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  • Luau at the Lake – September 12, 2009

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Friends of Saxonville invite the greater Framingham Community to the 10th annual Discover Saxonville event. Each year The Friends focus on a feature of Saxonville that makes Saxonville special and unique. This year we highlight Lake Cochituate at Saxonville Beach with a “Luau at the Lake” on Saturday September 12th from…

  • Sprucing up outside the Library Branch

    The McAuliffe Library now has two new signs.  The lawn sign includes some planets as a reference to Christa McAuliffe as teacher in space. The road and sidewalk in front of the main doors have been redesigned.  The crosswalk on either side has been  plagued by large puddles on rainy days and because of snow run-off. …

  • Fire at Recycling Company stops Train Traffic

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — On Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 in the early evening, a fire raged in u-shaped mound of trash behind Conigliaro Industries, a recycling business at 701 Waverly St., Framingham.The trash pile of wood, paper, mattresses, plastics and more was estimated at about 250 long and 20 feet high and 20 feet deep, providing…

  • Respecting Neighborhoods

    Recently there have been some storm clouds over neighborhoods that fear the impact of businesses trying to get permission to do business among them.  Locating a kennel in a residential area  and a cement plant adjacent to conservation land and dense neighborhoods certainly sound like cause for speaking up in defense of keeping the neighborhood…

  • Neighborhood Landscapes

    Slowly but surely we have had to have our old maple trees cut down before they fell over in a storm, or dropped a heavy  branch on a car.  They sheltered so many of our life events.  Our kids enjoyed a hammock hung from its branches, and its shade while playing in the sandbox and…

  • Many Happy Reunions

    This past weekend we went to a class reunion weekend.  Wow.  It was an uplifting experience.  We had conversations with people we only knew slightly in high school, but it didn’t matter.  We shared many common bonds, experiences, and viewpoints. Because of our age bracket, we could share not only parenting stories, but also how…

  • Summer Concerts rule on Centre Common

    They’re back!  Or at least they will be, if it doesn’t rain. Enough donations have been pulled together to fund the popular Friday night “Concerts on the Green” series during July and August and now, thanks to a rainout on July 3rd, the first Friday in September. They are just about the best free fun…

  • They do windows!

    Partners in Preservation awarded the Framingham History Center $ 100,000 to repair the windows at the Edgell Memorial Library. This was because so many people voted in the competition so that Edgell gained fourth place in their competition.  Yeah us! The old wooden windows are badly in need of repair and replacement, and their battered…

  • FRAMINGHAM HISTORY CENTER WINS $100,000 GRANT

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — Annie Murphy, Executive Director of the Framingham History Center announced that she received word of a a $100,000 grant from American Express to restore the Edgell Memorial Library’s windows. Nearly 2.5 million people voted in the Partners In Preservation competition. The Edgell Library placed

  • Rally ‘Round The Flag

    Fittingly, a U.S. flag carried in Civil War battles by the 13th Mass Regiment, made up of many Framingham men, has been returned to the Edgell Memorial Library where it will be under the supervision of the Framingham History Center. It has been on display in the Memorial Building’s main hallway since the close of…

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