New Franklin Register #53
New Franklin Register #50, Fall 2023
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Remembering the Farm, Part I
Venture over the back of Leland Hull Road today and take the righthand fork. You won’t find much. But forty years ago, this wooded hillside was alive with Franklin’s fabled utopian community, The Farm.
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The New Methodists
The name ‘Open Doors’ was chosen intentionally. The Open Doors United Methodist Community is welcoming to anyone seeking engagement with the community, spiritual growth, and good conversation about timely topics.
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New Franklin Register #51
New Franklin Register #51, Spring 2024
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Down Home Fall Fest
Sunday, October 1st, dawned clear, cool, and bright, and blossomed into a perfect autumn day for Sidney Center’s first annual Down Home Fall Fest.
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Mayor’s Corner: With Tom Briggs
As a baby boomer, I was raised during what is now looked upon as the beginning of the end of the golden years of traditional Protestantism. In my small town of 2,000, there was a Methodist church, a Baptist Church, a Presbyterian Church, and an Episcopalian Church. There were less “traditional” churches as well, such
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New Franklin Register #50
New Franklin Register #50, Fall 2023
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How to Spend $200K? Do You Accept the Challenge?
THE BACKSTORY: A year and a half ago, the Town of Franklin received almost $198,000 under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Our share of the $350 billion State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds amounts to more than a tenth of our entire annual budget. Since then, our board has not made use of
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New Franklin Register #49
New Franklin Register #49, Summer 2023
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New Franklin Register #48
Issue #48 – Vol. XVII No. 1 Spring 2023
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New Franklin Register #47
The New Franklin Register #47, Fall 2022
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150 Years of Prohibition
Last October at a special meeting, the Franklin town board unanimously voted to ban licenses for retail sale or on-site consumption with Local Law 1-2021. Within a month, the townspeople were able to place the question of these bans on the ballot for the following year.
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