Thanksgiving week brings a short and condensed set of Town meetings. Time to give thanks for what we do have.
Monday is the busy day with 5 of the 6 meetings for the week scheduled. The Cultural District and Cultural Council, the Agricultural Committee, the Library Board of Directors as well as the Recreation Advisory are all scheduled to meet.
The Design Review is the only meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
Schools are closed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
The Library and Senior Center close early Wednesday and both are closed on Thursday. The Senior Center remains closed on Friday but the Library is open Friday and Saturday.
Saturday is also a day to focus on supporting the local and small businesses which is a good thing to consider.
Santa Claus is scheduled to be delivered to the Town Common at 4 PM on Sunday via the Franklin Fire Dept for the Concerts on the Common celebration.
Get up early Thanksgiving Day to walk, run, or stroll to help the Franklin Food Pantry with their fundraising efforts. The annual football game between FHS and KP is hosted by Franklin at 10 AM.
Curbside pick up will be delayed for those normally scheduled for Thursday. Thursday will get picked up on Friday, and those normally on Friday will get picked up on Saturday.
As we all go through this holiday week, it is time to give thanks for what we do have.
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 11/21/25, 9:00 PM ***
Cultural District Committee Meeting
Monday, November 24 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7738/CDC-Agenda_Meeting_-Nov2025docx?bidId=
Franklin Agricultural Committee
Monday, November 24 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/Agricultural-Commission-13/?#_11242025-2018
Franklin Cultural Council
Monday, November 24 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/Cultural-Council-26/?#_11242025-2022
Library Board of Directors Regular meeting
Monday, November 24 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/Library-Board-of-Directors-20/?#_11242025-2024
Recreation Advisory Board
Monday, November 24 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11242025-2017
Design Review Meeting
Tuesday, November 25 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11252025-2025
*** Looking back at the week that was ***
The Planning Board met on Monday, the 17th. Franklin TV video is available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fN8_2aY9Ww
The School Committee met for the first time since the election. Griffith will be the Chair going forward, with Callaghan as Vice-Chair. The meeting recap including audio and video links can be found ->
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/11/franklin-school-committee-reorganizes_22.html
The Town Council met again at 6 PM for another 4 hour session. The recap and video link is available -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/11/town-council-votes-to-join-gic-approves.html
The Zoning Board of Appeals met on Thursday. Madeline Village came back 10 years after their initial 40b approval of a minor change (it was approved). The plans will still come back before the ZBA after they confirm agreement with the state DEP on the change to not re-route the stream but to use culverts to provide access in 2 cases.
444 East Central was still before the ZBA in spite of the Council vote the previous day to rescind the prior approval of the Council for this project. How the decision and project will play out remains to be seen. The video is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_b_a4Owfs0
The Interfaith Council held their annual Thanksgiving service on Sunday and the live stream is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7FF34vdmrE
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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