Many meetings this week are the last of the calendar year with the Christmas and New Year’s holidays coming over the next 2 weeks. Some subcommittees are active this week, especially as the 250th Celebration planning gets underway.
The Town Council meeting Wednesday (6 PM) has a potpourri of an agenda. Recognitions, alcohol license renewals, snow update, Town Charter change process presentation, among others in a full agenda.
Town officials hold their office hours at the Senior Center Thursday morning (8:30 AM). There is a ZBA meeting Thursday evening but the 444 East Central project will be the topic for their meeting on Tuesday the 23rd.
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.
*** Meeting schedule and agendas as of Town page 12/12/25, 8:00 PM ***
Franklin Public Schools Community Relations Sub Committee Meeting
Monday, December 15 Time: 6:00 PM
https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12152025-2050
250th Anniversary Celebration Committee
Monday, December 15 Time: 7:00 PM
https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12152025-2061
Planning Board Meeting
Monday, December 15 Time: 7:00 PM
https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12152025-2056
250th Anniversary Celebration Committee
Tuesday, December 16 Time: 5:30 PM
https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12162025-2060
Design Review Meeting
Tuesday, December 16 Time: 7:00 PM
https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12162025-2059
Town Council Meeting
Wednesday, December 17 Time: 6:00 PM
https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12172025-2062
Town Council Office Hours
Thursday, December 18 Time: 8:30 AM
ZBA Meeting
Thursday, December 18 Time: 7:30 PM
https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12182025-2055
FOFE Meeting
Friday, December 19 Time: 9:30 AM
Council on Aging Meeting
Friday, December 19 Time: 1:30 PM
*** Looking back at the week that was ***
The Franklin School Committee met for their only December session on Tuesday, December 9. The Volleyball team was recognized, the capital budget request was reviewed and approved, Student Services presented on all that they do. The recap, video and audio links are available https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/12/school-committee-recognizes_030419169.html
The Finance Committee finally got their ‘deep dive’ into Technology. It took multiple reschedules but it happened. It is highly recommended spending the time to watch the video replay. To fully & properly fund technology for the required licenses, hardware, software and staffing to keep it all running would be an additional $1.5M per year. Food for thought and consideration https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/12/finance-committee-gets-answer-on-how.html
The Conservation Commission met on Thursday. The video replay is available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzxvaqPNXiQ
- the FHS Concert Band and Wind Ensemble concert was broadcast and is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqY8ICpCF5w
- the FHS Concert Band concert Dec 11 was broadcast and is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqY8ICpCF5w
- the next in the series of Aging Boldfully shows hosted by Susan Rohrbach is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHBjudkBsFk
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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