Franklin Public Radio wfpr.fm schedule for Thursday, October 23, 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:

Franklin Public Radio wfpr.fm schedule for Thursday

8:00 AM, 1:00 PM, and 6:00 PM - Franklin Matters Radio – Steve Sherlock covering Franklin, its local government, services, and events 

• This segment shares my conversation with Hannah Seiber who is focused on tutoring students in foster care as they are left out of the formal process  https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/10/hannah-talks-about-her-drive-to-tutor.html

9:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 7:00 PM - first hour

10:00 AM, 3:00 PM, and 8:00 PM - second hour

Turntable – "Enjoy a fun experience with co-hosts The Vibe and Pauly G sharing personal discussions about a featured rock n roll vinyl record (1st hour) and the best, all music Vibe Playlist (2nd hour)"  

• "The Turntable Show Album Hour" features "Parachutes" from Coldplay.  Parachutes, released July 10, 2000, is Coldplay's award winning debut record. The album reached double-platinum status and picked up a Best Alternative Music Album GRAMMY Award , establishing Coldplay as a major force in alternative rock.   The album also received a Brit Award for British Album of the Year in 2001. The combination of the Grammy win, BRIT Award win, and a Mercury Prize nomination represents the “triple crown” of British music industry recognition - covering American, British, and artistic/critical acclaim respectively.  This established Parachutes as not just a commercial success but also a critically respected debut that would launch one of the biggest bands of the 21st century. 
• The Vibe Playlist Hour delivers Coldplay music and amazing performances LIVE for Turntable listeners to experience real Coldplay."

Find the playlist ->  https://tinyurl.com/TurntablePlaylists

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 Thursday, October 23, 2025 (Your local Public, Education & Government "PEG" station)

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

9:00 am Talk Franklin: Old Colony Habitat for Humanity

10:30 am Pickleball Tournament: Pickleball Tournament

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Candy Apples

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Stromboli

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Salmon

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

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 6

3:00 pm Riffin' on Main Street: Katherine Kennedy

4:00 pm Election 2025: Town Council - Stephen Malloy

4:32 pm Election 2025: School Committee - KP Sompally

5:00 pm Election 2025: Town Council - Gene Grella

5:30 pm Election 2025: Town Council - Robert Dellorco

6:30 pm Election 2025: Planning Board - William Lee IV

7:00 pm Frank Presents: Ken Ojukwu

7:30 pm Frank's Musings: Supreme Court

9:00 pm Circle of Friends: Joe Jencks

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

7:00 am FHS Winter Band 2022

8:30 am FHS Winter Music: Band 2024

10:00 am FHS Varsity Field Hockey v King Philip 10-09-25

12:00 pm FHS Varsity Volleyball: v Taunton 09-18-23

2:00 pm Universe of Adolescent Sleep

3:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Pete Smith

8:30 pm Critical Conversations: Student Wellbeing

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

8:00 am Conservation Commission 10-16-25

2:00 pm Conservation Commission 10-16-25

7:30 pm Zoning Board of Appeals  CHAMBERS  967 4241 1021

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: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 ??

Wednesday, October 22

What's happening in Franklin, MA

FHS Unified Basketball Fundraiser  https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/10/franklin-high-school-unified-sports.html

8:00am In Person Early Voting (Town Clerk's Office) 

4:00pm Pumpkin Patch (St John's Episcopal Church)

Library & Senior Center events

For additional details on Library events ->    https://www.franklinma.gov/942/Calendar-of-Events

For additional details on Senior Center events ->   

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

**  Town Meetings today   **

Finance Committee Meeting

Wednesday, October 22 Time: 5:30 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10222025-1961

Cultural District Monthly Meeting

Wednesday, October 22 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7219/FCD_Agenda_October-2?bidId=

Town Council Meeting

Wednesday, October 22 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10222025-1962

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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

Preserve Franklin's Neighborhoods - Support Responsible Siting of Cell Phone Towers

Support Responsible Siting of Cell Phone Towers in OUR Neighborhood and ALL Franklin’s Neighborhoods!

Vertex Towers proposed constructing an ugly 104-foot-tall Cell Tower on the VFW Hall Property on Pond Street. It will have a detrimental effect to both the residential neighborhood, and the vast forest and wetlands that the VFW Hall property abuts. Our home’s resale values will deplete 20-40%. Consequently, the “Zillow” effect will reduce values of homes further afield, well throughout the surrounding neighborhoods.

Read or download the PDF flyer for additional info -> 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11oL281GJQKekVjy6AgKqRIhMgRnkbdT0/view?usp=drive_link

• Submitted by Mary Brigid Barrett

Preserve Franklin's Neighborhoods - Support Responsible Siting of Cell Phone Towers

This is a new item for the Zoning Board of Appeals agenda for the Oct 23 scheduled meeting ->    https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10232025-1947

Building Equitable Neighborhoods for Franklin (BEN 4 Franklin) is proud to endorse six candidates for Franklin Town Council

Building Equitable Neighborhoods for Franklin (BEN 4 Franklin) is proud to endorse six candidates for Franklin Town Council: Thomas Mercer, Maxwell Morrongiello, Patrick Sheridan, Ken Ojukwu, Michael LeBlanc, and Glenn Jones.

In early October, BEN 4 Franklin shared a questionnaire with all Town Council candidates to learn more about their views on housing, neighborhood planning, and Franklin’s long-term growth. Candidates were informed that their answers would be published publicly and that BEN may choose to endorse those whose values align with the group’s mission. 

BEN is endorsing all six candidates who responded to the questionnaire, each of whom expressed a thoughtful commitment to keeping Franklin an affordable, welcoming, and financially healthy place to live.

“We’re encouraged to see these candidates engaging seriously with the challenges facing Franklin - from rising housing costs, to operating budget pressure, to the need for smart, balanced development,” said Mark Minnichelli, Co-Chair of BEN 4 Franklin. “These six candidates share our vision of a vibrant, welcoming, and financially-strong Franklin.”

Building Equitable Neighborhoods
for Franklin (BEN 4 Franklin)

The full questionnaire and candidate responses are posted at ben4franklin.org/2025-election. The survey asked candidates about topics such as expanding housing choices, supporting small businesses downtown, and implementing the 2025 Franklin Master Plan.

Building Equitable Neighborhoods for Franklin is a volunteer community group that envisions a Franklin where everyone can find a home and feel connected to their neighborhood. Guided by the Franklin for All report, BEN advocates for housing options that fit every stage of life, walkable neighborhoods, and thoughtful growth that protects the town’s character while strengthening its finances.

Residents can learn more about BEN’s work and sign up for updates at ben4franklin.org.

2025 Biennial Election - Board of Health - write in candidate Christine Mucciarone (video)

Christine Mucciarone, write in candidate for Board of Health, is the next in the series of interviews to share and help create informed voters in advance of the 2025 Biennial Election held at FHS on November 4.  

Early voting began Oct 17 and continues through Oct 31 in the Town Clerk office during business hours. 

Video link -> https://youtu.be/fLPckZEuvdE

2025 Town of Franklin Biennial Election

School Committee Chair Callaghan condenses their recent meeting in this Chalkboard Chat session (audio)

FM #1552 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1552 in the series. 

This session shares my conversation with School Committee Chairperson Dave Callaghan. This is a new episode of our continuing “Chalkboard Chat” series. We had our discussion via Zoom on Thursday, October 16, 2025. We had the opportunity to recap the School Committee meeting of October 14, 2025. 

 

We cover 

• Superintendent’s Report

• Budget book, zero based budget effort

• Teacher evaluations underway

• Update on clubs for FHS & Middle School

• FHS club fair held, 35 clubs presented, looking to finalize what's active with signups and payments to confirm membership. If not all to operate there are additional proposals being developed that could be implemented in lieu of some that didn't make it. High school has a late bus confirmed, awaiting word from bus company on one for the middle school

• Middle school working on confirming advisors and also setting survey to determine student club interest. Hopeful of get the matching done during November

• Franklin Food Pantry presentation by Laura Doherty and Tina Powderly. Much work to create awareness, address stigma, expand the availability of food for those who need it. Lots of coordination, collaboration underway with the School District, more to come. Empty Bowls will continue, looking also to expand and offer bowl workshops outside of the high school to the community. Looking into why middle school students who were part of the back pack program don't continue with it into high school

• Good of the order raised the following items

• Consideration of removing restrictions on citizen comment about something on the agenda, esp. now as it is at the end of the meeting; could be an opportunity to gain immediate feedback on something discussed during the meeting

• A public education slot to share info on current topics, to help address the misinformation still bantered about in the social media channels

• Do something to help the new Town Council get up to speed quickly, perhaps to include a tour of the schools, many don't seem aware of the details of daily operations

• Entered into Executive Session not to return to open meeting

The meeting recap runs about 30 minutes, so let’s listen in.

Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1552-chalkboard-chat-10-16-25/

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School Committee Chair Callaghan condenses
their recent meeting in this
Chalkboard Chat session (audio)

Contact info for Dave Callaghan -> callaghand@franklinps.net   

Franklin TV video is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEwf-tNffMs 

The agenda doc -> https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142025-1948 

The packet folder also contains other docs released before or after the meeting

https://www.franklinps.net/documents/departments/school-committee/meeting-packets/2025---26-meeting-packets/october-14%2C-2025-sc-meeting-packet/857413 

My full set of notes in one PDF -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dKcjoQ-fFsLF7j1sNbpxy6QuusaqtBZG/view?usp=drive_link 

Franklin Food Pantry Infographic as shared during the meeting -> 

Franklin Food Pantry Infographic

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FHS girls soccer tops Nashoba on Tuesday

Via Twitter, Franklin TV, and our subscription to HockomockSports.com, we share the results of the Fall sports competition for Franklin High School on Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Boys Soccer = Franklin, 0 vs. Brockton, 4 – Final

Franklin TV video is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUhz8K7k7IA

Girls Soccer = Franklin, 7 @ Nashoba, 0 – Final

For other results across the Hockomock League (subscription required)  

https://hockomocksports.com/tuesdays-schedule-scoreboard-10-21-25/

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

Virtual Author series coming to Franklin Middle School via An Unlikely Story

Virtual Author series coming to
Franklin Middle School via An Unlikely Story

FMS Reading Specialist Ms. O'Leary announces Authors Encompassed, a special speaker series that will introduce middle school students to authors, illustrators, and other professionals in our community. This event is made possible by a collaboration with An Unlikely Story.

Session 1 is Friday 10/24 during Compass. We will welcome Norman Ollestad and Brendan Kiely who will meet virtually to discuss their new book Sole Survivor.

Spots are limited. All interested students should sign up using the Form. There is a QR code to purchase copies of Sole Survivor from An Unlikely Story.

See the flyer here: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4780/FMS/6102426/Authors_Encompassed_v.2.pdf

Order form (QR Code translated) ->    https://anunlikelystory.indiecommerce.com/book/9780374392611

Shared from -> https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BdZFCJ65D/