Franklin TV and wfpr.fm schedule for Thursday, June 16, 2022

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

9:00a/12:00p/6:00p   A Priest, A Minister and a Rabbi

10:00a/1:00p/7:00p   Frank’s Music – Frank Falvey and Jim Derick

11:00a/2:00p/8:00pm   Frank Presents – Frank Falvey Presents 

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

7:30 am Cooking Thyme: Grillin' 

8:00 am Veterans' Call: Robert Pierson 

9:00 am Second Sunday Speaker Series: Leigh Schoberth 

10:30 am SAFE Coalition: Woody Geissman 

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Taquitos 

12:30 pm Sandhya: Eclairs 

1:00 pm Physician Focus: Too Much Medicine? 

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Margherita Pizza 

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Show 3 

3:00 pm Let's Talk Sports: Episode 3 

3:30 pm Cooking Thyme: Grillin' 

4:00 pm Once Upon A Town: The Rome 

4:30 pm Frank Presents: Danielle Hopkins 

5:30 pm ArtWeek: Games 

7:00 pm Extended Play Sessions: Roberto Morbioli

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

7:00 am Public School Event: Concert Hour Day 2 

9:00 am FHS: Senior Awards Night 2022 

11:30 am FHS Boys Varsity Tennis: v Attleboro 06-10-21 

1:00 pm Universe of Adolescent Sleep 

2:00 pm Public School Event: Lifelong Music Pt. 2 05-13-19 

3:30 pm FHS Varsity Baseball: v Chelmsford 06-08-22 

6:00 pm Let's Talk Sports: Episode 3 

9:30 pm FHS: Graduation 2022

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

8:00 am Conservation Commission 

2:00 pm Conservation Commission 

7:30 pm Zoning Board of Appeals: LIVE, Remote, 833 1658 2785

 

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 Cultural District - #artshappenhere (through June 22)

From town and state information through to Caribbean steel band music, arts are happening in the next week here in Franklin. Check out the listings for what to do.

Wednesday, June 15

FPSA Dance Company Concert

Downtown StoryWalk!

11:00am - Franklin Matters Q&A (hybrid - Senior Center & Zoom)

7:00pm - FPSA Dance Company Concert (THE BLACK BOX, ticketed event) https://www.fspaonline.com/events.php?id=1572

Thursday, June 16

Downtown StoryWalk!

8:30am - Rep Roy & Town Council Office Hours (Senior Center) 

4:30pm - Food truck: Cousins Maine Lobster (67 Degrees Brewery)

6:30pm - Trivia Thursday (67 Degrees Brewery)

7:00pm - 350 Mass Greater Franklin Node (virtual meeting)

Friday, June 17

Downtown StoryWalk!

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

3:00pm - Summer Reading Kickoff (Franklin Town Common)

6:00pm - Anna Freitas Trio  (live music at 67 Degrees Brewery)

7:00pm - Three Day Weekend & Motorboat (Electric Youth 'funraiser' at THE BLACK BOX, ticketed event) https://www.theblackboxonline.com/events.php?id=1575

Saturday, June 18

Downtown StoryWalk!

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

12:00pm - Caribbean Music Concert with PanNeubean Steel!  (Franklin Public Library)

6:00pm - Critical Mass (live music at 67 Degrees Brewery)

Sunday, June 19

Downtown StoryWalk!

Father's Day & Juneteenth

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

Monday, June 20

Downtown StoryWalk!

Juneteenth (celebrated)

Town offices & library closed, no school

Tuesday, June 21

7:00pm - Change the MA Flag: History and Need for Change (Franklin Library)

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/06/change-mass-flag-informational-meeting.html

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

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 Cultural District: #Artshappenhere

"The Power of Unified Sports" - Tyler Morrill's story (video)

"You may have seen Tyler Morrill’s buzzer beater moment at the @2022USAGames, securing gold for Team Mass Basketball. But what you didn’t know was that before finding @FHSSports  Unified Basketball, Tyler lived a very different life.

Check out his story: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6q_tGw"

Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/SpOlympicsMA/status/1536387817290584064

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Finance Committee to review the CPA fund utilization plan as proposed

The Finance Committee will meet on Wednesday, June 15th, 2022 at 6:30pm.

Please find the agenda and links here: https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/agendas/06-15-2022_finance_committee_agenda.pdf

part of the funding plan is outlined as follows:

Purpose	Amount
Historic Preservation Reserve Town Clerk Vault Records Preservation	$15,000
Historic Preservation Reserve Historical Museum Cupola	70,000
Historic Preservation Reserve Red Brick School House - Exterior Preservation	200,000
Community Housing Reserve Franklin Ridge Affordable Housing Project	320,000
Budgeted Reserve Nason Street Tot Lot	300,000
Total	$905,000

If you missed the Community Preservation Committee discussion and approval of the first plan to allocate the CPA funds available, tonight is a good time to catch up.

The link to last week's meeting recording -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/06/community-preservation-committee_02031190524.html

Community Preservation Committee approves plan for first authorization of CPA funds

FHS baseball team gets to final, boys & girls lacrosse teams end playoff runs at Lincoln-Sudbury

Via HockomockSports.com & Boston Globe, we share the results of the FHS spring sports playoff action on Tuesday:

Boys Lacrosse - Division 1 = #7 Franklin, 10 @ #2 Lincoln-Sudbury, 13 – Final

Girls Lacrosse - Division 1 = #6 Franklin, 5 @ #3 Lincoln-Sudbury, 9 – Final

The Boston Globe provides some coverage of these games (subscription may be required)  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/14/sports/kean-sneath-shoots-lincoln-sudbury-girls-lacrosse-into-division-1-semifinals/

Baseball - Division 1 = #1 Franklin, 4 vs. #4 Shrewsbury, 3 – Final

Josh Perry, Managing Editor of HockomockSports.com, provides the game recap:

"One of the strengths for Franklin all season has been that each game a new player steps up to be the hero. The Panthers haven’t relied on only one or two players to get to this stage, but instead have gotten big plays from throughout the roster. 

In Tuesday night’s Div. 1 state semifinal at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field on the campus of Holy Cross, it was Ben Jarosz’s turn.

After the Panthers let a 3-1 lead slip in the top of the seventh, Jarosz came to the plate with one out, two runners in scoring position, and the infield drawn in all the way around. He quickly fell behind 0-2 to Shrewsbury reliever Benjamin Griffith, but then he started battling. Jarosz fouled off a series of two-strike pitches, staying alive until he got a mistake. Then he pounced.

Jarosz smacked a ball just out of the reach of the diving first baseman, allowing Jase Lyons to race home with the winning run. The Panthers stormed out of the dugout to chase down Jarosz in shallow right, celebrating a 4-3 win and the chance to face league rival Taunton in Saturday’s championship game."

Continue reading the game recap online ->  https://hockomocksports.com/jarosz-walk-off-sends-franklin-baseball-into-d1-state-title-game/

For a photo gallery from this game ->  https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2021-2022/Spring-2022/Franklin-Shrewsbury-Baseball-06-14-22/

Boston Globe coverage (subscription may be required)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/14/sports/first-pressure-then-relief-ben-jarosz-franklin-baseball-walk-it-off-against-shrewsbury/

Ben Jarosz (19) sends Franklin to the D1 state title game with a two-strike single, scoring Jase Lyons, in the bottom of the seventh against Shrewsbury. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)

Town of Franklin has multiple Job Opportunities - 1 could be for You!

Job Opportunities

To apply for a vacant position, please submit a resume and cover letter to apply@franklinma.gov.  Please put the job title in the subject line of your email

Part-Time Archivist - Franklin Historical Museum 

Part-Time Line Cook and Cafe Assistant - Senior Center

Staff Engineer - Department of Public Works 

Heavy Motor Equipment Operator - Department of Public Works 

Junior Custodian - Facilities

Summer Jobs - DPW / Facilities

Part-time and Substitute Custodians - Facilities Department

If you do not have a resume, you may send a completed Application for Employment instead.

To receive notifications of all job opportunities in the Town of Franklin, subscribe here .

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Town of Franklin has multiple Job Opportunities - 1 could be for You!

Franklin School Committee meeting - June 14, 2022 (video replay)

The video of the school committee meeting of June 14, 2022 is available for replay via YouTube  => https://youtu.be/kPFDX_0fspg

My notes taken during the meeting can be found in one Twitter thread

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ld1uR4xbgiieYJaxZWRV_ooMIObE5V1D/view?usp=sharing

The Space Needs presentation slides captured during the meeting (formal presentation doc to be loaded to Schools page likely Weds/Thu)   https://photos.app.goo.gl/y2EiSLynohkKk4S46

MJ Scofield speaks in reflection of Supt Ahern's time here

Dr Bergen speaks in reflection of Supt Ahern's time here

Supt Sara Ahern reflects in her last comments at the SchCmte Mtg

Franklin TV and wfpr.fm schedule for Wednesday, June 15, 2022

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

9:00 AM 12:00 Noon and 6:00 PM Franklin Matters Radio/FPS Voice – Steve Sherlock
Franklin and its local government, services and events  (repeats Saturday at 9 AM)

• This slot features the recent Town Council Quarterbacking session with Council Chair Tom Mercer reviewing the meeting of June 8, 2022

10:00 AM 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM  The Wonderful World of Wine – Mark Lenzi, Kim Simone    All about wine, its culture, lore and finer points

11:00 AM 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM Franklin Matters Radio – Steve Sherlock

Franklin and its local government, services and events (repeats Saturday at 3 PM)

• This hour features the combination of "Talk Franklin" with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and the Community Preservation Committee meeting of Jun 7, 2022

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

7:30 am It Takes A Village: Philip Hulbig 

8:30 am ArtWeek: Ed Iannuccilli 

10:00 am Memorial Day Breakfast 2022 

11:30 am Whole Health Visions: Life Coaches Pt. 1 

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Taquitos 

12:30 pm Sandhya: Eclairs 

1:00 pm Norfolk County Prevention Coalition: Narcan Availability 

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Margherita Pizza 

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Show 3 

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 9 

3:30 pm Veterans' Call: Robert Pierson 

6:00 pm Cooking Thyme: Grillin' 

6:30 pm FHS: Graduation 2022 

9:30 pm FHS: Senior Awards Night 2022

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

7:00 am All-Town Showcase: Chorus and Orchestra 

8:30 am Public School Concert: FHS Spring Jazz '22 

10:00 am SAFE Coalition: Woody Geissman 

11:00 am FHS Oskey 2022 

1:00 pm FHS Girls Varsity Lacrosse: v Newton North 06-09-22 

5:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Lacrosse: v Framingham 06-06-22 

7:30 pm Public School Event: Concert Hour Day 2

9:30 pm FHS Varsity Baseball: v Chelmsford 06-08-22

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

8:00 am Town Council 06-08-22: 06-08-22 

2:00 pm Town Council 06-08-22: 06-08-22 

6:30 pm Finance Committee: LIVE, Chambers, 823 0866 7179

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm)

Franklin Art Assoc opens art gallery in Escape into Fiction

I am thrilled to announce that the Franklin Art Association now has its very first art gallery located within the Escape into Fiction bookstore in downtown Franklin. 

This has been a long time coming, so please join us at our first opening reception for conversation, appetizers, and wine and experience the beautiful artwork of our member artists!

Sue Sheridan

President

Franklin Art Association 

Art gallery hours - open when Escape into Fiction is open

You can also purchase art online and pick up at the store

https://escapeintofiction.com/collections/franklin-art-association-art-work

Reception Details: June 23 from 6 to 8 PM

Franklin Art Assoc opens art gallery in Escape into Fiction

Boston Harborwalk public art display features pieces previously at the Franklin Sculpture Park

You may not immediately recognize the name Michael Alfano but you might recall at least one of his art work. It was displayed at the Sculpture Park when it opened and is now part of a display along the Boston Harborwalk until December 2023. Plenty of time this summer or next year to get to view them along the harborwalk.

"20 of Michael’s finest outdoor public sculptures will be on view in Charlestown, along the Boston Harborwalk from the U.S.S. Constitution to Menino Park at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. See the map of the exhibit or get a PDF of the map to download. Details about the sculptures will be added soon.

Opening celebration is June 21, 2022 at the Shipyard Park amphitheater, with activities for youngsters from 5:00 to 6:00 pm, followed by remarks and a Continuum Dance Project performance with Cubed. Then we’ll walk along the exhibit – it’s sure to be spectacular with the sunset! For directions, inclement weather alternative, and more, see navyyardgarden.org/events.

The exhibit runs through December 2023 and is free and open to the public.

Generously arranged and sponsored by the Navy Yard Garden and Art association and others."

Share from Michael Alfano's webpage -> 

https://www.michaelalfano.com/of-many-minds-boston-harborwalk-in-charlestown-june-21-2022-through-december-2023/

The two pieces shown previously at the Sculpture Park:

 

Dancer - most recently on display

"Gates of Transcendence" was also displayed as one of the original at the Sculpture Park

Other photos of mine of the Sculpture park across the years

https://photos.app.goo.gl/zfGbqiWADcL9FEyQA

or here -> https://photos.app.goo.gl/vDiwJ2wMv9MbsVFN6