FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Board of Selectmen will be conducting a public meeting on March 23, 2010 to hear comments on recommendations submitted by Town staff to amend the appeal and waiver process regarding signs. (more…)
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MetroWest Forum on Economic Reform
FRAMINGHAM, MA — You Are Invited to a MetroWest Forum on Economic Reform and Senate Bill 2270.
On February 8, 2010, Senator Karen Spilka (D-Ashland), the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, and Senate President Therese Murray filed Senate Bill 2270, An Act to Promote Economic Development Throughout the Commonwealth. This bill seeks to (more…)
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Now, That’s Italian
While walking through the Natick Mall tonight, friends and I almost passed the pushcart kiosk featuring Vino Cotto. The words “Vino Cotto” somehow caught my eye. I stopped and turned to see our good neighbor Deena Montillo.
Ah-ha! I knew she and her husband Greg had been building a business making Vino Cotto from a genuine old family recipe. Greg is from Italy, and Deena is Italian-American and they always were known for cooking up (more…)
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Special Addition of Round Table Discussion
FRAMINGHAM, MA– Join Round Table Host Dave Hutchinson and Guests as the program honors Ted Welte the CEO and President of the Metro-West Chamber of Commerce in his retirement.
Guests of this special program will include Sen. Karen Spilka, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Ginger Esty, former Sen. David Magnani, former Rep. John Stasik and Executive Director of Leadership Metrowest, Helen Lemoine.
Viewing dates and times are as follows:
- Monday, February 1 at 6:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, February 2 at 8:00 a.m. and Noon
- Thursday, February 4 at 9:00 p.m.
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French Biotech Company CYTOO Opens U.S. Subsidiary in Framingham, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray and other state officials participated in ribbon-cutting ceremony
FRAMINGHAM, MA (Dec. 11) – CYTOO Cell Architects, a French biotechnology company focused on applications in cell based assays, high content analysis and cell screening for life sciences research, announced today that it is expanding its operations to serve researchers in the United States by opening a U.S. subsidiary headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.
The company officially opened its United States headquarters in Framingham today. The company’s main offices are in Grenoble, France. Company officials were joined at the ribbon cutting ceremony by Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center President and CEO Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister, Massachusetts Department of Business and Technology Director George Ramirez representing the Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment, MassBio Economic Development Director Peter Abair, Senator Karen Spilka, Representative Tom Sannicandro, Representative Pam Richardson and Selectmen Ginger Esty, Laurie Lee and Dennis Giombetti.
“It is outstanding that CYTOO, an international company on the cutting edge of Life Sciences research, has sought out Framingham for its US headquarters,” Representative Pam Richardson said. “Framingham is already home to a host of Life Sciences companies and I am pleased to welcome yet another.”
CYTOO provides innovative enabling technologies and products for high content cell analysis. CYTOO chips streamline cellular analysis by decreasing cell variability. The chips are composed of four square inches of 20,000 concave geometric micropatterns, which standardize cell position, shape, and organization when the cytoskeleton architecture and organelle morphology adapt to the shape of the micropattern. By April 2010 the company hopes to release a new technology, CYTOO plates, which hold up to 384 wells of 1,000 micropatterns. The company is the first to offer a technology that standardizes cells, streamlining analysis and speeding up discoveries. By opening a US subsidiary in Massachusetts, the company hopes to better address the worldwide market for cell-based assays in life sciences research.
In June of 2008, Governor Patrick signed into law the Massachusetts Life Sciences Initiative, a ten-year, $1 billion commitment to maintaining and strengthening the life sciences as a major economic engine for the Commonwealth. Conversations with CYTOO began at the BIO International Convention, held in Atlanta in May, 2009. Company officials cite their meetings with MOITI and the Life Sciences Center, and subsequently with Governor Deval Patrick directly, as having been key to their decision to locate in Massachusetts.
“It is terrific to see our state’s Life Sciences initiative, and our presence at BIO International, bringing new companies to Massachusetts,” said Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray. “We warmly welcome CYTOO to the Commonwealth, to Framingham and to the diverse group of pioneering companies that make Massachusetts a global leader in the life sciences industry.”
CYTOO’s decision to locate in Framingham is part of a growing trend of foreign life sciences companies locating their regional headquarters in Massachusetts. Last week Systagenix Wound Management, a British company, opened its headquarters for the Americas in Quincy, Massachusetts. Biocell Center, an Italian company, recently opened their US headquarters in Medford, Massachusetts. The companies have cited the state’s Life Sciences Initiative as a key factor in their decision to locate here.
“CYTOO’s decision to locate in Framingham is a direct return on investment for our state’s presence at the BIO International Convention in Atlanta this past May,” said Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister, President & CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, the quasi-public agency charged with implementing the state’s Life Sciences Initiative. “Massachusetts is a great place to do business for life sciences companies, both international and domestic, and we welcome CYTOO to the world’s leading life sciences Supercluster.”
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Yes, Virginia, there really is a dollar store at the mall
During one of our weekly mall walks a month or so ago, we were surprised to see a “dollar” store in the Natick Collection. After touting the high end stores in the new section and working to attract their clientele, having a dollar store in the mall just seems a bit inconsistant with the higher end ambience the mall has been striving for.
The store is a distance away from the newer section, located just outside the JC Penney upper entrance. It is a good place to find kitchen items and stocking stuffers. If you need large bags for Christmas gifts, this is the place to pick them up. Greeting cards are two for a buck.
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Small Business Listening Tour
FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business will be visiting Framingham on Thursday November 19, 2009 as part of a series of listening tours the Committee has been hosting throughout different areas of the state.
These tours serve as a chance for the committee to hear, engage and better understand the challenges small businesses are currently facing.
The Committee will be Hosting a Round Table Discussion from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at Framingham Town Hall.
Hosted by Co-Chairs Senator Michael Moore and Representative Linda Dorcena Forry
These discussions are a great opportunity for local small businesses to voice their opinions and challenges as they relate to current legislation.
Small business owners are urged to attend and participate
For more information, please contact the Office of Rep. Pam Richardson at(617)722-2582 or reply to this email.
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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 plenty of fuel for the fire.
Towering flames and dark smoke brought the commuter and freight trains on the nearby railroad tracks to a standstill and delayed rail traffic for about an hour and a half. Roads near the fire, including part of Fountain Street, were closed.
People in the vicinity reported a terrible stench as well as their eyes and throat burning due to the smoke and fumes caused by the fire.
Local residents are questioning the wisdom of allowing the company to have such a large accumulation of debris.
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Keeping Up Appearances or Not
Sometime ago a car ran into the front of a local pizza place, breaking the window and damaging the brickwork of the front wall. The window was replaced as well as the bricks, but the bricks weren’t painted to blend in with the rest of the bricks of the front of the restaurant.
Everytime we drove by, the unpainted bricks caught our eyes, like missing teeth, and we wondered if they would ever be painted. It could be months, maybe a year or so since the accident and it seemed as though the restaurant owners just didn’t think about painting the bricks. We had stopped going there, because we decided we liked another place’s pizza crust better.
Finally, as we turned the corner by the place recently, we noticed that the bricks were at last painted.
Then there is the pizza place in the strip mall that has recently been attractively remodelled whose employees were just throwing their soda cases on the mulch to the side of their new front door. Someone may have said something to them because on a recent visit, the cases are neatly stacked and tucked away around the corner.