How to use parental controls to keep your kid safer online

How to use parental controls to keep your kid safer online By BCP Staff Talking with your kids about your family's rules and expectations is key to helping them establish good online habits. Some parents use parental controls to reinforce those good habits — and create safer online spaces for their kids to learn and play. Read more ->  https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2025/04/how-use-parental-controls-keep-your-kid-safer-online?utm_source=govdelivery

    

How to use parental controls to keep your kid safer online

Franklin Public Radio wfpr.fm schedule for Thursday, April 24, 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

Franklin and its local government, services and events 

• This segment features my discussion with Town Council Chair Tom Mercer as we condense the 3 hour meeting to about 30 minutes  ->   https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/04/tom-mercer-and-i-condense-3-hour-town.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 airs "Harvest",  Neil Young's most successful album released February 1, 1972.  Harvest is Neil Young's fourth studio album and includes two hits, "Old Man" and "Heart of Gold".  Young also co-produced the album that includes the London Symphony Orchestra on two songs and backup vocals by David Crosby, Graham Nash, Linda Ronstadt, Stephen Stills, and James Taylor.  The Playlist Hour features both acoustic and electric classic Neil Young performances and bands.  

A must listen if you like Neil Young.

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 24, 2025

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

7:30 am Veterans' Call: PACT Act

10:30 am SAFE Coalition: Michelle Palladini

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Sweet Corn Risotto

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Tai Salad

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Shepherd's Pie

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Black Bean, Roasted Pepper & Garlic Pizzetta

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2019 Show 5

3:00 pm Interfaith Council: Temple Etz Chaim

4:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage 2

5:00 pm Caring Transitions

6:30 pm Sons & Daughters of Italy: Ciambotta

7:00 pm Frank Presents: Mark Minnichelli

9:00 pm Jon Mitchell & Randy LaRosa: 12-Tone Music

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

7:00 am FHS Winter Jazz 01-29-25

8:30 am All-Town Concert: Chorus & Orchestra

10:00 am Critical Conversations: Student Wellbeing

2:00 pm FHSTC - Flowers for Algernon

3:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Districts

4:00 pm FHS Varsity Softball v St. Paul Diocesan 04-19-25

9:00 pm FHSTC: Peter and the Starcatcher

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

8:00 am Conservation Commission 04-17-25

2:00 pm Conservation Commission 04-17-25

7:30 pm  Zoning Board of Appeals  REMOTE  (See Agenda)

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, April 23, 2025 ???

Library & Senior Center events

Wednesday, April 23

* Franklin Art Association Art Show and Sale Exhibit  (Norfolk Public Library)

 

10:30am The BenAnna Band! (Franklin Public Library)

1:00pm Petting Zoo with Records and Burpee! (Franklin Public Library)

4:30pm Children's Museum of Franklin fund raising (La Cantina Winery)

6:00pm Stuffed Animal Sleepover! (Franklin Public Library)

 

 

For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->   

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

 

 

**  NO Town Meetings today   **

 

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What's happening today in Franklin? 

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-calendars

Voices of Franklin: Five Days of Action for Child Abuse Prevention

As adults, perhaps our biggest responsibility in our lifetime is to protect our children, and the uncertainty of the world today has made that more important now than ever before. 

As part of our commitment to social responsibility to the communities we serve, the Hockomock Area YMCA, along with YMCAs throughout Massachusetts and across the nation will be sponsoring Five Days of Action for Child Abuse Prevention, a campaign committed to raise awareness and inspire adults to take an active role to protect children from sexual abuse.  Please visit one of our three branches to pledge to take action to protect kids all year long.

Five Days of Action for Child Abuse Prevention

While child protection is our Y’s number one priority every day, this critical campaign will run April 21st through April 25th as we approach summertime, and will shine a collective spotlight on how everyone can do something to prevent child sexual abuse. 

Our Y will share information and resources each day to our members and community partners about how adults can prevent, recognize and respond to child sexual abuse situations to keep children safe.

Statistics from Praesidium and the CDC indicate that 1 in 20 boys and 1 in 4 girls in the United States are sexually abused, typically by someone they know and trust. Child sexual abuse is happening regardless of age, gender, race, religion or socio-economic class.

But these are not just numbers. Behind every number is a child, a child who has been robbed of their innocence. A child whose life will forever have been changed by the heinous act of an adult. We owe it to our children, and we owe it to their future, to do better. 

Help us prevent child sexual abuse through Know, See, Respond.  When adults know how abuse happens, see the warning signs, and respond quickly to prevent abuse, they foster a culture of child abuse prevention. Together we can bring awareness to the issue of child sexual abuse in our communities and have important conversations on how we can all work together to prevent it from happening. Please join our YMCA to spread important awareness and resources with your social networks and family and friends around this devastating epidemic.

Our YMCA is proud to partner and collaborate with school systems, municipalities and other human service organizations throughout our service area to help bring awareness, education and training regarding this issue. We remain committed to this collaborative cause and our effort to be part of a community-based prevention movement.  

Our YMCA was awarded Praesidium Accreditation® in 2024 by Praesidium, the leader in abuse risk management.  To achieve accreditation, our Hockomock Area YMCA underwent a rigorous process to implement Praesidium’s Accreditation Standards focusing on eight primary operational areas within our business: policies, screening and selection, training, monitoring and supervision, consumer participation, internal feedback systems, responding, and administrative practices. 

 

Praesidium then verified our Y’s successful implementation of these standards. The Hockomock Y will be accredited for three years, and during this time will commit to uphold fundamental organizational values and stringent safety practices that demonstrate our commitment to protecting those in our care from abuse.  We are proud to be one of three YMCAs in Massachusetts to reach this status and look forward to helping mentor other YMCAs in their process of becoming accredited.

As responsible adults, we need to give children a happy, healthy and safe childhood. Our world needs them, and they need us. Let’s give them the childhood they deserve.    

Jim Downs
CEO, Hockomock Area YMCA

The Topic: 006 - Healthy Brain Initiative (audio)

A conversation with Tammy Pozerycki and Franklin (MA) Health Director Cathleen Liberty recorded in February 2025

Audio link -> https://the-topic.captivate.fm/episode/006-healthy-brain-initiative

 

Healthy Brain Initiative

Alzheimer's Association page - https://www.alz.org/

Franklin Senior Center Supportive Day Program -
https://www.franklinma.gov/587/Dementia-Alzheimers

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

For additional information, please visit  the Health Dept page at www.Franklinma.gov   

If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at  cliberty@franklinma.gov

The music for the intro and exit is called “Positive and Fun” by Scott Holmes Music and is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License  


Scott Holmes Music => https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes

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

FHS baseball tops Catholic Memorial 5-1 on Tuesday (video)

Via Twitter, Franklin TV, and our subscription to HockomockSports.com, we share the results of the Spring sports competition for Franklin High School on Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Baseball = Franklin, 5 @ Catholic Memorial, 1 – Final 

– Franklin claimed the lead right off the bat and senior Zach Winer and junior DJ Silverstein combined to deliver a great pitching performance as the Panthers snapped Catholic Memorial’s three-game win streak with a 5-1 win on the road. Winer set the tone early, giving himself some help with a one-out home run in the top of the first, and senior Ryan Connelly came through with a two-out RBI single as the Panthers built an early 2-0 lead. CM cut the deficit in half with a run in the fourth inning, 2-1, where the game stayed until Franklin tacked on three insurance runs in the top of the final inning. Winer (3-for-3, two RBI, two runs, three stolen bases) came through with a one-out RBI single to make it 3-1, and both Winer and junior Sean Kryzak (walk) came home to score on an error. On the mound, Winer surrendered just one unearned run on one hit and five walks, striking out four in five innings. Silverstein came on in relief and tossed two scoreless innings, giving up just one hit — a one-out single in the bottom of the seventh, but induced a ground ball for a double play four pitches later.


Softball = Franklin, 0 vs. Walpole, 4 – Final 

– Junior Sophia Sacramone had a strong pitching performance and accounted for the Panthers’ lone hit offensively but Franklin suffered a 4-0 setback to star pitcher Sharlotte Stazinski and reigning Division 2 state champions Walpole. The Timberwolves scored once in the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh innings to build their lead. Sacramone had a two-out single in the bottom of the sixth to break up Stazinski’s no-hitter. In the circle, Sacramone allowed just two hits on five hits and one walk, striking out seven in five innings.

Franklin TV video available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0n6oaW6ffE&t=435

 

For other results across the Hockomock League (subscription required)
https://hockomocksports.com/tuesdays-schedule-scoreboard-04-22-25/

 

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

MASSter List: "Federal funding for libraries at risk, forcing tough decisions at the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners"

The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners has already made cuts following a Trump administration executive order attempting to shrink the agency that provides the single largest source of federal funding for libraries nationwide. The $3.6 million the MBLC receives annually from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences is at risk, according to Director Maureen Amyot — a chunk of money she said might seem small, but is essential for Massachusetts libraries to fully operate.   Amyot and her colleagues anticipate that a funding rescission is en route, as has already happened in states including Washington, California and Connecticut. Memos sent in March put IMLS staff on leave and slotted a May 4 agency-wide reduction in force. Without IMLS staff to administer the funding that goes to states, reimbursement is uncertain, Amyot said. MBLC had to make preliminary spending cuts to get through fiscal 2025 as a result, including grants that enable libraries to offer English as a second language services, citizenship classes, and efforts to preserve historic materials.  "We cannot expend funds that would be reimbursed by IMLS unless and until we are assured that IMLS and the Grants to States Program is staffed and operating, and that reimbursements for the program are being processed," Amyot told MASSterList.  Turning to fiscal 2026: the ability for MBLC to support all existing library programs could rely on how much it receives in the state budget — the agency can't absorb all federal costs, Amyot said. Aside from specific municipal grants, MBLC spends its federal money in a few buckets, including on subscriptions to statewide databases used in K-12 schools, universities and public libraries; an interlibrary loan system; a statewide eBook and audiobook program; and the full or partial salaries of 13 of the board's 23 staff.  "We can't function as an agency with any less staff than we have now," Amyot said. "The staff are our services — without staff, we cannot provide services to the libraries that we are statutorily required to provide." The AG is already at it: Attorney General Andrea Campbell joined AGs from at least 19 other states in suing the Trump Administration for attempting to shrink multiple federal agencies, including IMLS. An initial hearing on the case took place before the District Court of Rhode Island on April 18; on April 30, a motion hearing on a suit filed by the American Library Association and union AFSCME is set to happen in D.C. — Ella Adams

Send tips to Ella Adams: Editor@MASSterList.com. For advertising and general inquiries, contact Dylan Rossiter: Publisher@MASSterList.com.

The ability to use your Franklin Library Card to read the Boston Globe online is one of the services at risk:  This is one of many services provided by Mass Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC). These resources are in danger of disappearing across the Commonwealth after Executive Order 14238. 

 

Learn more at: https://mblc.state.ma.us/federal-cuts.php

 

MASSter List: "Federal funding for libraries at risk, forcing tough decisions at the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners"

Opening day for Franklin Youth Baseball, Friday, April 25

Opening day for Franklin Youth Baseball, Friday, April 25

Opening Day is coming to Franklin! 

 

Join us for an afternoon of fun at Fletcher Field on Friday, April 25th (4:30 PM - 7:30 PM)!

We’ll have skills competitions, cornhole, wiffle ball, face painting, a DJ, and more! 

 

Plus, the snack stand will be open and Chick-fil-A will be on site!

 

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2025 Hockomock League Wrestling All Stars: FHS' Woodall, Carlucci, Sauer & Rosenberg

Below are the official 2025 Hockomock League Wrestling All Stars, selected by the coaches in the league.

Kelley-Rex Division MVP
Michael Boulanger, Milford

Hockomock League All Stars

• John Woodall, Franklin
• Riley Carlucci, Franklin
• Jack Sauer, Franklin

Honorable Mentions

• Jack Rosenberg, Franklin

https://hockomocksports.com/2025-hockomock-league-wrestling-all-stars/

 

2025 Hockomock League Wrestling All Stars: FHS' Woodall, Carlucci, Sauer & Rosenberg

Frank Presents - WFPR.FM: #083 - Mark Minnichelli

In this episode, Frank Falvey sits down with Mark Minnichelli, who's been a resident in town almost his whole life, to discuss the changes of town from when he was a kid to now.

 

Audio link -> https://frank-falvey.captivate.fm/episode/083-frank-presents-minnichelli

 

Frank Falvey - WFPR

Frank Falvey dives into current events, hot button topics and invites guests give their insights

Frank Falvey examines everything from Franklin to U.S. politics; from current events to the local community, giving his personal thoughts and considerations. Frank is also joined by local guests to talk the Franklin community and dissect current events

Subscribe via your favorite podcast app or find all episodes in one place ->   https://frank-falvey.captivate.fm/episodes  

Frank Presents - WFPR.FM: #083 - Mark Minnichelli

Did you hear there is a New Memorial Day Parade Route for 2025?

New Memorial Day Parade Route

We have a NEW PARADE ROUTE!

As the Commander of the Franklin VFW Post I have the honor as serving as Co-Chair of the Parade Committee with my friend Dick Hynes, Commander of the Franklin American Legion.

The whole group has been working hard the last couple of months to plan the parade and one of the things we're doing is a new parade route.

The parade will kick off from Horace Mann Middle School at 11am on Monday, May 26th. It will head up Oak St (which turns into Daniel McCahill St) and then proceed down Union St to the old Davis Thayer school. The Parade will then turn left onto 140. The parade will again turn left onto Emmons St and then a left onto Main where it will head back to the Town Common.

This is a shorter route at 1.33 miles.

The parade will be continuous, there are no stops at the cemeteries or Dean College anymore (we are still doing those ceremonies, just moving them to before the parade).

We feel this new route will make it easier for our older veterans to march and smoother for the PD to accomodate.

Please see the attached map.

Please hit me with your questions, comments, complaints, etc.

We look forward to seeing you on the NEW PARADE ROUTE!

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