Franklin MAtters Weekly

A summer day in September?  Yup, it can happen, and it brought out the crowds to the Annual Harvest Festival in downtown Franklin, on Satur...

Yes, dear neighbor, back in the early days of my reporting journey I had experimented with a weekly summary. At the time, the effort for the...

Martin Luther King Day today and a holiday for most. School is out here in Franklin and elsewhere.  Benjamin Franklin's birthday...

Chilson Beach in winter  This week the snow is gone, the ice is melting. Ice fishing on Beaver Pond Last week, the snow still prov...

I trust you and your family had a pleasant time with family and friends over the holidays. Now that we are well rested, it is time to get ba...

Some Facebook updates over the past couple of weeks talked about moving or forgetting to move the 'elf on the shelf'. This is a vehi...

The rising high from the successful 12 Days of Donating, the performance of "A Christmas Carol" on Thursday was brought back to ea...