The winds of change have landed in Franklin.
Tuesday, November 4 dawned sunny but windy, and those winds may have been the portent of the change that the community saw when the Town of Franklin Biennial Election results were available just after 9 PM.
Only 2 of the Town Council incumbents were re-elected, joining 7 new members. Diane Daddario won the write-in vote for the Board of Health with a convincing margin. 1 of the School Committee incumbents did not return as 3 new members will be joining the committee.
The first Town Council meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov 12 with a 6 PM starting time. The meeting will open with organizational votes so it will be interesting to see who ends up as Chair, Vice Chair, and Clerk for this new team.
The agenda is mainly an orientation to Council operations, open meeting law, Conflict of Interest, Ethics, and other matters that for the prior Councils with less change were covered but not likely in the depth anticipated for this session with so many newbies.
Other Town meetings this week are scheduled around the Veterans Day holiday Tuesday.
The Housing Authority meets on Monday. The Historical Commission and Friends of the Franklin Public Library are scheduled to meet on Wednesday.
The Municipal Affordable Housing Trust, the Charles River Pollution Control District, the BFCCPS and the Conservation Commission are all scheduled to meet on Thursday. The agendas for all the meetings this week are listed below.
For all the cultural events and meetings, 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 11/07/25, 8:30 PM ***
Housing Authority
Monday, November 10 Time: 4:30 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11102025-1994
Veterans Day - Town offices and Schools closed
Tuesday, November 11
Historical Commission Meeting
Wednesday, November 12 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11122025-1999
Town Council Meeting
Wednesday, November 12 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11122025-2001
Friends of the Franklin Public Library Meeting
Wednesday, November 12 Time: 7:00 PM
Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Meetings
Thursday, November 13 Time: 2:00 PM
not available at this time
Charles River Pollution Control Meeting
Thursday, November 13 Time: 3:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11132025-2000
Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School Meeting
Thursday, November 13 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11132025-1995
Conservation Commission Meeting
Thursday, November 13 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/528?fileID=6820
*** Looking back at the week that was ***
The Franklin Public Schools Horace Mann Legacy Subcommittee met on Monday, Nov 3 at 6 PM. Exclusive audio of that meeting is expected to be available by Monday, Nov 10
The Planning Board met on Monday, Nov 3. Franklin TV broadcast the meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgAto6ygY8M
The Biennial Election was conducted on Tuesday, Nov 4. The official results were posted by Town Clerk after noon on Wednesday, Nov 5. 6387 voters, 24.4% of the 26,136 registered total cast ballots. Detailed results are available -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/11/town-of-franklin-official-results-of.html
The Board of Health met on Wednesday, Nov 5 at 5 PM. Exclusive audio of that meeting is expected to be available by Monday, Nov 10.
The Finance Committee was also scheduled to meet Wednesday but it was canceled late in the afternoon due to lack of a quorum. The Technology ‘deep dive’ will need to be rescheduled yet again, likely for the next meeting in December.
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) met briefly on Thursday, Nov 6. They approved the first accessory dwelling unit requiring a variance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wc7bTwqVFg
With the MIAA playoffs underway, there was only One live steamed FHS high school sports this week.
The boys soccer team fell to Framingham in OT by a 2-1 score. The video is available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qNsIesLrv4
A shareworthy presentation by Joe Landy to the Senior Center on “Then & Now” is available on YouTube -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7EkZIrEeq4
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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