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| Plan your Porchfest day on Saturday, June 7 from noon to 6 PM |
Whether you're a performer or a music lover, come be part of the rhythm that brings Franklin to life.
Check out the full schedule and map at franklin.porchfest.info
Friday, June 6, 2025
Plan your Porchfest day on Saturday, June 7 from noon to 6 PM
Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Friday, June 6, 2025
Yes, Franklin has it's own radio station -> wfpr.fm. Franklin Public Radio has a brand new schedule for the locally produced shows that fill our air waves.
It is available anywhere, anytime at wfpr.fm or in the local Franklin, MA area at 102.9 on the FM dial.
Tune in to listen to the following:
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| Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Friday |
8:00 AM, 1:00 PM, and 6:00 PM - Franklin Matters Radio – Steve Sherlock covering Franklin, its local government, services, and events
- This features my Town Council Quarterbacking session with Tom Mercer as we review the budget hearings of May 21 & May 22 https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/05/tom-mercer-i-condense-2-budget-hearings.html
9:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 7:00 PM
10:00 AM, 3:00 PM, and 8:00 PM - Talkin’ the Blues – Jim Derick & Nick Remissong. 2 hours of awesome blues music, info, interviews
11:00 AM, 4:00 PM, and 9:00 PM - “The Vibe” show plays music for everyone searching for some enjoyment, some dance, a happy or thinking mood, and most importantly, having fun. Tune in to wfpr.fm and listen to “DJ Vibe” spin music across many genres and join this new vibing experience
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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Franklin TV schedule for Friday, June 6, 2025
Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = FRIDAY
7:00 am Franklin Art Association: Christine West
8:30 am Frank Presents: Jay Elias Pt 2
10:00 am Riffing on Main Street: Steve Sherlock
11:00 am Senior Connection: Spaghetti Bolognese
12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Scones
12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Mac 'n' Cheese
1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Shrimp, Tomato & Greens Pizzetta
2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2019 Show 8
3:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Shaun Hart Pt 1
4:00 pm ArtWeek: Airmen of Note
9:30 pm PorchFest Pt 2
- Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = FRIDAY
7:00 am Lifelong Music Spring 2025: Band and Glee
8:30 am Mental Health: Max Morrongiello
9:30 am FHS Spring Jazz 2025
11:00 am FHS Senior Awards Night 2025
1:30 pm Arts Advocacy Day: Marketing
2:30 pm Lifelong Music Spring 2025: Strings School
9:00 pm Franklin Footlighters: High School Musical Jr.
- Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = FRIDAY
8:00 am Zoning Board of Appeals 05-08-25
2:00 pm Zoning Board of Appeals 05-08-25
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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Thursday, June 5, 2025
What's happening in Franklin, MA: Thursday, June 5, 2025 ???
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| Library & Senior Center events |
5:00pm Board Game Night (Pete's Nerd Emporium)
6:00pm RMS Concert (Horace Mann School)
7:00pm 350 Mass Greater Franklin Node Meeting (First Universalist Society Franklin)
7:30pm Musical Bingo (Teddy Gallagher's Irish Pub)
For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->
** Town Meetings today **
Cultural District Committee June Meeting
Thursday, June 5 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5813/CDC-Agenda_Meeting_june_2025docx?bidId=
Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) Meeting
Thursday, June 5 Time: 7:30 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06052025-1744
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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 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-calendar
The School district calendar is found https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar
Town Council follows through approving the forecasted $3.8M budget cuts resulting from failed override (video)
The Franklin (MA) Town Council met as scheduled on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. The meeting was delayed starting but all 9 councilors were present in Council Chambers with a full audience and at least another 50+ via Zoom.
Franklin TV video is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/live/_f72Yd8VXz0?&t=316
The agenda doc was updated Wednesday afternoon to add the Option B and Options A & B comparisons for the discussion on the budget cuts.
Option A & B Comparison -> https://www.franklinma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5883/FY26-Control-Sheet-and-Voting-Doc-COMPARISON
Option B -> https://www.franklinma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5882/FY26-Control-Sheet-and-Voting-Doc-OPTION-B
Quick recap:
- After the 5 minutes late start, the public hearing on the FY 2026 budget was resumed from the May 22 session.
- Town Administrator Jamie Hellen walked through the recap and explained the Option A& B using 3 slides (see below) as well as the Option A & B voting docs (linked above)
- Chief Lynch, Chief McLaughlin, Supt Giguere, and Library Director Oti spoke of the cut impacts to their operations but approved of them as necessary due to the failed override
- Supt Giguere confirmed the full details of their cuts would be reviewed with the School Cmte at their meeting June 10. Of the projected 10-15 personnel, he confirmed likely 12 FTE positions, some teachers, some retirees not being backfilled and other personnel across the district as well as the fees would need to remain as they are this year
- The public then had an opportunity to comment or question the cuts as proposed. Those in Chambers went first before those on Zoom, and all were covered before the Councilors had their turn.
- The vote finally came to approve the cuts as proposed:
- 2 personnel from Police Dept (currently open slots not to be backfilled as had been planned)
- 2 personnel from Fire Dept (currently 1 open position not backfilled, and the last hired will also be leaving)
- This does take the 3rd ambulance offline increasing response times and creates a lose of revenue (for the ambulance runs if required to hospital)
- 1 admin position for Town Administrators office
- 1 from Planning & Community Development
- 1 from Board of Assessors
- the part-time nurse at the Senior Center
- DPW cuts their summer intern program (unspecified number of positions for summer help)
- Library Sunday hours (during the winter, there are open during the summer)
- additional expenses were reduced to bring to the total required (see Option B for details)
Personnel cuts by my tally = 8 Town side, 12 school side, plus expenses (PS - this tally was confirmed with our Town Administrator Jamie Hellen via email)
- The meeting then went through the long series of votes to approve the final budget, the salary for the Town Clerk, the Community Preservation Act budget before closing just after 11 PM
My full set of notes as written during the meeting
The 3 slides Jamie talked to in his explanation of Option B
Kris Russell and I talk about the 15th Anniversary of The Drummers Studio (audio)
FM #1461 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1461 in the series.
This session shares my conversation about the 15th Anniversary of The Drummers Studio. I talk with Kris Russell, owner, operator, and drummer extraordinaire. We recorded this conversation in the “Honeycomb Hive” or “Chemistry Lab” on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.
We cover the following in our conversation
Kris’ journey to Franklin
Creation of The Drummers Studio
Educational approach
15th Anniversary celebration June 21 at Bellingham High
Kris gives us about a 2 minute musical sample, the drum track to David Bowie's Let’s Dance song.
The recording runs about 53 minutes
Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1461-15th-anniversary-of-the-drummers-studio-05-2825/
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The Drummers Studio -> https://thedrummersstudio.com/
Info on the 15th Anniversary celebration at Bellingham High on June 21
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/05/the-drummers-studio-15th-anniversary.html
Kris plays the drum part of David Bowie’s Let’s Dance, about 2 minutes worth …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbD_kBJc_gI
Links to some of the items mentioned during our conversation
The California based drum corp -> https://muiralumnidrumcorp.org/ (Note: link may not work in all browsers, must be some host based security setting at issue)
The Drummers' Studio 15th Anniversary Celebration - June 21 Recent guest to the Studio -> https://www.carlitomendoza.com/
The eclectic drum kits referenced -> https://www.roland.com/us/categories/drums_percussion/v-drums_kits/
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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
And if you have interest in reporting on meetings or events, please reach out. We’ll share and show you what and how we do what we do
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!
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FHS softball, girls & boys lacrosse teams end playoff runs on Wednesday
Via Twitter, Franklin TV, and our subscription to HockomockSports.com, we share the results of the Spring sports playoff results for Franklin High School on Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Softball = Division 1
#11 Franklin, 0 @ #6 Lincoln-Sudbury, 2 – Final
Boys Lacrosse = Division 1
#12 Franklin, 5 @ #5 Acton-Boxboro, 16 – Final
Girls Lacrosse = Division 1
#10 Andover, 7 @ #7 Franklin, 3 – Final
Franklin TV video -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f20bB1OvWgo
For other results around the Hockomock League (subscription is required)
https://hockomocksports.com/wednesdays-schedule-scoreboard-06-04-25/
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| FHS girls & boys lacrosse, baseball & softball advance in playoffs (video) |
Get your tickets for the FHS performance of "Urinetown, The Musical" - June 13 & June 14
Tickets are available online through Unipay for Franklin High School. Tickets can also be purchased at the door with cash or card.
Go to Unipay, select Franklin High School and then Urinetown will appear in the left side menu -> https://unipaygold.unibank.com/transactioninfo.aspx
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