Green Banks Gardening: Plant for Fall
Green Banks Gardening with Deborah Banks Now that we are at the end of the fall gardening season, be honest. Was your garden finished after the summer phlox and coneflowers […]
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Music at the Market: How Did We Do?
Report by Lynne Kemen The market ran from May 26 to October 13. That’s twenty-one Sundays! This was our thirteenth season, and the first year that we applied for and […]
Growing Our Farmers’ Market
By Patricia Tyrell The Franklin Farmers’ Market (FFM) is sponsored by the volunteer community organization Franklin Local, Ltd., and by the Greater Franklin Chamber of Commerce. It was started and […]
The New Store In Town
Report by Susan Barnett The little village storefront next to the firehouse best known as the Hildebrand building will be the home of a new Franklin business. Karin Bowker has […]
The Mayor’s Corner: What Really Is Franklin’s Brand?
With Tom Briggs At the recent public information meeting at the Town Hall regarding the proposal to build a Dollar General store in the Town of Franklin, I was impressed […]
Volunteering in Franklin: The Franklin Fire Department
By Louise Hebbard and Lynne Kemen (The second in our series about community involvement and volunteering.) In many places, particularly in small, rural communities, volunteer fire companies provide the service […]
Battling Nihilism in the Age of WTF
These are harrowing times. The world seems to be going to hell in a handbasket, wrapped and delivered by those claiming to govern, serve and provide. Intelligence, truth, or justice […]
Your Neighbor’s View
To the Editor: I am responding to a recent article by Brian Brock. [“Franklin River Walk”, Summer 2019] I do believe that the concept is a fine idea for an […]
Speeding Through Sidney Center
By Michael Sellitti When the Sidney Center Improvement Group (SCIG) was formed over thirteen years ago, the founding members began with identifying the issues in the hamlet that were most […]
Making Remote Work
By Shana Ko After what felt like six years of summer in New Orleans, I longed for crisp air and snowy days. I needed the stillness to think. Moving north […]