Franklin TV and wfpr.fm schedule for Thursday, Sep 15, 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: Ice Cream

8:00 am Veterans' Call: Steve Croueau

9:00 am Second Sunday Speaker Series: Wolfgang Bauer

10:30 am SAFE Coalition: Youth Sports

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Scones

12:30 pm Sandhya: Cupcakes

1:00 pm Physician Focus: Too Much Medicine?

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Emergency Pizza

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Fall 2019 Show 2

3:00 pm ArtWeek: Theater in the Open

3:30 pm Cooking Thyme: Ice Cream

4:00 pm Once Upon A Town: Ray Block

4:30 pm Frank Presents: Keith Carreiro

5:30 pm The Only Cure Is Education

7:00 pm Extended Play Sessions: Season 10 Show 11 - Kemp Harris

8:00 pm Cultural District: Brent Selby

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

7:00 am Public School Event: Lifelong Music Pt. 2 05-13-19

9:00 am FHS PCC: Vaping Forum

11:30 am Universe of Adolescent Sleep

2:00 pm Public School Event: Jazz Night 01-23-19

3:30 pm ArtWeek: Theater in the Open

4:00 pm ArtWeek: Games

8:00 pm FHS Varsity Football: v Wachusett 09-09-22

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

8:00 am Conservation Commission: 09-01-22

2:00 pm Conservation Commission: 09-01-22

7:00 pm Conservation Commission: LIVE, Chambers, 815 0135 5611

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 Cultural District Cultural Festival over? No worries, #artshappenhere and still lots to do!

The Cultural Festival is behind us, we are in Mid-September, and the calendar of events is almost back to pre-COVID times. Lots to do around Franklin as #arthappenshere

Wednesday, September 14

6:00pm - Wine and Cupcake Pairing Event (SOLD out) (La Cantina Winery)

7:00pm - Newcomers & Friends meeting (Escape Into Fiction)

Thursday, September 15

8:30am - Town Council Office Hours (Franklin Senior Center) 

Farmers Market

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

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

Friday, September 16

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

5:00pm - 2nd Annual Mexican Independence Fiesta (SOLD out) (La Cantina Winery)

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

Saturday, September 17

8:00am - Bottle & Can Drive fund raiser for FHS boys hockey (Pirelli Arena) 

9:30am - 6th Annual Rotary Club Car Show (New England Chapel) 

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

1:00pm - 4th Annual Cornhole Tournament (Bellingham Sportsmans Club)

4:00pm - Tyler Zajac (live music) (La Cantina Winery)

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

67 Degrees Brewing

Sunday, September 18

12:00pm - Caribbean Press (food truck) (67 Degrees Brewery)

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

6:00pm - Girls Youth Basketball Clinic (Franklin High School) 

Monday, September 19

6;30pm - Libraries for Business (Franklin Public Library)

Tuesday, September 20

6:00pm - Book Club: "Circe" (Escape Into Fiction)

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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 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

Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and I get to "Talk Franklin" - 09/09/22 (audio)

FM #842 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 842 in the series. 

This session of the radio show shares my "Talk Franklin" conversation with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen. We had our conversation via conference bridge.  

Topics for this session

• 9/11 thoughts

• Recap of Council meeting

• Drought & water status

• Work underway or pending 

• Economic Development Cmte, 9/21 at 6 PM

The conversation runs about 26 minutes. Let’s listen to my conversation with Jamie. Audio file -> https://anchor.fm/letstalkfranklin/episodes/Drought-Status-and-Downtown-Priorities-e1npd7i

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Franklin for All webpage 

https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/franklin-for-all/

5 year fiscal outlook -> 

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/uploads/2022-08-15_fy23_to_fy27_town_administartor_fiscal_forecast_1.pdf 

Town budget page  https://www.franklinma.gov/town-budget 

Community & Cultural District calendar https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html 

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.  

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

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

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

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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Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and I get to "Talk Franklin" - 09/09/22 (audio)

Notice from the DPW - Jefferson Rd. Neighborhood roadwork to begin September 15, 2022

Notice from the DPW - Jefferson Rd. Neighborhood to begin September 15th, 2022

Notice from the Department of Public Works:

Attention: Jefferson Road Neighborhood

Weather permitting, a micro surfacing road project will begin on Thursday, September 15th, 2022.

The following roads will be affected:

• Peter's Lane
• Jackson Circle
• Adams Circle
• Grant Circle Heaton Circle
• McKinley Road
• Reagan Ave.
• Jefferson Road (from Harrison pl towards McKinley)

Please seek alternate routes.

Shared from -> https://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/notice-dpw-jefferson-rd-neighborhood-begin-september-15th-2022

Jefferson Rd. Neighborhood roadwork to begin September 15, 2022

FHS fall sports games/matches postponed Tuesday due to weather

HockomockSports.com posted the results of Hockomock League competition on Tuesday, Sep 13, 2022. We share the FHS results here and provide the link to the full set below. 

Girls Soccer

King Philip @ Franklin – Postponed to Friday, 9/16 at 3:30

Boys Cross Country

Franklin @ Attleboro – Postponed to Wednesday, 9/14 at 3:45

Girls Cross Country

Franklin @ Attleboro – Postponed to Wednesday, 9/14 at 3:45

Golf

Franklin vs. St. John’s Shrewsbury – Postponed to Tuesday, 9/20 at 3:15

For the other results around the league

https://hockomocksports.com/tuesdays-schedule-scoreboard-09-13-22/

FHS Panthers

350 Mass Greater Franklin Node, Virtual Meeting, Thursday, September 15, 7:00 PM

350 Mass Greater Franklin Node

Our next 350 Mass Greater Franklin Node meeting will be this Thursday, September 15, 7:00-9:00 PM.  We will do something different this week: phone banking individually from 7-8, and then meeting on Zoom for the normal Node business, from 8-9. 

Please read this message for information.

Zoom link for the meeting, Thursday, September 15, 8:00-9:00 PM.
Join on Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88924607755?pwd=bHl1empTRVFxYzdZUmVBSGl1Q0p3Zz09
Meeting ID: 889 2460 7755
Passcode: 350ma
Dial-in +1 646 876 9923

For the first hour of our Node meeting (7:00-8:00, this Thursday), we will join fellow activists from 350 Mass and allied organizations in phone banking to support the Fair Share Amendment.  We will inform voters how, if passed in November, anyone earning over $1 million a year (not in investments) would pay an additional 4% state tax to support education and transportation. 350 Mass has endorsed this campaign. The wealthiest are opposed (Globe article).  We'll be trained in using Hubdialer and then make calls till 8 pm.  At that time we'll end our individual phone banking effort, and start the abbreviated Node meeting (8:00-9:00) via the Zoom link. 

We'll send further details about the Hubdialer training before Thursday evening. For now, though, please register here and select the date/time "Thu, Sep 15, 5:00pm–8:00pm EDT" (even though we will make calls only from 7:00pm-8:00pm).  If you cannot attend on Thursday but would like to volunteer for another time, please do. Phone banking will take place through the end of October.  We need to reach as many Massachusetts voters as possible before the November election! Join us in reaching out to voters! 

Remember that you can stay involved and receive updates from 350 Mass via the Climate Weekly email. Sign up here.

Learn more on the 350 Mass website.

We hope you can join us Thursday at 7:00 pm for the phone banking, and then join the meeting at 8. We'll send a reminder on Thursday. We continue to meet on Zoom, the first and third Thursdays of every month. 

Thank you for your commitment to the struggle for a transition to a just, equitable, and clean energy economy.

Node Co-coordinators,
Carolyn Barthel
Ralph Halpern

Ralph Halpern
ralph.halpern@comcast.net
781-784-3839 (h)
339-203-5017 (c)

School Committee Meeting - Sep 13, 2022 (video)

The video replay of the School Committee meeting of Tuesday, Sep 13, 2022 is available on YouTube.  

Video link -> https://youtu.be/eiLlFrwTX_U

Meeting agenda ->      https://www.franklinps.net/sites/g/files/vyhlif4431/f/agendas/scagenda_9-13-22.pdf

The meeting packet folder ->   https://www.franklinps.net/district/school-committee/pages/september-13-2022-school-committee-meeting 

My notes captured during the meeting via Twitter and in one threaded doc

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S9cVoByG4IOWk4V6K6YvLXs6ahdxGHeT/view?usp=sharing

Photos captured during the meeting can be found in one album ->

https://photos.app.goo.gl/pNainhZLLUeoL5DL7

School Committee Meeting - Sep 13, 2022 (video)

Women Veterans' Network to Host First Family Day in the Park!

Women Veterans' Network to Host First Family Day in the Park!

FREE Admission! Saturday, October 1 from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. Food, Fun & Games!

The Massachusetts Women Veterans' Network will host the first ever FAMILY DAY on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at Greenhill Park in Worcester! See flier to register!

Shared from -> https://www.franklinma.gov/veterans-services/news/women-veterans-network-host-first-family-day-park

Women Veterans' Network to Host First Family Day in the Park!

CommonWealth Magazine: "Half of primary ballots cast before Election Day"

"ELECTION DAY may be a misnomer. 

State primary turnout figures make clear a new reality, with important implications for campaign strategies: Election Day is actually election season. For the second time in as many election cycles, fewer than half of ballots were cast on Election Day itself. More were cast early, either in person or, primarily, by mail. " 

Continue reading the article in CommonWealth Magazine

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/politics/half-of-primary-ballots-cast-before-election-day/

voting booths at Franklin High School

	% by Mail	% Early Vote	% Day of	Total Ballots
Democrat	52.0%	4.7%	43.2%	777,819
Republican	27.4%	4.2%	68.3%	276,158

Flu Clinic for Seniors (65+) October 12th, 2022

Flu Clinic for Seniors (65+) October 12th, 2022

The Franklin Department of Health is hosting a Flu Clinic for Seniors (ages 65+) on October 12th. The event will be held from 1:30pm - 4:30 PM at the Franklin Senior Center.

You may register here: https://home.color.com/vaccine/register/franklin?caledar=7d53f3ff-f19a-471b-a616-db77d3a80110 or by calling 508-613-1334.

Shared from ->  https://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/flu-clinic-seniors-65-october-12th-2022

Flu Clinic for Seniors (65+) October 12th, 2022

Franklin TV and wfpr.fm schedule for Wednesday, Sep 14, 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 my Town Council Quarterbacking session with Council Chair Tom Mercer. We recap the Sep 7, 2022 meeting of the Town Council ->   https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/09/town-council-quarterbacking-with-chair_0166645095.html

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 my Talk Franklin session with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen, recorded on Sep 9, 2022. We talk about 9/11, work underway around town, and the Economic Development Subcommittee meeting scheduled for Sep 21 -> https://anchor.fm/letstalkfranklin/episodes/Drought-Status-and-Downtown-Priorities-e1npd7i

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

7:30 am It Takes A Village: Lifelong Learning

8:30 am Cultural District: Brent Selby

10:00 am Franklin Art Association: Joyce McJilton Dwyer

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Scones

12:30 pm Sandhya: Cupcakes

1:00 pm Norfolk County Prevention Coalition: Safe Prescribing

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Emergency Pizza

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Fall 2019 Show 2

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 4

3:30 pm Veterans' Call: Steve Croueau

4:30 pm Second Sunday Speaker Series: Wolfgang Bauer

6:00 pm Cooking Thyme: Ice Cream

6:30 pm 4th of July 2022: School of Rock

9:30 pm Concerts on the Common: Reminisants

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

7:00 am Public School Event: FHS Pops Night 05-09-18

8:30 am Universe of Adolescent Sleep

10:00 am SAFE Coalition: Overdose Awareness

11:00 am All-Town Showcase: Band

1:00 pm FHS Girls Varsity Soccer: v King Philip 09-09-22

3:00 pm ArtWeek: Theater in the Open

3:30 pm Public School Event: Jazz Night 01-23-19

7:30 pm Public School Event: Lifelong Music Pt. 2 05-13-19

9:30 pm FHS Varsity Field Hockey: v Oliver Ames 09-08-22

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

8:00 am Town Council 09-07-22

2:00 pm Town Council 09-07-22

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)

St. Mary's Women's Faith Formation group announce new series and meeting dates

The St. Mary's Women's Faith Formation group is please to announce that we will be viewing the Symbolon series: "The Catholic Faith Explained" by Dr. Edward Sri.  This series from the Augustine Institute consists of ten videos on a variety of topics.  We will view one 1/2 hour video each session and allow time for discussion and sharing.  

Our meetings will be via Zoom and are on a new night - the second Wednesday of the month from 7 - 8 pm.  Please visit our web page (https://www.stmarysfranklin.org/womens-faith-formation)  for further information and to access the Zoom link.  

All women are welcome to attend!

The first meeting of this new series is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct 12.

St Mary's Faith Formation Announcement - Oct 12

FPAC Holiday Productions schedules open auditions for The Nutcracker! - Sep 24

FPAC Holiday Productions is excited to announce open auditions for their annual production of The Nutcracker! Directed by Cheryl Madeux (American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, Hartford Ballet)! This annual production of The Nutcracker will feature guest artists and a professional live orchestra.

Auditions will be held on September 24.

Location: THE BLACK BOX, 15 West Central Street, Franklin, MA

Performances: December 3 and 4 at the Franklin High School Auditorium

All are welcome to audition!

Please arrive 30 minutes prior to your audition time to register and receive a number.

Ballet attire is required.

Girls/Ladies- pink footed ballet tights, black, pink or dress code leotard, pink ballet slippers with neat hair or hair in a bun. Pink pointe shoes if auditioning en-pointe.

Boys/Gentlemen- white fitted shirt or white leotard, black tights or black jazz pants, black ballet slippers or white slippers with white socks, and hair neat and out of face.

Please be prepared to stay for the next age group or call back audition.

Off‐Pointe Auditions

Ages 6‐8, 10:00‐10:45 AM  

Ages 9‐11, 10:45‐11:15 AM  

Ages 12‐14, 11:30 - 12:15 PM  

Ages 15+, 12:15‐1:15 PM 

Callbacks off-pointe, 1:15‐1:30 PM  

En‐Pointe Auditions

(Must have at least one year of pointe experience to audition en-pointe)

Ages 12-14, 1:45‐2:15 PM 

Ages 15+, 2:15-3:30 PM 

Callbacks en-pointe, 3:30‐4:15 PM 

Party Parents- Call 508-528-3370 if interested!

For more information call 508-528-3370

Shared from ->  https://www.fpaconline.com/events.php?id=1605&month=09&year=2022

FPAC Holiday Productions schedules open auditions for The Nutcracker! - Sep 24

FHS field hockey, golf, boys soccer, and volleyball teams all post wins on Monday

HockomockSports.com posted the results of Hockomock League competition on Monday, Sep 12, 2022. We share the FHS results here and provide the link to the full set below.

Boys Soccer = Franklin, 2 @ King Philip, 0 – Final 

– Franklin scored just before halftime and then once more just before the final whistle to earn a 2-0 win, bouncing back from a setback on Friday at OA. Hansy Jacques scored for the second straight match, putting the visitors ahead in the 37th minute. Andrew O’Neill set up Noah Cain in the 75th minute to double the Panthers’ advantage.

Field Hockey = King Philip, 2 @ Franklin, 7 – Final 

– King Philip cut the deficit down to two with a goal less than four minutes into the fourth quarter but Franklin finished with three straight goals to pull away for the win. KP took the lead less than two minutes in when senior Leah Santoro scored her first career goal and held the lead for the majority of the quarter before Franklin’s Raena Crandall (from Shaw Downing and Kaitlyn Carney) scored with a minute left to make it 1-1. Carney scored twice in the second quarter, the first unassisted and the second from Haley Wernig and Sophia Cuneo, to give the Panthers a 3-1 halftime lead, and Emily Carney (from Kaitlyn Carney) scored the lone goal of the third to extend Franklin’s lead to 4-1 going into the fourth. Junior Mara Boldy converted a pass from Kelly Holmes four minutes into the fourth to cut the deficit to 4-2 but goals from Wernig (from E. Carney), Crandall (from K. Carney), and Kaitlyn Carney iced the win. Devon Barry made eight saves in net for the Panthers while Haley Bright had a stellar performance in the cage for KP. Holmes, and seniors Avery Hayes and Maggie Murphy all played well defensively for the Warriors.

Volleyball = King Philip, 0 @ Franklin, 3 – Final 

– A battle between two of the best teams in the state lived up to the hype as the Panthers claimed a 3-0 (26-24, 27-25, 25-20) win in an extremely competitive and tight contest. Junior Taylor Lacerda recorded 11 kills, 11 digs, and a pair of aces for the Panthers while senior middle Rachel Taylor added six kills, five blocks, and one ace. For KP, Emily Sawyer landed 14 kills along with a pair of aces, Sami Shore added six kills and three aces, Ahunna James recorded five kills, and Olivia O’Neil chipped in with four kills and two aces.

Golf = Franklin, 148 @ Attleboro, 162 – Final

Panthers take Attleboro 148-162‼️‼️

Obrien-35

B.Collins-37

Nelson-37 (first match)

Steel-39

Panthers advance to 5-0‼️  via @FHSGolfTeam -> 

https://twitter.com/FHSGolfTeam/status/1569431270043832320

For the other results around the Hockomock League on Monday

https://hockomocksports.com/mondays-schedule-scoreboard-09-12-22/

FHS Panthers

Franklin High School announced as part of the Class of 2022 National Banner Unified Champion Schools

Via Special Olympics: 

"We're so excited to announce the Class of 2022 National Banner Unified Champion Schools. These schools have demonstrated a commitment to inclusion by meeting 10 standards of excellence."

Video link ->  https://youtu.be/ca19GQWdkkg

Full school listing -> https://www.specialolympics.org/what-we-do/unified-champion-schools/banner-recognition-program

Class of 2022 National Banner Unified Champion School