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  • Free Electronics Recycle Event for Framingham Residents

    Free Electronics Recycle Event for Framingham Residents

    Town of Framingham - Recycle Event, July 11th, 2012
    FREE Electronics Recycle Event for Framingham residents, July 11th, 2012.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – On Wednesday, July 11, 2012, from 12:00 Noon until 8:00pm, the Town of Framingham Recycling Center is holding a *Free! Electronics Recycle Event.

    Framingham residents can drop off “anything with a power cord or a power button“, (tv sets, computers, kitchen appliances, home entertainment equipment, computers, monitors, vacuum cleaners — if it has a power cord or power button, they’ll take it!)

    Residents do not have to have a recycle center sticker for this event, but will be asked to produce a drivers license showing they are a Framingham resident.

    *As this is being promoted as a “free” event, the Recycling Center will waive the normal $10 permit fee for residents who (more…)

  • Traffic Alerts & Detours (June 25th – June 29th, 2012)

    Traffic Alerts & Detours (June 25th – June 29th, 2012)

    Framingham Traffic Detours sign
    Be prepared for detours and delays as Framingham Sewer and Road Construction continues.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA– Roadwork in town continues this week, (Monday through Friday, June 25th – June 29th, 2012).

    Delays due to traffic and detours around some of the work sites can add to driving times, so motorists should plan accordingly.

    The Town of Framingham’s Department of Public Works / Highway Division / Capital Projects website offers residents and visitors to Framingham helpful information about current and upcoming construction projects.

    You can view up to date traffic alerts, maps of project work sites and traffic detours, and sign up to receive email alerts for all or any of the currently listed projects.

    The email traffic alert for the week of June 25th – June 29th, 2012 indicates that:

    A Street – Construction crews are anticipated to mobilize on the northern end of A Street to begin the final sewer main connection to the A Street Waste Water Management Facility. While construction is in progress, the northern end of (more…)

  • Concerts on the Green – 2012

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — Below is information about the 2012 Framingham Concerts on the Green / Summer Concert Series held on the Framingham Centre Common (The Village Green), located at Edgell Rd. and Vernon St, near Rt. 9.

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  • Registration Open for Video Production Summer Camp

    Registration Open for Video Production Summer Camp

    Access Framingham (logo)
    AF-TV is the public access television station in Framingham, MA.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Access Framingham, (AF-TV), the local public access television station is now accepting registrations for a new 2012 Summer Video Production Camp.

    AF-TV will offer a new Video Production Camp to young people ages 10-12. The camp session will run daily from 9:00am to 12:00 noon daily starting Monday, August 13th, 2012 through Friday, August 17, 2012.

    Campers will work together to develop and produce an original program. Every child will have a hands-on experience with studio cameras, microphones, control room switcher, graphics and audio.

    Students interested in video production, editing, and writing are strongly encouraged to participate. The final project will be played (more…)

  • Traffic Alerts & Construction Detours (May 14th – 18th, 2012)

    Traffic Alerts & Construction Detours (May 14th – 18th, 2012)

    Framingham Traffic Detours sign
    Framingham Road Construction Detours / Alert.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA– Roadwork in town continues this week, (Monday through Friday, May 14th – 18th, 2012).

    Delays due to traffic and detours around some of the work sites can add to driving times, so motorists should plan accordingly.

    The Town of Framingham’s Department of Public Works / Highway Division / Capital Projects website offers residents and visitors to Framingham helpful information about current and upcoming construction projects.

    You can view up to date traffic alerts, maps of project work sites and traffic detours, and sign up to receive email alerts for all or any of the currently listed projects.

    The email traffic alert for the week of May 14th – May 18th, 2012 indicates that: (more…)

  • Civil War Encampment on Framingham Centre Common

    Civil War Encampment on Framingham Centre Common

    Civil War Encampment on Framingham Centre Common (2012)
    Civil War Encampment on Framingham Centre Common, May 4th – 6th, 2012

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – This weekend, May 4th – May 6th, 2012, the Framingham History Center will roll back the calendar to the 1860’s as Civil War reenactors setup camp on the Village Green, (Framingham Centre Common) as part of Framingham’s ongoing celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War.

    Union and Confederate troops will pitch their tents, along with sutlers, (food and provision sellers). There will be artillery demonstrations, a blacksmith forge and period actors including a review of troops by then President Abraham Lincoln, presentations by Julia Ward Howe, (prominent American abolitionist, social activist, poet and author of “The Battle of the Republic”),  and (more…)

  • Board, Committee and Commission Positions Available

    Board, Committee and Commission Positions Available

    Framingham Town Hall, The Memorial Building
    Framingham Town Hall, The Memorial Building

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – One of the duties of the Framingham Board of Selectmen, (“BOS”), is to appoint residents to serve on various boards, committees, and commissions.

    The BOS has published the following list of vacancies that it is seeking to fill:

    • Agricultural Advisory Commission – 2 Positions
    • Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee – 1 Position
    • Board of Health – 1 Position
    • Cable Advisory Committee – Position
    • Community Development Committee – 7 Positions
    • Conservation Commission – 2 Positions (more…)
  • Framingham Earth Day Festival, Saturday April 28th

    Framingham Earth Day Festival, Saturday April 28th

    Earth Day graphicFRAMINGHAM, MA – The Town of Framingham will celebrate Earth Day 2012, on Saturday, April 28th. Events are scheduled throughout out the day.

    The day starts with Framingham’s 12th annual Greenup Day. From 9:00am to 12:00 noon, join friends, neighbors and other volunteers at various locations throughout Framingham to help remove trash and debris from ponds, rivers and streams, parks and roadways to improve Framingham’s environment. For complete information about Greenup Day and details of meetup locations, visit:  www.greenupday.org

    From 10:00am to 12:00 noon Framingham will participate in World Tai Chi & Qi Gong Day on the Centre Common (rain or shine). Tai Chi & Qi Gong are “Chinese healing techniques and exercises have been used to treat certain conditions, stimulate the immune system and harmonize and balance the body’s energy.”  All are welcome! For more info World Tai Chi & Qi Gong Day, visit: www.tqhi.org

    From 11:00am ’til 3:00pm the 2012 Framingham Earth Day Festival will be held on the Village Green, (Framingham Centre Common).  Educational, environmental and fun events for families, kids and people of all ages including on-site recycling, sustainable living demonstrations and over 80 vendor booths showcasing green and eco friendly products, local foods and art and craft items by area artisans. There will be games, crafts, face painting, a magic show  and other activities just for kids.  Live performances by “The Elderly Brothers“,  “Something With Digby” and “Adam & Eve” will fill the Common with music for the afternoon.

    In case of Rain, the Festival will be held indoors at Framingham High School, (on “A” Street).

    For detailed schedules of  events, and other info, visit the following websites:

     

    For more information, contact: Donna Kramer Merritt, Chair, Earth Day Festival Committee by email at: FraminghamEarthDay@gmail.com, or by calling (508) 788-7300.

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  • Access Framingham Partners with Talking Information Center

    Access Framingham Partners with Talking Information Center

    AF-TV partners with TIC
    Access Framingham (AF-TV) to partner with Talking Information Network (TIC), award winning reading service for the visually impaired.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA– Access Framingham, the nonprofit public access corporation for the Town of Framingham, has embarked on a new partnership with the Talking Information Center (TIC), an award-winning radio reading service for the blind and visually impaired.

    AF-TV carrying award winning reading service for the visually impaired

    “As part of our mission to engage and serve this community, we think this alliance with the Talking Information Center is a wonderful way to help facilitate the exchange of ideas and information for a wide audience”, says Access Framingham Executive Director, Bill McColgan.

    “We are delighted to be able to provide this service to those in need in Framingham”, says Ron Bersani, the Executive Director of Talking Information Network. “We appreciate the support of Access Framingham”.

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  • Boston Marathon – Monday April 16, 2012

    Boston Marathon – Monday April 16, 2012

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The 116th running of the Boston Marathon will take place on Patriot’s Day — Monday, April 16, 2012.

    Boston Marathon Wheel Chair Racers, illustration, Copyright (c)1997 Randy M. Harris, all rights reserved.

    To accommodate the 25,000+ participants, start times will be staggered into three waves following the disabled and elite marathoners who will begin to leave Hopkinton starting at 9:00am.

    The schedule below lists the various divisions and starting times:

    • 9:00 a.m. – Mobility Impaired Start
    • 9:17 a.m. – Push-rim Wheelchair Division Start
    • 9:22 a.m. – Handcycle Participants Start
    • 9:32 a.m. – Elite Women’s Start
    • 10:00 a.m. – Elite Men’s and Wave One Start
    • 10:20 a.m. – Wave Two Start
    • 10:40 a.m. – Wave Three Start

    Runners will pass through Framingham headed east from the Ashland town line to the Natick town line on Rt. 135, (Waverly Street in Framingham).

    Waverly Street, (Rt. 135), and the roads crossing it will be closed starting at 8:30am until approximately 1:30pm. Motorists needing to get through Downtown Framingham will need to use alternate routes.  The roads will remain barricaded and closed to vehicular traffic until the majority of runners pass through Framingham.  There is no parking on Waverly Street on the night before the race.

    For more info, visit the B.A.A. / Boston Marathon Website at:  www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon

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