🌱 Patch AM: Who’s behind keeping Franklin High’s website accurate and up to date?

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In today's newsletter:

• Who's behind keeping Franklin High's website accurate and up to date?
• How free fiber internet is helping local volunteer fire stations respond faster

Also on today's calendar: Virtual Wheelchair Dance Class and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 93 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Warm with sun and some clouds, temps: high: 94, low: 71.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 94 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• WCS Webmasters Help Inform School Communities (williamsonsource.com) — Families in Franklin can see who's keeping the Franklin High website accurate and up to date, along with every other middle and high school in Williamson County Schools. The district highlights its trained webmasters, who handle everything from event listings to announcements, aiming to keep parents informed through current, easy-to-use school sites.
   

• Photo of the Day: August 29, 2026 (williamsonsource.com) — Volunteer fire stations serving Williamson County, including the Franklin area, are getting a boost from United Communications, which now provides complimentary fiber internet to 17 volunteer departments across Middle Tennessee. A recent Volunteer Firefighters Recognition Day included cookie deliveries from a Spring Hill bakery, underscoring appreciation for volunteers who balance firefighting with jobs and families while relying on strong broadband to coordinate emergency responses.
   

📸 Around Franklin

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Franklin

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Monday August 31
• GMS Volleyball vs LMS
  Grassland Middle School , 2390 Hillsboro Rd, Franklin, TN 37069\
  4:00 pm
• PMS - Volleyball @ HMS
  Fred J Page Middle School Heritage Middle School, 4803 Columbia Pike, Thompson's Station
  4:00 pm
• GMS Girls Soccer @ SMS
  Grassland Middle School Sunset Middle School, 200 Sunset Trail, Brentwood, TN 37027, U
  4:00 pm
• PMS Girls Soccer @ MCMS
  Fred J Page Middle School Mill Creek Middle School, 200 York Trl, Nolensville, TN 37135
  5:30 pm
• PHS JV Football vs. Summit H.S.
  Fred J Page High School Page High School, 6281 Arno Rd, Franklin, TN 37064, USA
  6:00 pm
• FHS-Football Freshman vs Indy @FHS
  Franklin High School Franklin, TN 37064
  6:00 pm
• FHS-Football JV vs Indy @Indy
  Franklin High School Franklin, TN 37064
  6:00 pm
• PHS Freshman Football @ Summit H.S.
  Fred J Page High School SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL, 2830 Austins Wy, Thompson's Station, TN 371
  6:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Virtual Wheelchair Dance Class →
  , Nashville
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Vince Gill & Friends: An Intimate Benefit for Closer to Home →
  Saddle Ridge Farm, Leipers Fork
  3:00 pm
• Vince Gill & Friends: An Intimate Performance for Only 100 People →
  Saddle Ridge Farm, Leipers Fork
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 31
• GMS Girls Soccer @ SMS
  Grassland Middle School Sunset Middle School, 200 Sunset Trail, Brentwood, TN 37027, U
  4:00 pm
• BMS Volleyball at Sunset
  Brentwood Middle School Brentwood, TN 37027
  4:00 pm
• NMS Girls Soccer at Fairview
  Brentwood Middle School Brentwood, TN 37027
  4:00 pm
• WMS-Girls Soccer @ LMS
  Woodland Middle School Legacy Middle School, 2380 Henpeck Ln, Franklin, TN 37064, USA
  4:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Every Day Character Rules —Joni Downey Read on Patch

• This past February, the East TN Childrens Hospital was renamed to Dolly Parton Childrens Hospital .
  Now it's time for Middle Tennessee to honor her by renaming our airport to Dolly Parton Airport. She lived in East for 2 decades and Middle for 6… (Nextdoor Grassland Village)

• Arbor Lodging posted a job opening for Hotel Housekeeper/Room Attendant in Franklin. Apply here.
• TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Early Morning Backroom Associate in Franklin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Franklin here.

🗞 Nearby News

Brentwood

• From the Farm: A Dolly farewell but fond memories and a legacy remain forever (chicagotribune.com)
• Currey Ingram Academy Opens New Center for STEM, Creative Learning (williamsonsource.com)
• Football: Serpas connects on game-winner as Nolensville survives Summit rally (williamsonherald.com)

Spring Hill

• RIVALRY RENEWED: Spring Hill holds off White Oak, 39-34, in Battle of Hawkins Creek (news-journal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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