Peter Brunelli remembers one year it rained so hard and long during St. Mary’s Feast of St. Rocco, that someone put a rowboat in the middle of the field and knelt down to take pictures.
“The rain just came and came,” he laughs, “but people...
St. Rocco Festival of Food to Celebrate its 40th and Final Year
Aug 2018
Jul 2018
Prior to coming to Tri-County, North Attleboro resident Amanda Merigo had never run track in her life, nor had she ever thought about taking part in the sport. However, when she got to the Regional Vocational Technical High School, she made...
Jul 2018
“Get in.”
Those are the words Ken Hamwey, at age 24 in 1967 and working the Celtics beat as a sports writer for the Framingham News, will never forget, coming from legendary Celtics coach Red Auerbach.
In a tumultuous time for the...
Jul 2018
Franklin Concerts on the Common will continue for the 2018 season, with a change in chairpersons from Barbara Rondeau to Penny Tanaglia. The summertime evening concerts are funded through the generosity of the Franklin Cultural Council (funded by...
Fireworks July 3 at FHS; Festivities on Town Common through the 4th
Jul 2018
Missing those Fourth of July fireworks? Well, come on down to Franklin High School on Tuesday, July 3rd, at 9:30 p.m. where the Franklin July 4th Coalition will host the first Independence Day fireworks in the town for years.
“The biggest...
Franklin High Athletics Had Dynamic Success During 2017-18 Campaign
Jul 2018
To label Tom Angelo’s second year as Franklin High’s Athletic Director as “outstanding’’ might be understating what took place on and off the fields and courts during the 2017-18 school campaign.
The Panthers’ athletic teams won one state...
Jun 2018
The Battle of the Tomato Divide: The competition will be fierce, no matter how you slice it
Who: Shawn Casey, Director of Culinary Services at Atria Franklin, has challenged Jerry Thornton, Author & Radio Host, to a cooking competition...
Jun 2018
Connor O’Rourke personifies sacrifice and commitment.
When the Franklin High senior was playing attack on the jayvee lacrosse team as a freshman, varsity coach Lou Verrochi asked him if he’d switch positions and become a goaltender....
Jun 2018
After being put on the shelf for the majority of the Franklin High School baseball season last spring due to a shoulder injury, pitcher James Leofanti was making his first start of the 2018 season for the Panthers. Although the senior hurler did...
Jun 2018
Ask Peter Willis what he likes, and he replies, “Everything.”
Peter Willis , 26, and his camera, is well known around the town of Franklin. He’s known among town and state officials, and even to members of the New England Patriots.
“I...