This session of the radio show shares our “Talk Franklin” discussion with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and Liz Kalaijian, the new Director of Communications and Community Engagement for the Town of Franklin. We recorded our conversation in the Franklin TV & Radio Studio on Monday, March 2, 2026.

Key topics

1. Welcome Liz
2. Quick updates on Town business
3. Deep dive on Mass Municipal Association (MMA)
4. Close with some musical fun (songs about communications)

The recording runs about 59 minutes. Let’s listen to our conversation.

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Town of Franklin page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/

MMA page - https://www.mma.org/

Mass Town Careers (A campaign created by MMA) - https://masstowncareers.org/

Town budget page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/168/Town-Budgets

School budget page -> https://www.franklinps.net/o/fpsd/page/school-district-budget

Community calendar https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

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The 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.

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