This year the Franklin Library celebrates its 100th year serving a large area now called Phillips Community and Elliot Park, Whittier, Corcoran, and Powderhorn Park Neighborhoods. Exploring this ...

When it comes to helping her daughter with her school work, Linda Dunnebier, of Franklin, admits she doesn’t always know how best to coach her third-grader on the skills that challenge her without ...

There is an old-fashioned turf war going on at the Franklin Public Library, which was founded in 1790 with a gift of three books by the town’s namesake, Benjamin Franklin. And at the root of the ...

Although Franklin was incorporated as a town in 1828 and became a city in 1895, residents didn't have a public library until 1907. Early records show public interest in a library began in 1898 when ...