From the May audio archives - If you missed it then, you can catch up to it now (audio)

FM #993 -  Spend a few minutes with this "must listen" summary from Town Administrator Jamie Hellen on FY 2024 ->   https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/05/franklinites-spend-few-minutes-with.html

FM #1001 - The audio of the Town of Franklin Memorial Day ceremony held on the Town Common at the end of the parade on Monday, May 29, 2023. -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/05/town-of-franklin-memorial-day-ceremony.html

FM #1002 - The audio of the Favorite Poem Project Reading held in the Franklin Public Library on Saturday, April 29, 2023 -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/06/the-favorite-poem-project-reading-for.html

You can find more in the Franklin Matters Radio podcast page here ->   https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/

Franklin Matters Radio podcast page

Notice of Public Hearing: Bylaw Amendment 23-900 - Downtown Parking District Map Amendment

Notice of Public Hearing: Bylaw Amendment 23-900 - Downtown Parking District Map Amendment

The Franklin Town Council will hold a second reading and take a final vote on the adoption of Bylaw Amendment 23-900: Chapter 170, Vehicles and Traffic, Article IV, Stopping, Standing and Parking §170-15 Parking Prohibitions and Limitations, D. Parking Prohibited, 1. Downtown Parking District, which will change the hours of no overnight parking at the Depot. St. parking lot and the Ferrara parking lot from 2am-6am to 12am-5am from Sunday through Thursday, and from 2am-6am to 2am-5am on Friday and Saturday.

This action will take place during the Town Council’s public meeting on July 19, 2023, beginning at 7:00 PM and will provide an opportunity for public input. Location: Municipal Building, 2nd floor Council Chambers, 355 E. Central Street, Franklin, and also via the “ZOOM” platform. 

Residents can visit the Town website (Franklinma.gov) town calendar to review full text of proposed bylaw amendment, including the proposed map, and for up to date meeting information, on and after July 14, 2023. 

Please call the Town Administrator’s Office at (508) 520-4949 if you require further information or to make arrangements for translation services.

Submitted by,

Julie McCann

Franklin TV and wfpr.fm schedule for Tuesday, July 4, 2023

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

9:00 AM 12:00 Noon and 6:00 PM  Jazz Journey – with Pamela Hines
2 hours. An insightful tour of Jazz Greats in a golden era

11:00 AM 2 PM and 8:00 PM SAFE Radio– Jim Derick and Dr. Anne Bergen Addressing issues of Drug Abuse Disorder 

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

7:00 am     FPAC: Broadway in Franklin 2022

8:30 am     The Only Cure Is Education

9:00 am     It Takes A Village: Philip Hulbig

10:00 am Frank Presents: James Ginley

11:00 am Senior Connection: Joe Landry

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin': Peppers

12:30 pm Sandya: Crepes

1:00 pm     Pizzapalooza: White Pizza

1:30 pm     Winning Ways with the MIAA: Shaun Hart Pt 1

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 4

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 10

3:30 pm     Riffing with the President: Ep 1

5:00 pm Franklin Food Pantry at Edwins: Grand Opening

6:30 pm     Franklin Disability Expo

7:00 pm     Drink Responsibly: Craft Roots

8:30 pm 4th of July 2022: Duppy Conquerors

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

8:00 am FHS Girls Varsity Lacrosse: v Westwood 06-09-23

10:00 am FHS Graduation 2023

11:30 am Winning Ways with the MIAA: Shaun Hart Pt 1

12:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Lacrosse: v Needham 06-08-23

2:00 pm Public School Event: Remington Spring Music '22

3:30 pm     FHS Senior Awards Night 2020

6:00 pm Pickleball Tournament: Pickleball Tournament

7:00 pm     FHS Varsity Softball: v Milford 05-22-23

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

8:00 am School Committee: 06-13-23

12:00 pm Master Plan Committee: 06-28-23

2:00 pm School Committee: 06-13-23

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)

July 4th Celebration - Schedule for Monday, July 3, 2023

The Franklin July 4th Coalition is made up of community volunteers.  Our sole mission is to preserve the annual celebrations for the town of Franklin.  We hope you come and enjoy yourselves.   

We rely entirely on fundraising events and donations to provide the fireworks, music and  events.  

We need your help.  A small tax deductible donation will help us reach our fundraising goal and allow us to keep the celebration an exciting town wide event.

Monday, July 3

2:00pm - Franklin's 4th of July - Carnival

Carnival Hours:  2PM - 10PM

MEGAPASS: 2PM - 10PM

Wristbands: 2PM - 6PM

7:00pm - Backyard Swagger (live music)

Food booths (Open during carnival hours)

Pizza, hotdogs, water, ice cream Franklin Democrat Town Committee

Soda, ice cream sandwiches Franklin July 4th Coalition

Fried doughs, French fries Franklin Rod & Gun Club

Corn dogs, nachos, root beer floats         Republican Town Committee

Lemonade, yogurt parfait         Temple Etz Chaim

Visit the page for updates and to donate -> https://www.franklin4th.com/

Franklin's July 4th Coalition has a great line up for 2023

Franklin Public Library July 2023 Newsletter

Franklin Public Library July 2023 Newsletter

July 2023 Newsletter

Library Hours

The Franklin Public Library will be closed Tuesday, July 4^th for Independence Day. The Library's summer hours are Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday hours will resume after Labor Day.

SUMMER READING 2023!!!

It is time for the annual Summer Reading Program from Franklin Public Library! The theme this year is Find Your Voice! So, this year we have a full schedule of events and activities to help you explore and share yours! This year we also have a Summer Reading Program for our Adult community, too! More information can be found on our summer reading page of the Library Website and the summer reading page under Adult Programs & Services!

Sign Up Here!

Kids & Teens: https://www.franklinma.gov/franklin-public-library/pages/summer-reading-2023

Adults: https://www.franklinma.gov/adult-programs-services/pages/summer-reading-2023-adults

Library News – Get more eContent from Libby
Did you know that Libby app allows Minuteman users to borrow eBooks & audiobooks from other public library networks in Massachusetts? By adding these libraries to your Libby account, you can search, browse, and check out items from their digital collections. These networks include: Boston Public Library, SAILS Library network, CLAMS, NOBLE, CW MARS, OCLN, and the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium. To add libraries, open your Libby app, tap on the settings menu in the bottom center of the screen-select "add a library" - Search for one of the following:  Boston Public Library, CLAMS, CW MARS, Merrimack Valley Library Consortium, NOBLE, or OCLN (you will have to add them one at a time) - When asked to add a library card, choose "I'm visiting from Another Library."  Choose "Minuteman Library Network." Enter your MLN card number and PIN. You can now search and check out materials from a partner library just as you do from Minuteman!

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Museum Passes

April vacation is coming, so now is a great time to reserve passes to the area's most popular museums, aquariums, and more! Passes are available to be reserved up to thirty days in advance.

New Materials

Check out the latest additions to the library's collection!

Book Sale

Franklin Library Book Sale Friday, July 21, 1:00-5:00 p.m.  Saturday, July 22, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon
All books are just one dollar!

Franklin Library Bag Sale, Saturday, July 22, from 1:00-4:00 p.m.
$5 A Bag -- Come fill a brown bag with all the books you can!
 

Franklin Library ESL & Adult Literacy Program

The Franklin Public Library has started an English as a Second Language and Adult Literacy Program to serve Franklin and its surrounding communities.  Volunteers and students do not need to be Franklin residents. If interested, please fill out the registration form on the library's website.

Massachusetts Center for the Book 2023 Reading Challenge

July: A book Borrowed from another Library

Do you have a cozy reading corner you've been wanting to spend more time in? Do you have a group of friends who like to select books together? Maybe a little constraint helps you choose what to read next.

If you are looking for a fun, unique reading challenge to take on in 2023, Massachusetts Center for the Book has you covered.

Check it out today! https://www.massbook.org/readingchallenge

Get the full newsletter on the Library page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/franklin-public-library/news/franklin-public-library-july-2023-newsletter

Rausch Report: Pride and Tax Relief (June 2023)

The newsletter was shortened for publication here. To view the full set of content ->    https://mailchi.mp/masenate/monthlynewsletter-17061977

Your monthly Beacon Hill update from Senator Becca Rausch. 

View this email in your browser There's much to celebrate this month, from Pride to Juneteenth to getting closer to providing tax relief to Bay Staters. We've been hard at work on Beacon Hill to ensure the Commonwealth becomes an even more welcoming, inclusive, safe, and economically viable place for all.   Pride flag raising at the State House on June 7, 2023  Unfortunately, there's also much to mourn. As we prepared this newsletter for distribution, the Supreme Court issued three decisions antithetical to our shared values and well-established rule of law. My team and I are still reviewing these gut-punch decisions, with an eye toward restorative actions we might be able to take at the state level here at home.   This month also marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. When the Dobbs decision came down last year, I doubled down on my promise to remain fervently committed to protecting and enhancing full-spectrum reproductive health care access, equity, and delivery in our Commonwealth. Since then, we quickly passed An Act Expanding protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care and allocated tens of millions of state dollars to reproductive health access, infrastructure, and safety, Reproductive Equity Now's abortion-related legal hotline, and reimbursements to public universities for abortion medications. This session, I authored and filed the Abortion Access Act, co-filed by Rep. Sally Kerans in the House and a priority for Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts, which builds upon our prior successes by removing still-present barriers to care, protecting against new restrictions, further addressing anti-choice centers, and enhancing confidentiality protections for patients. I also filed legislation to provide temporary, limited licensure to medical students in residency in anti-choice states to receive training on reproductive and gender-affirming care here in Massachusetts, which they cannot get in their states of medical residency.   I'm still all in on our collective push for progress on civil rights, reproductive and gender-affirming care, climate action, plastic reduction, and equity regardless of ability, identity, or wealth. I always will be, for as long as I am privileged to serve in the State Senate. And especially with the litany of lousy SCOTUS decisions coming our way, we have much work to do indeed.  This month's Rausch Report includes legislative updates (including the Senate's tax relief bill), a roundup of district events, my newly launched Youth Summit, details on upcoming office hours, and more.  For real-time updates, please follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. If you are a constituent and need assistance, please don't hesitate to call me and my team at (617) 722-1555, email me at becca.rausch@masenate.gov, or attend upcoming office hours. We are here to help.    Yours in service,     Senator Becca Rausch    On June 13, I voted alongside my Senate colleagues to approve a massive $590 million tax relief bill that will put money back into the pockets of families and small businesses, bolster communities with housing development supports, and uplift our youngest residents, their caregivers, our workforce, and our seniors. Highlights of this tax relief package include:  Increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which provides critical support to working families, from 30% to 40% of the federal credit;  Merging existing credits into a new and enhanced Child and Dependent Tax Credit (CDTC), increases the amount of the credit from $180 to $310 per child/dependent, and eliminating the current cap of two children/dependents;  Increasing the statewide cap for the Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP) from $10 million to $57 million on a one-time basis and then to $30 million annually;  Raising the annual low-income housing tax credit authorization from $40 million to $60 million, directly supporting affordable housing production across the Commonwealth;  Doubling the maximum senior circuit breaker tax credit, which supports elderly residents who struggle with high housing costs, from $1,200 to $2,400; and  Raising the estate tax threshold to $2 million and eliminating the so-called "cliff effect" by allowing a uniform credit of $99,600 for all estates.  The bill now sits with a conference committee to hash out the differences between the Senate and House versions before heading to the Governor's desk. This legislation is an important step forward, and I will continue pushing for additional revenue reform necessary to further support our families and communities while ensuring sufficient funds for infrastructure investments.   We have a plastics problem As Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, I am committed to advancing legislation that helps the Commonwealth reach its climate goals. In addition to the many bills I hear before the Committee, I am proud to have authored and filed the Plastics Reduction Act, co-filed by Rep. Ted Philips in the House. On June 1, Rep. Ted Philips and I hosted a legislative briefing with the National Caucus on Environmental Legislators to bring together advocates from Just Zero, MASSPIRG, and Oceana to discuss the problem of plastic pollution in our state and why our bill is part of the solution to this crisis. I also spoke on the State House steps about the serious need for action this session to address our ongoing and self-created plastic problem.   I joined Rep. Domb and advocates from MASSPIRG, Beyond Plastics, Conservation Law Foundation, Environment Massachusetts, League of Women Voters MA, Oceana, Sierra Club, and Surfrider to push for legislative action aiming to reduce plastic pollution. Our mailing address is: The Office of Senator Becca Rausch Massachusetts State House, Room 215 24 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02133 Want to change how you receive these emails?

From the April audio archives - if you missed this then, you can catch up to it now (audio)

FM #975 - School Committee member Dave Callaghan and I start this session as the first of a series  https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/04/school-committee-member-dave-callaghan.html

FM #982 - The all important audio session on what you need to know about the Storm water fee starting July 1 https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/05/what-you-need-to-know-about-stormwater.html

FM #983 - Talking with Ali Rheaume on disability, art, and the Disability Expo   https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/05/talking-with-ali-rheaume-on-disability.html

You can find more in the Franklin Matters Radio podcast page here ->   https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/

Franklin Matters Radio podcast page

Fiscal Year 2024 1st Quarter Real Estate and Personal Property Tax Bills due August 1, 2023

Fiscal Year 2024 1st Quarter Real Estate and Personal Property Tax Bills due August 1, 2023

Notice from the Treasurer/Collector

Fiscal Year 2024 Real Estate and Personal Property Tax Bills - First Quarter

Treasurer/Collector Kerri A. Bertone has mailed the Fiscal Year 2024 first quarter real estate and personal property tax bills.  Payment is due by August 1, 2023. 

Payments received after the due date are charged 14% interest.

Read more

Franklin TV and wfpr.fm schedule for Monday, July 3, 2023

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

9 AM 12 PM and 6 PM Talkin’ the Blues – Jim Derick & Nick Remissong
2 hours of awesome blues music, info, interviews

11 AM 2 PM and 8 PM A More Perfect Union – Discussing American Politics and Current Events - Peter Fasciano, Dr. Michael Walker Jones, Dr. Natalia Linos, State Rep Jeff Roy, and Nick Remissong hold a round table discussion on current events and American politics, bringing about thoughtful conversation, compelling discourse, and a look at what the future might hold for the United States.

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

9:00 am     Pickleball Tournament: Pickleball Tournament

10:00 am Drink Responsibly: Craft Roots

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin': Peppers

12:30 pm Sandya: Crepes

1:00 pm     Cooking Thyme: Lobstah

1:30 pm     Pizzapalooza: White Pizza

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 4

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 10

3:30 pm     Veterans' Call: VA Pension

4:30 pm     Eat Around The World: Peru

5:00 pm The Only Cure Is Education

5:30 pm     Frank Presents: James Ginley

6:30 pm     Winning Ways with the MIAA: Shaun Hart Pt 1

8:00 pm Extended Play Sessions: Acoustic X

9:00 pm 4th of July 2022: Duppy Conquerors

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

8:00 am FHS Girls Varsity Lacrosse: v Westwood 06-09-23

10:00 am FHS Graduation 2023

11:30 am Winning Ways with the MIAA: Shaun Hart Pt 1

12:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Lacrosse: v Needham 06-08-23

2:00 pm Public School Event: Remington Spring Music '22

3:30 pm     FHS Senior Awards Night 2020

6:00 pm Pickleball Tournament: Pickleball Tournament

7:00 pm     FHS Varsity Softball: v Milford 05-22-23

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

8:00 am Planning Board: 06-26-23

12:00 pm Master Plan Committee: 06-28-23

2:00 pm Planning Board: 06-26-23

5:00 pm Economic Development: 06-21-23

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)