September arrives Tuesday with the State Primary election taking center stage from 6 AM to 8 PM. A newly announced write-in campaign may delay the results as those write-in ballots require manual counting; so let’s be patient and allow time for the democratic voting process to work and count accurately.
The Cultural Council meets on Monday. Their agenda is rather spartan and by the way, there are still a number of vacancies for this group that administers the cultural grant process locally.
The Agricultural Commission is also scheduled to meet on Monday. A key item on this agenda is planning for the Pumpkin Festival at the Farmers Market Oct 2.
The 250th Anniversary Celebration Communications Subcommittee meets on Tuesday to work on several items relating to their formal communications (website, press releases, guidelines for social media, etc.)
The Board of Health returns to meet on Wednesday after taking the summer months off. A bunch of health related items are on this agenda.
The Town Council has a full session of work on its agenda for Wednesday. The Police Station Building Committee formally makes their presentation/recommendation, the new Police Chief is up for approval, the Deputy Town Administrator and Administrative Assistant is introduced.
The excess sewer capacity discussion and potential decision is back again (as promised), an overview of town owned buildings is scheduled (to set up for the future police station decision and related decisions on Parmenter, Davis Thayer, etc.). The public session also closes with an Executive Session on “other town property”
The Commission on Disability has its monthly meeting on Thursday at 4:00 PM in advance of the Ad Hoc Charter Committee (6:00) and the ZBA meeting (7:30).
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 8/28/26 7:30 PM ***
Franklin Cultural Council Meeting
Monday, August 31 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08312026-2476
Franklin Agricultural Committee Meeting
Monday, August 31 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08312026-2472
250th Anniversary Celebration Communications Subcommittee Meeting
Tuesday, September 1 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09012026-2475
Board of Health Meeting
Wednesday, September 2 Time: 5:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09022026-2480
Police Station Building Committee Meeting
Wednesday, September 2 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09022026-2481
Town Council Meeting
Wednesday, September 2 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09022026-2482
Franklin Commission on Disability Meeting
Thursday, September 3 Time: 4:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09032026-2474
Town Charter Ad Hoc Committee
Thursday, September 3 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09032026-2479
ZBA Meeting
Thursday, September 3 Time: 7:30 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09032026-2469
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*** Looking back at the week that was ***
Town/ School meetings
The Planning Board met on Monday, Aug 24. The video is available on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMZ_KePpqkM
The School Committee met on Tuesday, Aug 25. The recap and video link is available https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/08/school-committee-welcomes-new.html
The Conservation Commission met on Thursday, Aug 27. The video is available on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZtdHye7Wg
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The 250th Anniversary Celebration Committee also met on Thursday, Aug 27. The recap and video link can be found - https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/08/250th-anniversary-celebration-committee.html
All Access programming
A new episode of the Aging Agenda is available on the All Access channel as well as YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm6O1M5Ahz0
Franklin Matters
The recap and audio recording of the first “Voices of Franklin” series held at the Senior Center on August 18 is available - https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/08/voices-of-franklin-audio-recording-of.html
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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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