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| Winter hours for Pour Richard's effective January 4, 2026 |
Winter Hours are live this week!
Closed Mondays, Open Sunday 11-5 PM, every other day hours remain the same!
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Sunday, January 4, 2026
Winter hours for Pour Richard's effective January 4, 2026
Planning for 2026? Add Identity Theft Awareness Week to your calendar
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Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Sunday, January 4, 2026
Yes, Franklin has it's own radio station -> wfpr.fm. Franklin Public Radio has a schedule full of 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 Sunday |
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 Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Sunday |
Saturday, January 3, 2026
What's happening in Franklin, MA: Saturday, January 3, 2026 ???
10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free)
10:00am Franklin in Miniature (Train Town 3) (Franklin Historical Museum)
10:00am Brunch with Non Scene Friends (Maks Roast Beef and Breakfast)
10:30am Rainforest Reptiles! (Franklin Public Library)
12:00pm Nerf Battlefield at the farm (ticketed event) (Fairmount Fruit Farm)
2:00pm Nerf Battlefield at the farm (ticketed event)(Fairmount Fruit Farm)
7:00pm Ken Barney (live music) (Bucatino Restaurant and Wine Bar)
8:00pm Karaoke at The Raillery (Raillery Public House)
8:00pm Sheamus McShea (live music) (Teddy Gallagher's Irish Pub)
** NO Town Meetings today **
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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
The School district calendar is found https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar
The 444 East Central St decision doc is final and posted
As promised during the Dec 23, 2025 Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, the final decision doc was going to be finished and filed with the Town Clerk by year end.
The 38 page decision is indeed marked with the Town Clerk seal and posted to the ZBA page dated 12/31/25.
Link to Town page for doc -> https://www.franklinma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8024/444-E-Central-St-Record-and-Decision-with-Clerk-Stamp
As an abutter, I also received this post card in the mail on Friday:
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| The 444 East Central St decision doc is final and posted |
Embedded version of doc (for ease of reading):
Link to the ZBA meeting video and associated documents -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/12/zba-votes-is-2-1-for-444-east-central.html
Both FHS girls & boys (video) basketball teams top Taunton on Friday
Via Instagram, Franklin TV, and our subscription to HockomockSports.com, we share the results of the Winter sports competition for Franklin High School on Friday, January 2, 2026
Boys Basketball = Taunton, 50 @ Franklin, 64 – Final
Franklin TV video available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvwrGKKYm1o
By Ryan Lanigan || HockomockSports.com Editor
"First-year Franklin head coach Mike Masto preaches that experience is the best teacher.
On Friday afternoon, the Panthers – who feature a roster that’s mostly filled with players getting used to the varsity level – showed they’re starting to learn on the fly.
Franklin put it all together with a dominant third period, turning a close game at halftime into a comfortable 64-50 win over visiting Taunton.
Coming off a tough loss to Winchester in which the Panthers struggled on the offensive end in the second half, Franklin got contributions from up-and-down the lineup against the Tigers."
Continue reading the game recap -> https://hockomocksports.com/third-quarter-surge-powers-franklin-boys-basketball-past-tigers/
For a photo gallery from this game -> https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2025-2026/Winter-2025-2026/Franklin-Taunton-Boys-Basketball-01-02-26
Girls Basketball = Franklin, 64 @ Taunton, 57 – Final
By Josh Perry || HockomockSports.com Managing Editor, provides the game recap :
"Midway through the third quarter of Friday’s matinee at the Rabouin Field House, Tessah Rodrigues drove into the lane and kicked it out to Sophia Sacramone for a wide open three on the wing. It was Sacramone’s third triple of the quarter and pushed Franklin’s lead to 46-21.
The Panthers looked home and dry and well on their way to a first league win of the season, but no one told Taunton that the game was over.
With a 25-point fourth quarter, including 10 in the first 90 seconds of the frame, Taunton clawed its way back into the game. The Tigers would trim the deficit to as few as six points in the closing seconds before Franklin finally saw out a 64-57 victory."
Continue reading the recap (subscription required) ->
For a photo gallery from this game (subscription required) -> https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2025-2026/Winter-2025-2026/Taunton-Franklin-Girls-Basketball-01-02-26
Gymnastics = Franklin, 132.30 @ Mansfield, 140.80 – Final
– Mansfield built some separation on the bars and floor and had three of the top four scores in three events in a win over Franklin. Paige Austin led the Hornets with victories on bars (9.65) and floor (9.45) and captured the all-around title with a 37.3. Ava Redding finished second on bars with a 9.5, second on beam with a 9.3, and third on floor with an 8.9, while Sophie Moore placed third on vault (9.0), third on beam (9.2), and second on floor (9.3). Franklin was paced by Alivia Hess, who won vault (9.3) and beam (9.4), placed third on bars (9.2), and finished second in the all-around with a 36.45. Ciara O’Brien added an 8.3 on vault for Franklin while Abby Robillard posted a 32.8 in the all around.
For other results across the Hockomock League (subscription required)
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| FHS Panther sports results shared via Twitter & subscription to HockomockSports.com |
Beaver St. Interceptor Project: Construction updates for week of Jan 5 - 9, 2026
Construction Updates ~ Monday (1/5) Through Friday (1/9)
RT. 140 (West Central Street) Lane Closure Alert--
Monday Night (1/5) thru Thursday Morning (1/9) 7PM to 5AM
The Contractor will continue with the installation of the sewer force main within RT. 140 (West Central Street). The work will be contained within the southbound lane from Burger King to Beaver Street. During this time there will be evening lane closures on RT. 140. Please use caution when traveling in this area and follow all posted signs.
RT. 140 (West Central Street) Lane Closure Alert--
Friday (1/9) 9AM to 2PM
The contractor will be paving the sidewalk on Rt. 140 (West Central Street). The work will be contained within the southbound lane from Burger King to Beaver Street. During this time there will be evening lane closures on RT. 140. Please use caution when traveling in this area and follow all posted signs.
Fisher Street Easement - Wednesday (1/7) thru Friday (1/9) - 7AM to 4PM
The contractor will be working off the road along Fisher Street. There are no anticipated traffic impacts at this location.
Beaver Street Pump Station
At the Franklin Recreation Center, the construction of the new Beaver Street Interceptor Pump Station will continue with construction of the exterior building structure, internal building component installation, and final site work.
Legislative update - early voting cost coverage advances
Via Senator Becca Rausch:
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| Legislative update - early voting cost coverage advances |
There’s no need to continually burden local budgets when we could issue funds in advance."
Shared from -> https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ABvthHGRd/
For other legislation Senator Rausch has filed, check the list
Curbside tree collection scheduled for week of Jan 5, 2026
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| Curbside tree collection scheduled for week of Jan 5, 2026 |
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Norfolk County Sheriff: Coat Drive December 29th - January 7th
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Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Saturday, January 3, 2026
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 Saturday |
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 Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Saturday |
Friday, January 2, 2026
What's happening in Franklin, MA: Friday, January 2, 2026 ???
Friday, January 2
10:00am Knitting Group (Franklin Public Library)
10:30am K-Pop Demon Hunters Party (Franklin Public Library)
6:00pm Ken Barney (live music) (Lafayette House)
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| Library & Senior Center events |
For additional details on Senior Center events ->
** NO Town Meetings today **
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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
The School district calendar is found https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar
First performers announced for "A Starry Night" scheduled Jan 9 at THE BLACK BOX
Introducing our first few singers for A Starry Night next Friday, January 9 at 8:00 PM!
- Anthony Pires, Jr.
- Dan Callaway
- Olivia Buckley
- Jack Cappadona
- Cameron Clements
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| Anthony Pires, Jr. |
🎟️ Tickets are available at FPAConline.com or by calling the box office at 508-528-3370!
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Photo Album of the first performers announced -> https://photos.app.goo.gl/z6ecEH8BMv8AL1Cr7
5th Annual Beaver Pond Plunge opens the New Year
It was a smaller group to participate likely due to the weather and ice. The pond ice needed to be broken to allow for the plunge of a couple of folks at a time.
The snow did stop and sun did come out from the clouds before the plunge competed.
Photo album of the plunging at Beaver Pond on Thursday, Jan 1, 2026
If you missed this one and would like to help the Special Olympics, there is another Polar Plunge scheduled for March 7, 2026 ->
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| selfie to record the moment |
DPW's Cantoreggi provides update on storm and plowing efforts for New Year's Day
From DPW Director Brutus Cantoreggi, via Councilor Morrongiello:
Happy New Year,
Just want to give you all an update on the snow and ice removal operations.
We pretreated the Town yesterday, the 31st, with brine (the squiggly lines stuff).
DPW personnel reported to work this morning at 1AM because of an anticipated snow event.
It was anticipated that we would get less than two inches as reported by our weather folks and local media stations.
Of 35 employees, all folks reported to work unless they had scheduled a day off.
Pretty much started snowing around 2pm, so we commenced treating the whole town at that time.
Extremely cold, temp was 18 degrees.
At 7AM the Town looked great, there was about 1.5 inches of snow on the ground.
Around 8AM, a "snow squall" hit the town. Snow was very heavy and dropped another 2 inches within an hour.
After driving the Town, the decision was made to call the contractors in.
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| downtown Franklin in snow, Jan 1, 2026 |
I was hoping not to call the contractors to save funds, and not have to plow and just use salt, but due to the amount of snow, very low temperatures (less than 32) predicted as a "high temperature" throughout the weekend, and not wanting too much snow and ice on the the roads causing slippery conditions.
We called the contractors at 9AM.
Of the 60 pieces of contractor equipment we have on contract (we would like to have around 80), only were able to get around 40. The contractors some of their staff away for holidays also
The number of vehicles parked on the roads continues to truly affect our response rate and keep us working longer because we have to go back and clean up those areas when the vehicles are finally moved.
As of right now, the Town is looking pretty good. We started plowing sidewalks about an hour ago. We have a lot of bare wet pavement out there (the low temp salt is working well).
We have used a lot of salt over the last couple of storms, we are replenishing our salt supply now, but we do have enough.
On a side note, mutual aid was done, we were good neighbor and supplied Milford with some salt as they ran out. They were very appreciative, and they will reimburse us for the salt next week!
Besides the cold, the long range weather forecast looks pretty good.
I am sure there will be some icy spots tonight and some drifting snow.
Please remember, that it is not our goal to have all side streets completely bare, there may be some snow on the side streets but it will be less than an inch. Folks just need to slow down a bit in the subdivisions
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Trash pickup Friday will pickup that delayed from Wednesday with an extra truck
Update from Waste Management 1/1/26:
"Due to increased volume, Wednesday's trash collection remains incomplete. Due to the holiday, streets that were not collected on Wednesday 12/31/25 will be collected on Friday 1/2/26.
An extra truck will be active on Friday, in order to attain completion. See maps below; affected areas are in BLUE and RED.We apologize for this inconvenience to the residents of Franklin.
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| red streets affected |
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| blue streets affected |
Franklin Art Association meeting Wednesday, January 7, 2026 = Guest Artist — Katie Kindilien
The Franklin Art Association's First Meeting of the New Year!
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 = Guest Artist — Katie Kindilien
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| Guest Artist — Katie Kindilien |
The Franklin Art Association warmly welcomes the public to our first public meeting of the new year, at 6:30 PM on January 7, 2026 at the Franklin Senior Center. Our artist demonstrator will be Katie Kindilien.
Katie is a landscape and still life painter who currently lives in New Haven, CT. She received her undergraduate degree in painting from Tyler School in Philadelphia. A year studying in Rome opened her eyes to fresco and oil painting. She taught art in public school, as she painted and took classes to develop her own skills.
Katie's work is inspired by the everyday moments of beauty that surround us. She hopes her paintings and demonstrations will bring light and joy to others, and she says of her approach:
"My work is inspired by the everyday moments of beauty that surround us. Whether I’m painting a still life in the studio or a landscape outdoors, I hope to capture the fleeting sense of light and space, as well as infusing the work with feeling and authenticity. The process of putting paint to canvas and creating something that’s never been made before continues to excite me and fill me with anticipation!"
Why not make it a your New Year's resolution to join us on Wednesday, January 7 and all our monthly meetings for art instruction, the camaraderie of art conversation and refreshments at intermission.
The Franklin Art Association takes pride in offering a student scholarship yearly to a local art student wishing to continue their art career in art instruction after high school graduation.
Franklin Downtown Partnership schedules first member meeting Feb 5, 2026
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| Franklin Downtown Partnership schedules first member meeting Feb 5 |
"Our first member business meeting of 2026 with be February 5th! We encourage all new members to attend!"
Not a member? Check out the membership options
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