FHS girls & boys tennis, girls lacrosse, and baseball teams all posted wins on Wednesday

Via Instagram, Franklin TV, and our subscription to HockomockSports.com, we share the results of the Spring sports competition for Franklin High School on Wednesday, April  15, 2026

Baseball = Stoughton, 0 @ Franklin, 10 – Final (5 inn.) 

– Freshman Ethan Edmunds drove in a pair of runs and earned the win on the mound as Franklin cruised to a 10-0 victory over Stoughton. The Panthers erupted for five runs in the first inning, highlighted by Edmunds’ RBI single along with a pair of Stoughton errors. Edmunds also helped his cause with an RBI double in the second, and then Franklin put the game away with four runs in the third, highlighted by a two-run double from Joey Goguen. Edmunds tossed four scoreless innings with six strikeouts as Franklin finished with 10 hits. Senior Sean Kryzak went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored for the Panthers.

(subscription required)  https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2025-2026/Spring-2026/Franklin-Stoughton-Baseball-04-15-16

Softball = Franklin, 3 @ Stoughton, 5 – Final 

– Stoughton bounced back from a tough loss on Monday to earn a key 5-3 win at home over visiting Franklin. The Black Knights belted seven extra-base hits out of their eight total hits, including six triples. Raegan Costello led the offensive charge with two triples and a run scored, while Kelsey Whitman went 2-for-3 with a double and a triple. Julia Monaghan (RBI), Kayla Monaghan (RBI), Whitman (double), and Lily Shirey (RBI) each added a triple. Shirey also delivered a strong performance in the circle, allowing just four hits while striking out eight to earn the win. Phoebe O’Connor paced Franklin with a 2-for-4 effort, and Amelia Rakitin drove in two runs.

Boys lacrosse = Sharon, 9 @ Franklin, 5 – Final 

– Ben Scaccia netted a hat trick but Franklin fell at home against visiting Sharon. Colin Canavan and Ryder Hanchett also scored for the Panthers.

(subscription required)  https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2025-2026/Spring-2026/Franklin-Sharon-Boys-Lacrosse-04-15-26

Girls lacrosse = Franklin, 20 @ Sharon, 1 – Final 

– Ten different players recorded a point as Franklin rolled to a dominant win over Sharon. Sophomore Clara Blongastainer led the way with seven goals and one assist, while sophomore Ruby Risgin added two goals and four assists. Junior Callie Joyce scored twice, freshman Olivia Best contributed two goals and one assist, and junior Olivia Wrobleski chipped in one goal and one assist.

Boys tennis = Franklin, 5 @ Stoughton, 0 – Final 

– The Panthers rolled on the road with a dominant 5-0 sweep of Stoughton, with every match decided in straight sets. At first singles, sophomore Deklan Morin led the way with a 6-1, 6-3 victory. Sophomore Anish Bokli secured a 6-2, 6-0 win at second singles, while senior Max Sebell was nearly flawless in a 6-0, 6-0 triumph at third singles. Franklin continued its dominance in doubles play as seniors Jackson Labella and Romane Celestine earned a 6-4, 6-4 win at first doubles. At second doubles, juniors Rushil Partidar and Ronan Saidha completed the sweep with a 6-2, 6-1 victory.

(subscription required)  https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2025-2026/Spring-2026/Stoughton-Franklin-Boys-Tennis-04-15-26

Girls Tennis = Stoughton, 1 @ Franklin, 4 – Final

– Franklin captured two singles and two doubles matches to knock off visiting Stoughton. Senior Avalon Thomes earned a 6-3, 6-2 decision at second singles, while sophomore Anna Powers delivered a dominant 6-0, 6-0 verdict at third singles. In doubles play, the team of sophomore Genevieve Camire and freshman Alexa Buliung secured a 6-3, 6-2 decision at first doubles, and the pairing of sophomore Julianne Love and senior Maya Abi Ramia clinched the win with a 6-2, 7-6 (5) decision at second doubles. Stoughton’s lone point came from senior Jackie Boutros, who earned a 6-2, 6-2 decision at first singles.

(subscription required) https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2025-2026/Spring-2026/Franklin-Stoughton-Girls-Tennis-04-15-26

For other results across the Hockomock League (subscription required)

https://hockomocksports.com/wednesdays-schedule-scoreboard-04-15-26/

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

Joint Budget Subcommittee - Thursday, April 16 at 6 PM

Joint Budget Subcommittee (Town Council, School Committee, & Finance Committee) — 

Thursday, April 16 at 6:00 PM | 3rd Floor Training Room, Municipal Building

Attend in-person, join via Zoom, or stream on Franklin Town Hall TV YouTube.

Meeting agenda - https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04162026-2252 

Reminder: SAFE Gala online auction open and ready

OUR ONLINE AUCTION IS OFFICIALLY OPEN! https://tinyurl.com/bidsafe

You don't have to attend the gala to bid—anyone can participate in our virtual silent auction supporting SAFE Coalition's 10th Anniversary Gala!

Browse 60+ items including tickets to Kimberly Akimbo and Motley Crue, gift cards to local restaurants, custom portraits, self-care packages, and so much more. New items added daily!

How to participate:

• Already have a gala ticket? You're all set—log in with the email on your ticket.
• Want to bid but not attending? Register for FREE by clicking "Buy Tickets" and selecting "Virtual Auction Access" (does NOT include admission to the gala)

All proceeds support SAFE's life-saving prevention, recovery, and mental health services. Happy bidding!

Note: Tickets for the Gala have sold out

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FHS Hockey Golf tournament - August 3, 2026

FHS Hockey Golf tournament - August 3, 2026

Tee up for a great cause!

Join us August 3rd for the FHS Boys Hockey Boosters annual golf tournament. Funds raised support the team with essentials like uniforms, ice time, and team bonding experiences.

Sign up using the QR code or email Sean at sean_bartlett@yahoo.com.

All donations are tax-deductible!

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Fund raising Via Panera Bread for Franklin Children’s School - April 16

"Thursday, April 16, @panerabread in Franklin Village Plaza will be donating 20% of net sales to Franklin Children’s School when diners show this flyer or order online using code ‘FUND4U.’

Help us ‘raise some dough’ for our school! "

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Franklin Public Radio wfpr.fm schedule for Thursday, April 16, 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:

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  (Repeats Saturday at 3:00 PM)

• This hour features my conversation with 5 Food Pantry volunteers, how they got started and why they keep coming back ->   https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/04/5-volunteers-talk-about-their.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" features Peter Frampton's legendary "Frampton Comes Alive" Album released January 15, 1976.    
• The Album and Vibe Playlist Hours air the best live Frampton recordings from both the 1976 Alive and the follow-up 1995 Frampton Comes Alive II.  Enjoy the energetic, enjoyable, fun music of Peter Frampton and his band.  Turn it up."

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, April 16, 2026 (Your local Public, Education & Government "PEG" station)

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

9:30 am Second Sunday Speaker Series: Nathan Wales

11:33 am Cooking Thyme: Fish

12:03 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Meatballs

12:35 pm Cooking with Linda: Breakfast

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Margherita Pizza

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer '19 Show 2

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 3

3:30 pm Aging Boldfully: Jenn Goebel

4:30 pm Veterans' Call: Lauren Turner

5:30 pm The Black Box: Beth Leavel

7:00 pm Frank Presents: Jason Poulos

8:00 pm Celebrate with Pride 2025: Toby

9:00 pm Circle of Friends: Joe Jencks

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

9:30 am Middle School 6th Grade Concert

11:00 am Lifelong Music: Strings School 01-22-25

2:00 pm United Methodist Church: Lola Richardson

3:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage Pt1

5:30 pm FHS Varsity Softball v North Attleboro 04-08-26

7:30 pm Rec Basketball:75th & 8th Grade Boys 03-07-26

9:00 pm Franklin Footlighters: High School Musical Jr.

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

8:00 am Conservation Commission 04-09-26

2:00 pm Conservation Commission 04-09-26

6:00 pm Finance Committee 04-08-26

6:00 pm  Joint Budget Subcommittee  Fl3 TRAINING Rm  

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: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 ???

Wednesday, April 15 = Tax Day

** Franklin Arts Academy fund raiser at George's Pizza from 11 AM to 7 PM

11:00am     Franklin Q&A Conversation  (Franklin Senior Center)

1:00pm "Where's the Toast?" Memory Cafe (Franklin Senior Center)

7:00pm Smarty Pants Trivia (Raillery Public House)

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

Note: Senior Center checking on why their events are suddenly being shown as "All Day". You can use the monthly newsletter for specific program/event times

***  Town Meetings today   ***

Town Council Meeting

Wednesday, April 15 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04152026-2251 

250th Anniversary Celebration Subcommittee on Events and Logistics Meeting

Wednesday, April 15 Time: 7:30 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04152026-2245 

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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

Listen to Franklin's Town Administrator, Jamie Hellen, on WBUR's Morning Edition (audio)

"Last week, Franklin's Town Administrator, Jamie Hellen, ICMA-CM joined WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the fiscal challenges cities and towns are facing—from core service budget pressures to rising operational costs.

As municipalities continue to navigate complex financial landscapes, conversations like this help shed light on the real impacts to local services and the importance of informed community engagement.

Listen to the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/eNc_27wg"

Shared from - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/why-many-massachusetts-cities-and-towns-are-share-7448363205057429504-A1ey/

FY 2027 Budget Narrative: Assessing Department

From the Town Administrator's FY 2027 Budget Narrative, each department's story is worth sharing. 

General Purpose

As the foundation department to raise $107+ million for the annual Town operating expenses, the primary mission of the Board of Assessors and its professional and administrative staff is to prepare assessment roles for the taxation of real and personal property and motor vehicle excise. In order to assure that the tax levy is applied fairly and equitably at full and fair cash value, the inventory of all taxable property must be annually updated. Then through a market analysis, each parcel and account is appraised and classified according to use in order to determine the valuations, establish the tax rate and apply the appropriate tax to each account.

Core Functions

● In accordance with MGL, the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue oversees all the regulation requirements of local assessment, and develops guidelines for the accomplishment of those requirements. Thus, all assessing functions are statutory and are subject to certification by the Commissioner or assigned agent of the DOR.

● Annually maintain assessors’ maps, plans, property transfers and valuation records.

● Complete annual updates to the inventory of real and personal property.

● Conduct research on the real estate market; sales ratio studies and investment property income and expense analysis.

● Value and classify all real and personal property each year according to the optimum schedule based on our market analysis subject to approval by the MA DOR.

● Identify “New Growth” and report it to the DOR for certification, along with valuation and tax rate reports for their approval. Finalize the tax rate.

● Process all real and personal property tax commitments, abatements and exemptions.

● Process betterments, liens and apportionments.

● Generate motor vehicle excise tax commitments and process abatements of the same as required by Massachusetts General Law.

● Prepare and certify lists of abutters for legal notices for Hearings by Town Council, Conservation, Planning and the Zoning Board of Appeals.

● Maintain and provide Public Records in accordance with Massachusetts General Law.

Staffing

● One (1) Director of Assessing

● Three (3) Appraisers

● One (1) Assessment Administrator*

● Three (3) Part-Time Volunteer elected Assessors - Board of Assessors

*Proposed New Position for FY27

Strategic Initiatives & Accomplishments

● Successful timely tax rate setting; finalized the tax rate at $11.42 per thousand dollars.

● Made location-based data readily available for Town Staff and the Public, continue to advocate use of the unique Parcel ID’s in addition to the Town’s MAT (Master Address Table) of accepted addresses. Encourage Town Staff to use this unique Parcel Identifier in order to work with GIS to request datalinks in AxisGIS to enhance this “one-stop shopping” Central Database, improving research and decision-making for all Town Staff as well as benefiting the public at large.

● Upon use of a new system/application or increased use of an existing application, establish uniform standards of database building and ongoing updating. Examples:

○ 2002 - standards established for Patriot Real Estate administration & appraisal

○ 2003 - standards established for new Maps/GIS (aerials, deed & plan research)

○ 2006 - standards established for MUNIS Excise, Real & Personal Property Taxes

○ 2016 - standards established for Records Archives, organization & retention

○ 2026 - converted CAMA (computer assisted mass appraisal) system to the newest Patriot operating system known as Catalis AP5

● FY27 is a “Revaluation Year”. While in each Interim Year we establish new Real and Personal Property valuations applying the appraisal industry and DOR standards, a Revaluation Year involves more in depth reviews of the data including on site. This more intense year began for us in January 2026 with confidential requests per MGL for data from certain real and personal property owners. For FY27, town wide reviews, recollections and collection of new Personal Property accounts have already been performed and valuations as of January 1, 2026 will be set by this fiscal year end. Considerable work especially in the area of real estate must be accomplished over the next several months to accomplish final valuations, a public disclosure period and a timely tax rate.

FY27 Requested Budget Highlights

● When the Department’s Administrative Assistant retired in 2019, we invested in replacing that position with a full-time Appraiser to comply with a more aggressive inspection schedule. However, with the Town population and property growth, it is evident that in order to fully benefit from the talents and dedication of our Appraisal staff, we must have one full time Administrative Assistant. This person will manage Personal Exemptions (qualifying seniors, veterans and blind property owners), Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Abatements, and inquiries from property owners and their agents for real estate and personal property data and taxes. Without funding this critical position, the professional appraisal staff can neither sufficiently enhance revenues nor improve the fairness and equity of taxes. The addition of an Assessment Administrator should make it feasible to issue a timely Actual Tax Bill by December 31st for FY27.

● Increase of $4,733 for software licensing and support.

● Decrease of $423 in appraisals

● Decrease of $25,400 in Personal Property collection and valuation

● Increase of $400 for supplies

● Increase of $400 for continuing professional education

● Increase of $200 for professional dues

 

FY27 Requested Budget Summary

In order to accomplish all our requirements under Massachusetts General Law, our budget must be approved as presented. We have used restraint and have been able to reduce our overall expenses from FY26 to FY27. However, while we would have been in a better position had we been able to hire an Assessment Administrator last July as we prepared for our FY27 Revaluation, it is now critical that we have that support in order for the Appraisers to resume the level of work they were hired and required to do. As previously stated, the Town has grown considerably over the past half century and so has the amount of traffic. This and the growth of property maintenance and desired renovations especially in the 25 to 50 year old properties added to the time required to do our work. The Assessing Department has continuously developed work procedural efficiencies and implemented new tools over the past 25 years. For the sake of the $107+ million we raise annually, please approve this budget request.

The PDF of this section - 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1znOZ-cq2RIH9W0zDxFTpmMP5ywu9B0c6/view?usp=drive_link

For the full FY 2027 budget narrative -  https://www.franklinma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8912/FY27-Budget-Narrative-FINAL-1

The FY 2027 budget information can be found 

https://www.franklinma.gov/Archive.aspx?ADID=577

Franklin School Committee gets a mid year update on the District & School Improvement Plans (video)

The Franklin School Committee met as scheduled on Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM in Council Chambers. All 7 members were present to participate in person.

Franklin TV video is available for review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF4JTAfLa5E

Agenda doc also contains remote participation info

https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04142026-2250

The meeting packet folder contains the doc released before the meeting and after the meeting

https://www.franklinps.net/documents/departments/school-committee/meeting-packets/2025---26-meeting-packets/april-14%2C-2026-sc-meeting-packet/26737086

My notes in one PDF - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vRqOLinf4Pyzl_K-5sm6fjBuhOqbceig/view?usp=drive_link

Quick recap

• The complete administrative leadership team across the district was present to provide a midyear update on the District and School Improvement plans
• The 'current' District and School plan can be found - https://heyzine.com/flip-book/24ecc9f7e5.html#page/1. The updates as approved last night should be update to the school page in a day or so.

 

Franklin Arts Academy fund raiser at George's Pizza - April 15

"Tomorrow is Tax Day and you definitely don’t want to cook!

Order from George’s Pizza instead and support the final class of Franklin Arts Academy students.

It is truly the end of an era so help them out and buy a few pies for dinner as a percentage of sales will be donated to the FAA scholarship fund."

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** Note: all sales from 11 AM to 7 PM are counted for this effort