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Having two highway interchanges instead of just one helps alleviate traffic congestion at rush hours for Franklin residents and generally makes it easier to get across town – you can just hop on Route 495 for one exit!

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Walmart

by Warren Reynolds

Walmart is located just to the north of Franklin, MA at Exit 18 of Route 495 in the Stallbrook Marketplace in Bellingham, MA. What can you say about Walmart?  Walmart has become America’s premier discounter.  At the Walmart in Bellingham, MA you find great prices on toiletries and over-the-counter drugs.  The store has a good selection [...]

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TJ Maxx

by Warren Reynolds

TJ Maxx is a discount chain headquartered in Massachusetts; it is owned by the same company that owns the Marshalls discount chain.  The TJ Maxx store in Franklin is located in the Horace Mann Plaza. At TJ Maxx, you’re likely to find good deals on clothing (men’s, women’s and children), shoes, housewares and specialty gifts.  [...]

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Marshalls

by Warren Reynolds

Mashalls is a strong discount chain operating out a headquarters in Massachusetts.  It is owned by the same company that owns the TJ Maxx chain. The Marshalls store in Franklin, MA is situated in the Franklin Village Shopping Center. Marshalls offers goods along the same lines as you’ll find at TJ Maxx: clothing, housewares, and [...]

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Ocean State Job Lot

by Warren Reynolds

Ocean State Job Lot is located in Medway, MA, a short drive to the north of Franklin, MA.  Ocean State seems to be a liquidator, meaning the inventory is dependent on what the chain can acquire and tends to be heavily seasonal.  (In the late fall, you’re sure to find inexpensive Halloween and Christmas decorations.) [...]

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Aubuchon Hardware

by Warren Reynolds

Aubuchon Hardware is the local hardware store in Franklin, MA. A local resource for Franklin home owners; very nice to have an in-town hardware store. Aubuchon Hardware 240 Cottage St Franklin, MA 02038 508-528-8484 http://www.hardwarestore.com/

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Agway

by Warren Reynolds

Agway is located in Franklin, MA and is an alternative to the big box stores on Route 495.  It’s great to have them in town. Agway seems a living link to Franklin’s agricultural past: not so many years ago, Franklin, MA had a lot of farmland and cows! Yard and garden supplies, pet and small [...]

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Home Depot

by Warren Reynolds

Home Depot is conveniently located off Exit 18 of Route 495 in the Crossroads Shopping Center in Bellingham, MA.  This is literally a few minutes drive from Franklin, MA. Home Depot is in direct competition with Lowe’s on Fortune Boulevard in Milford, MA. One of the “big box” hardware stores serving the Franklin, MA area; direct competitor [...]

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Big Y gets OK to build new store in Franklin, MA

by Warren Reynolds on June 12, 2010

The Franklin, MA Planning Board has approved construction of a Big Y World Class Market in Franklin, Massachusetts.  After  hearings stretching back to early 2010, the Board this week granted the special permit and site plan approval needed before construction of the supermarket could get underway. New life to a vacant site The food super-store [...]

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Hardware and Home & Garden in Franklin, MA

by Warren Reynolds on January 4, 2009

If you’re already a home owner, then you know how often you need to go to the hardware store.  There’s always a project or two that needs attention each season of the year. Franklin, MA residents have ready access to a number of good hardware and home and garden retailers.  See below for more information . [...]

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