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🌱 5-8 Concert Snow Date and 10 more events
And on the Franklin Patch calendar - Parks Commission Meeting December 17, 2025

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- Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 30 and low of 22 degrees.
- Wednesday: A morning rain or snow shower, temps: high: 40, low: 22.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 42 and low of 38 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 5-8 Concert Snow Date
Hancock Public Schools Hancock, ME 04640
6:00 pm - Ornament Sale
Hancock Public Schools Hancock, ME 04640
8:30 am - Intermediate Mat Pilates for Endurance and Core Strength
Friends in Action , 5 General Moore Wy , Ellsworth
9:00 am - Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Friends in Action , 5 General Moore Wy , Ellsworth
10:00 am - Woman’s Group
Friends in Action , 5 General Moore Wy , Ellsworth
1:00 pm - Historic Preservation Commission
Ellsworth City Hall , 1 City Hall Plaza , Ellsworth
4:30 pm - Chair-Side Introductory Yoga for Flexibility & Stability
Friends in Action , 5 General Moore Wy , Ellsworth
11:00 am - Figure Drawing
ArtWaves , 1345 ME-102 , Bar Harbor
12:00 pm - Senior Lunch
Friends in Action , 5 General Moore Wy , Ellsworth
12:00 pm - HCDC December Meeting: Hanna Pingree at our Holiday Party
Moore Community Center , 125 State St , Ellsworth
6:00 pm - Door Decorating Contest Judging
Hancock Public Schools Hancock, ME 04640
8:00 am
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Stocking/Shelving Merchandiser in Franklin. Apply here.
- Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR - 21 and older only - in SULLIVAN, ME S17825 in Sullivan. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Franklin here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hancock
- Katahdin nonprofit to expand public trails (mainepublic.org)
- Body of missing Sedgwick woman found near her home (newenglandnewspress.com)
Bar Harbor
- Good Intentions, Hard Reality: Inside Bar Harbor's Takeout Packaging Dilemma (barharborstory.com)
- From Santa to S'mores, a Witham Family Hotel's Charitable Christmas Tradition Brings Holiday Magic to Nearly 1,000 in Bar Harbor. (barharborstory.com)
- These 15 Artists Are Having the Biggest Moment at U.S. Museums Right Now (artnet.com)
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