Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule for Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Yes, Franklin has it's own radio station -> wfpr.fm. Franklin Public Radio introduced a brand new schedule early in 2025 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:

 

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule for Wednesday

8:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM   Franklin Matters Radio – Steve Sherlock 

Franklin and its local government, services and events  (repeats Saturday at 2 PM)  

• This repeats my conversation with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen & School Supt Lucas Giguere on the closing out of FY 2025 -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/07/jamie-and-lucas-close-out-fy-2025-look.html

9:00 AM, 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM  The Wonderful World of Wine – Mark Lenzi, Kim Simone  All about wine, its culture, lore and finer points.    (repeats Saturday at 1 PM)  

• Hosts Kim Simone and Mark Lenzi have a captivating discussion about the world of Italian wine with the esteemed Shelley Lindgren ->   https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/07/the-wonderful-world-of-wine-www-shelley.html

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

Franklin TV schedule for Wednesday, July 16, 2025

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

7:30 am Mental Health: Abigail Drake

8:30 am FSPA: Spring 2025 Show 2

10:00 am More Perfect Union: D. E. I.

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Lasagna

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin': Peppers

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Pies

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 2

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

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 8

3:30 pm 4th of July 2023: School of Rock

5:30 pm Franklin Matters: Electric Youth

8:30 pm Circle of Friends: Garnet Rogers

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

7:00 am Public School Event: Remington Spring Music '22

8:30 am FHS Spring Jazz 2025

10:00 am SAFE Coalition: Overdose Awareness Day 2024

11:00 am Lifelong Music Spring 2025: Strings School

12:30 pm FHS Varsity Softball v Taunton 04-09-25

4:00 pm Tri County Graduation 2025

6:00 pm FHS Graduation 2025

8:30 pm FHS Varsity Baseball v Wachusett 04-24-25

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

8:00 am Town Council 06-18-25

2:00 pm Town Council 06-18-25

5:45 pm    Economic Development Committee  CHAMBERS or 3rd FLOOR  819 0476 3421

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: Tuesday, July 15, 2025 ???

Library & Senior Center events 

Tuesday, July 15

5:00pm Youth Summer Track Meet (Franklin High School)

6:00pm Table Top (Franklin Public Library)

7:30pm Smart Phone Trivia (Teddy Gallagher's Irish Pub)

For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->        

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** Town Meetings today   **

OPEB Board of Trustees Meeting

Tuesday, July 15 Time: 11:00 AM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07152025-1813 

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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

Nomination papers for Town of Franklin Election available Aug 4, 2025

Monday, August 4 – Nomination papers available (by appointment only) in the Town Clerk's Office. Please check our website for hours.

Monday, September 15 by 4:00 PM – Signed Nomination papers must be submitted to the Town Clerk's Office for certification

Monday, September 22 by 4:00 PM- Last day to withdraw your candidacy

Nomination papers for Town of Franklin
Election available Aug 4, 2025

Saturday, October 25 – Last day to register to vote from 9 AM to 5 PM in the Town Clerk's Office by appointment only or register online at http://www.sec.state.ma.us

Please visit our website www.franklinma.gov/town-clerk or call the Town Clerk's Office at 508-520-4900 for any questions.

Download the list of available positions ->   https://drive.google.com/file/d/18_OEf8M8YNVj4iCTeaPXo8bLnXZ2UuUn/view?usp=drive_link

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 080 - The Thousand Hour Lesson Chapter 4, The Writer's Group, Love, Memorial Day, and much more (audio)

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about their group, Bob gives us the fourth chapter in The Thousand Hour Lesson, love poems, an unlikely hike, Memorial Day, and why would anyone?

Audio link -> https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episode/episode-080-the-thousand-hour-lesson-chapter-4-the-writers-group-love-memorial-day-and-much-more-

Senior Story Hour - WFPR

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group

Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 

Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

"Where's the Toast?" Memory Cafe - Wednesday, July 16 at 1 PM

"Where's the Toast?" Memory Cafe
 - Wednesday, July 16 at 1 PM

Hello All,

We welcome you to join us at our monthly "Where's The Toast?!" Memory Cafe on Wednesday, July 16 at 1pm.  

Our memory cafe is free and open to those in the community who are living with memory loss, their families and caregivers.

This month is generously sponsored by Salmon Health & Retirement The Willows in Medway and features the music of Mike Tarara!  

Please RSVP to save your spot and share with those who may want to join us.  

Ariel

--

Ariel Doggett

PROGRAMMING & VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR | COUNCIL ON AGING

Franklin Senior Center

10 Daniel McCahill St. 

Franklin, Massachusetts 02038-1352

O. 508-520-4945
F. 508-520-4917
E. adoggett@franklinma.gov

https://www.franklinma.gov/583/Franklin-Senior-Center-Council-on-Aging

 

NY Times: "A New Era of Hunger Has Begun"

By Tracy Kidder:

NY Times: "A New Era of Hunger Has Begun"

"Parts of Easthampton, an old mill town in western Massachusetts, look like relics of industrial New England — the old workers’ rowhouses, for instance. In other parts, it seems like a place in renaissance, with converted factory buildings spruced up and reinhabited by art galleries, restaurants, shops. Pedestrians fill the sidewalks on Friday and Saturday nights, especially during monthly art walk evenings. But on Monday mornings, when the downtown feels shuttered, another sort of crowd, one in search of food, not art and entertainment, gathers on a side street outside a 19th-century brick building. A sign out front identifies it as the Easthampton Community Center and Food Pantry.

The center distributes free groceries on Mondays and Wednesdays, but Monday is usually busier, because many people it serves have run out of food by then. By 9 a.m. on a Monday in June, a line of people with shopping bags extended from the sidewalk across the parking lot to the first of the food stations alongside the old building. There, clients are greeted by volunteers with friendly faces and helpful voices, offering milk and eggs, a selection of breads and pastries, frozen meat, fruit and vegetables. Inside, another team of volunteers assembles bags of canned and packaged food, some for adults, others for children."

Gift article link -> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opinion/america-safety-net.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WU8.7Ufx.sJO5TyPQMr2k&smid=url-share

Senior Center Poetry Day - Oct 25, 2017 (video)

From deep in the Franklin TV video archives comes this recording of the Poetry Day held at the Senior Center on October 25, 2017.

video link -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4LPTfBJ_vk

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule for Tuesday, July 15, 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:

wfpr.fm Schedule for Tuesday, Franklin Public Radio

Tuesday

SAFE Radio – Jim Derick and Dr. Anne Bergen Addressing issues of Drug Abuse Disorder 

Jazz Journey – with Pamela Hines - An insightful tour of Jazz Greats in a golden era

Franklin Public Radio wfpr.fm Schedule for Tuesday

Franklin TV schedule for Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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

7:30 am Joe Landry: The Railroad in Franklin

9:00 am Mental Health: Abigail Drake

10:00 am Frank's Musings: Supreme Court

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin': Peppers

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Pies

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 2

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

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 8

3:30 pm Riffing on Main Street: Amy Adams

4:30 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage 2

6:00 pm Horace Mann PSA

6:30 pm Sons & Daughters of Italy: Ciambotta

7:30 pm Strawberry Stroll 2025

8:00 pm 4th of July 2023: School of Rock

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

7:00 am Public School Event: Remington Spring Music '22

8:30 am FHS Spring Jazz 2025

10:00 am Mental Health: Abigail Drake

12:30 pm All-Town Showcase 2024: Chorus and Orchestra

2:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Lacrosse v Taunton 04-10-25

4:30 pm Tri County Graduation 2025

8:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage 2

9:00 pm FHSTC: Urinetown

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

8:00 am  School Committee 06-10-25

2:00 pm  School Committee 06-10-25 

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

Watch Listen Read all things that matter in Franklin MA

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Monday, July 14, 2025 ???

Monday, July 14

Library & Senior Center events 

8:00am Golf Tournament Fundraiser for FHS Panther Hockey (Franklin Country Club)

6:30pm Southeastern MA Community Concert Band (Franklin Senior Center)

For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->        

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** NO Town Meetings today   **

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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