Franklin MAtters Weekly: 7 meetings on tap this week leading to the Farmers Market (Fri) and Harvest Festival (Sat)

7 meetings on tap this week.

On Monday, the Conservation Commission does a site walk to view in person the property where proposed work would encroach on wetlands. This is prior to their discussion on the proposal for their normal scheduled Thursday meeting.

Also Monday, the Housing Authority and the Library Board of Directors conduct their regular monthly sessions.

Tuesday, the School Committee gets the school level details on the Improvement Plan that go the District view of in their prior meeting. Both the District and School Improvement plans are up for vote at this session.

On Wednesday, the Finance Committee elects their leadership (Chair, Vice-Chair, and Clerk). Michelle Monsegur, Deputy Town Administrator is formally introduced to the Committee. Word is that she will be taking the lead on the financial aspects of the Town Administrator's Office, allowing Jamie to do other items around planning and economic development.

This is the Finance Cmte’s first meeting since June. They get to review the 5 year and fiscal plan for FY 2028 that the Joint Budget subcommittee got to see in August.

The previously mentioned Conservation Commission meeting closes out the meeting week on Thursday. Friday features the Farmers Market, and Saturday is the 24th Annual Harvest Festival. Main St from the triangle/railroad bridge through to School St is closed to traffic for this event full of vendors, organizations, live entertainment, and food & refreshments.

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.

*** Event & Meeting schedule (with agendas) as of Town pages 9/18/26 4:00 PM ***

9/21/26 Conservation Commission Site Walk at 78 Populatic

Monday, September 21 Time: 1:30 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09212026-2516

Franklin Housing Authority

Monday, September 21 Time: 4:30 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09212026-2502

Library Board of Directors Regular Meeting

Monday, September 21 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09212026-2514

Franklin School Committee Meeting

Tuesday, September 22 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09222026-2519

Council on Aging Board Meeting

Wednesday, September 23 Time: 11:00 AM

No agenda at this time

Finance Committee Meeting

Wednesday, September 23 Time: 6:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09232026-2522

Conservation Commission Meeting

Thursday, September 24 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09242026-2521

*** Looking back at the week that was ***

Town/ School meetings

The Town Council met for more than 4 hours on Wednesday. Zoom restarted on its own creating 2 YouTube videos. This is temporary. The Studio is working to replace them with a complete one.

Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yU90Rl52sE

Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v6EpsdI8dY

The Economic Development Subcommittee met on Thursday. The video is available for replay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46_qWc-jBXA

FHS Sports broadcasts

Boys soccer game vs Milford on Monday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKgRSxo564I
The FHS football game on Friday vs. Brockton https://www.youtube.com/live/O948Io4nwAs
The boys soccer game vs. St John’s on Saturday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjQpI-E6VMI

All Access programming

A brief promotion for the Harvest Festival from the new program scheduled to debut next week called FM Journal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQGCZg_zZb4

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