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Lots Going on With Franklin's 'Interceptor' Project

Beaver Street Interceptor (BSI) Project
BSI Construction Update for the Week of May 5
Keep Franklin Flowing - Beaver Street Interceptor Project

Monday (5/5) through Friday (5/9):

GROVE STREET ROAD CLOSURE NOTICE!!
Starting Monday (5/5) Grove Street will be closed at the MBTA train tracks between the hours of 7am and 4pm. Then on Tuesday (5/6) starting at 7am the area will be closed 24 hours a day until Friday (5/9). This full time closure is needed for the installation of the sewer main under the train tracks.

Traffic turning onto Grove St from Rt. 140 will be detoured over to Beaver Street via Rt. 140. Please follow posted detour signs for directions. Access to all businesses and properties on Grove Street between Forge Hill Road and Rt. 140 will be open to local traffic only.

The contractor will also be working off the road at 38 Pond Street, Franklin Village Mall and at 260 Fisher Street. This work will happen throughout the week and limited to no traffic impacts are expected.

At the Franklin Recreation Center, the construction of the new Beaver Street Interceptor Pump Station will continue with preparation for the masons to be onsite to construct the exterior building structure.

No Sanctuary in Mansfield

Town Meeting voters in Mansfield rejected a proposal to prohibit use of town personnel or facilities to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

No Change at TF Green After All

Early last week, RI airport officials claimed they had a solution to slow security checkins -- replacing federal employees with private workers. It only took a day or so for them to change their mind.

No Need for Five-Finger Discount

Activists called it a 'massive win'  after Stop & Shop agreed to lower its Jamaica Plain store
prices. But loss ratios and other cost have been cited in the past as the reasons for the high prices, so the chain will likely have to subsidize those costs by raising them in other stores.

Medway Memorial Day Parade Set

The parade will be May 26 at 10 AM, from the Parks & Rec. Building to Matondi Square.

The Memorial Day Parade is scheduled for Monday, May 26th at 10:00 am and will honor MetroWest Veterans Services Director Sarah Bateman as the Grand Marshall. The parade will start at the Parks and Recreation Building and proceed down Holliston Street to Matondi Square. The parade will include men and women who have served in our armed forces and VFW members. Service men and women are encouraged to march in our parade. Ceremonies will be conducted at Matondi Square.

Sarah Bateman has worked for MetroWest Veterans Services District, serving Medway, Hopkinton, Holliston, and Ashland for the last 10 years. She worked as Director of Worcester Veterans Services from 2016 to 2017, and then returned to the District as the Director. Recently, she accepted an appointment by Senate President Spilka to serve on the state's HERO Act Veterans Quality of Life Committee. Veterans Services was certainly a departure from her prior career path.

Medway Select Board Meets Monday Night

The next meeting of the Select Board is Monday, May 5, 2025, at 7:00 pm. All are welcome to attend the meeting, which will be held at Town Hall, 155 Village Street. The meeting will start with the Select Board recognizing the Medway High School girls' and boys' basketball teams for their outstanding season. Agenda items include reviewing/approving the Select Board letter of support for One Stop Program grant applications: outdoor lighting bylaw and Village St. stormwater improvements. Authorization to expend grant funds for student and senior awareness of fire education, a discussion vote on the May 12 annual town meeting warrants (articles 2, 19 & 21). Read the complete agenda here.