Recent Legal Notices

Some Public Legal Notices filed in local newspapers and made available to the public via the MassPublicNotices.org web site and other sources:

ZBA/PUBLIC HEARINGS LEGAL NOTICE Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Franklin Public Hearings - Posting For Hearing on: September 28, 2023 Printed 0n: Thursday September 28, 2023 and Thursday October 5, 2023 Notice is hereby given that the Town of Franklin Board of Appeals will hold a Public hearing on October 12, 2023 via Zoom Platform. Please go to Franklinma.gov to view meeting access under ZBA. At: 7:30PM Applicant: Christine M. Wall Address of Subject Property: 121 Miller Street (230-036-000-000) Petition Type: Variance From Section (or Schedule):185 Attachment 9 Schedule of Lot, Area, Frontage, Yard and Height Requirements To Allow: Applicant is seeking to construct a 22' x 38' attached garage with living space above that is 20.5' from the left side yard setback where 40' is required. The building permit is denied without a Variance from the ZBA. At: 7:35PM Applicant: Brian M. Murphy Address of Subject Property: 28 Pine Street (222-014-000-000) Petition Type: Variance From Section (or Schedule):185 Attachment 9 Schedule of Lot, Area, Frontage, Yard and Height Requirements To Allow: Applicant is seeking to construct a 801 Sq. Ft. attached addition that is 12.6' from the right side yard setback where 25' is required. The building permit is denied without a Variance from the ZBA. An appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals may be made by any person aggrieved pursuant to MGL Chap. 40A, Section 17 as amended, within twenty (20) days after the date of the filing of the notice of decision with the City Clerk. All records and files for this project can be viewed in the Building Department on the 1st floor of the Franklin Municipal Building during regular business hours or Visit Franklinma.gov under ZBA for applicant application. Franklin Zoning Board of Appeals: (508) 520-4907. Any person or organization so wishing will be afforded the opportunity to be heard. The hearing is accessible to persons with physical disabilities. The Council Chambers offers equipment for the hearing impaired.

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New Section 19H LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FRANKLIN, MA Alteration of Premises to combine Section 19B(n) Farmer-Winery Pouring Permit and Section 19C(n) Farmer-Brewery Pouring Permit to create a Section 19H Farmer-Winery / Farmer-Brewery Pouring Permit La Cantina Winery Company The Franklin Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on an application by La Cantina Winery Company, located at 341 Union Street, Franklin, MA for an alteration of premises to combine their Section 19B(n) Farmer-Winery Pouring Permit and Section 19C(n) Farmer-Brewery Pouring Permit to create a Section 19H Farmer-Winery / Farmer-Brewery Pouring Permit. This hearing will take place during the Town Council's public meeting on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, beginning at 7:00 PM and will provide an open forum for discussion. Location: Municipal Building, 2nd floor Council Chambers, 355 E. Central St., Franklin and will also be available via the “ZOOM” platform. Residents can visit the Town website (Franklinma.gov) calendar on and after October 13, 2023 for updated meeting information. For questions, please call the Town Administrator's Office at (508) 520-4949. Submitted by, Julie McCann

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New Section 19C(n) LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FRANKLIN, MA New Section 19C(n) Farmer-Brewery Pouring Permit La Cantina Winery Company The Franklin Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on an application by La Cantina Winery Company, located at 341 Union Street, Franklin, MA for a new Section 19C(n) Farmer-Brewery Pouring Permit. This hearing will take place during the Town Council's public meeting on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, beginning at 7:00 PM and will provide an open forum for discussion. Location: Municipal Building, 2nd floor Council Chambers, 355 E. Central St., Franklin and will also be available via the “ZOOM” platform. Residents can visit the Town website (Franklinma.gov) calendar on and after October 13, 2023 for updated meeting information. For questions, please call the Town Administrator's Office at (508) 520-4949. Submitted by, Julie McCann

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New Section 19B(n) LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FRANKLIN, MA New Section 19B(n) Farmer-Winery Pouring Permit La Cantina Winery Company The Franklin Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on an application by La Cantina Winery Company, located at 341 Union Street, Franklin, MA for a new Section 19B(n) Farmer-Winery Pouring Permit. This hearing will take place during the Town Council's public meeting on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, beginning at 7:00 PM and will provide an open forum for discussion. Location: Municipal Building, 2nd floor Council Chambers, 355 E. Central St., Franklin and will also be available via the “ZOOM” platform. Residents can visit the Town website (Franklinma.gov) calendar on and after October 13, 2023 for updated meeting information. For questions, please call the Town Administrator's Office at (508) 520-4949. Submitted by, Julie McCann

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LEGAL NOTICE FRANKLIN PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 40A, Section 5, notice is hereby given that the Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, October 16, 2023 at 7:00 PM in the Council Chambers of the Franklin Municipal Building, 355 East Central Street (also available to be attended remotely) to consider amending Chapter 185, Section 5 of the Code of the Town of Franklin. ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT 23-901 Zoning Map Amendment 23-901 would amend the Town's existing Zoning Map (Chapter 185, Section 5, of Franklin Town Code) by changing parcels 313-061-000 and 313-062-000 from the Single Family Residential III zoning district to the Business zoning district Please contact the Department of Planning & Community Development at 508-520-4907 if you require further information or if you need to make arrangements to provide translation services for the hearing impaired or for persons with language barriers. Gregory Rondeau, Chairman Franklin Planning Board

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OFF OF UNCAS AVE EXT LEGAL NOTICE FRANKLIN PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE In accordance with the Town of Franklin Zoning By-Laws, the Franklin Planning Board will hold a public hearing at the Town Hall (and can also be attended remotely) on Monday, October 16, 2023 at 7:00 PM in the Town Council Chambers of the Franklin Municipal Building, 355 East Central Street, for two Special Permit and Site Plan applications prepared by GLM Engineering Consultants, INC, Holliston, MA, and submitted to the Department of Planning & Community Development on September 11, 2023, by J. Walsh Corporation, Walpole, MA. The properties are located in the Single Family IV Zoning District, off of Uncas Avenue Extension (Parcel ID 285-078-008 and 285-078-009). The applicant is proposing to construct two triplex units, one on each lot. The applicant is applying for two (2) Special Permits under Chapter 185 Attachment 7, Part 6.1: Residential multifamily or apartment use in the Single Family Residential IV District. Copies of the plan and supporting documentation may be reviewed in the Department of Planning & Community Development during regular office hours or contact (508) 520-4907. Greg Rondeau, Chairman

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LEGAL NOTICE ELECTION WARRANT The Commonwealth of Massachusetts TRI-COUNTY REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Norfolk, ss. To the registered voters of the Towns of Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Plainville, Seekonk, Sherborn, Walpole and Wrentham, Massachusetts, GREETINGS: You are hereby notified and warned that the inhabitants of the Towns of Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Plainville, Seekonk, Sherborn, Walpole and Wrentham, Massachusetts registered to vote in any of said Towns being the members of the TriCounty Regional Vocational Technical School District, are to meet at their respective polling places, to wit, In the TOWN OF FRANKLIN, at the Franklin High School Gymnasium, 218 Oak street, in the TOWN OF MEDFIELD at the Medfield Town House, 459 Main street, in the TOWN OF MEDWAY at the Medway Middle School Old Gymnasium, Door 8, 45 Holliston Street, in the TOWN OF MILLIS at the Town Hall, 900 Main street, in the TOWN OF NORFOLK at the Freeman Kennedy School, 70 Boardman street, in the TOWN OF NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH at the North Attleborough High School, 570 Landry Avenue, in the TOWN OF PLAINVILLE at the Public safety Building, 194 South street, in the TOWN OF SEEKONK at the Seekonk High School, 261 Arcade Avenue, in the TOWN OF SHERBORN at the Town Hall, 19 Washington street, in the TOWN OF WALPOLE at the Town Hall, 135 School street, and in the TOWN OF WRENTHAM at the Public safety Building, 89/99 South street, on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 12:00 0'clock noon, to vote by BALLOT on the following question: "Do you approve of the vote of the Regional District School Committee of the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School District adopted on September 20, 2023, to authorize the borrowing of $285,992,692 to pay costs of designing, constructing, originally equipping and furnishing a new District high school to be located at 147 Pond Street, Franklin, Massachusetts, which vote provides, in relevant part, as follows: "VOTED: That the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School District (the "District") hereby appropriates the amount of $285,992,692 for the purpose of paying costs of designing, constructing, originally equipping and furnishing a new District high school and related athletic facilities, located at 147 Pond Street, Franklin, Massachusetts, including the payment of all costs incidental and related thereto (the "Project"), which school facility shall have an anticipated useful life as an educational facility for the instruction of school children of at least 50 years, and for which the District may be eligible for a school construction grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority ("MSBA"), said amount to be expended at the direction of the School Building Committee. To meet this appropriation the District is authorized to borrow said amount, under and pursuant to G.L. c. 71, {16(n), and the District Agreement, as amended, or pursuant to any other enabling authority. The District acknowledges that the MSBA's grant program is a non-entitlement, discretionary program based on need as determined by the MSBA, and any Project costs the District incurs in excess of any grant approved by and received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the District; provided further that any grant that the District may receive from the MSBA shall not exceed the lesser of (1) fifty-six and fifty-six one hundredths percent (56.56%) of eligible, approved Project costs, as determined by the MSBA, and (2) the total maximum grant amount determined by the MSBA, and that the amount of borrowing authorized pursuant to this vote shall be reduced by any grant amount set forth in the Project Funding Agreement that may be executed between the District and the MSBA. The debt authorized by this vote of the Committee shall be submitted to the registered voters of the District's member communities for approval at a District-wide election to be held on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 in accordance with the provisions of G.L. c. 71, 516(n) and the District Agreement." Yes-_____No_____ The polls will be open from 12:00 0'clock noon, to 8:00 0'clock in the evening. The District Secretary is hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least one public place in each of the Towns of Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Plainville, Seekonk, Sherborn, Walpole and Wrentham, Massachusetts, and by publishing a copy thereof at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the District, said posting and publication to occur at least ten days before the day of election as aforesaid. The District Secretary shall make due return of this Warrant with his or her doings thereon to the District Secretary, on or before the day of the election aforesaid.