{"podcast":{"title":"Franklin Matters Radio","slug":"franklin-matters-radio-1378592","podcast_index_feed_id":1378592,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/franklin-ma-matters/","website_url":"https://franklinmatters.org/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/07c6ebdc-4458-499e-99db-58ae22733617/TR9QvMEBcA_LHL6DLkmbClxf.png","author":"Steve Sherlock","episode_count":200,"summary":"What matters in Franklin MA - we follow the money sharing Town & School meetings, community events, and interviews to enable an informed resident & voter","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T18:23:13.644696+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/franklin-matters-radio-1378592"},"episode":{"title":"FM #1733 - Franklin Public Library May 2026 Highlights - 04/21/26","slug":"fm-1733-franklin-public-library-may-2026-highlights-04-21-26","published_at":"2026-04-29T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/franklin-matters-radio-1378592/fm-1733-franklin-public-library-may-2026-highlights-04-21-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/franklin-matters-radio-1378592","url":"https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1733-franklin-public-library-may-2026-highlights-04-21-26","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/cefbc61e-36c9-4d25-a229-559e1472d5eb.mp3","summary":"This session shares my conversation with Mitzi Gousie, Programming and Outreach Librarian with the Franklin Public Library. We had our discussion virtually on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. We talk about Reviewed the regular open hours, book sale and holiday scheduling for the month Closed on Sundays due to budget reduction Closed all day on Monday, May 25 for Memorial Day Library events for May 2026 In calendar order rather than by category this time around Registration for those events required should be done through the Town website, Library page. There are nefarious folks trying to convince folks otherwise via Facebook. Be safe, use the official Town and Library pages. The show notes include links to the Library page and to the calendar of events where registration for some of the events is required/recommended. The recording runs about 17 minutes, so let’s listen in. -------------- Mitzi Gousie’s email - mgousie@minlib.net Franklin Public Library page - https://www.franklinma.gov/233/Franklin-Public-Library Library event calendar - https://www.franklinma.gov/942/Calendar-of-Events May 2026 newsletter - https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/m/newsflash/home/detail/126 ------------- 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 neighbors If you don't like something here, please let me know And 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 do Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improveme…","meta_description":"This session shares my conversation with Mitzi Gousie, Programming and Outreach Librarian with the Franklin Public Library. We had our discussion virtuall…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":998,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/franklin-matters-radio-1378592/episodes/fm-1733-franklin-public-library-may-2026-highlights-04-21-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/franklin-matters-radio-1378592/fm-1733-franklin-public-library-may-2026-highlights-04-21-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}