3rd Annual Mexican Independence Day Fiesta at La Cantina - Sep 16

Amigos are you ready to party? 

Come join us for our 3rd Annual Mexican Independence Day Fiesta!! Enjoy and dance to some traditional Mariachi music! 

We will also be having tacos from Lalos Mexican Restaurant! You won’t want to miss this event that’s filled with good music, delicious food and of course vino

Tickets available online -> https://lacantinawinery.square.site/

Shared from -> https://www.instagram.com/p/CwTC-kvxtoC/ 

3rd Annual Mexican Independence Day Fiesta at La Cantina - Sep 16

Franklin's Event Outlook: August 25, 2023 to August 31, 2023

The Farmers Market is canceled for today due to the weather forecast.

Friday, August 25

2:00pm - Franklin Farmers Market (Franklin Town Common)

2:00pm - Kymberlee O'Brien (live music)  (Franklin Town Common)

2:00pm - Thrift Threads thrift shop (Franklin Federated Church)

5:30pm - Beaver Pond Movie Night (Town of Franklin Recreation Dept)

6:00pm - Dom DeBaggis (live music) (La Cantina Winery)

Saturday, August 26

10:00am - Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

1:00pm - Pub Crawl fundraiser (ticketed event) (start/finish La Cantina Winery)

4:00pm - Bigelow Station (live music) (La Cantina Winery)

6:00pm - SOB (live music) (67 Degrees Brewery)

Sunday, August 27

10:00am - FUSF Service "Everyday Spiritual Practices"  (First Universalist Society of Franklin)

1:00pm - Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

Monday, August 28

6:00pm - The Super Mario Bros. Movie (movie night) (Franklin Public Library)

Wednesday, August 30 1:00pm - Senior Scribblers (writing group)

Thursday, August 31 6:00pm - Matt Zajac (live music)

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The Franklin Art Association Art Gallery remains open during business hours at Escape into Fiction (Main St, Franklin)

Find the full Community event calendar  https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html

The Cultural calendar displays only the cultural events      https://www.franklinculture.org/things-do/pages/calendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://forms.gle/oPdi8X3ZbHHyrHzo6

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar
The School district calendar is found  https://www.franklinps.net/calendar-by-event-type/26 

Franklin's Event Outlook: August 25, 2023 to August 31, 2023

MA notifies Franklin of plans to house migrant families in local Franklin hotel

Town Administrator, Jamie Hellen, was notified this week that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has entered into a year lease with the Best Western Plus Executive Residency on Upper Union Street in Franklin to shelter incoming migrant families.  

 

“The Town, and its departments, will lead with compassion, support and assistance for families, as allowed by the state” Hellen said. “We are working with various Town departments to proactively organize a managed response and we will communicate more information as it becomes available.”

Massachusetts law requires cities and towns to find housing for migrants coming into the state under the right to shelter provision. No local approvals are required and, at this time, the Town does not have any specifics, such as how many migrants Franklin will host, where the migrants are coming from, and the composition of these individuals. 

The Town’s Public Health Director, Cathleen Liberty, will be coordinating these efforts in close collaboration with both the Healy Administration and the Town Administrator’s office.  As more information becomes available the Town will share it broadly and post it to the Health Department’s website at https://www.franklinma.gov/health-department.

More than 80 communities throughout Massachusetts are working with the state to support more than 20,000 homeless families in crisis. Once the Town becomes aware of the particulars and understands the needs associated with helping individuals and families coming to Franklin, we will notify the community for support.

“At this time we are asking the community not to send donations until the Town has a better understanding of the needs” said Liberty. “We anticipate there will be a need for aid and we will work closely with local human services organizations and the community in the coming weeks to lend a helping hand to those requiring assistance” 

“Franklin is a welcoming community, and I have no doubt we will do whatever we can to accommodate and accept migrants with open arms and an open heart,” said Hellen. “It is my understanding that the Commonwealth will be providing meals, public health services, and transitional assistance. With that said, there will still be ongoing impacts and costs associated with hosting these families for Franklin and the Town will work with the state to help alleviate these costs.”

The Town is advising the public to not visit the Best Western hotel as there are no families currently housed there and there are no services present. 

Copy of press release ->   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZrtRuZM0DyW9gbQ1K5GPRaKD2-1iMokO/view?usp=drive_link

MA notifies Franklin of plans to house migrant families in local Franklin hotel

plans to house migrant families in local Franklin hotel

Night Owl Farmstand open today 2 to 6 PM

We will be open today (8/25) 2:00-6:00, 49 Prospect Street, Franklin.

Here’s what we will have available:

Artichoke (Small, but YUMMY!)

Basil (LOTS!!)

Carrots, Orange

Carrots, Purple

Celery

Cucumbers

Eggplant

Eggplant, Fairytale

Garlic

Husk/Ground Cherries

Kale

Kohlrabi

Onions, Pearl

Onions, Red

Onions, Yellow

Parsley

Peppers, Greeb

Peppers, Hot

Peppers, Ripe

Peppers, Shishito

Scallions

Squash, Summer

Squash, Zucchini

Swiss Chard

Tomatoes. Heirloom

Tomatoes, Slicers

Tomatoes, Cherry

Plus lots of GORGEOUS flowers and other farm stand finds!

Night Owl Farmstand open today 2 to 6 PM

Master Plan Update Committee discusses timeline, outreach, survey and more in 2 hour session (video)

The Master Plan Update Committee met as scheduled on Wednesday, Aug 23, 2023 beginning at 6:30 PM. I joined the meeting in progress at about 7ish (after the Police Station committee completed in the Council Chambers.)

The agenda doc ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/master_plan_agenda_-_august_23rd_2023_0.pdf

The Franklin TV meeting video replay link ->    https://www.youtube.com/live/1sLTy6XZK48

Brief recap 

• Discussion on branding efforts complicated by heavy web presence of Franklin Tennessee and wanting to avoid confusion with them
• Will have booth at Harvest Festival, discussion on logo, branding desire to have something ready to handout or engagement with community at booth
• Proceeding with "Form Franklin's Future"
• Recommendations from multiple members to obtain input in map based form, for multiple good reasons to help visualize and work with qualitatively, if not quantitatively
• extended discussion on survey and use of an incentive to increase participation, action to run this by the Town Attny for 2 answers, one if the committee could do so (per meeting likely not); alternatively, might another non-town org (i.e. Dean College) run the survey (and include incentive) to enable the data to be used by the committee. Amy to get answers
• Amy to create spreadsheet for committee members to use to add orgs and other contact points for outreach effort
• The 2020 update to the Master Plan is the one to use for status of which of the prior plans objectives and actions items were completed or not. Ginelle has marked up the spreadsheet with color coding on completion status and will share to the drive from other members to work with
• Meeting adjourns

My full set of notes captured via Twitter can be found in one PDF

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aIOl7qtMIACVrUlp5-hYD6KkQRleMdo_/view?usp=drive_link

Master Plan Update Committee discusses timeline, outreach, survey and more in 2 hour session (video)

Franklin SEPAC announces their 2023 Fall Fundraiser

We are so excited to announce our 2023 Fall Fundraiser, a calendar raffle with more that $4,800 in prizes, including signed memorabilia from the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots !!!  

Tickets are $10 for 32 chances to win!

VISIT OUR SITE TO LEARN MORE AND BUY TICKETS: http://www.franklinsepac.org/

Please share this post and help us get the word out!

Sending a huge, enormous, gigantic shout out to all of our supporters, but particularly to our local sponsors, including:

Hillside Nurseries & Florist

Franklin Nutrition

Franklin School for the Performing Arts

The Drummers' Studio

Enchanted Memories Travel

Terrazza Franklin

3 Restaurant

Franklin Recreation Department

Pretty Is Pink

Happy Tails Doggy Daycare, Inc.

Franklin Police Department

Next9Up

An Unlikely Story

Delux Tux, Walpole MA

Hockomock YMCA

Franklin Glass Company Inc.

Bea M Photography

1057 WROR

Rubber Chicken Comics

Roller Kingdom Hudson MA

Beef Barn Bellingham

The Adirondack Club

Pinz Entertainment

Rod at I Have Coins & Collectibles

Dedham Bike

Mark DeBaggis Guitar Lessons

Shared from Facebook ->   https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551606135109407/permalink/3506813566255311/?mibextid=Nif5oz

Franklin SEPAC announces their 2023 Fall Fundraiser

Franklin Public Library: Special Events for Teens during September 2023

Teen Take & Makes: Pressed Flower Candles! 

Available Friday, September 1st

Stop by the library to pick up your very own Pressed Flower Candle kit! Kits include supplies and instructions for making your very own candles! The perfect craft for a cozy fall day! Kits will be distributed on a first come first serve basis!  SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED! *To keep things equitable teens must be present when picking up this craft.

September Book Bingo! 

Friday, September 1st – Saturday, September 30th 

Collect your BINGO board at the Children's Room Reference Desk and play along all month long! Complete a row in any direction and win a special coloring sheet! Complete the entire board and win a prize pack!! Deadline to pick up prizes is Monday, October 2nd.

Robo-Racer Workshop 

Saturday, September 16 @10:00 AM

Registration Required.

Inviting middle schoolers with a passion for building and tinkering!

Have you always loved building with LEGO Technic? Are you ready to take the leap and build without instructions? Are you ready for a challenge and can work with a team? Then this Robo-Racer workshop is for you. Come join us for a 90 min build challenge and experience engineering in a nutshell.

Participants will be grouped in teams of 3-4, Hub, motors and LEGO Technic parts will be provided. 

ALARM Robotics will be conducting the Robo-Racer workshop, ALARM Robotics is a Franklin based high school robotics team.

RSVP:https://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=FRANKLIN&curName=2023/09/16__Robo-Racer_Workshop

Musical Bingo: Broadway Edition! 

Wednesday September 20th @6:30PM

Join us for our new monthly Musical Bingo series! Part Bingo, part trivia, participants will listen to the music as it plays and fill in their bingo cards! This month's Bingo theme: Broadway musicals!

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Library Hours

The Library’s hours are Monday through Thursday, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, and Friday and Saturday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The Library will be closed Monday September 4^th for Labor Day. Sunday hours of 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM will resume after Labor Day.

Find the full September schedule of events on the Library page ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/franklin-public-library

Franklin Public Library: Special Events for Teens during September 2023