The Great Zucchini Races - Friday at the Farmer Market - Aug 18

The Great Zucchini Races

Via the Franklin Agricultural Commission:

More information about The Great Zucchini Races!

Fan Voting categories!

1. Best decorated

2. Best use of veggies

3. Funniest name

4. Your favorite overall

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Senator Rausch To Host Community Town Halls; in Franklin on Oct 16

Senator Becca Rausch (D-Needham) will host community town halls this Fall in the Southern, Northern, South Central, and Central regions of her district.

During these town halls, Senator Rausch will provide legislative updates, local and statewide budget victories, and offer residents an opportunity to share their questions, concerns, and challenges.

“Civic engagement is an important part of our democracy,” said Senator Rausch. “Listening to the perspectives of my constituents informs my legislative work on Beacon Hill. I look forward to hearing from residents and collaborating with them to further support our families and our communities.”

Senator Rausch will host four community town halls throughout the district, as follows:

Southern Region

Monday, September 18, 2023, 6 PM 

Milford Town Hall, 52 Main St, Milford

Northern Region

Monday, October 2, 2023, 6 PM

Needham Town Hall, 1471 Highland Ave, Needham

South Central Region

Monday, October 16, 2023, 6 PM

Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill St, Franklin

Central Region

Monday, October 30, 2023, 6 PM 

Norfolk Library, 2 Liberty Ln, Norfolk

These town halls are open exclusively to residents of the towns comprising the Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex District: Bellingham, Dover, Franklin, Medfield, Milford, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Sherborn, and Wrentham.

For more information, please visit www.beccarauschma.com/townhalls.

Senator Rausch To Host Community Town Halls; in Franklin on Oct 16

Conservation Commission Meeting RESCHEDULED from August 24 to August 22

FRANKLIN CONSERVATION COMMISSION

The August 24, 2023 Conservation Commission Meeting has been rescheduled to August 22, 2023 at 7:00 PM in the Room 326A (Third Floor Training Room) of the Town Hall at 355 East Central Street.  This decision was made at the August 10, 2023 Conservation Commission Meeting.

As such, there will be no meeting of the Franklin Conservation Commission held on August 24, 2023.

The next Conservation Commission Meeting following August 22, 2023 will be held on September 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM at the Franklin Town Hall Council Chambers at 355 East Central Street.  An Agenda for that meeting will be posted prior to the date it is scheduled for with more details, including a link to attend remotely.

Shared from -> https://www.franklinma.gov/conservation/news/conservation-commission-meeting-rescheduled-august-24-august-22

Conservation Commission Meeting RESCHEDULED from August 24 to August 22

Davis Thayer Reuse Committee hears & discusses multiple options for the building (audio)

FM #1040 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1040 in the series. 

This session of the radio show shares the audio for the Davis Thayer Reuse Committee meeting held on Tuesday, August 15, 2023 in the Council Chambers. 

The committee heard and discussed many ideas for possible reuse of the former school building. Police station, community arts center, housing, and recreation headquarters were among the key items mentioned. Splitting the land into 2 parcels was suggested. Another was to build a new municipal building in addition to the police station and sell off the current municipal building was a new idea.

Multiple parties apparently being invited to the next meeting proposed for Sep 19 at 7 PM. Police Chief, arts and recreation, and housing trust representatives among the key participants suggested to provide insights to the discussion.

Arrangements being finalized for movers to clear the facility to enable open houses for the community (and committee) to view the building, Open houses likely to be scheduled in October. 

The recording runs about 80 minutes, so let’s listen to the Davis Thayer Reuse Committee meeting. Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1040-davis-thayer-reuse-cmte-mtg-08-15-23

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The meeting agenda -> 

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/_2023-08-15_davis-thayer_reuse_agenda_.pdf 

The draft facility condition report ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/uploads/davisthayer_existing_cond_draft_v2_1.pdf 

The Franklin TV video is available for replay ->   https://www.youtube.com/live/HRdzWScNZCA 

My notes captured via Twitter during the meeting are in one PDF file -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nQU6e9arZuu33HTFtMjnY_eVf084AKBU/view?usp=drive_link 

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm). 

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

Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.

 

For additional information, please visit www.franklin.news or www.Franklinmatters.org/ 

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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Davis-Thayer Reuse Advisory Subcommittee Meeting

Child car seat installed or inspected in Whitinsville on Saturday

Child car seat installed or inspected in Whitinsville on Saturday

"This Saturday, join our partners from @MassStatePolice at the MSP Museum and Learning Center in Whitinsville to have your child's car seat installed or checked for FREE!"

 
#babyonboard https://t.co/Y1o1aFPWff

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Franklin Health Dept: National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day - Aug 21

August 21 is National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day. Nearly 200 people die every day in the U.S. from overdoses related to synthetic opioids like illegally made fentanyl. 

To learn more browse the resources below:

Fentanyl Facts

Fentanyl Test Trips: A Harm Reduction Strategy

Lifesaving Naloxone

What You Should Know About Xylazine

Stop Overdose Website

Know The Signs and Get Help for Opioid Addiction 

 

Franklin Health Dept: National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day - Aug 21

Franklin TV and wfpr.fm schedule for Friday, Aug 18, 2023

• wfpr.fm or 102.9 on the FM dial = Friday

9:00a/12:00p /6:00p Chapters – Jim Derick  Insightful, life-affirming stories and interviews

10:00a/1:00p/7:00p Music to Lift the Spirit - Jim Derick & Frank Falvey

11:00a/2:00p/8:00pm Senior Story Hour – Senior Center Scribblers Group

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 8, Verizon 26) = FRIDAY

7:30 am     ArtWeek: John Christoforo

9:00 am     Frank Presents: Caron Grupposo

11:00 am Senior Connection: Council on Aging

12:00 pm Brooke'n'Cookin: Mac'n'Cheese

12:30 pm Drink Responsibly: Flat Breads

1:00 pm     Physician Focus: Alzheimer's

1:30 pm     Pizzapalooza: Deep Dish

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 7

3:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Shaun Hart Pt 2

3:30 pm     Riffing on Main Street: Pauline Spender

4:30 pm     Franklin Art Association: Joyce McJilton Dwyer

8:30 pm 4th of July 2023: Padula Trio + One

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel (Comcast 96, Verizon 28) = FRIDAY

7:00 am     Public School Concert: FHS Spring Jazz '22

8:30 am     It Takes A Village: D'Angela Alberty

10:00 am FHS Varsity Softball: v Milford 05-22-23

12:30 pm ArtWeek: Theater in the Open

1:30 pm     Public School Concert: Lifelong Music Pt. 2 05-14-19

3:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Lacrosse: v Medfield 04-18-23

8:30 pm U. S. Army: Jazz Ambassadors 04-01-19

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 11, Verizon 29) =  FRIDAY

8:00 am Zoning Board of Appeals: 07-20-23

2:00 pm Zoning Board of Appeals: 07-20-23

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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Save the Date -> Friends of the Poor Walk - Sat, Sep 30, 2023

St. Mary Parish, St. Vincent de Paul Conference is sponsoring its annual fund raiser on Saturday, September 30, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, on Franklin’s Town Common. Registration opens at 8:30 AM. The Walk begins with a Blessing for the Walk at 9:00 am. 

Participants can collect donations and walk with us. Additionally, donations are accepted online at https://www.fopwalk.org/eventlisting/eventdetail/?eventid=2895

All money raised will stay in Franklin to assist those in need. Thank you.

Save the Date -> Friends of the Poor Walk - Sat, Sep 30, 2023

Sunday's service at FUSF: Trees: Bridges to Spirit - Aug 20

The description for this coming Sunday's lay-led summer service "Trees: Bridges to Spirit" at the First Universalist Society of Franklin (FUSF).

Trees: Bridges to Spirit - Barbara Aspland-Wolf

Let us see the forest AND the trees as we explore how they can aid us in our spiritual practice with a mind, body, and soul connection.

Sunday's service at FUSF: Trees: Bridges to Spirit - Aug 20

We will be serving lunch after the service.

The service is set for 10:00 AM on Sunday, Aug 20 at the First Universalist Society in Franklin (FUSF), at 262 Chestnut Street. 

FUSF is a Unitarian Universalist LGBTQIA+ Welcoming Congregation. 

For more information about the FUSF, please visit our website: www.FUSF.org or call the Office at 508-528-5348. 

Schedule of Spiritual Practices Sundays at FUSF:

August 27: Everyday Spiritual Practices  

Franklin LGBTQ Alliance Newsletter - Sep 7 meeting starts at 6 PM

This newsletter was shortened for publication here. View the full contents -> View this email in your browser

Join us at 6pm at the Library for GAYme night!

Franklin LGBTQ Alliance In this newsletter we include an invitation to our next meeting and community events, including our next book club discussion, and include more opportunities to get involved. You're Invited to our Upcoming Meeting    When: Thursday, September 7th *Now at 6pm!*   Where: In-person and Virtual In-person: Franklin Public Library 118 Main St, Franklin  Virtual: Please email FranklinLGBTQAlliance@gmail.com if you would like to attend via Zoom.  Stay tuned for information on September's activity! FLA Events Join us at the Franklin Public Library for their monthly game night. All are welcome to come and play cards/dice/board games!   We want to make this a safe, fun, inviting event monthly and the more people that join the more games we can play. Tuesday, August 15th, 6-8 PM Let's play some GAYmes y'all :) LGBTQ+ Book Club! Tuesday September 12th, 6pm at the Franklin Library Join us as we read A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN by Virginia Woolf!   You can get your copy at Escape into Fiction (website) or the Franklin Library.   A Room of One's Own is an essay by English writer and feminist Virginia Woolf, first published in 1929. An extended essay, the work is based off lectures that the author gave at Newnham College and Girton College at Cambridge in 1928. The title comes from Woolf's theory, explored in the essay, that 'a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction'. She writes about the lack of freedom women have in expressing themselves, and how, when they have an idea, something stops them ultimately from expressing that in any meaningful way. She suggests that women have the same ability as men to write great literature, and that it is only lack of opportunity that has prevented them from doing so in the past. Her claim that women need a room of their own to write, and therefore a degree of wealth, has been rejected and criticised by some, who point out that there have been female writers who had neither. Prior to A Room of One's Own being published, Woolf wrote in her diary that she expected to be 'attacked for a feminist & hinted at for a sapphist' - mainly because in the essay, the narrator speaks guardedly about lesbianism - 'Let us admit in the privacy of our own society that these things sometimes happen. Sometimes women do like women'. (goodreads)   We hope you will read with us!  ---------------- If you are not on our email list, sign up to receive future emails with this form.

This Franklin Food Pantry conversation covers how community involvement makes this a success (audio)

FM #1039 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1039 in the series. 

This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Suzanne Gendreau, Franklin Food Pantry board member and Building Campaign Committee Chair along with Donna O’Neill, Food Pantry volunteer and ambassador extraordinaire. We had our conversation in the new location of the Franklin Food Pantry at Edwin’s. 

We talk about the happy news that the Food Pantry has their own home, finally. While they are appreciative of the space Rockland Trust has let them use for many years, their needs had outgrown the space. 

We spend much of the time sharing stories about the community involvement that is what makes the Food Pantry a successful operation assisting our neighbors.

Disclosure: during the conversation you will hear about my background with the Food Pantry and that I have committed to this capital campaign.

The recording runs about 32 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Suzanne and Donna. Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1039-franklin-food-pantry-building-campaign-3-07-24-23

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The Franklin Food Pantry is here for you. If you need us, we are here with not only food, but useful programs and resources for individuals, seniors and families struggling with food insecurity. If you can support us, we thank you - visit franklinfoodpantry.org to explore volunteering, donating funds, donating food, or supporting our Capital Campaign to keep the lights on and the programs, from food elves to weekend backpack stuffing. It truly takes a village to keep our food pantry running and supporting the increasing demand, supporting our Franklin neighbors.

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm). 

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

Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.

 

For additional information, please visit www.franklin.news or www.Franklinmatters.org/ 

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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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"

Franklin Food Pantry Launches Building Campaign (audio)

State Rep Jeff Roy FY 2024 budget wins for Franklin

Via the Franklin Food Pantry: 

"A huge thank you to State Rep Jeff Roy for his continued support and advocacy for The Pantry. We are so grateful!"

State Rep Jeff Roy FY 2024 budget wins for Franklin

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Davis Thayer Reuse Cmte hears & discusses multiple options (video)

The Davis Thayer Reuse Committee met on Tuesday, Aug 15, 2023 as scheduled and heard/discussed many ideas for possible reuse of the former school building. Police station, community arts center, housing, and recreation headquarters were among the key items mentioned. Splitting the land into 2 parcels was suggested. Another was to building a new municipal building in addition to the police station and sell off the current municipal building was a new idea.

Multiple parties apparently being invited to the next meeting proposed for Sep 19 at 7 PM. Police Chief, arts and recreation, and housing trust representatives among the key participants suggested to provide insights to the discussion.

Arrangements being finalized for movers to clear the facility to enable open houses for the community (and committee) to view the building, Open houses likely to be scheduled in October. 

The Franklin TV video is available for replay ->   https://www.youtube.com/live/HRdzWScNZCA

My notes captured via Twitter during the meeting are in one PDF file -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nQU6e9arZuu33HTFtMjnY_eVf084AKBU/view?usp=drive_link

Facilities Director Mike D'Angelo (center) and the consultants