Franklin Matters Radio

This session shares my conversation with Brittany Capozzi , certified yoga therapist on Tuesday, November 25, 2025 in a virtual Zoom session.  We talked about Brittany’s journey to yoga therapy How Brittany is a writer first How the under story matters How belly dancing reunited the right side of her body How trust fall writing can be part of the solution Free consultation can lead to a perso...

This session of the radio show shares the Town of Franklin Board of Health Meeting held on Wednesday, December 3 , 2025. The meeting agenda was held in the 3rd floor training room as well as via Google Meet. All 3 board members were present.  Quick Recap: Chair Kim Mu-Chow opens the meeting Reads protocol statement re: Google meet Confirms participation via roll call Approval of Nov minutes,...

This session shares the Franklin (MA) Town Council meeting held on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 . The Council held this session as scheduled beginning at 6 PM. All 9 Councilors participated for this 3 hour session.  Quick recap: Franklin TV had trouble broadcasting the video. It was recorded and will be available later. The Zoom session was active for audio only. Town Administrator Jamie Helle...

This session shares my conversation with Erin O’Leary , FMS Reading Specialist. We recorded this conversation virtually on Friday, November 14, 2025.   We cover the following in our conversation Success of the middle school program “ Meet Me in the Middle .”  Virtual visiting author series though The Unlikely Story bookstore Culling the middle school library collection, Amazon wish list...

This session shares my conversation with Paula Marano, Asst Superintendent for Student Services. We had our discussion in a conference room at the School District Central offices on Monday, November 17, 2025. Our conversation covers  Paula’s path to this role Special education as required by State and Federal law In district vs out of district placements Individualized Education Program (IEP)...

This session shares my conversation with Mitzi Gousie, Programming and Outreach Librarian with the Franklin Public Library. We had our discussion virtually on Tuesday, November 26, 2025. We talk about  Reviewed the regular open hours, book sale and holiday scheduling for the month Closed on Sundays due to budget reduction Closing early Weds, Dec 24 and all day on Thursday, Dec 25 for Christma...

This session shares my conversation with George Swartz on Thursday, November 20, 2025 in the Pour Richard’s Wine & Provisions store.  We talk about George’s road to this role Wine tasting events, usually 6-8 tables, 6 wines each to sample before purchase (or not) Floral arrangements, book club, and yoga are some events paired with wine testing Pop up events bringing local crafts as well a...

This episode combines the Franklin Public Radio news briefing spots for the week of November 30, 2025.  The outlook for the week ahead Nov 30 through Dec  6, 2025 The look back at the week that was Nov 23 through Nov 29, 2025  -------------- The text and links referenced can be found at Franklin Matters Weekly https://www.franklinmattersweekly.org/2025/11/thanksgiving-leaves-countdo...

This session shares the Free Concert performance of the LiveARTS String Quartet at the Franklin Historical Museum on Sunday, November 16, 2025 .  There is an intermission and at the end of the performance, the quartet does come back for a brief encore. The audio runs about 90 minutes -------------- Refer to the performance program for details on the pieces played -> https://drive.google.co...

This session shares the Franklin (MA) Town Council meeting held on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 . The Council held this session as scheduled beginning at 6 PM. All 9 Councilors participated during the early portion of this meeting. Councilor Cormier-Leger was traveling and joined remotely for part of the meeting. All of the other 8 councilors were in Council Chambers for this session. Quick recap:...

This session of the radio show shares our “ Talk Franklin” discussion with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen in the Municipal Building on Monday, November 25, 2025.   Key topics Picked up with summer concert New Council, new School Committee, learning curve Tax rate hearing Dec 3 Finance Committee Dec 10 Council meeting Dec 17, a potpourri  January 2026 and the budget cycle brings har...

This session shares my conversation with Chasity Cheng , Deputy Director and Jillian Rochat from the Franklin Senior Center. We had our discussion in the Franklin Radio Studio on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. We talk about  All the key event highlights for December Key teasers for January The show notes include links to the Senior Center page, the calendar of events, and to subscribe to the m...

This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Marsha Tait , Development Director of the Franklin Food Pantry, and Jen Johnson , Development Associate. We had our conversation in person in the community room at the Franklin Food Pantry on Monday, November 17, 2025.  Discussion items:  Pantry Elves Urgent Appeal vs. Year End Appeal Franklin Turkey Trot Lots of ways to help &am...

This episode combines the Franklin Public Radio news briefing spots for the week of November 23, 2025.  The outlook for the week ahead Nov 23 through Nov 29, 2025 The look back at the week that was Nov 16 through Nov 22, 2025  -------------- The text and links referenced can be found at Franklin Matters Weekly https://www.franklinmattersweekly.org/2025/11/thanksgiving-week-brings-short-a...

This session shares my conversation with the new Chair of the School Committee Paul Griffith.  We had our discussion via Zoom on Thursday, November 20, 2025. We condense and get into the explanations behind the key items from the recent School Committee meeting Nov 18. Quick recap: Supt Giguere opens the session, solicits nominations for Chair.  One made by Callaghan for Griffith. Vote o...

This session shares the Franklin (MA) School Committee meeting held on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 . All 7 members of the newly elected committee were present.  Quick recap: Supt Giguere opens the session, solicits nominations for Chair.  One made by Callaghan for Griffith. Vote on the nomination passes 7-0 Nominations asked for Vice Chair. One made, Griffith nominates Callaghan. Vote on...

This session shares my conversation with Scott Mason. We had our discussion in the Franklin TV & Radio Studio on Monday, November 10, 2025. Our conversation covers  Train Town 3 - the Mill Store, Franklin Paint Opening Dec 6, 2025 & running through Jan 2026 What’s next? Other history bits possibly worth exploring The recording runs about 53 minutes, so let’s listen in. --------------...

This session shares the Franklin, MA School Committee MASC Workshop held on Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025. The meeting was conducted in the 3rd floor training room.  All seven School Committee members were present along with Superintendent Lucas Giguere, Asst Supt for Student Services Paula Marano, and Asst Supt for Teaching & Learning Dr. Tina Rogers.  Tracy Novick, the MASC Field Director...

Gino Carlucci was the Master of Ceremonies for the " Italian Roundtable: Experiences of 20th Century Immigrants " held on Friday, November 14, 2025 at the Franklin Senior Center. Quattro Eroi Lodge 1414 Order Sons and Daughters of Italy In America put this program together.  The participants for the discussion in order of speaking (for TV viewing from left to right) were: Eddie Colace - Frank...

The Towards a More Perfect Union radio show wants to continue to explore national issues but also bring them into a state level and local level point of discussion. Michael Walker-Jones and I got to sit recently to explore out loud some of the ways that could work.  It seems like a natural fit. I generally focus on what matters here in Franklin and given the political climate and trends, some...

This episode combines the Franklin Public Radio news briefing spots for the week of November 16, 2025.  The outlook for the week ahead Nov 16 through Nov 22, 2025 The look back at the week that was Nov 9 through Nov 15, 2025  -------------- The text and links referenced can be found at Franklin Matters Weekly https://www.franklinmattersweekly.org/2025/11/town-council-selected-new-leaders...

This episode shares the conversation I had with Joshua Shearer as he talked about his BFCCPS Capstone Project fund raising for the non-profit Music Will.   Accompanied by his mother, Josh came to the Studio after school to talk about his love for music and his fund raising efforts which have raised over $2,000 in a couple of months for Music Will. Listen in to our conversation (about 12...

This session shares the Franklin (MA) Town Council meeting held on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 . The Council held the first session of its legislative term as scheduled at 6 PM. All 9 Councilors participated during the early portion of this meeting. Councilor Cormier-Leger was traveling and joined remotely for the organizational votes. All of the other 8 councilors were in Council Chambers for th...

This session of the radio show shares the Town of Franklin Commission on Disability Meeting held on Thursday, November 6 , 2025. The meeting was held at the Senior Center. The meeting opened with a welcome by Chair Ali Rheaume.   Quick Recap: Motion to approve previous meeting minutes, made, passed unanimously Discussion on local reports of access issues, process around them, property ow...

This episode combines the Franklin Public Radio news briefing spots for the week of November 9, 2025.  The outlook for the week ahead Nov 9 through Nov 15, 2025 The look back at the week that was Nov 2 through Nov 8, 2025  -------------- The text and links referenced can be found at Franklin Matters Weekly -> https://www.franklinmattersweekly.org/2025/11/the-winds-of-change-have-lande...