fun ladybug themed item or promotion to encourage residents to visit your business.
Please send us your ideas by February 27 if you would like to participate so we can get you listed in the promotional materials.
Send to Downtown.Franklin@yahoo.com
TIME TO THINK SPRING!!!!!!
Abundant Housing MA schedules 2 events; 1 features Building Equitable Neighborhoods for Franklin (BEN 4 Franklin)
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February Monthly Meeting for the Franklin Bellingham Rail Trail Cmte scheduled for Franklin TV at 7 PM
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