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  • CHASE Mortgage Attempts to Steal Framingham Man’s Home

    CHASE Mortgage Attempts to Steal Framingham Man’s Home

    Ice Dam
    Ice dams are caused when heavy snow builds up then melts and refreezes along the outer edge of a building.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Like many Framingham residents, Dwight Woytowick had ice dam problems this past winter. Unlike those who got the snow and ice off their roof before damage occurred, the ice dams on Dwight’s home caused $50k damage.

    Woytowick’s 4000 square foot home which sits on nearly an acre of land off Singletary Lane near the reservoir behind Macomber Estates is valued by the Town at just under $500k.  According to records, the home has been in Woytowick’s family for 20 years, and was transferred into his name in 2001.

    Current with his mortgage, and fully insured, Woytowick put in a claim with his insurance company.  They promptly cut (more…)

  • Temple Beth Am Hoop Madness on FPAC-TV

    Temple Beth Am Hoop Madness on FPAC-TV

    TBA Basketball Hoop Madness on FPAC-TV during the month of April 2011
    Watch Temple Beth Am Basketball "Hoop Madness" on FPAC-TV during the month of April 2011!

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – As basketball fans around the country are focused on both the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Division I Final Four, Framingham Public Access will be showcasing a little homegrown March Madness.

    FPAC-TV is pleased to be partnering with the Temple Beth Am Basketball League this year to present coverage of five boys and girls championship games held recently at Framingham High School.

    TBA Basketball involves hundreds of youngsters from the fourth through twelfth grades, and organizers made a commitment this season to ensure coverage of the championship game in each level. TBA volunteers stepped up to cover four of the contests, including both the Boys and Girls B and C Divisions.

    FPAC’s staff brought in three cameras to cover the (more…)

  • Desert Storm Display at Library

    Desert Storm Display at Library

    public domain photo from Highway of Death, Operation Desert Storm, 18-APR-1991
    Operation Desert Storm: April 18, 1991 – Passenger cars, trucks, buses, tanks and other military vehicles destroyed and abandoned along the "Highway of Death". (Public domain image, photographed by U.S. Tech. Sgt. Joe Coleman during the course of official duties).

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Framingham Veteran’s Council has put together a window display commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Operation Desert Storm.

    The display is installed at the Framingham Public Library, 49 Lexington St., Downtown Framingham and runs from February 1, 2011 through February 14, 2011.

    Items on display include different types of US camouflage, an Escape and Evasion map carried by Special Forces and Pilots for use behind enemy lines. A “Blood Chit” help in evasion.

    There are propaganda leaflets and postcards. The most famous propaganda post card was the Kuwaiti Valentine. These were printed by the Kuwaiti government in exile and sent to refugee camps where they were “personalized” to then be handed out to the US Troops.

    There is a postcard signed by Bob Hope the comedian, Generals Colin Powell, Chairman Joint Chief of Staff, H. Norman Schwarzkopf, (more…)

  • Christmas Services in Framingham (2010)

    Christmas Services in Framingham (2010)

    Photo and illustration (c)2010 RMH, all rights reserved.
    Merry Christmas to all from Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Below is a list of Christmas services, masses and other events held at Framingham churches and houses of worship during the week of December 20th through 26th, 2010.

    Armenian Church of the Holy Translators – American Christmas Eve Carole and Prayer Service, (in English), Friday, December 24, 4:00PM.

    Crossroads Community Church – Friday December 24, 2010, Christmas Eve Service at 8:00PM.

    Edwards Church (UCC) – Christmas Eve Services: Friday, December 24, 2010, 5:00PM Intergenerational Christmas Pageant, 9:00PM Candlelight Service of lessons, carols, and poetry.

    First Baptist Church of Framingham – Christmas Eve Worship, Friday, December 24, 2010 at 7:00MP.  Service will include special music and candlelight.

    First Parish Framingham – Friday December 24, 2010, Christmas Eve – Traditional Candle Light Service at 5:00PM and 7:00PM. Singing of “the old carols”, candle lighting.  (Note: 5:00pm service is more ‘small-child’ friendly!)

    First United Methodist Church – Christmas Eve, Friday December 24, 2010, services at 7:00PM and 11:00PM.

    Grace Congregational Church –   Christmas Eve Service with Candles, Carols and (more…)

  • “Thanks for Giving” Fund Raiser

    “Thanks for Giving” Fund Raiser

    Thanks for Giving
    For the last 21 years, Mark and Karen Curtis who run the Eagles Grill in downtown Framingham have provided a free Thanksgiving meal to all who need or want one-last year it was over 1,200 meals. They even deliver 450 meals to shut-ins on that day as well. Over the years, they have not solicited donations. This is the first year that some local churches have had to discontinue offering their Thanksgiving meals, and the Salvation Army has canceled their free Thanksgiving dinner as well. Please help support The Eagles Kitchen Thanksgiving Dinner!

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – From November 15, 2010 until November 25, 2010 framingham.com is running a “Thanks for Giving” fund-raising special.

    To help support The Eagles Kitchen Thanksgiving Dinner, and to promote Framingham businesses we are giving 50% OFF standard ad rates for all advertising orders placed this week if the advertiser donates the remaining 50% to help fund the dinner.

    Here’s how it works: Any local business that orders online advertising on framingham.com during the “Thanks for Giving” promotion will get a 50% discount off standard published rates, then the business sends a check or money order payable to “Eagles Kitchen Thanksgiving Dinner” for the other 50%.

    For example: If an advertiser chose a $720/yr package, they would get that package for 50% OFF — making the cost only $360, (for a full year of advertising — that’s less than $1.00 a day!)

    If you own a Framingham business, or know someone who does, let them know about the “Thanks for Giving” promotion. (more…)

  • Framingham Dairy Farm Open House

    Framingham Dairy Farm Open House

    Eastleigh Farm, Framingham, MA - milk bottles
    Visit a traditional New England Dairy Farm in Framingham this weekend!

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Eastleigh Farm is again offering families the chance to see a real working dairy farm in action.

    Farmer Doug Stephan is inviting people to visit the farm this weekend, Nov. 13 & 14, 2010, from noon to dark to see cows being milked, take a hay ride around the farm, “meet the cows” and have some family fun.

    Be sure to stop by and sample some locally produced milk, (flavored and unflavored), warm apple cider and ice cream with hot toppings — all served with plenty of  “bovine hospitality”.

    Eastleigh Farm is one of the few working farms left in the area, and the only one in Framingham licensed to sell raw milk.

    Eastleigh Farm is located at 1062 Edmands Road, Framingham, MA 01701, (turn onto Edmands at the intersection of Edgell Rd. in Nobscot).

    For more info, contact Doug Stephan, (EastleighFarm@gmail.com), or call (508) 877-1753 or visit their website at: www.Eastleighfarm.com

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  • Pop Culture Super MegaFest in Framingham

    Pop Culture Super MegaFest in Framingham

    Christopher Lloyd, Doc Brown in Back to the Future, Rev. Jim on Taxi at Framingham Super MegaFest
    Meet Christopher Lloyd who played ''Doc Brown'' in the ''Back To The Future'' movie trilogy, and also starred as the lovable ''Reverend Jim'' on the hit t.v. series TAXI. Lloyd began his film career as an unnamed character in the movie ''Airport'' in 1970.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – What do Reverend Jim from Taxi, Peter Tork from The Monkees, a Gigantic Animated Talking Robot, Playboy Playmate Cathy St. George, Chewbacca from Star Wars and Gary Sohmers of The Antiques Roadshow all have in common?

    Answer: They will all be at Super MegaFest, (and the Come Together Fest concert), the weekend of Saturday & Sunday, November 20th and 21st,  2010 when pop culture lovers and the popular icons they love will converge on Framingham’s  Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center for New England’s largest multi-media fan festival.

    …and that’s just a partial lineup of the fun packed weekend that’s planned!

    While it takes a whole website just to list who and what will be there, here’s a few more stars you may see, meet or get autographs from; Norman Reedus, (Murphy MacManus in The Boondock Saints), Gary Lewis (of Gary Lewis & The Playboys), Marina Sirtis, (of Star Trek Next (more…)

  • “The Chief” Robert Parish at Framingham Office Depot

    “The Chief” Robert Parish at Framingham Office Depot

    The Chief - Robert Parish, Sports Illustrated cover (1991)
    "The Chief", Robert Parish, Boston Celtics #00 makes the cover of Sports Illustrated, (March 11, 1991).

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – On Tuesday, October 26, 2010 from 2:00-3:00pm, Celtics Hall-of-Famer, Robert “The Chief” Parish will be in the Shoppers World Office Depot store as part of a Hewlett-Packard in-store promotion where he will be signing autographs and you can have your picture taken with the Celtics legend.

    “The Chief”, who played for the Celtics from 1980 to 1994,  is one of the most accomplished basketball players in NBA history.  The Celtics retired his distinctive double-zero number in 1998.  Parish was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.  Among his accomplishements are his unmatched record of playing in 1,611 NBA games during a record setting 21 NBA playing seasons.  After leaving Boston where Parish was an instrumental part of three championship wins, Parish then played for the Hornets for two seasons, then played his final season with the Chicago Bulls where he racked up a 4th championship win. By the time he retired he was 43 years old, the 3rd oldest man to ever play in the NBA.

    Parish was given the nickname “The Chief” by fellow Celtic Cedric Maxwell who jokingly compared Parish’s stoic demeanor and statuesque size to the silent Native American character in the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

    Typically calm, cool and collected, the video clip below shows (more…)

  • Luau at the Lake August 21, 2010

    Luau at the Lake August 21, 2010

    Luau at the Lake - Sax Beach August 21, 2010
    Luau at the Lake – Save the date: August 21, 2010, 3:00pm-6:30pm

    SAXONVILLE, MA – Aloha! The Friends of Saxonville invite you & your family to an afternoon of fun at Saxonville Beach for their “Luau at the Lake“, Saturday August 21, 2010 from 3:00pm-6:30pm.

    Saxonville Beach is located on Lake Cochituate with entrance and parking at Lake Road, (off Old Connecticut Path, near Wayland town line).

    The Luau Feast will include foods from local Saxonville area restaurants.  Admission is $15 per person, kids 12 & under are free! Live entertainment will be provided by the George Ede Trio.  Refreshments, raffles & prizes, fun & games are planned.  Bring a chair or blanket.  No alcohol permitted.

    For more information or to order advance tickets, call (508) 877-7034.  Tickets will also be available at the Luau.

    Aloha! Luau at the Lake 2010

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  • 1955 Hurricane Diane Floods Saxonville

    The Great Falls at Saxonville, as water from 1955's Hurricane Diane pounds its way over the falls.
    The Great Falls at Saxonville, as water from 1955’s Hurricane Diane pounds its way over the falls.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — A preliminary report about hurricane DIANE  from the U.S. Weather Bureau begins to tell the story of how more than a foot of water fell on Framingham one week during the summer of 1955.

    “Hurricane DIANE was first detected Over the Atlantic Ocean on August 11, 1955, about 400 miles northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. With winds of 50 to 60 mph over a small area near the center, DIANE moved in a northwesterly to northerly direction for about 24 hours. On August 12th, DIANE drifted slowly toward the north and northeast and increased in intensity to a full huricane, with winds of 115 mph near the center.”

    What the report only touches on, and the residents of Saxonville found out all too well, is the fact that DIANE hit the northeast on the heals of hurricane CONNIE, a storm which had hit 5 days earlier dumping 5″ – 10″ inches of rain in a single day.

    Map showing Storm Track and Rainfall from Hurricane Diane, (Aug. 1955), U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Map showing Storm Track and Rainfall from Hurricane Diane, (Aug. 1955), U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).