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Access Framingham to Host Santa & Mrs. Claus Dec. 9th

Santa & Mrs. Claus live “ON-AIR” taking calls from Framingham children Dec. 9th, from 7pm ’til 8pm

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Yes it is true! Santa and Mrs. Claus will be visiting the Access Framingham television studio on Sunday December 9th, 2012.

Tune in from 7:00-8:00pm on Sunday December 9th when Old Saint Nick will pay us a special visit on the air-LIVE. He and Mrs. Claus will be taking phone calls from all the good boys and girls in Framingham.

Do you have a special question for Santa? How do his Reindeer fly? How many toys do the elves make every year? How does Santa know who has been naughty or nice? …or just call in to wish Santa a Merry Christmas!

Now is your chance to talk to Santa, live on television!

The number to call is 508-875-5403.

Access Framingham can be seen in the Town of Framingham on Comcast Ch. 9, RCN Ch. 3, and Verizon Ch. 43.

For more information about Access Framingham programming, training, and services, you can also visit us online at www.accessfram.tv

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(Image of Santa clip art, courtesy of http://www.pamsclipart.com)

December 3, 2012
Access Framingham (AF-TV) Open House November 10th

AF-TV, Public Access Television in Framingham, MA

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Access Framingham invites Framingham residents to an Open House from 1:00-5:00pm on Saturday, November 10th, 2012. All are welcome!

Access Framingham is located at the rear of the Fuller Middle School, at 31 Flagg Drive in Framingham, MA.

As part of the festivities, attendees can record a free DVD with holiday wishes for family and friends, and/or record a holiday greeting from your family to be telecast on AF-TV’s cable channels and website.

Food, Fun, Live TV, and More!

Stop in to meet the on air personalities and producers who entertain and inform you on the dozens of shows produced at AF-TV: shows like (more…)

October 26, 2012
Meet Author Dennis Lehane at Framingham Public Library

Dennis Lehane – Author, Screenwriter, (Photo by Diana Lucas Leavengood)

FRAMINGHAM, MA– You’ve read the books and seen the movies — “Mystic River“, “Gone, Baby, Gone“, “Shutter Island“, and “The Given Day” — one of his most recent books which has been hailed as a classic Great American Novel.

Now you can meet famed author and Boston-area native Dennis Lehane, in Framingham.

On Saturday, October 6th, 2012, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., the Framingham Public Library Foundation presents “An Evening With Dennis Lehane”.

A coffee and dessert reception will be followed by a talk and a book signing by Mr. Lehane, a passionate supporter of public libraries.

The New England Mobile Book Fair will be on site selling Mr. Lehane’s books, and all attendees will be entered in a drawing for a signed copy of his novel Moonlight Mile.

Admission to this fund raising event for the Framingham Public Library Foundation is $30 per ticket.

Tickets go on sale beginning September 4th, 2012 at (more…)

August 31, 2012
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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June 1, 2012
Civil War Encampment on Framingham Centre Common

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…)

May 4, 2012
March 2012 Filmmaking and Video Editing Classes at AF-TV

Access Framingham offers members classes in video production, video editing and more!

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Interested in video production? This month, (March 2012), Access Framingham will be offering two classes, one in Film-making and another on using Final Cut Pro editing software.

Film-making will be led by Access Framingham Operations Manager Melanie Hardy, who will draw on her experience in both film and single-camera video production to teach the best techniques in fictional storytelling and making entertaining and intriguing movies.

The Film-making Class will be held on three consecutive Thursday evenings: March 8th, 15th and 22nd, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Seats are still available!

Final Cut Pro. This popular class on how to use Apple’s software package to produce and edit great video. AF-TV will be holding a special afternoon workshop (more…)

March 4, 2012
2012 New Years Eve in Framingham

Happy New Year from framingham.com !!!

Framingham, MA – Before listing the local venues where New Years Eve celebrations are taking place, we’d like to ask that readers remember those who lost their lives to drinking and driving related accidents this year, and ask that anyone planning to drink on New Years Eve to make sure they’ve planned ahead for how to get home at the end of the evening.

To insure you make it home safely consider making arrangements with a designated driver, taking a limousine or making your News Eve Party a Pajama Party and have your guests spend the night.

Tommy’s Taxi will remain open ’round the clock on New Years Eve for those who don’t have any other way of getting home safely.

The following Framingham establishments will be hosting (more…)

December 20, 2011
Framingham Auxiliary Police to Sponsor Holiday Craft Fair

Vendor space is still avialable for the Framingham Auxiliary Police sponsored Craft Fair that will be held December 10, 2011 at Keefe Tech.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Framingham Auxiliary Police will be holding their twenty-fourth annual Craft Fair from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 10, 2011. The fair will be held at the Keefe Vocational Technical High School, 750 Winter Street, Framingham, MA.

A limited amount of exhibitor space is still available for crafters.

The Craft Fair will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. where you will find a unique holiday shopping experience. During this fund raising event we anticipate over 125 exhibitors will be selling various merchandise including hand made crafts, hand crafted jewelry, hand decorated clothing, sketches, photographs, assorted flea market merchandise, and (more…)

November 24, 2011
Second Novel by Framingham Author Robyn Bradley

Framingham author Robyn Bradley's latest novel, ''What Happened in Granite Creek'', (2011)

FRAMINGHAM, MA – In June I wrote about Framingham author Robyn Bradley, on the release of her first novel, “Forgotten April”.

Without retelling that entire article, I’ll mention again, Robyn is the youngest of six children, an only girl with five older brothers, that she graduated from Framingham North High in 1991, and that her inspiration to become an author came in Mrs. Shea’s 4th grade class at the Charlotte Dunning School.

Jumping forward some twenty eight years after getting “three red stars” on a life changing writing assignment from Mrs. Shea, we find Bradley an accomplished writer, able to weave hard-to-put-down tales which take the reader inside the minds and lives of the characters she creates.

Her recently released second novel, “What Happened in Granite Creek” expands on a short story titled “Support Our Troops” which she penned in 2009.

Although much of Bradley’s writing is geared towards the womens’ fiction market, Granite Creek crosses over to appeal to both genders. The book is definitely not a hearts and roses romance novel — the sometimes gritty language and adult situations in this story (more…)

November 15, 2011
Pies On The Common Adds a Bit of Cheescake

Judy Jackson gets her copy of the ''CELEBRATION 2012'' calendar autographed by Mr. February at the First Parish in Framingham's annual ''Pies On The Common'' fair on Saturday, October 15, 2011

FRAMINGHAM, MA – It was a perfect fall afternoon to wander down to Framingham Centre for the 21st Annual Pies the Common craft show and pie sale — a fundraising event sponsored by First Parish in Framingham Unitarian Universalist Church.

Along with the pies, this year’s event featured a bit of cheesecake — the naked old guys from the First Parish in Framingham were there, (with their clothes on), autographing their now world-famous “CELEBRATION 2012” photo calendar.

Twelve gentleman from the First Parish, all between the ages of 64 and 87, posed au natural, (yup — that means “naked”), for a fund raising calendar which, “boldly proclaims the joys of being an older man whether 64 or 87 with whimsy and humor“.

News of the calendar has spread literally around the world, making headlines from (more…)

October 15, 2011