Franklin Cultural District: The Library has family events as the year comes to a close

The Franklin Public Library has multiple family events as December winds down to the New Year on Sunday! You can also walk the labyrinth at the First Universalist Society in Franklin (FUSF) on New Year's Eve.

Wednesday, December 28

10:30am - Trevor the Games Man! (Franklin Public Library)

3:00pm - Box City (Franklin Public Library)

Thursday, December 29

10:30am - Music at the Blissful! A Fun Family Concert! (Franklin Public Library)

2:00pm - Teen Murder Mystery Party (Franklin Public Library)

Friday, December 30

5:30pm - David Penza (67 Degrees Brewery)

Saturday, December 31 = New Year's Eve

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

11:00am - Noon Year's Eve Party! (Franklin Public Library)

2:00pm - The Library will be closing at 2 pm

5:00pm - Labyrinth Walk (First Universalist Society in Franklin (FUSF))

Sunday, January 1, 2023 = New Year's Day

Library closed

Monday, January 2, 2023

Library closed

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Visit the Cultural District page ->  https://www.franklinculture.org/

Find the full Community event 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: Arts are happening here!

This Talk Franklin episode includes insights on the forthcoming Compensation study & goodbye to Alecia (audio)

FM #906 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 906 in the series. 

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

Topics for this session

Quick Recap

200 acres open space preserved with last 17 acres 

License renewals

Franklin Library Association ends it long service & donation run

Economic Development

Inclusionary zoning

MBTA, Franklin For All, etc.

Outlook

First pass at Capital budget, CPC, ARPA

Compensation study

Job opportunities across a variety of Dept/functions

Goodbye Alecia, best wishes

The conversation runs about 42 minutes. Let’s listen to my conversation with Jamie & Alecia. Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-906-talk-franklin-12-22-22

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Town Administrator page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/administrator

Finance Committee (with School budget deep dive) 12/07/22 -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/12/finance-committee-gets-some-financial.html 

Town Council 12/14/22 (video, audio & recap) ->

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/12/town-council-approves-open-space.html 

Note: The video portion with Library Director Felicia Oti talking about the Franklin Library Assoc begins at about 25 minutes

Open positions with Town of Franklin ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/human-resources/pages/job-opportunities 

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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

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

This Talk Franklin episode includes insights on the forthcoming Compensation study & goodbye to Alecia (audio)

FHS gymnastics post win vs. Taunton on Tuesday

Via Twitter

Gymnastics = Taunton, 132.35 @ Franklin, 133.75 – Final

FHS gymnastics

"Great home opening win!!  Really great competition. 

Vault - Top scorer Molly Chandler 8.7. Shout out to new vaulter Molly D'Amato putting down an 8.5 and counting towards our top 4 with a new vault! The other contributors were Ryann Chandler 8.6 and Emma Nelson 8.65! Awesome rotation!! 

Bars - our weakest event but girls are making excellent progress Emma taking top spot with and 8.5 and Maia Keohane, freshman Abby Robillard and Ciara O'Brien taking the other top 3 scores! 

Emma Nelson

Solid performance on Beam Emma taking top score of 8.8, Maia 8.6, Katie Valutkevich 8.4 and Olivia Reagan 8.25. 

Floor - Top score goes to Maia 8.8, tied at second were Olivia and Ciara 8.6 and Ryann with an 8.5. 

So great to see so many underclass men stepping up. Exciting to see! Congratulations on an awesome win girls it was a fight to the end!!"

 "Shout out to Senior Captain Emma Nelson @emmanelson414  for her first AA win - 34.25!  Congratulations so proud of you!"   https://twitter.com/fhs_gymnastics/status/1607841778312384512

FHS Indoor Track results for MSTCA Holiday Classic - Dumas 1st in Pentathlon

Via Twitter we share the FHS Indoor Track & Field results for the meet on Tuesday

• Congrats to the medalists from today’s Boston Holiday Challenge for the girls: Sarah Dumas - 1st - Pentathlon and 4th - 55H, Ella Chandaria - 6th - Pentathlon, Abby Griffith - 6th - HJ, Lily DeForge - 4th - SP, Liz Hopkins - 6th - SP   https://twitter.com/FranklinXCTrack/status/1607921304849551362
• And in the girls relays: 4x8 - 6th - Maddie Bruno, Meghan Griffith, Alli Powderly, Ella McLaughlin and 4x4 - 3rd - Olivia Costa, Anna Cliff, Sophia Cuneo, Sarah Dumas  https://twitter.com/FranklinXCTrack/status/1607921413364801536
• Congrats to the medalists from today’s Boston Holiday Challenge for the boys: Luke Sidwell - 6th - 300M and the 4x2 - 6th - Luke Sidwell, Trey Lovell, Bryce Dragsbaek, Josh Dunlap  https://twitter.com/FranklinXCTrack/status/1607921813320867841
• These 5 ladies competed in the Weight throw today, an FHS first! So unless I can be corrected @lilydeforge11  is your FHS indoor weight throw school record holder and  @Morgan_Lovell7 is the new freshman record holder.   https://twitter.com/fhs_throwers/status/1607853818536169472  
• At the Boston Holiday classic. FHS throwers @lilydeforge11  takes 4th and @elizabe82032317  takes 6th in the girls shot put.  Also shout out to  @sarah_dumas_  and  @ChandariaElla  who took 1st and 6th in the pentathlon, each getting a PR in the shot put  https://twitter.com/fhs_throwers/status/1607827299084156929  
• Congrats to Sarah Dumas for taking first place over all in the pentathlon w/ 3133 points. Ella Chandaria also earned 6th place with 2253 points. Awesome job!!! https://twitter.com/FranklinHSXC/status/1607804030704549889

The full set of FHS results can be found in this PDF 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R1Wilf_drRY44sh-67uo5pnByqAztK6q/view?usp=share_link

Congrats to Sarah Dumas for taking first place over all in the pentathlon w/ 3133 points. Ella Chandaria also earned 6th place with 2253 points. Awesome job!!!

FHS boys hockey top Malden Catholic 7-2 on Tuesday

Via HockomockSports.com and Twitter, we share the results of the fall sports competition for Franklin High School on Tuesday, December 27, 2022. We also provide the link to the full set of Hockomock League results below.

Boys Hockey = Franklin, 7 @ Malden Catholic, 2 – Final 

– Franklin had six different players find the back of the net as the Panthers used an offensive explosion to take down Malden Catholic. Anthony Lampasona had a pair of goals while Carter Balducci, Dan Daley, Jack Wernig, Logan Marchand, and Ryan Sicchio each scored once in the win.

"Game Results: Franklin 7 Malden Catholic 2 (Shots Franklin 33 Malden Catholic 27)   https://twitter.com/FHSPantherHocke/status/1607950911191629824

1st period Recap:

Boys came out with a hard forecheck setting the tone early as usual. The first 8 minutes of the game a lot of back-and-forth up tempo play until at 8:10 left in the first Franklin takes a penalty resulting in a penalty shot. But Colby Wagner would come up huge and stones the shot for Malden Catholic firing up Franklin. A minute later Tommy Balducci wins a neutral zone faceoff and finds Carter Baldacci who takes off down ice for the snipe from the top of the circle.  Franklin's relentless hard pressure from Ben Jarosz and Dylan McEvoy would continue all period. And with 3:13 Left in the period Dan Daley would find Ben Paterson who then slides it to Anthony Lampasona in the slot and puts it home. Franklin would end the period up 2-0 

2nd Period Recap:

Franklin would start the period fending off the last .38 seconds of a penalty. After successfully killing off the penalty Franklin goes on the attack again however with 12:17 left in the second Malden Catholic finds the back of the net. And with the game 2-1 in favor of Franklin, Franklin buckles down with some hard defensive shifts from Liam O'Rielly and Aidan Kuykendall. With 8:11 left in the second Logan Marchand snaps a pass to Ben Paterson below the net, Ben Paterson makes a no look pass to Dan Daley who buries it. A minute later carter Balducci takes off on a 2 on 1 then slides it to Jack Wernig who buries it for his first varsity goal to make it 4-1 Franklin. As play would ensue Franklin would find the next yet again on a PP goal when Vinnie Pasquarosa finds Dan Daley who bumps it to Anthony Lampasona for his second of the night. Couple in a hard shift from Zack Langevin, Mike Gates, Pat Daley,nd Carmine Iannuzzi that would finish off the period. Colby Wagner had another strong period in net fending off 17 shots thus far. Franklin up 5-1 

3rd Period Recap:

Malden Catholic would find the net in the first .20 seconds of the 3rd off a shot from the blue line. And just went Malden Catholic gained some momentum a minute later Ben Paterson would find Logan Marchand, who unloads one from the point that finds the back of the net deflating the sail of Malden Catholic. A few minutes later Franklin would find themselves on the PK when Ben Jarosz applies the heavy forecheck separating the defenseman from the puck and hits Ryan Sicchio for the one time in the slot for the shorty. With about 3:45 to go in the game Sam Jette, Mike Gates and Nick Weber would bring some heavy hitting play and strong defense by carmine Iannuzzi and James Donovan causing much frustration to Malden Catholic. Franklin would wrap it up with a 7-2 win and player of the game would go to Carter Balducci. Solid team win hopefully giving Franklin a much-deserved boost in the power rankings. 

Franklin takes on St Mary's tomorrow night 12/28 @ Malden Valley Forum puck drops @7PM"

For other results around the Hockomock League

https://hockomocksports.com/tuesdays-schedule-scoreboard-12-27-22/

FHS Panthers

Town of Franklin: Legal Notice for consideration of demolition of 803 Washington St

HEARING DATE Wednesday, January 11, 2023

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given  that the Town of Franklin

Historical Commission

will hold a Public Hearing,

Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 6:30PM

regarding a demolition request

 application for the property at 

803 Washington Street, Franklin MA

Meeting will be held at the 

Franklin Historical Museum

80 West Central Street, Franklin

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Please reach out with any questions.

Thank you,

Mary Olsson, Chairperson

Franklin Historical Commission

Town of Franklin: Legal Notice for consideration of demolition of 803 Washington St

FHS boys basketball team trip to Florida not happening due to flight challenges

Via Twitter we picked up yesterday afternoon that the FHS boys basketball team trip to Florida was not happening due to SouthWest flight cancelations. 

"We are really disappointed to not be traveling. A huge thanks to our boosters, sponsors, parents, players, coaches and administration for all your support. A lot of people worked so hard & sacrificed a lot of personal time, money and energy for this and we are so grateful for you.  "

https://twitter.com/CoachCJNeely/status/1607778957310443520

"Many of you know,the FHS boys basketball team was scheduled to be in FL for a ntnl tournament. Unfortunately, their trip was impacted by the widespread SW Airlines cancellations. The trip organizers are honoring the event at a later date. Thanks  to our sponsors & supporters.  "

https://twitter.com/fhsboysbball/status/1607763802619101184

WCVB Boston has coverage ->

https://www.wcvb.com/article/massachusetts-basketball-team-southwest-flight-canceled/42350261

"Disappointment builds character and Strength" Nafessa Williams

Franklin Commuter Rail special for Saturday, Dec 31 (New Year’s Eve)

"On Saturday, December 31st, Franklin Line Train 1717 (10:55 PM from South Station) will be held at South Station until 12:35 AM to accommodate those attending New Year's Eve festivities in Boston."

Affected direction: Outbound

Affected trips:

1717 (10:55 pm from South Station)

-Travel on all Commuter Rail Lines will be free after 8:00 pm on Saturday, December 31st

-Bikes including folding bikes will not be allowed on inbound rains between 10 am and 6 pm and on all outbound trains from 4 pm until the end of service on that day.

Last Updated: Dec 27 2022 03:17 PM

Franklin Commuter Rail special for Saturday, Dec 31 (New Year’s Eve)

Complete MBTA schedule for Franklin

https://www.mbta.com/schedules/CR-Franklin/timetable

Franklin TV and wfpr.fm schedule for Wednesday, Dec 28, 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 Downtown  Zoning Discussion with Councilors  Melanie Hamblen and Cobi Frongillo   https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/12/downtown-zoning-discussion-with.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 the recent Talk Franklin with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and say goodbye to Alecia Alleyne https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/12/this-talk-franklin-episode-includes.html

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

7:30 am It Takes A Village: D'Angela Alberty

8:30 am Sons & Daughters of Italy: Italian Cookies

10:00 am The Black Box: Michael James Scott

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Centerpieces

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Banana Bread

12:30 pm Sandhya: Eclairs

1:00 pm Norfolk County Prevention Coalition: Fire Safety

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: White Pizza

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Fall 2019 Show 1

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 10

3:30 pm Parish of St. Mary Christmas Pageant 2019

5:00 pm Addressing Hate in School Sports

6:00 pm Conversation of Hope: Black & Jewish Voices in Harmony

7:30 pm FHS Theater Company: Cinderella

10:00 pm The Black Box: Tappy Christmas 2019

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

7:00 am Public School Event: Annie Sullivan Winter Music 2022

8:30 am Metrowest Arts & Culture Symposium

10:00 am SAFE Coalition: Task Force

11:00 am FHS Winter Chorus & Orchestra 2022

12:30 pm FHS Girls Varsity Basketball: v King Philip 12-16-22

2:30 pm FHS Girls Varsity Hockey: v Canton 02-22-22

6:00 pm FHS Winter Chorus & Orchestra 2022

9:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Hockey: v St. John's Shrewsbury 12-20-21

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

8:00 am Town Council: 12-14-22

2:00 pm Town Council: 12-14-22

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)

Making Sense of Climate #20 - multiple updates leads to NY Times interactive survey (audio)

FM #905 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 905 in the series. 

This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Ted McIntyre, Franklin resident and climate activist via the Zoom conference bridge Monday, December 19, 2022.  

In this episode we covered the following topics: 

• East Boston Olmsted park now part of airport

• NY Times mapping impacts

• University study funding questioned

• Texas oil funding objections to New England wind efforts 

• Activists and ISO New England

• NY Times interactive survey fosters discussion

This discussion continues our journey understanding the MA roadmap toward net zero and while it helps me “make sense of climate”, we hope it helps with your understanding as well. 

If you have climate questions or Franklin specific climate questions, send them in and we’ll try to answer them in a future session.  

The conversation runs about 43 minutes. Let’s listen to my conversation with Ted 

Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-905-making-sense-of-climate-20-12-19-22

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The Boston Globe article on the former Olmsted Park in East Boston  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/05/metro/transformative-decision-half-century-ago-scrap-i-95-extension-still-resonates-boston-today/

New York Times article on climate impact for neighborhoods  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/13/climate/climate-footprint-map-neighborhood.html

Funding source of university study reveals possible conflict of interest  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/13/science/scientific-journal-investigating-umass-hydrogen-study-after-revelations-gas-industry-influence/

Texas Public Policy funding lawsuits challenging wind  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/climate/texas-public-policy-foundation-climate-change.html

Link to Ted’s episode talking with Boston University Prof Nathan Phillips

https://www.massclimateaction.org/activists_take_seats_on_an_iso_committee_december_14_2022

 

NY Times climate survey with quick answers

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/15/opinion/how-reduce-carbon-footprint-climate-change.html

 

See the page that collects the “Making Sense of Climate” episodes -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/02/making-sense-of-climate-collection.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

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

NY Times climate survey with quick answers

FHS boys basketball preview of Tournament play in Florida (audio)

Updated 12/27/22 3:45 PM: Due to the airline travel delays still replicating post storm, the team was unable to travel for this tournament.  Details in this tweet link -> https://twitter.com/fhsboysbball/status/1607763802619101184

 

PODCAST: The Basketball Breakdown, with

@fhsboysbball

Hosted by:

@RyanMartinPxP

Ft.

@2justinallen

and

@_BenHarvey_

Listen here ->  https://soundcloud.com/pantherbook-podcasts/the-basketball-breakdown-episode-1-fhs-boys-basketball

Shared from Pantherbook:  https://franklinpanthers.us/sports/2022/12/26/podcast-the-basketball-breakdown-with-fhs-boys-basketball-sr-captains/

The KSA Tournament bracket in Florida  https://brackethq.com/b/vm97/

Scheduled to play inn the Green Bracket https://ksaevents.net/schedules-and-results/basketball-schedule/holiday/

Pantherbook Podcasts · The Basketball Breakdown - Episode 1, FHS Boys Basketball