Monday, September 7, is Labor Day, the latest in the month that this occurs, so we end up with a long weekend and a short week.
Note: due to the holiday, the trash and recycle curbside schedule is off by one day. Imagine DPW Director Brutus Cantoreggi talking about the Monday Collection: Moved to Tuesday; Tuesday Collection: Moved to Wednesday, etc.
As a bonus, the recording of one of the winter announcements of the delay is available, and linked to below.
On Tuesday, the School Committee Policy subcmte gets together at 6. They are slated to begin review of a number of fiscal policies related to the budget and operations.
The full School Committee gets together at 7 PM also on Tuesday. The District Improvement PLan is being presented. This plan sets the stage for individual school plans as well as for the Superintendent’s goals.
On Wednesday, the Historical Commission among other items is considering offering tours on Saturdays.
The 250th Celebration Events subcmte, also meets and among other items is a discussion on their first potential donor lunch scheduled for Oct 16.
Thursday is the busiest meeting day with meetings for the Bi-County Collaborative, Municipal Affordable Housing Trust, Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter, Conservation Commission and last but not least the Cultural District committee.
The Cultural District meeting also lists an item to discuss cultural tours on Saturdays.
A special event is also on Thursday; new exhibits are being welcomed to the Sculpture Park at 5 PM. On Saturday to close out the week, there is a Bike Safety Event at Franklin High School beginning at 9 AM.
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.
Audio link - https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1813-fm-weekly-outlook-lookback-combo-09-06-26/
*** Event & Meeting schedule (with agendas) as of Town pages 9/04/26 7:00 PM ***
Franklin Public Schools Policy Subcommittee Meeting
Tuesday, September 8 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09082026-2485
Franklin School Committee Meeting
Tuesday, September 8 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09082026-2487
Charles River Pollution Control Meeting
Wednesday, September 9 Time: 3:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092026-2491
Franklin Historical Commission Meeting
Wednesday, September 9 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092026-2490
250th Anniversary Celebration Events Sub Committee
Wednesday, September 9 Time: 7:30 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092026-2492
Bi-County Collaborative - Board of Directors Mtg.
Thursday, September 10 Time: 9:00 AM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09102026-2489
Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Meeting - canceled
Thursday, September 10 Time: 2:00 PM
Sculpture Park - new exhibits revealed Thursday, September 10 - 5:00 PM
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/09/reminder-sculpture-park-is-adding-art.html
Cultural District Committee Meeting
Thursday, September 10 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09102026-2471
Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School Meeting
Thursday, September 10 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09102026-2488
Conservation Commission Meeting
Thursday, September 10 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09102026-2497
Bike Safety Event Saturday, September 12 - 9:00 AM at Franklin High School
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/09/reminder-bike-and-helmet-safety-event.html
*** Looking back at the week that was ***
Town/ School meetings
The Town Council met on Wednesday, Sep 2, the recap and video can be found
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/09/town-council-approve-west-as-police.html
The Commission on Disability met on Thursday, the exclusive audio can be found - https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/09/commission-on-disability-meeting.html
The Zoning Board of Appeals met on Thursday, Sep 3, the video can be found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O93n6IQhRH4
All Access programming
A new episode of Aging Boldfully: Discussion with Julie Booth of Quinnipiac University is available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymehk2zxGZE
A new episode of Once Upon a Town from Joe Landry and Scott Mason talking about the Post Office in Franklin is available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTH6nG2ewlU
Franklin Matters took a walk through the rescue animal farm and you can join us for that walk at the Maloney Farm and Forest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEkAQfKLMU4
Franklin Matters also took a walk through the kitchen cabinet custom build process process happening in the former bakery building on Ruggles St. Join us for the informative session with the Franklin KItchen Center - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc3ss_wlgpE
*** As a special episode of Franklin Matters Radio, we offer the voice recording of DPW Director Robert "Brutus" Cantoreggi's voice message in advance of the blizzard forecasted for Jan 29, 2022
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/01/dpw-director-brutus-cantoreggis-voice.html
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Community calendar -> https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar
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