NEWS: Red Brick School, Touch a Truck, State Forest CCC Walk

Above. Friday morning, Town Councilor Debbie Pellegri performs the ceremonial ribbon cutting, marking completion of the rehabilitation of the school house, dating to 1836.  From Left, Town Administrator Jamie Hellen, Town Council Chair Tom Mercer, Pellegri, Town Councilor Ted Cormier-Leger, Community Preservation Committee member Lisa Oxford, Superintendent Lucas Giguere, DPW Director Robert Cantoreggi.

On Saturday Morning

AND, at the State Forest

On Saturday, October 14th all are invited to meet at 10:00AM at the Franklin State Forest parking lot on Grove Street as we go back to the 1930's with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) -- the "Tree Army" that helped create the State Forest that we know today by planting hundreds and hundreds of trees. View a brief historical film clip of the CCC Camp that once existed here in Franklin. The footage covers the construction (and deconstruction) of the Camp. After the short film, we will walk through the Camp as it exists today within the Franklin State Forest. This is a special opportunity to uncover our State Forest's CCC history in plain sight. This free event is scheduled from 10:00am - 12Noon and parking is in the Grove Street Lot. Bring water (and bug spray). The short presentation and walk through is sponsored by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Franklin Historical Commission.