For the summer Town and School meetings, the relatively quiet short list of meeting weeks are behind us now. We are faced with a week chock full of sessions. Yup, from 4 meetings last week to 13 this week.
On Monday, the Franklin Housing Authority starts off with a session at 4:30 at Central Park Terrace.
Franklin Public School Horace Mann Legacy Subcommittee meeting at 7 PM has State Rep Jeff Roy scheduled for a visit to get an update on the work of the committee. The Planning Board also meets at the same time (this session is broadcast). Note that the Depot Plaza development proposal was withdrawn and resubmitted so that item will be on the August 24th agenda.
Closing out Monday, the 250th Anniversary Committee meets virtually to continue their planning.
On Tuesday, the Franklin School Committee Policy Subcommittee meets at 6 PM to get into a bunch of potential policies for review & revision.
At 7 PM, the Franklin School Committee meets. Among the standard agenda items is the approval of the submission to the Town Annual Report, and a 2nd reading on the restraint policy reviewed at a prior meeting.
On Wednesday, the Charles River Pollution Control meets at 3:30. The Tri-County School Committee Nomination Committee is scheduled to meet at 5:15 to confirm an appointment to an open seat on the Committee.
The Town Council meets at 6 PM mostly in Executive Session negotiating the Town Administrator's contract and then in public session to vote on such an agreement.
On Thursday, the Municipal Housing Trust and Conservation Commission have regular sessions scheduled. The Joint Budget Subcommittee is also scheduled to meet either for a short session in Chambers, or a ‘normal’ session in the 3rd floor conference room. Stay tuned for an update on this.
On Saturday, the Town Council added an “Office Hours” session at the library beginning at 10 AM.
The complete agenda for each of these meetings are listed below.
For all the meetings and cultural events, check out 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 8/07/26 7:30 PM ***
Franklin Housing Authority Meeting
Monday, August 10 Time: 4:30 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08102026-2437
Franklin Public School Horace Mann Legacy Sub Committee Meeting
Monday, August 10 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08042026-2436
Planning Board Meeting
Monday, August 10 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08102026-2438
250th Anniversary Celebration Committee Meeting
Monday, August 10 Time: 7:30 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08102026-2439
Franklin School Committee Policy Subcommittee Meeting
Tuesday, August 11 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08112026-2442
Franklin School Committee Meeting
Tuesday, August 11 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08112026-2448
Charles River Pollution Control Meeting
Wednesday, August 12 Time: 3:30 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08122026-2435
Tri-County School Committee Nomination Committee Meeting
Wednesday, August 12 Time: 5:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08122026-2446
Town Council Meeting
Wednesday, August 12 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08122026-2444
Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Meeting
Thursday, August 13 Time: 2:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08132026-2453
Joint Budget Subcommittee Meeting
Thursday, August 13 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08132026-2445
Conservation Commission Meeting
Thursday, August 13 Time: 7:00 PM (3rd Fl Trng, updated 8/10)
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08132026-2452
Town Council Open Office Hours
Saturday, August 15 Time: 10:00 AM
No agenda for this open discussion session
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*** Looking back at the week that was ***
Town/ School meetings
The Economic Development Subcmte met on Tuesday, Aug 4. The recap and TV link can be found https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/08/econommic-development-covers-variety-of.html
The Zoning Board of Appeals met on Thursday, Aug 6. Franklin TV video can be found on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex5AJ_0B8Ik
The Commission on Disability met on Thursday at the Senior Center. The recap and audio of this meeting can be found https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/08/audio-recording-available-for.html
All Access Programming
A new Once Upon a Town episode on the Ray Block can be viewed on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmvrPrdW3qM
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Community calendar -> https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar
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