FM #897 - Talk Franklin - 12/08/22

This session of the radio show shares my "Talk Franklin" conversation with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and Alecia Alleyne, Assistant to the Town Administrator. We had our conversation via conference bridge.  

Topics for this session

Community Preservation Cmte meeting

Finance Committee

• School budget deep dive
• Most questions answered, some set for follow up

Town Council preview

• Alcohol license renewals

Holiday spirit all over Franklin “Light It Up”

• Fire Dept Polar Express night
• Police toy drive, photos with Santa
• Historical Museum concert, and Mrs Claus

Winter Wonderland at the Senior Center Dec 15

• Live streamed to cable, YouTube and wfpr.fm

The conversation runs about 27 minutes. Let’s listen to my conversation with Jamie & Alecia

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John Lennon anniversary Dec 8, 1980 ->  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_John_Lennon 

Imagine by John Lennon -> 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_(John_Lennon_song)

YouTube version of Imagine -> https://youtu.be/ugrAo8wEPiI 

Town Administrator page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/administrator

Community Preservation Committee 12/06/22 recap, audio & video links ->

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/12/community-preservation-cmte-gets.html 

Finance Committee 12/07/22 recap, audio & video links ->

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/12/finance-committee-gets-some-financial.html 

Town Council agenda for 12/14/22 ->

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/12/franklin-ma-town-council-agenda.html 

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The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

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