“Hot August night
And the leaves hanging down
And the grass on the ground smellin' sweet”
You can get into the spirit with this golden oldie from Neil Diamond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K398Q4DYCW8
The summer nights are rapidly coming to a close. Labor day is around the corner. Nomination papers are still available for the Biennial Town Election coming November 4. While there are just enough candidates for most roles, the Board of Health and the Planning Board (Associate) are both lacking candidates for their open positions.
Potential candidates are gathering signatures at the Farmers Market and elsewhere around town. Some are knocking on doors or having conversations in person, or on the social webs.
Some may be touting they will be the next savior for the Town. Listen, and listen well. What are they saying? What are they not saying?
We’ll try and gather a set of information for the residents and voters to make their decisions. We try to get more than a sound bite. What is the candidate's story? What are they looking to do? And importantly, how do they think they’ll do it?
These are not questions with yes or no answers. Nor are they trick questions. So listen and listen well to be able to cast an informed decision on November 4. These folks are stepping up to volunteer to help our town provide services to the community. We are all in this together.
On the meeting front, the Planning Board meets Monday, School Committee Tuesday, Police Station Building Committee and Agriculture Committee are both scheduled for Wednesday, and Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday. Important meetings on key topics for town and school business.
Meeting agendas where available are here to help prepare and understand what each group is doing on our behalf. Watch, listen, and listen well.
*** Meeting schedule and agendas as of Town page 8/22/25, 7:00 PM
Planning Board Meeting
Monday, August 25 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08252025-1869
Design Review Meeting
Tuesday. August 26 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08262025-1870
Franklin School Committee Meeting
Tuesday, August 26 Time: 7:00 PM
Franklin Agricultural Committee Meeting
Wednesday, August 27 Time: 7:00 PM
https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08272025-1873
Police Station Building Committee
Wednesday, August 27 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08272025-1881
Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) Meeting
Thursday, August 28 Time: 7:30 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08282025-1855
*** Looking back at the week that was ***
The only meeting broadcast by Franklin TV in the short week of meetings was the Conservation Commission meeting on Thursday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpuG9wRB0mg
While there was only one meeting broadcast, a couple of videos ended up getting finished for publication recently.
More Perfect Union: Teachers Unions (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqlylccC5cc
Veterans' Call: Tom Marcone (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mnumAQnzvI
Frank Presents: Cliff Winters (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MNnK8vGKu4
The individual video links can be found on Franklin Matters Weekly or use the Bit.ly link to go directly to the Franklin TV All Access page -> bit.ly / FTV - AllAccess -> https://bit.ly/FTV-AllAccess
For all the meetings and cultural events, check out the calendar at Franklin.news where each day, that day's events are posted on the top of the page, the TV and radio schedules are on the bottom, and all the other goodness falls in-between.
Town calendar -> https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
Community calendar -> https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar
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