Franklin Magazine

12/23/2025

🎄 Franklin, we want to know… THIS or THAT? 🎄

When it comes to Christmas trees, where do you land?

🌲 REAL TREE – the smell, the tradition, the needles everywhere
🎄 FAKE TREE – fluff once, enjoy all season, zero mess

Are you team fresh-cut from the farm or classic pre-lit perfection?

👇 Drop your vote in the comments and tell us why—
Is it nostalgia? Convenience? Allergies? Family tradition?

We’re curious what Franklin really thinks 💙

12/22/2025

Gateway Services offers essential transportation and a longstanding fair tradition. Click below to read more!

Gateway Services Inc. is an advocacy and direct service provider to individuals with disabilities.

12/19/2025

“Faking Christmas” by Kerry Winfrey is the Bound Together Book Club pick for December. Click below to read more!

The December Bound Together Book Club pick is "Faking Christmas."

12/17/2025

Memories are awakened each holiday season when the Santa Shack makes its annual appearance in downtown Franklin. Click below to read more!

Memories are awakened each November when the Santa Shack makes its annual appearance in downtown Franklin.

12/16/2025

📬 Franklin Neighbors — Let’s Talk Post Office 🏤

Many of you recently received a mailer about the potential relocation of the Franklin Post Office. One local resident also shared a thoughtful letter advocating for the post office to move back into its original downtown location.

We want to hear from you.

• Have you received the mailer?
• Have you responded yet?
• What are your thoughts on the proposed relocation?
• Do you have suggestions or concerns the decision-makers should hear?

This is an opportunity for the community to share perspectives, ideas, and questions. Let’s keep the conversation respectful and constructive.

👇 Drop your thoughts below.

— Franklin Magazine

12/16/2025

🛒 Franklin First Jobs 🛒

Before careers and busy schedules, many of us had our first job right here in Franklin.

👉 What was yours?
Where did you work?

Drop it in the comments and tag someone who worked there with you.

Mine was at Benjamin’s Coffee ☕️ Shop back when Mitzi and John owned it! I loved that job and getting to know so many people in Franklin.

12/15/2025

The holiday season isn’t just about the food — though of course, that’s a huge part of it. Click below to read more!

As a chef, the holiday season isn't just about the food — though of course, that's a huge part of it.

12/13/2025

I was only 1 during the blizzard.🥶 Tell me your stories! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

❄️ Snow is in the forecast and temps are dropping below freezing… which brings back memories of the Blizzard of ’78 — especially here in Franklin. ❄️

If you were living in Franklin during the Blizzard of 1978, what do you remember most?

🏠 What was it like right here in town?
• Did your home or business lose power — and for how long?
• How did Franklin families stay warm? Fireplaces, wood stoves, bundling up?
• What were you eating when roads were shut down and stores were hard to get to?
• How long were Franklin schools closed?
• Were downtown streets completely buried?
• Do you remember neighbors helping neighbors or businesses stepping in?

Some people remember the quiet, the snow piled high, and families huddled together. Others remember the fear, the cold, and just how isolated Franklin felt for days.

💬 Share your Franklin Blizzard of ’78 story below — or tag someone who lived here then.
These local memories are part of what makes Franklin, Franklin. ☃️❄️💙🥶g tb

12/12/2025

In 1909 Knightstown, Indiana resident Frank Martindale founded the Indiana Motor & Manufacturing Company. Click below to read more about the 1910 Continental!

Cruising Franklin in the 1910 Continental.

12/12/2025

WHO REMEMBERS? Franklin Candy Kitchen aka Nick’s 🍭🍫🍬

So let’s rewind ⏪

👇 Tell us below:
• What did you always order?
• Who did you go with?
• Did you ever get a Nick’s Candy Cane?
• Or did your parents or grandparents talk about it?

Names, stories, and sweet memories welcome — this is how we keep Franklin’s history alive. 💙💗

12/11/2025

We’re LIVE as Johnson County Senior Services unloads gifts for our seniors through Uplift Johnson County!
This is what community looks like—hands working, hearts giving. 💙🎁 UpLift Johnson County Johnson County Senior Services