The New Franklin Register - Index

Each issue of the New Franklin Register is available as a PDF document, click issue link to download. Some articles can be viewed individually online, as indicated by links below.

Issue #51 – Vol. XVIII No. 51 Spring 2024 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 10.6MB)

The New Methodists: In Their Own Words – Francis Ruth Harris
Remembering the Farm, Part I – Marjorie B. Kellogg
Planning Franklin – Brian Brock
Organizing in Franklin – Carla Nordstrom
Your Neighbor’s View… and Strong Opinions!
The Mayor’s Corner: Unfinished Business and Other Ramblings – Tom Briggs
Rotary Trash Pickup: Volunteers Wanted! – Betsy Ott
Greenbanks Gardening: Gardening at Will – Deborah Banks
Weighty Voting – Staff Report
Free Rabies Clinic
Kitchen Basics: Focaccia – Carla Nordstrom
Inside Local Real Estate: A Market and an Industry in Flux – Susan Barnett
COMIT Primer – Brian Brock
What is a Watershed Worth: Why Should We Care? – Jan Mulroy
What is a Watershed Worth: What Can We Do About It? – Ian Gedicks
Burn Ban – Staff Report
At the Library: New Book Reviews – Alexis Greene
Upstate Arts – Valerie Cole
Catskill Cats: The Universe of Yolanda Bush – John O’Connor
Artist’s Statement – Alicia Pagano
Franklin in Retrospect – Teddie Storey
Recent Real Property Sales in the Town of Franklin

Issue #50 – Vol. XVII No. 3 Fall 2023 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 9.8MB)

Saving Local Newspapers – Carla Nordstrom
Down Home Fall Fest – Carol Ohmart-Behan
Treadwell School Sold: $380 or $380,000? – Staff Report
The Birth of a Crazy Idea – Eugene Marner
Franklin in the Twenty-First Century: Part I, Infrastructure – Brian Brock
Our Historic Fountain – Jeff McCormack
Getting it Done: The Franklin Improvement Society – Jan Mulroy
Treadwell Water Needs Attention! – Brian Brock
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Green Banks Gardening: Fall Frenzy – Deborah Banks
Old Franklin Day: A Rousing Success – Connie Martin
Poet’s Corner: Elinor Wylie – Bertha Rogers
Onesiphorai Reading Club: 110 Years in Franklin – Connie Martin
Post-Peak Oil – Brian Brock
Attention Franklin Dog Owners!
Kitchen Basics: Summer Bounty to Winter Soup – Carla Nordstrom
Inside Local Real Estate: A Slowing Market, Fall 2023 – Susan Barnett
At the Library: Book Reviews – Alexis Greene
Upstate Arts: Local Artists Connect With Nature – Valerie Cole
Film Focus – Michael Paxton
Catskill Cats: The Walton Theatre Presents – John O’Connor
It’s a Dog’s Life – Mark Bennett
Tentative Town Tax Hike ’24 – Brian Brock
Treadwell Water System Deficiencies
Do You Know Your Local Newspaper? A Quiz
Recent Real Property Sales in the Town of Franklin

Issue #49 – Vol. XVII No. 2 Summer 2023 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 6MB)

Money for Manure – Jan Mulroy
Historic Organ for Saint Paul’s – Connie Martin with Daniel Branigan
Whither Wastewater? – Brian Brock
Your Neighbor’s View – Ev Rogers
FCS All-Class Reunion – Connie Martin
Franklin Rotary: Focus on Youth – Amber Gray and Connie Martin
Old Franklin Day is August 26th – Connie Martin
It’s Market Time Again! – Vicki Davis
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Kitchen Basics: Chocolate Chip Mint Ice Cream Sandwiches – Carla Nordstrom
Wage Slaves? – Brian Brock
Greenbanks Gardening: Garden As Sanctuary – Deborah Banks
Doobie Dispensary Drought – Staff Report
Inside Local Real Estate: Negotiating in a Changing Market – Susan Barnett
Focus on Sustainability: Bridging Brookwood – Anne Wilfer
Franklin’s Solar Future – Brian Brock
Glamor Camping – Staff Report
Franklin Rotary Roundup – Connie Martin
The Wonder of Language – Eugene Marner
At the Library – Alexis Greene
The Gladness of Nature By William Cullen Bryant – Presented by Bertha Rogers
4CLS Summer Road Trip Challenge – Staff Report
Traditional Music of Southern Europe – John O’Connor
Franklin Stage Company 2023 – Staff Report
The Wednesday Painters – Jane Carr
Oh, Say, Can You See? – Jane Carr
Don’t Forget! The Honest Brook Music Festival
Movie Review: The Little Mermaid 2023 – Michael Paxton
How to Spend $200K? Do You Accept the Challenge?

Issue #48 – Vol. XVII No. 1 Spring 2023 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 6MB)

What is a Watershed Worth? – Jan Mulroy
Village Water Quality – Brian Brock
Riding the OPT – Eugene Marner
Your Neighbor’s View – Suzanne Peterson
Sorority Celebrates Anniversary – Connie Martin
Our Village Park – Shana Ko
Be the Glue – Ray Pucci
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
More Good Taste – Brian Brock
The New Year in Real Estate – Susan Barnett
Away From the Garden – Deborah Banks
One Man’s Dilemma – Don Hebbard
Weekend Baking – Carla Nordstrom
Book Review: Demon Copperhead – Alexis Greene
We Never Know How High We Are – Emily Dickinson
Bookmobile in Sidney Center – Carol Behan
The Voice of Wyatt Ambrose – John O’Connor
Summer Music at Honest Brook – Lillie Anderson
The Women Who Saved Studios – Michael Paxton
Garden Design Workshop – Don Statham
New Town Road? – Brian Brock
Pandemic Report: The Winter Wave That Wasn’t – Brian Brock

Issue #47 – Vol. XVI No. 3 Fall 2022 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 4.7MB)

Seal or Steal? New Logo for Town – Brian Brock
Old Franklin Day a Huge Success – Connie Martin
Eagle rescue at Brookwood – Gregory Farmer
Justice Censored But Can Still Serve – Staff Report
Your Neighbor’s View – Judy Doring
Non-Profits: A Vital Resource for Our Communities – Ray Pucci
The Rotary Youth Exchange: Inviting Franklin Teens Ages 15 to 18 to Apply – Connie Martin
The Christmas Stroll Returns! – Connie Martin
150 Years of Prohibition – Brian Brock
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Celebrating Rotary – Seventy-Five Years of Service to the Franklin Community – Connie Martin
Green Banks Gardening – Deborah Banks
Kitchen Basics: Gene’s Chocolate Chip Cookies – Gene Marner
Good Taste Comes to Franklin – Brian Brock
The Nuclear Debate – Gene Marner
Can Technology Save the Planet? Part 4: Generating “clean” electrical energy – Don Hebbard
Marcy South Redux – Brian Brock
The Pandemic in Summer – Brian Brock
The Farm Stands of Franklin – Carla Nordstrom
Inside Local Real Estate – A New Trend – Susan Barnett
Franklin’s Baby Trees – Jack Siman
At the Library – Alexis Greene
Upstate Arts: New Gallery in Walton – Manette Berlinger
Film Focus: The Franklin Film Forum – Michael Paxton
Tentative Town Taxes ‘Twenty-three’ – Brian Brock
Making the Cut: A Chainsaw Course for Women
Real Property Sales in the Town of Franklin

Issue #46 – Vol. XVI No. 2 Summer 2022 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 7.5MB)

Franklin in the Middle – Carla Nordstrom
Local Candidate – Alexis Greene
Rezoning for Business – Staff Report
Town Board, Closed as a Clam, Part II: Finances – Brian Brock
Your Neighbor’s View: A Letter That Offers a History Lesson – Jack Schwille
Old Franklin Day is Back! – Connie Martin
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Sidney Center to Unveil New Mural
Greening Franklin – Jack Siman
Sargeant Smith Sworn In – Staff Report
Kitchen Basics: Homemade Yogurt – Carla Nordstrom
Franklin Farmers’ Market Update – Trish Tyrell
Exploration Days at Hanford Mills – Staff Report
Inside Local Real Estate: Multiple Offers – Susan Barnett
Green Banks Gardening: Wild Abandon – Deborah Banks
Land of Plenty – Bill Steely
Birdsong Community Gardens – Carla Nordstrom
Can Technology Save the Planet? Part 3: How do we get out of this mess? – Don Hebbard
Franklin Solar, A Primer – Brian Brock
Birds and Climate Change – Susan O’Handley
The Sugar House Cane, The Story of Levi Hanford – Tim Duerden
At the Library
Live Music Returns! – John O’Connor
Skinny Cow III, Songwriters’ Workshop Returns – Bill Steely
Paint the Point! A Plein Air Event – August 6-7, 2022
Film Focus: Life’s a Beach! – Michael Paxton
Franklin 2.0 – Town Website
Sources of Financial Information for the Town of Franklin
The Pandemic in Delaware County – Brian Brock

Issue #45 – Vol. XVI No. 1 Spring 2022 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 6,2MB)

Yokel Local Market & Deli – Carla Nordstrom
Rotary Youth Exchange Returns – Donald Hebbard
Opt-Out Cop-Out – Brian Brock
Vanishing Villagers – Brian Brock
Your Neighbor’s View: Driving While White – Donald Hebbard
Letter to the Editor: County Board Gets Woke! – Carla Nordstrom
The Mayor’s Corner: – Tom Briggs
Town Board: Closed as a Clam, Part I: Meetings – Brian Brock
It’s a Mystery – Susan Barnett
Green Banks Gardening: Resolutions for a New Gardening Year – Deborah Banks
Kitchen Basics: Chocolate Babka – Carla Nordstrom
Inside Local Real Estate: Let’s Talk Contingencies – Susan Barnett
Can Technology Save the Planet? – Donald Hebbard
Otsego Land Trust Welcomes New Executive Director – Staff Report
Franklin Stage Company Awarded Commission Grant – Patricia Buckley
Franklin Town Board Monthly Meetings 2022
UFR Spotted at 2022 Hawkwatch – Staff Report
April Fool’s Gold: Unearthing a cinematic treasure – Michael Paxton
Music Notes – John O’Connor
Peinture Au Doight – Valeur Marchande
Joan and Bob Cronauer – Susan Barnett
Second Year in Pandemic – Brian Brock
Recent Real Property Sales in the Town of Franklin NY
Solar Searching – Staff Report
Memories of Ukraine – Manette Berlinger

Issue #44 – Vol. XV No. 3 Fall 2021 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 4.9MB)

Support the Family Farm – Duane Martin
Prohibition Redux – Staff Report
Every Dress Has a Story to Tell – Susan Barnett
Cemetery Fountain Needs Your Help – Donna Whitbeck
Your Neighbor’s View… – Letters to the Editor
Office Efforts Part II: Not Anywhere – Brian Brock
Be Afraid, But Do It Anyway – Erna Morgan McReynolds
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Kitchen Basics: What To Do With Backyard Apples – Carla Nordstrom
Green Banks Gardening: Spring Bulbs! – Deborah Banks
Farmers’ Market Matters – Patricia Tyrell
We Have a Trail! – Michael Selitti
Oases in the Dark – Craig Brock
Justice in A Shoe Box – Staff Report
Real Estate in a Stressful Time – Susan Barnett
Election 2021: Candidates for Franklin Town Council
NYS Election Calendar 2021
Actions Taken by the Franklin Town Board
Tentative Town Taxes ’22 – Brian Brock
At the Library
A Poem for the Season: Spring and Fall – Gerard Manley Hopkins
Not Out for Blood: Horror Movies for Grownups – Michael Paxton
Roll With It! – Leslie Noble
What’s Happening at Bright Hill: October – November 2021
Trial in Cooperstown – Staff Report
Recent Real Property Sales in the Town of Franklin
The Pandemic – Year II – Brian Brock
Pandemic Poem – R.H. Ackerman
Some Halloween Scares in Franklin – Photos by Tony Breuer

Issue #43 – Vol. XV No. 2 Summer 2021 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 7.7MB)

Driving While Black, A Conversation with Gretchen Sorin – Alexis Greene
Pandemic Wanes – Brian Brock
Head Start: What Is It? – Shirley Ferguson
A Touch of Sweden in Otego – Carla Nordstrom
Where Horses Get to be Horses – Cat Gareth
Your Neighbor’s View: Why I Am Running for Town Board – John O’Connor
Letter to the Editor – Susan Barnett
Why the Franklin Party – Andy Bobrow
Franklin Local Wants You! – Staff Report
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Gardening Friends – Deborah Banks
Peruvian Grilled Chicken with Cilantro Sauce – Carla Nordstrom
A Working Walk in the Village Park – Photos by Tony Breuer
Assessment Equity in Delaware County
The Last Pipeline Update! – Brian Brock
Join Us at the Franklin Farmers’ Market 2021 for Food and Fun!!
Franklin Central School Seniors, the Class of 2021 – Compiled by Lynne Kemen
A Question of Value: What’s Your House Worth Now? – Susan Barnett
Book Review: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo – Reviewed by Lynne Kemen
Librarian’s Picks – Wendy Barckhaus
The Letter by Amy Lowell – Submitted by Bertha Rogers
So Long Franklin Farmers’ Market – John O’Connor
Keith Haring: Radiant Vision – Jack Siman
Your Town Government, Part II: Rules and Regs of Public Meetings and Appointments – Brian Brock
Recent Real Estate Property Sales in the Town of Franklin

Issue #42 – Vol. XV No. 1 Spring 2021 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 7.4MB)

Got Water? – Jan Mulroy
Franklin Town Survey – Carla Nordstrom
Pandemic Report – Brian Brock
Infrastructure Upgrades – Jason Miller
Your Town Government, Part I: Town Board – Brian Brock
Your Neighbors View: Animal Abuse Registry – Don Hebbard
Sidney Center Park Progress Despite Pandemic – Michael Sellitti
Giving Back – Lynne Kemen
The Volun-Tourist in Russia, Part II – Shirley Ferguson
The Mayor’s Corner: The State of the Village 2021 – Tom Briggs
Inside Local Real Estate: No Signs of Slowing, 2020’s Real Estate Rush Continues – Susan Barnett
Kitchen Basics: Working With Ginger – Carla Nordstrom
Market Memoir – Trish Tyrell
Burn Ban
It’s Been a Long, Cold, Lonely Winter… – Photos by Tony Breuer
The Christmas Bird Count: A New Tradition – Pam Peters
Green Banks Gardening – Deborah Banks
Otsego Land Trust Hires Interim Executive Director
Farming After Brexit: The Future of Subsidies – Stephen Morris
Modern Home Heating – Don Hebbard
Amphenol’s Solar Farm – Don Hebbard
Delaware River Hydropower – Don Hebbard
Pipeline Update – Compiled by Brian Brock
New York State Election Calendar
Town of Franklin, Fiscal Year
At the Library: Book Reviews
Upstate Arts – Jack Siman
Catskill Cats: Music Notes, Music in the Time of COVID – John O’Connor
Bright Hill Center 2021 Spring Schedule of Events

Issue #41 – Vol. XIV No. 3 Fall 2020 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 5.9MB)

Mr. Sitts Goes to Court – Jan Mulroy
Office Efforts Part 1: Not Here nor There – Brian Brock
Tentative Town Taxes 2021 – Brian Brock
Franklin Farmers’ Market Plans Winter Markets: Silver Linings – Trish Tyrell
Welcome to Sidney Center – Michael Sellitti
Maywood in the Pandemic – Darryl Loker
Sidney Center Park News – Michael Sellitti
A Message From Our School Superintendent – Brad Zilliox
Franklin Stage Wins Preserve New York Grant – Staff Report
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Kitchen Basics: Samosas – Carla Nordstrom
Life on the Internet: Don’t Take the (Click) Bait! – Shana Ko
Is It a Scam? – Helen McLean and Bill Gruber
Inside Local Real Estate: Portrait of a Sellers’ Market – Susan Barnett
But For the Grace of God – Robert Lamb
Franklin in the Pandemic – Photos by Tony Breuer
For Sale: Constitution Pipe, High Quality, U.S.-made, never-used – Brian Brock
Pipeline update – Compiled by Brian Brock
The Village Bountiful: Unadilla’s New Food Co-op – Cassidy Frazier
Franklin’s Edible Walking Trail
Green Banks Gardening – With Deborah Banks
At the Library: New Book Reviews
Upstate Arts – With Charlie Bremer
Seeing Things – Susan Barnett
Catskill Cats Music Notes: Whither Sensuality – John O’Connor
Franklin Community Education Foundation – Trish Tyrell
SARS vs Us – Brian Brock
Constitution Project Ends Well for Sidney – Staff Report

Issue #40 – Vol. XIV No. 2 Summer 2020 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 5MB)

The Greater Franklin Food Pantry – Don Hebbard
Appealing Your Unappealing Assessment, Part II: Judicial Review – Brian Brock
All Franklin Seniors Win Perseverance Award – Susan Barnett
Speed Sign in Place – Michael Sellitti
Historic Vote: Sale of beer and wine to be allowed in Franklin restaurants – Carla Nordstrom
Walking in the Ouleout Valley Cemetery – Carla Nordstrom
The Mayor’s Corner with Tom Briggs
The Volun-Tourist in Russia – Shirley Fergusnon
Green Banks Gardening: Eating the Garden – Deborah Banks
Kitchen Basics: Bagels & Lox – Carla Nordstrom
Notes from NYC – Manette Berlinger
Our Community Newspapers: Invaluable and in Danger – Alexis Greene
Pipeline Up-Date – Compiled by Brian Brock
Future of EV Charging? – Staff Report
Inside Local Real Estate: Real Estate, a Pandemic and You – Susan Barnett
The Bare Truth – Robert Lamb
Franklin Farmers’ Market Expands – Susan Barnett
Your Neighbors View: Can We Make a Case for Defunding the Police? – Carla Nordstrom
At the Library: Book Reviews
I Hear America Singing – Walt Whitman, commentary by Bertha Rogers
Making Art in the Pandemic: 5 Alive – ARTS Anonymous
Catskill Cats: Music Notes – John O’Connor
Painting and Advocacy – Jessica Farrell
An Audiobook of Interest, Available at the Franklin Free Library – Review by Marjorie B. Kellogg
The Pandemic in Delaware County – Brian Brock
Racism Is Not Just In Cities – Susan Barnett

Issue #39 – Vol. XIV No. 1, Spring 2020 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 4MB)

New Town Office Building – Don Hebbard
Appealing Your Unappealing Assessment – Part I – Brian Brock
Local Author is Pulitzer Nominee: Alice Lichtenstein – Lynne Kemen
Report From Franklin’s School Superintendent – Brad Zillox
Your Neighbor’s View – Carla Nordstrom
Letter to the Editor – Jan Mulroy
Sargent Smith Honored – Staff Report
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Delgado Presents Special Flag
Kitchen Basics: Fish Tagine – Carla Nordstrom
Inside Local Real Estate: Five Tips to Sell Your House This Spring – Susan Barnett
Green Banks Gardening – Deborah Banks
Rotary: A Second Family – Louise Hebbard and Lynne Kemen
What Is Rotary? – Don Hebbard
Local Heroes: Joan and Bob Cronauer – Susan Barnett
Obituary: Constitution P. Project
The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act – Don Hebbard
Future of EV Charging? – Staff Report
Pipeline Update – Compiled by Brian Brock
Annals of Sustainability: Six Years of Summer – Shanelle Ko
Two Voices From Franklin Central School – Zoe Warren and Tori Decker
At the Library – Lynne Kemen, Marjorie B. Kellogg and Eric Foner
The Vision of Sir Launfal
Upstate Arts – Charlie Bremer
Catskill Cats Music Notes – John O’Connor
West Kortright Welcomes New Executive Director – Staff Report
Dollar General Renews Effort – Staff Report
FCS Smart Schools Investment Plan
Delaware County Resolution No 175-2018
Recent Real Property Sales in the Town of Franklin

Issue #38 – Vol. XIII No. 3 Fall 2019 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 3.7MB)

Budget Matters: Town Spending – Brian Brock
Speeding Through Sidney Center – Michael Sellitti
Ransomware Attacks Franklin – Helen McLean and Bill Gruber
Making Remote Work – Shana Ko
Your Neighbor’s View – Thomas Hodges
Battling Nihilism in the Age of WTF – Patricia Tyrell
Volunteering in Franklin: The Franklin Fire Department – Louise Hebbard and Lynne Kemen
The New Store in Town: Mercantile On Main – Susan Barnett
The Mayor’s Corner: What Really is Franklin’s Brand? – Tom Briggs
Growing Our Farmers’ Market – Patricia Tyrell
Music At The Market: How Did We Do? – Lynne Kemen
Green Banks Gardening: Plant for Fall – Deborah Banks
Come Plant a Tree for Franklin: New Trees for Our Streets – Jane Hebbard
Kitchen Basics: Clean-the-Fridge Soup – Carla Nordstrom
Franklin Blueberry Festival Grand Prize Winner! Jane Hebbard’s Blueberry Chipotle Baby Back Ribs
Franklin Online – Helen McLean
Prohibition in Franklin: The Early Years – Brian Brock
Franklin’s Thrill on Blueberry Hill – Carla Nordstrom
New Town Hall for Franklin – Don Hebbard
A Free Lunch? Yes! From DTC! – Staff Report
Something’s Happening in Franklin: Inside Local Real Estate with Susan Barnett
Sidney Center Park Receives Help From Sidney Students – Michael Sellitti
Pet Talk – Dr. Joan Puritz
New York State Election Calendar 2019
Tentative Town Raxes ’20 – Brian Brock
Education Foundation Update – Patricia Tyrell
At the Library – Lynne Kemen
Dear March, Come In! – Emily Dickinson
Catskill Cats Music Notes: Music on the Delaware – John O’Connor
Upstate Arts – Charlie Bremer
Equalization Rates in Delaware County – Staff Report
Events at the Franklin Free Library
Events at the Harris Memorial Library, Otego NY – author
WKC Wins Grant to Preserve Building – Press Release
Pipeline Update – Compiled by Brian Brock
Recent Real Property Sales in the Town of Franklin – author

Issue #37 – Vol. XIII No. 1 Summer 2019 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 7.3MB)

New Businesses in Franklin – Carla Nordstrom
Freedom From Frontier – Brian Brock
Hemp: The Next Agricultural Opportunity? – Patricia Tyrell
What is Your House Really Worth? – Susan Barnett
Budget Matters: Salaries – Brian Brock
Your Neighbor’s View: Lean On Me – Robert Lamb
Free Rabies Clinic – Staff Report
It Takes a Village… – Lynne Kemen and Louise Hebbard
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
New Town Offices? – Staff Report
Community Farming – Cicada Musselman
Franklin River Walk – Brian Brock
Franklin Farmers’ Market Sets Up For SNAP
Money for our Music – Staff Report
Gardening Happiness – Deborah Banks
Kitchen Basics – Carla Nordstrom
Franklin Files Financials for 2018 – Staff Report
Beer and Wine at Last? – Brian Brock
FCEF Update – Patricia Tyrell
Pipeline Update – Compiled by Brian Brock
New York State Election Calendar
Annals of Sustainability – Green Buddhism: Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times – Book Review by Charlotte Zoë Walker
At the Library – Book Reviews by Bill Rossow
Catskill Cats – Music Notes by John O’Connor
Walton Art Walk – Staff Report
Bright Hill Joins 4CLS
Summer Reading Programs at the Franklin Free Library
Music at the Franklin Farmers’ Market
The 2019 Stagecoach Run Art Festival

Issue #36 – Vol. XII No. 3 Fall 2018 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 11MB)

Tentative Town Taxes – Brian Brock
Fighting Blight – Jessica Farrell
Equalization Rates – Staff Report
Making Music in Franklin – Bill Steely
Your Neighbor’s View – Carla Nordstrom
New Girl in Town – Lynne Kemen
A Tale of Two Buildings – Brian Brock
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Kitchen Basics – Carla Nordstrom
The Franklin Village Tree Board Needs Your Help
Local Goverbment Websites
Green Banks Gardening – Deborah Banks
Franklin Community Education Foundation Update – Patricia Tyrell
Pet Talk – Dr. Joan Puritz
Sidney Center Sees Progress – Part 2: Community Events – Michael Sellitti
Focus on Energy: The Millers Show Us The Way – Eugene Marner
Infrastructure Update – Compiled by Brian Brock
Town Council Meetings
The Bare Truth – Robert Lamb
Moving to Treadwell: How to say goodbye to an old house – Magali Veillon
The Edible Trail in Franklin’s Village Park – Drawing and photos by Trish Tyrell
At the Library – Bill Rossow reviews new books
FFL Search for Old Yearbooks – Franklin Free Library
Upstate Arts – Charlie Bremer
L’Art Declare La Paix! – Manette Berlinger
The New Franklin Register Celebrates our Franklin Arts Organizations
Treasures in Walton
Radio Stations Within Distant Listening Range of Franklin NY
Franklin Firefighters Celebrate Susquicentennial – author
Recent Real Property Sales in the Town of Franklin NY

Issue #35 – Vol. XII No. 2 Summer 2018 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 5.2MB)

New York Health: Local Businesses Support New York Health Act – Sarah Outterson-Murphy
Remembering Lewis Hine – Lynne Kemen
Sidney Center Sees Progress, Part 1: Beautification – Michael Sellitti
Franklin Fiscal Failures – Brian Brock
Your Neighbor’s View – Scott Syme
Outstanding Young Farm Family – Staff Report
Village Budgets Overbalanced – Brian Brock
Franklin Community Education Foundation – Patricia Tyrell
Easter Egg Hunt
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Kitchen Basics – Carla Nordstrom
Ride to NYC in Comfort – Staff Report
More Local Bus Routes – Staff Report
Franklin Rabies Clinic – Staff Report
Greenbanks Gardening – Deborah Banks
Geology of Our Village Park – Brian Brock
Sidney Center Park & Playground Update – Michael Sellitti
New Businesses on Main Street – Brian Brock
Clean Energy? A Closer Look at Micro-grids – Stuart Anderson
New York State: National Clean Energy Leader? – Don Hebbard
Infrastructure Update – Compiled by Brian Brock
Town Council Meetings
The Bare Truth – Robert Lamb
Conservation Easements 1.0 – David Diaz
Franklin Stage 2018 Season
At the Library – Book Reviews by Lynne Kemen
A Narrow Fellow in the Grass – Emily Dickinson
UpState Arts – with Charlie Bremer
War, Words, Dance – Lynne Kemen
A Brief History of Yoga – Patricia Tyrell

Issue #34 – Vol. XII No. 1 Spring 2018 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 6.6MB)

Speeding Through Sidney Center – Michael Sellitti
Franklin Fiscal Fact-Finding – Brian Brock
Update: Clean Energy Community – Don Hebbard
Feather and Fins – Staff Report
Burn Ban in Effect – Staff Report
Your Neighbor’s View
Town Council Meetings 2018
Is Franklin Handicap-Friendly? – Lynne Kemen
4-H Awards
The Mayor’s Corner: Pedestrian Friendly Walking Tours of Franklin – Tom Briggs
Anna and Blackberry – Robert Lamb
Playground Restoration to Start Soon – Michael Sellitti
Kitchen Basics: Muffins – Carla Nordstrom
Environmental Learning – Esther Tzoumas
Alien Seeds – Jack Siman
Green Banks Gardening – Deborah Banks
Solar, Wind, and Water Deserve a Serious Look – Donald Hebbard
Franklin Fiscal Chronicle – Brian Brock
Infrastructure Up-Date – Brian Brock
The Bare Truth – Robert Lamb
Advice from the Audubon Society: Give Bluebirds a Helping Hand
At the Library: Reviews of New Books – Lynne Kemen
Copper Beech Trees in Winter – Bertha Rogers
Upstate Arts – Charlie Bremer
Arms Full of Books – Charlotte Zoë Walker
Franklin Stage Company Wins Major Grant
Actions by the Franklin Town Council
Recent Real Property Sales In The Town Of Franklin
The Sky is Falling: Duck and Cover? – Staff Report

Issue #33 – Vol. XI No. 3 Fall 2017 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 7MB)

Change Stalks Otego – Stuart Anderson
Franklin Fiscal Fallout – Brian Brock
Documenting Hops: Growing and Harvesting, Then and Now – Christina Milliman
Sidney Center Girl Raises Funds for Playground – Michael Sellitti
Your Neighbor’s View…
Franklin’s First Blueberry Bake-Off – Carla Nordstrom
Rolling in Clover – Staff Report
The Mayor’s Corner: A Valuable Local Asset – Tom Briggs
Pet Talk – Dr. Joan Puritz
Anna and Blackberry – Robert Lamb
New Trees in Our Village Park – Jack Siman
Green Banks Gardening: Reading the Garden – Deborah Banks
A Grand Sacrifice – Aron Berlinger
Onward and Upward at the Franklin Free Library – Mary Ellen Collier
Education Foundation Update – Patricia Tyrell
Election 2017: Candidates for Franklin Town Council
Forum Hosted by Franklin Local
Where Does Our Tax Money Go? – Staff Report
Can Franklin Be A Clean Energy Community? – Don Hebbard
The Future of Personal Transportation: The DCEC’s Electric Car Charging Station – Patricia Tyrell
Infrastructure Update – Compiled by Brian Brock
Memo to Franklin from Puerto Rico – Gene Marner
Round ‘n Round ‘n Roundabout – Brian Brock
The Bare Truth – Robert Lamb
At the Library: Book Reviews – Lynne Kemen
Who Has Seen the Wind? Riddle Poems by Bright Hill Literary Center of the Catskills Workshop Participants
Upstate Arts – Charlie Bremer
Riding the Wave: Refelctions on Franklin Stage Company’s 21st Season – Leslie Noble
The Living Wall – Edmond Rinnooy Kan
Recent Real Property Sales in the Town of Franklin

Issue #32 – Vol. XI No. 2 Summer 2017 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 9MB)

Franklin Fiscal Follow-up – Brian Brock
Vintage Auto Rally to Run Through Franklin – Staff Report
Too Wet to Plow: Documenting Delaware and Otsego County Farmers, Thirty Years Later – Christina Milliman
Fiber-Optic Finally! A Leg Up For Local Businesses – Brian Brock
Your Neighbor’s View: Peer Pressure – Stu Anderson
Lucky Day Auction: July 30th – Michael Sellitti
Franklin Community Education Foundation – Patricia Tyrell
Barlow’s Redux? – Marie Cummings
GFCC Gets Grant to Promote Business – Patricia Tyrell
The Franklin Rotary Club – Donald Hebbard
Franklin Royalty Yet Again – Staff Report
Green Banks Gardening – Deborah Banks
Colonizing the Countryside – Dan Sullivan
No Solar for Franklin… At Least Not Yet – Don Hebbard
Infrastructure Updates – Compiled by Brian Brock
No Nukes! – Gene Marner
The Bare Truth – Robert Lamb
The Rumor Mill
What Do Food Labels Really Mean?
At The Library – Lynne Kemen
David Byrd: Ten Stops – Jessica Farrell
Stagecoach Run Art Festival
Murder at the Farmers’ Market
Franklin Town Board Meetings 2017
Lunching Scholars
Farmhouse, Then and Now

Issue #31 – Vol. XI No. 1 Spring 2017 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 8.9MB)

Documenting Franklin: The Photography of Arthur Austin – Christine Milliman
Franklin Fiscal Farce – Brian Brock
Local Family Farms Trout – Michael Sellitti
Community Shared Solar Power: Coming Soon to Franklin? – Don Hebbard
Your Neighbor’s View… – Leslie E. Hasbargen
Spring Flower Sale for a Good Cause – Patricia Tyrell
Mary Ann Maurer: A Franklin Icon at 100 – Carla Nordstrom
New Life for Treadwell School – Don Hebbard
Franklin Has a New Community Center – John Campbell
Sidney Center Library Gets Gorgeous New Sign – Carol Behan
Franklin’s Fallen Hero – John Campbell
GFCC Economic Survey Results – Lynne Kemen
Green Banks Gardening – Deborah Banks
Tree Peony “Botan” Reaches Franklin – Jack Siman
Franklin Land: Value Vs. Price – Brian Brock
A Gilbertsville Saga and Its Heroine – Norm Farwell
The Bare Truth – Robert Lamb
Geothermal Opportunity Knocks (Again) – Stuart Anderson
Pipeline & Roundabout – Compiled by Brian Brock
Compressor Free Franklin is Alive and Well – Don Hebbard
Your Eyes and UV Rays – Johanna VanDeusen
At the Library – Lynne Kemen
Flora at Bright Hill – Lynne Kemen
Leadership Transition at Franklin Stage
Upstate Arts – Charlie Bremer
Music Here at Home – Jason Starr
Murder at the Farmers’ Market

Issue #30 – Vol. X No. 3 Fall 2016 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 4.6MB)

Franklin Library Improves Access – Mary Ellen Collier
Neil Rochmis: Antiques as Adventure – Alexis Greene
A Bad Option – Don Hebbard
An Entrepreneur In Franklin – Betsy Babcock
Economic Development Survey – Greater Franklin Chamber of Commerce
The Christmas Stroll – Lisa A. Heimbauer
Looking Towards Franklin’s Future – Brian Brock
Your County Chamber – Ray Pucci
Your Franklin Chamber – Marc Burgin
Economic Development and the 2006 Comprehensive Plan – Don Hebbard
Mirabito Sells But Stays – Brian Brock
Our Village Park – Jack Siman, Franklin Village Park Administrator
FCS Garden Project – Carla Nordstrom
Town Budget: Supervisor raises salaries, cuts library funding – Staff Report
Garden Crushes – Deborah Banks
Pet Talk – Dr. Joan Puritz
Conscious Consumerism – Patricia Tyrell
Global Warming? – Robert Lamb, A.K.A. “The Waterman”
Talking With the Other Side, Taxing Conversations – Stuart Anderson
Frackopoly, The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment, by Wenonah Hauter – Review by Tammy Reiss
Pipeline and Roundabout – Brian Brock
At the Library, New Books to Add to Your List – Lynne Kemen
Poems From Bright Hill – curated by Bertha Rogers
Music Here At Home – Jason Starr
Upstate Arts – with Charlie Bremer
Local Arts Listsings
Everyone Gets A Little Gou-Gou Sometimes – Christina Muscatello
Murder at the Farmers’ Market
Radio Stations Within Distant Listening Range of Franklin, New York
The Bare Truth, Alaska Road Trip 2016: Part Two – Robert Lamb
Solar Zoning Workshop – Report supplied by Stuart Anderson
Actions By the Franklin Town Council
Local Government Websites
Recent Real Property Sales In The Town Of Franklin

Issue #29 – Vol. X No. 2 Summer 2016 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 13MB)

Dawn’s Deli to Close July 15th – Carla Nordstrom
And Then There Was One – Brian Brock
The Road to Microgrids – Stuart Anderson
Your Neighbor’s View: Real Change Comes From the Bottom – Felix Bridel
Franklin to Join the 21st Century? – Staff Report
Summer at the Museum – John Campbell
Theatre as Community Service – Denise B. Dailey
A Cleaner Future for Franklin – Don Hebbard
The Mayor’s Corner: Our Work is Not Finished – Tom Briggs
Friends and Neighbors: Opportunity for Community – Gene Marner
Moving to Treadwell: Part V – Magali Veillon
Otsego Land Trust Earns National Accreditation
The Bare Truth – Robert Lamb
Pet Talk – Dr. Joan Puritz
Annals of Sustainability: Eat Food, Not Too Much; A Cancer Patient’s Approach to Nutrition – Carmela Peters
Felling Follies! – Brian Brock
No R.P. Tax Exemption for Solar? Who Benefits? – Don Hebbard
Pipes and Power – Compiled by Brian Brock
We Have No Choice But to Work Together – Gene Marner
At the Library – Reviews by Jim Mullen
Dragonfly – Bertha Rogers
Music Here at Home – Jason Starr
UpState Arts – with Charlie Bremer
Artist Profile: Franklin’s Bruce Goddard – Jane Carr
The 2016 Season at Franklin Stage
Murder at the Farmers’ Market
Local Government Websites
Franklin Town Council – Schedule of Mettings – author

Issue #28 – Vol. X No. 1 Spring 2016 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 6MB)

The Camel’s Nose – Brian Brock
Franklin Robotics Club: Successful Pilot Plans to Expand – Patricia Tyrell
The Hobart Book Village, A Bibliophile’s Report – Alexis Greene
Returning to Roots, The Old and New at Pie in the Sky – Pam Peters
Your Neighbor’s View… Who’s Watching Our Backs? – Donald Hebbard
Agricultural Grants Available: Funding for Economic Development – Patricia Tyrell
Local Artist Conserves Land Along Ouleout – Sara Sheeren
The Facts They Ain’t Tellin’, the Hype About Pipeline Tax Revenues – Brian Brock
The Mayor’s Corner, The State of the Village – Tom Briggs
Pet Talk – Dr. Joan Puritz
Heating Well with Wood, Part Two: Combustion Efficiency – Norm Farwell
Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath, by Ted Koppel – Reviewed by Tammy Reiss
Eciting Year Ahead, Unadilla Edible Forest and Permaculture Park – Patricia Tyrell
The Bear Truth – By Robert Lamb
The Future is Microgrids! – Stuart Anderson
Do We Really Want This in Our Backyard? The Facts about Butyl Mercaptan – Staff Report
Pipes and Power – Compiled by Brian Brock
Your Constitutional Rights at Rosk
Timber! – Brian Brock
At the Library – Book Reviews by Jim Mullen
Music Here at Home – Jason Starr
Upstate Arts – Charlie Bremer
VOICES to be Heard – Jessica Farrell
Murder at the Farmers’ Market

Issue #27 – Vol. IX No. 3 Fall 2015 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 6.8MB)

Roundabout Revision – Staff
Help is Nearby: Family Health & Community Walk-In Opening in Franklin – Patricia Tyrell
Living Lightly on the Earth – Carole Marner
Pilot Pretense – Brian Brock
The Lucky Dog Food Club – Alexis Greene
Your Neighbor’s View
Apocalypse Now? Then What? – Patricia Tyrell
Christmas Stroll 2015
Franklin Fall Fest – Brian Brock
Local Woman Honored
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Wilber Honored Posthumously – Staff
Pet Talk – Dr. Joan Puritz
Moving to Treadwell: Setting Up Camp – Magali Veillon
Franklin Town Election 2015
The Great Gas Ponzi Scheme: What supporters of pipelines and compressores are missing – Eugene Marner
Franklin’s Comprehensive Plan: A Decade of Neglect – Donald Hebbard
Pipes and Power – Brian Brock
Delaware County 2015 Equalization Rates – Brian Brock
Local Government Websites
Heating Well With Wood – Norm Farwell
Protecting Our Most Precious Resource – Vicki R. Davis
A National Water Grid: It’s Time – Jack Litweka
At the Library – Jim Mullen
Teens in Greek Drama – Carmela Marner and Josh Santiago
UpState Arts – Edmond Rinnooy Kan
Music Here at Home – Jason Starr
Nature Riddle-Poems Written During BHLC Workshops for Kids, Summer 2015
Murder at the Farmers’ Market
A Record of Recent Votes by the Franklin Town Board
Recent Real Property Sales in the Town of Franklin

Issue #26 – Vol. IX No. 2 Spring 2015 – 16 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 6.1MB)

Get Ready for Gone Local – Patricia Tyrell
And Now for Some Really Local Weather – Bill Gruber
Compressing Franklin – Brian Brock
Your Neighbor’s View – Bob Miller
Upcoming Elections – Brian Brock
Franklin Farm Families Bring Home the Prize – Staff Report
Landing in Treadwell: Listening – Magali Veillon
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Franklin’s Alternatives to Violence Project – Noelle Granger
The Rumor Mill – Tony Breuer
The 2015 Franklin Garden Tour – Carla Nordstrom
Rooting for Ideas: Creating Vertical Elements in the Garden – Don Stathem
Delta Force – Brian Brock
Local Law 1-2015 – Brian Brock
Public Involvement Can Change Our World – Donald Hebbard
Pipes and Power – Compiled by Brian Brock
And Continuing the Data Stream: Constitution Construction – Brian Brock
Sign Wars – Staff Report
At the Library – Jim Mullen
Walnuts, A Prose Poem – Bertha Rogers
Music Here at Home – Jason Starr
The Stagecoach Run Art Contest – Jane Carr
West Kortright Centre: Forty Years Young
FSC’s Nineteenth Season
Murder at the Farmers’ Market
Recent Real Property Sales, Town of Franklin

Issue #25 – Vol. IX No. 1 Spring 2015 – 20 pages with ads (download full issue in color, PDF 11.6MB)

Delaware County IDA – Part One: IDAs and Compressors – Brian Brock
For the Common Good – Donald Hebbard
Clueless in Delhi? – Susan Dapkins
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Your Neighbor’s View – Felix Bridel
Sunday is Market Day
Continuing a Franklin Newspaper Tradition – Brian Brock
A Gratifying Success! – Deborah Banks and May Miller
Meet You at the Railroad Car – John Campbell
Landing in Treadwell Part II: If Only the Walls Could Talk – Magali Veillon
Pet Talk – Dr. Joan Puritz
In the Kitchen – Sue Avery
Protecting Local Land – Virginia Kennedy
Wild Food – Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower
The Garden Gate – Penelope R. King
Conservation For Ever – Stephen Morris
Pipes and Power – Compiled by Brian Brock
The New Math of Business – Donald Hebbard
Annals of Sustainability – Joanna Jolly
At the Library – Jim Mullen
Welcome to Wijnandaland – Edmond Rinnooy-Kan
Where Shadows – Felix Bridel
UpState Arts – Jane Carr
The Rumor Mill
Invasive Alert – Sara Scheeren
Some Like it Hot – Barbara Johnson
Murder at the Farmers’ Market
Resolution of the Board of Trustees Of the Village of Cooperstown Regarding Climate Change
New ‘Old Franklin Day’
Save Our Schools

Issue #24 – Vol. VIII No. 3 Fall 2014 – Special Election issue, due in local mailboxes the weekend of November 1, 2014

Warning: Compressor Station Ahead! – Brian Brock
Feeding a Hungry World: The Wonders of Bio-Char – Bob Miller
Franklin EMS: Sixty Years of Service – Joan Cronauer
Remember Me? Our Comprehensive Plan – Andy Bobrow
Your Neighbor’s View… Turning Tides – Patricia Tyrell
Park News – Kim Hyzer
Franklin Alternative to Violence Community Workshop – Noelle Granger
Landing in Treadwell – Magali Veillon
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Pet Talk – Dr. Joan Puritz
With Power Comes Responsibility – Brian Brock
Grass Pellett Misfire – Brian Brock
Solar Just Makes Sense – Bryan Hickman
Fracking and Revenue for Local Governments – Mike Bernhard
Life With a Compressor Station – Carl Berg, Ph.D.
Disappearing World: Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction – Review by Alexis Greene
Meet the Candidates
At the Library – Jim Mullen Reviews New Books
Two Riddles – from Bright Hill Literary Workshops for Kids Summer 2014
Upstate Arts: Arts Festival a Big Success – Jane Carr
Farmers’ Markets and a Sustainable Way of Life – Carole Marner
Green Energy Complications: Running the Numbers in the DCEC Debate – Tom Martone
Murder at the Farmers’ Market

Issue #23 – Vol. VIII No. 2 Summer 2014 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 7.3MB)

Double Trouble – Brian Brock
New Librarian Settles In – Jim Mullen
Alternatives to Violence Project – Noelle Granger
2014 Farmer of the Year: Matt Terry – Brian Brock
What’s Up on Franklin Heights? – Betsy Babcock
The Mayor’s Corner – Tom Briggs
Edible Forest? What’s That? – Trish Tyrell
County Takes Franklin Land – Brian Brock
Franklin Chamber 2013 Awards: Cronauer and Costello
Farmers’ Markets: Spread Too Thin? – Tom and Denise Warren
Construction Conjunction – Brian Brock
Peak Oil: The Repurcussions – Gene Marner
Son of Constitution – Brian Brock
Pipes and Power – Brian Brock
Annals of Sustainability: Setback for Local Green Energy – Tom Martone
Rooting for Ideas: The Rewards of Gardening in Real Time – Don Statham
At the Library – Jim Mullen
The Catskill Mountain Film Festival – Tony Breuer
Upstate Arts – Jane Carr
Isaksson Sculpture at Glimmerglass – Kelly Reller
Summer 2014 at Bright Hill
Franklin Stage Summer Schedule
The Garden Sestina – Zara Zeidman
Hawkwatch – Carole Marner
Maxine the Golden Eagle: an update – Helen McLean
Your Neighbor’s View – Adam Niebanck

Issue #22 – Vol. VIII No. 1 Spring 2014 – 16 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 4.2MB)

Food not Fracking – Alanna Rose
At Last! The Tulip and the Rose! – Carla Nordstrom
Go for the Golden – Helen McLean
The Lesson of Pennsylvania – Alexis Greene
Franklin Fire Department a Very Busy Year – Dale Downin
It Takes a Village – Trish Tyrell
Franklin Library Director Retires – Jim Mullen
Franklin Activist Wins Grant
Franklin Garden Club 2014 – Nina Hart and Deborah Banks
Pet Talk – Dr. Joan Puritz
Peak Oil: A Concise History – Gene Marner
Frack Off in Europe – Stephen Morris
Moratorium Morass – Brian Brock
Pipes and Power – Brian Brock
Water Watch: Volunteers Needed – Tammy Reiss
Constitution Pipeline: Yes Pipeline – Matthew Swift
Constitution Pipeline: Brass Monkeys Hear No Evil, The Value of Listening to Both Sides – Andy Bobrow
Constitution Pipeline: No Pipeline – Joan Tubridy
At the Library – Jim Mullen
Franklin Stage Loses Favorite
Edgar Allen Poe & Local Sculptor Stefanie Rocknak
Upstate Arts – Jane Carr
Gou-Gou Debuts
Otsego Land Trust – Connecting People to Land and Water – Virginia Kennedy
The Garden Gate – Penelope R. King
Murder at the Farmers’ Market
Reign of Ice – Felix Marner Bridel

Issue #21 – Vol. VII No. 3 Fall 2013 – 16 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 2.7MB)

Franklin Reunion – Carole Marner
Running on Empty – Shale Gas in the Southern Tier – Jerry Acton and Brian Brock
Geothermal Green – An Energy Revolution at CVCS – Marjorie B. Kellogg
Marcy South: Not Again! – More Power to Bypass Franklin – Brian Brock
Your Neighbor’s View – Patricia Tyrell
The Christmas Stroll 2013 – Kim Hyzer
Coins for Kids – Raising Funds for FCS – Jim Mullen
Franklin Holiday Market – Carla Nordstrom
Pet Talk – Dr. Joan Puritz
Peak Oil Focus: The Turning – James Howard Kunstler
Pipeline Postings V: A Continuing Chronology of Events – Brian Brock
Local Activist Dies: Diane Nixon – Carole Marner
The Garden Gate – Penelope R. King
At the Library – Jim Mullen
Planting Wildness: Delaware County Finds Its Roots – Bertha Rogers
Upstate Arts – Jane Carr
Annals of Sustainability – Vicki Davis
Murder at the Farmers’ Market!

Issue #20 – Vol. VII No. 2 Summer 2013 – 16 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 4.6MB)

Film Maker Brings Gasland II to Walton – Eugene Marner
School for Scandal – Patricia Knapp-Tyrell
All Four Walls: The Renovation of Chapel Hall – Carole Marner
In DEC We Trust? O&G Pollution in New York State, Part III – Brian Brock
Your Neighbor’s View – Carla Nordstrom
Election Ahead! – Brian Brock
Missed Opportunities – Carla Nordstrom
Operation CSA: Food Independence – Patricia Knapp-Tyrell
Better, But Not Great: Franklin Central School vs. New York State, Round Two – Jim Mullen
Pet Talk – Dr. Joan Puritz
Pipeline Postings: A Continuing Chronology of Events
A New Set of Pipes – Brian Brock
In the Kitchen – Sue Avery
Farm Work – photographs by Dana Matthews
At the Library – Jim Mullen Reviews new books
Literary Workshops for Kids – Bertha Rogers
UpState Arts – Jane Carr
Annals of Sustainability: Solar Leasing – Two Satisfied Customers
The Garden Gate: Low Maintenance Gardens – Penelope R. King
Notes on Locally Hardy Roses – Jack Siman
Garden Lecture Series a Big Success – Deborah Banks
Murder at the Farmers’ Market!
Franklin Free Library Presents: 2013 Summertime Arts, Education & Just Plain Fun
Recent Real Property Sales in Franklin NY

Issue # 19 – Vol. VII No. 1 Spring 2013 – 16 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 3.3MB)

In DEC We Trust?? Part II – Brian Brock, page 1, available online
Let the Earth Do the Work – Marjorie B. Kellogg, page 1, available online
One Easy Switch to Green Energy – Norm Farwell, page 1, available online
Conflicting Views: Oxford’s No Frack Zone Pits Village Against Town – by Richard A. Lacey and Irving Wesley Hall, page 1, available online
Recipes Wanted – Carla Nordstrom, page 2
Garden Club to Host Lecture Series – Nina Hart and Deborah Banks, page 2
Barlow’s General Store – Carla Nordstrom, page 3, available online
Construction Ahead – Brian Brock, page 3, available online
Pet Talk Joan Puritz, page 4
The Garden Gate Penelope R. King, page 5
Totally Fracked! – Eugene Marner, page 6, available online
Stop the Pipeline – Carole Marner, page 6, available online
Pipeline Postings – Brian Brock, page 7
Marcellus Shale Drilling’s Impact on the Dairy Industry in Pennsylvania – Madelon L. Finkel, Ph.D., Jane Selegean, Jake Hayes, MA, and Nitin Kondamusi, BA, page 7
Fleased.org Presents Informational Forum on Gas Lease Issues – Mina Takahashi, page 7
Poem – Lilliana Bevilacqua, page 10
one up…thus plus and more so – Charlie Bremer page 10, available online
At the Library – Jim Mullen, page 10
Anti-frack Songs – page 11
Town Board Meetings – page 12
Murder at the Farmers’ Market – page 13
Climate Change and Hydrofracking – Tammy Reiss, page 14
Real Estate Sales – page 16

Issue # 18 – Vol. VI, No. 3 Fall 2012 16 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 3.6MB)

One House at a Time Norm Farwell, page 1
A Family Affair Carole Satrina Marner, page 1
In DEC We Trust? – Brian Brock, page 1, available online
Historic Church Restored Jane Hebbard, page 1
Your Neighbor’s View Kerri Ficke, page 2
Intersection Indecision – Brian Brock, page 2, available online
Park News Kim Hyzer, page 2
The Flatlander Diaries Sunny Hill, page 2
The Christmas Stroll Kim Hyzer, page 3
Your Town Budget 2013 – Brian Brock, page 3, available online
How Local is Local? Stephen Morris, page 4
Renewable Energy and Sacrifice Zones Tammy Reiss, page 4
Pet Talk Joan Puritz, page 5
The Future is Bicycles! John O’Connor, page 6
Franklin Youth Speaks Out at FERC Hearing Felix Bridel, page 6
Oil & Gas Biz in Delaware County, – Brian Brock, page 6, available online
Fracking Klara Wichterle, page 7
You Couldn’t Have Known Gerri Wiley, page 7
Election Circus Gene Marner, page 8
At the Library, Book Reviews Jim Mullen, page 10
David Byrd Debuts at Schoolhouse Gallery Jody Isaacson, page 10
Art World: Rembrandt vs. Warhol Edmond Rinnooy Kan, page 11
Coelophysis Sestina Julian Mathews, page 11
Pipeline Postings: A Chronolgy of Events page 12
New Pipes on the Way – Brian Brock, page 12, available online
Murder at the Framers’ Market! XIII, page 14
The Garden Gate Penelope R. King, page 15

Issue # 17 – Vol. VI, No. 2 Summer 2012 16 pages with ads

New Flood Map – Brian Brock, page 1
S.O.S. Update Jim Mullen, page 1
Constitutional Confiscation? – Brian Brock, page 1, available online
Frack Bans 101 Cat Gareth, page 1
Your Neighbor’s View Craig L. Stevens, page 2
Winds of Change Brian Brock, page 2
Volunteerism: Lifeblood of … Carole Marner, page 3
Village Wins Big, page 3
Garden Villanelle Abigale Dennis, page 4
Park News Kim Hyser with Jane Hebbard, page 4
Pet Talk Joan Puritz, page 5
Games with Grass: Pattern Meadows Don Statham, page 5
Localize Now or live to regret it – Eugene Marner, page 6, available online
The Flight of the Impulse Stephen Morris, page 6
Timeline: Constitution Pipeline, page 6, available online
Déjà Vu All Over Again – Brian Brock, page 7, available online
At the Library, Book Reviews Jim Mullen, page 10
Mystery Brews in the Butternut Valley Charlotte Zoe Walker, page 10
UpState Arts Duane Bronson, page 11
The Garden Gate Penelope R. King, page 12
The Good Prophets: Two Films … Nick Albaugh, page 13
Murder at the Framers’ Market! XII, page 14

Issue # 16 – Vol. VI, No. 1 Spring 2012 16 pages with ads

Let’s Cash Mob! Nick Albaugh, page 1
Franklin Scholl Funding Crisis Carole Marner, page 1
Pipeline Fever – Brian Brock, page 1, available online
What Drilling Will Cost Us Jannette M. Barth, page 1
Your Neighbor’s View Heidi Gogins, page 2
Catskill Time Banking Eugene Marner, page 2
Park News Kim Hyzer, page 2
Franklin Needs a Community Garden! Patrica Knapp-Tyrell, page 3
Park Progress in Treadwell Brian Brock, page 3, available online
Pet Talk Joan Pruitz, page 5
Call for Water Monitors Scott Laiffer, page 5
Democracy at the Local Level Charlotte Zoe Walker, page 6
From Our London Correspondent… Stehpen Morris, page 9
The Flatlander Diaries, Spring 2012 Sunny Hill, page 9
At the Library, Book Reviews Jim Mullen, page 10
UpState Arts Christopher Lloyd Wright, page 10
The Garden Gate Penelope R. King, page 11
Murder at the Farmers Market! XI, page 13

Issue # 15 – Vol. V, No. 3 Winter 2011 16 pages with ads

A Supervisor’s Dilemma John Salka, page 1
Regs or Rigs? Reluctant Regulator – Brian Brock, page 1, available online
Resist Apathy! Patricia Knapp-Tyrell, page 1
Come Hell or High Water! Rebecca Morgan, page 1
Do Drop In, Unexpected Guests! Tom Morgan, page 2
Goodbye to Old Franklin Day Kim Hyzer, page 2
A Tale of Two Sanlys – Brian Brock, page 2, available online
Life off The Grid, Bruce Zinner Carole Satrina Marner, page 3
Fun and Friends at the Farmers’ Market Gloria Banks, page 4
O or T? – Brian Brock, page 4, available online
Park News Kim Hyzer, page 4
Rain, Poem Berta Rogers, page 5
Sidney … Leatherstocking Pipeline, Patricia Knapp-Tyrell, page 6
The End of Growth, Book Review Eugene Marner, page 6
Franklin Lease Map, page 7
Delaware County Fracking Poll, page 7
Have You Been Fleases? Ellen Harrison, page 8
(Weird) Tales of Albany – Brian Brock, page 8, available online
Land Grab for Gas Elisabeth N. Radow, page 9
A Christmas Stroll Kim Hyzer, page 10
UpState Arts Christopher Lloyd Wright, page 10
At the Library, Book Reviews Jim Mullen, page 11
Flatlander Diaries, Fall 2011 Sunny Hill, page 11
Pet Talk Joan Purtiz, DVM, page 12
The Garden Gate Penelope B. King, page 12
Murder at the Farmers’ Market! VIII, page 13

Issue # 14 – Vol. V, No. 2 Summer 2011 16 pages with ads

Home Rule Over Gas Drilling – Brian Brock, page 1, available online
Returning Heart to the Community Marjorie B. Kellogg, page 1
Hurrah for Kids & Kritters Karleen DuMond, page 1
Why the Civil War Still Matters Tom Morain, page 1
Report from the Bike Lane John O’Connor, page 3
Perfect Storm: Peak Oil & … Eugene Marner, page 3
… Peak Oil is … unavoidable from Bundeswehr report, page 3
Gas Drilling vs. Your Real Estate … from Tompkins County, page 3
Indulgences Bertha Rogers, page 5
Local Hero Interview: Dawn Ritz Betsy Babcock, page 6
Rotary Sponsors Youth Leadership … Jack Sullivan, page 6
Old Franklin Day 2011 Kim Hyzer, page 6
Democracy’s Cradle: Your … Library Lynne M. Kemen, page 7
Park News Kim Hyzer, page 7
All Eggs Are Not Created Equal Betsy Babcock, page 8
Pet Talk Joan Puritz, DVM, page 9
Upstate Arts: Gou-gou will … Edmond Rinnooy Kan, page 10
Artists Open Studios for … Jane Carr, page 10
The Flatlander Diaries, Summer 2011 Sunny Hill, page 11
Franklin Stage Celebrates … Carmela Marner, page 11
Books from the Library Shelves Jim Mullen, page 12
Murder at the Farmers’ Market! VII, page 13
The Garden Gate Penelope R. King, page 14
Franklin Garden Tour Jane Hubbard, page 14
New Plantings at the Park Jane Hubbard, page 14
Have You Spotted a …, page15

Issue # 13 – Vol. V, No. 1 Spring 2011 16 pages with ads

A Franklin Tragedy Tim Duerden, page 1
Take Back Your Rights! Carole Marner, page 1
Landmen will Say… – Brian Brock, page 1, available online
Attention, All Gardener! Marjorie B. Kellogg, page 1
Climate vs. Climate Change William Rossow, page 1
Murder at the Farmers’ Market! VI, page 2
The Economic Impacts Bob Rosen, page 3
Recipe: Blueberry Maple Bread Carole Marner, page 3
Peak Oil Update Eugene Marner, page 4
Letter from London Stephen Morris, page 5
The Chambersburg Declaration, page 6
A System in Chaos Ronald E. Bishop, page 7
Interview: Hometown Pizza Betsy Babcock, page 8
Franklin Local Wants You Franklin Local, page 8
Park News Kim Hyzer, page 9
UpState Arts: C. Lissandrello Christopher Lloyd Wright, page 10
Flatlander Diaries, Spring 2011 Sunny Hill, page 10
Pet Talk Joan Puritz, DVM, page 12
The Garden Gate Penelope R. King, page 13
The Treadwell Park – Brian Brock, page 13, available online
Brewery Ommegang Statement … Larry Bennett, page 14
Caring for Bluebirds Audubon Society, page 15

Issue # 12 – Vol. IV, No. 3 Fall 2010 16 pages with ads

Bedstraw Be Gone Ken Jaffe, page 1
Kale, Anyone? Rebecca Morgan, page 1
An Issue of Enforcement – Brian Brock, page 1, available online
You’re All Invited… Eugene Marner, page 1
Murder at the Farmers Market, V, page 2
… Excessive Dog Barking Edmond Rinnooy Kan, page 3
Energy in the Real World John Weber, page 4
As Dirty as Coal Robert Howarth, Sierra Atlantic, page 4
A Day in Delhi Diane Nixon, page 6
Frack This Walter Putrycz, page 7
What You Could Do Mary Handler, page 7
Our Park Begins to Shine! Kim Hyzer, page 8
Garden Club at the Park Jane Hebbard, page 8
Memories of the Farm Sonia DeFrances, page 8
Local Hero: Don Pernice Emily Mikulewicz, page 9
Franklin’s Revolutionary War … Carla Nordstrom, page 9
UpState Arts: Tommy Klehr Christopher Lloyd Wright, page 10
… How the FFL Saved My Life Elliot Cohen, page 10
Flatlander Diaries, Fall 2010 Sunny Hill, page 10
The Garden Gate Penelope R. King, page 12
Pet Talk Joan Puritz, DVM, page 13

Issue # 11 – Vol. IV, No. 2 Summer 2010 16 pages with ads

Anatomy of a Gas Lease – Brian Brock, page 1, available online
Still Got Milk? Karl North, page 1
Interview: Keitha Capouya Carole Marner, page 1
1899 Franklin Water Rates from pamphlet, page 1
Murder at the Farmers’ Market! IV, page 2
Flatlander Diaries Sunny Hill, page 3
Disaster in the Gulf: Eugene Marner, page 4
Prospecting By Plane – Brian Brock, page 4, available online
GASLAND, the Movie Marjorie B. Kellogg, page 5
The Two Towers – Brian Brock, page 6, available online
Local Hero(ine): Jane Hebbard Marjorie B. Kellogg, page 8
Park on the Main Kim Huzer, page 8
Franklin Stage Company – an Update Carmela Marner, page 9
UpState Arts: Gloria Nero Christopher Lloyd Wright, page 10
The Garden Gate Penelope R. King, page 12
Pet Talk Joan Puritz, DVM, page 13
Recipe: Dutch Almond Torte Bette Caddis, page 13

Issue # 10 – Vol. IV, No. 1 Spring 2010 16 pages with ads

Re-imagining Dairy’s Future Amy Kenyon, page 1
Texas Mayor Speaks Out Calvin Tillman, Dish TX, page 1
Risky Drilling – Brian Brock, page 1, available online
Franklin Farm … to Sell Raw Milk Jim Mullen, page 1
A Warning from Dimock Keith Oberg, page 2
CSA at the Lucky Dog Richard Giles, page 3
Drilling Skirmishes Grow Hal Smith, The Sierra Atlantic, page 3
A Century of Challenges Nicole Foss, page 4
NYFB Rejects Draft SGEIS’ Mark Dunau & Carole Marner, page 4
Cold Season Food Production Chuck Waibel, page 7
Patronize Your Neighbors from The Franklin Register, April 14, 1877, page 7
Review: The Wheelwright’s Shop Eugene Marner, page 8
UpState Arts: Tim Touhey Christopher Lloyd Wright, page 8
Murder at the Farmers’ Market! III, page 9
Recipe: Mexican Spiced Cookies Vincent Speranza, page 9
What’s New in Franklin? Judy Gabey, page 10
Windy Franklin – Brian Brock, page 10, available online
Prevent Tomato Blight This Year! Jim Mullen, page 11
4C-Camp: … a Long Tradition Tom Briggs, page 11
Health Benefits of Raw Milk from raw-milk-facts.com, page 12
The Garden Gate Penelope R. King, page 13
Baking Soda, the Serial… from Wikipedia, page 14

Issue # 9 – Vol. III, No. 3 Winter, 2009 12 pages with ads

Invisible Ships & Boiling Frogs Karl North, page 1
Pure Catskills Buy Local Campaigns Challey Comer, page 1
Dairy Crisis Bob Miller, page 1
Historic Facades Saved … Gary Cassinelli, page 1
The Garden Gate Penelope R. King, page 2
Focus on the Arts Christopher Lloyd Wright, page 2
Sustainability Richard deRosa, page 3
The Hawk, a true fable Eugene Marner, page 4
Film Review: Food, Inc. Carole Marner, page 4
Review: The Transition Handbook Emily Mikulewicz, page 4
Wet vs. Dry: Prohibition … – Brian Brock, page 6, available online
Citizen speaks for Change Charlene Sugihara, page 6
Citizen speaks for Status Quo May Miller, page 6
Franklin’s Fokish Breadmobile Jim Mullen, page 8
Recipes: One Potato, Two Carla Nordstrom, page 8
Park on the Main: an Update Kim Hyzer, page 9
Franklin Farmers Market Report Ellen Curtis, page 10
The Walton … Garden Prospers Eugene Marner, page 10

Issue # 8 – Vol. III, No. 2 Summer, 2009 8 pages with ads

Peak Oil Advice … John Michael Greer, page 1
Your Gas Well: Part Two – Brian Brock, page 1
Franklin’s Cat House Judy Gabey, page 1
Senior Transport Tom Briggs, page 1
Murder at the Farmers’ Market! II, page 3
Local Heat: Earth, Wood Gas and Solar – Brian Brock, page 4, available online
The Art of Robert Johnson Jim Mullen, page 6
Park on the Main Kim Hyzer, page 7

Issue # 7 – Vol. III, No. 1 Spring 2009 – 8 pages (download full issue, PDF 2.8MB)

Your Gas Well: Part One Brian Brock, page 1
South Kortright Gets It Right! Eugene Marner, page 1
Food Routes Kate Ryan, page 1
Vegetable Garden Hints Mariane Kiraly & Janet Aldrich, page 1
Franklin Stage Renovates Chapel Hall Carmela Marner, page 2
How Windy is Franklin? Brian Brock, page 2
Localism and the State John O’Connor, page 3
Murder at the Farmers’ Market! I, page 3
The End of Limitlessness Brandon Dennis, page 4
Connecting the Peak Oil Dots … Eugene Marner, page 4
Review: The Transition Handbook John O’Connor, page 5
Walton Community Garden Eugene Marner, page 6
Sustainability in Walton Dave Baker, page 6
Prius Doubles as Emergency Generator Sam Smith, The Progressive Review, page 8