Begin the New Year with joyful laughter on Wednesday, February 13th (and every second Wednesday of the month) from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Meetinghouse of the First Universalist Society in Franklin, 262 Chestnut Street, Franklin. Laughter...

Begin the New Year with joyful laughter on Wednesday, February 13th (and every second Wednesday of the month) from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Meetinghouse of the First Universalist Society in Franklin, 262 Chestnut Street, Franklin. Laughter...

KEN HAMWEY, Staff Sports Writer

Jalen Samuels wants one more chance to compete in the State Tournament.
For the last two years, the Franklin High basketball team has rolled to a pair of Sectional titles, then advanced to the State playoff finals where it lost to Cambridge...

Christopher Tremblay, Staff Sports Writer

Riding two freshman goalies, the Franklin girls ice hockey team finished 13-3-4 during the regular season; advanced into the division 1 state tournament, where they defeated Belmont 2-0 in the preliminary round before falling to Methuen-Tewksbury...

Ted Cormier-Leger, OPA President

The year was 1968. President Lyndon Johnson was in office. Madison Square Garden was about to open for the first time while 911 was being launched nationwide on our phones. Intel was founded, and Apollo 8 made its first manned orbit around the...

Alan R. Earls

The world of 1919 was in some ways not that different from today...With the end of the “Great War” (World War I), America was again at peace but also bitterly divided...Inspired by the success of the Russian Revolution, socialists and anarchists...

In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through the offices of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, approved an official State-designated Cultural District in Franklin. The vote came after a multi-year effort by the Town...

KEN HAMWEY, Staff Sports Writer

If the Hockomock League gives a coach of the year award, there’s little doubt that Franklin High’s Kelsey Weymouth would be a unanimous choice to take home the trophy.
All the first-year coach did was lead the Panthers to an undefeated...

Christopher Tremblay, Staff Sports Writer

Franklin High School has had many successful sporting teams over the years, but one team in particular has not been the beneficiary of such winning ways. The boys cross country team has had winning seasons, but none noteworthy that sticks out....

On November 9th and 10th, 50 middle school students from the Franklin Footlighters performed You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown at the Horace Mann Middle School auditorium. Lead players of the cast included:
• Charlie Brown: Theoren King...

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