Talk Franklin, A Podcast from the Town Administrator's Office - August 17, 2026

This session of the radio show shares our “Talk Franklin” discussion with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen. We recorded our conversation virtually via Zoom on Monday, August 17, 2026.  Key topicsMid-summer statusTown Council & contract extensionA validated budget for FY 2027Joint Budget working on a strategyMore topics comingSept 2Town available land and facilitiesSept 16Legislative update with Senator Rausch & Rep RoyPresentations by Food Pantry, SAFE Coalition, 250th CelebrationSept 3Police station building committeeEconomic Development Split tax workshopsUMass students' study on downtownThe recording runs about 37 minutes. Let’s listen to our conversation.--------------Town of Franklin page -  https://www.franklinma.gov/ Notify Me - sign up for notification on meetings and agendas  https://www.franklinma.gov/list.aspx Subscribe to Franklin First newsletter  https://www.franklinma.gov/m/newsflash Community calendar  https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar Town Administrator contract press release https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/08/franklin-town-council-approves-town.html --------------We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.  This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.How can you help?If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighborsIf you don't like something here, please let me knowAnd if you have interest in reporting on meetings or events, please reach out. We’ll share and show you what and how we do what we doThrough this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news/If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot comThe 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.I hope you enjoy!------------------You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"