Board of Health designates warming and cooling shelters
The Franklin Board of Health designates New England Chapel and Franklin United Methodist Church as warming and cooling shelters. The facilities will operate Sundays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with Chair Kim Mu-Chow noting that police and fire departments should be informed. The board unanimously
Board of Health · Meeting of June 3, 2026
FRANKLIN — The Franklin Board of Health designates New England Chapel and Franklin United Methodist Church as warming and cooling shelters. The facilities will operate Sundays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with Chair Kim Mu-Chow noting that police and fire departments should be informed. The board unanimously approved its May 6 meeting minutes and received Health Department updates including a report from Public Health Nurse Alisha Sullivan on a successful Women's Health Expo featuring 21 vendors and resulting in 17 mammogram registrations.
Director Cathleen Liberty said the board will research potential regulation of Bodywork establishments and discuss the matter again at the board's September meeting.
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Source: the Board of Health meeting of June 3, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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