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  • Framingham Hazardous Waste Day Saturday May 10, 2008

    May 04, 2008  (21:59:26 EST)

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Town of Framingham’s 2008 Hazardous Waste Day is Saturday, May 10. Time is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Location is the McCarthy School Parking Lot on Flagg Drive.

    This is for Framingham residents only. Proof of residency is required and photo ID. No commercial waste. Reduce long waits by combining waste with your neighbors and car pool.

    Accepted: pesticides, herbicides, bug sprays, rodent poisons, paint thinner, urethans, oil or enamel paints, lead based paints, pool & spa chemicals, concentrated fertilizers, cleaning solvents, caustic cleaners, degreaser, photo chemicals, old gasoline/kerosene, diesel oil, aerosol cans containing paint, mercury-containing devices.

    Do not bring: radioactive waste, explosives, gunpowder, flares, ammunition, PCB oils, bulk chemicals/oil, asbestos, medical/biochemical waste or latex paint.

    For more information contact the Town of Framingham Solid Waste Division at 508-532-6001.

  • Grace Church to host Duck Soup Event

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — The community, friends and neighbors are invited to Grace Congregational Church’s Duck Soup Event on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 pm. Why call it Duck Soup? Because there will be a fun mix of activities for the entire family!

    There will be a huge Trash & Treasures (Yard Sale) and a Garden Shop. Again this year, the church crafters have hand-crafted May Baskets (just in time to deliver to special friends on May Day). There will a separate children’s yard sale, as well as baked goods, books/CDs/DVDs, and house pins.

    Diet before you come so you can enjoy (without guilt) making your own sundaes. Children (of any age) will be able to decorate a duck (and take it home)! There will also be information on Darfur, Ecology and recycling. A special guest will be the Great Green Ambulance! Plus – there will be several enticing raffle items!

    Grace Church is now located at 76 Salem End Road (near Framingham College). Refer questions to 508-872-3342

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  • Yelling Doesn’t Work! Free Parenting Workshop

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — “Yelling Doesn’t Work!” workshop on what you can do to help a child with special needs comply at home and in the classroom using positive behavioral supports will be held Tuesday, April 8, 7 – 9 p.m. at the King Building.

    Yelling does not teach the necessary skills a child needs to learn in order to comply. This presentation provides insight into why a child with special needs misbehaves and how changing your behavior will in turn change theirs.

    Learn to recognize the function of behavior and how a front-end approach will show results. Functional Assessments, which are at the heart of a Positive Behavior Support Plan, are discussed at length and samples plans are provided.

    This workshop was created by Rebecca Goniwich, Barbara Gopen Memorial Fellow, in collaboration with the Federation for Children with Special Needs (FCSN).

    HOSTED BY: The Framingham Special Education Parent Advisory Council * F-SEPAC * www.f-sepac.org

    DATE: Tuesday, April 8, 2008

    TIME: 7:00-9:00 p.m.

    PLACE: The King Administration Building
    454 Water Street
    Framingham, MA 01701-7670

    WHO MAY ATTEND: This workshop is free and open to the public.

    RSVP: Please RSVP for this event so that we have
    enough handouts for all attendees

    To register/RSVP for these and other FCSN workshops, go to:
    http://fcsn.org/pti/workshops/home.php#register

    or call the Federation at 617-236-7210
    (in Massachusetts toll-free at 800-331-0688)

    Related Link: <http://fcsn.org/pti/workshops/home.php#register>

  • MassPIRG Educating Public & Store Clerks About Digital TV Transition

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — If you are one of the 22 million Americans who use free over-the-air analog broadcasting to watch television, exactly one year from now your screen will go blank. What’s worse, according to MassPIRG, stores like Circuit City are ready to sell you some “fixes” that are unnecessary and very expensive, like telling you to get a new TV.

    MassPIRG did a “secret shopper” survey of retailers around the country to make sure electronics stores were prepared for consumer questions about the DTV transition. They found that clerks were offering inaccurate and misleading information.

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  • Special Tour of Common’s Historic Buildings

    Special Tour of Common’s Historic Buildings

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Framingham Historical Society & Museum invites you to an evening of fun and entertainment at the Framingham Historical Society and Museum on Wednesday August 8th.

    Civil War era Edgell Memorial Library located in Framingham Centre.

    Come tour all three of your historic buildings on the Framingham Centre Common and learn about this treasure of a museum, our town’s rich history, and our efforts to save these buildings. See old friends and meet new ones at our wine and cheese reception.

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  • FRAMINGHAM.COM Celebrates 12th Anniversary!

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – This month framingham.com celebrates 12 years online and over 100,000 visitors a month, or over 1 million visitors a year. This website provides an ever-expanding online resource center of news and information about the hub of MetroWest. Framingham.com also showcases greater Framingham as a great place to live, work, play, shop, and do business.

    Framingham.com offers non-profit volunteer organizations and houses of worship the means to (more…)

  • Green Up Day in Framingham

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — Join neighbors, friends, family, school children with parents and community volunteers for this newly energized town-wide program!

    This year we will target the sidewalks around the Framingham Public Schools. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at the following schools: Barbieri, Brophy, Cameron, Dunning, Fuller, Framingham H.S., Hemenway, Juniper Hill, Potter Rd., Stapleton, Walsh and Woodrow Wilson.

    The Green Up Day Framingham clean-up continues in the neighborhoods surrounding the schools until noon.

    Volunteers will be provided a t-shirt, special trash bags, Waste Ban Materials Hotline number, protective non-latex gloves and a ticket to attend the Celebration.

    The Green Up Day, Framingham Celebration is scheduled from 1-3 p.m. at Farm Pond to include Food and Music. For more
    information contact Angie Sottile-Fowler, Town of Framingham Recycling Coordinator at 508-532-6001 or S. Thomas Greeley, President of Green Up, Inc. at 781-431-4732.

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  • Framingham Auxilary Police Sponsor Craft Fair / Flea Market

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Framingham Auxiliary Police announced today that they are holding their nineteenth annual Craft Fair / Flea Market and Child Identification Program from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 31, 2007. The event will be held at the Keefe Vocational Technical High School, 750 Winter Street, Framingham, MA.

    The Craft Fair / Flea Market will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. During this fund raising event we anticipate over 100 exhibitors will be (more…)

  • State Rep. Debby Blumer Passes Away

    State Rep. Debby Blumer Passes Away

    Debby Blumer, MA State Rep
    MA State Rep. Debby Blumer, dies of apparent heart attack while driving, Friday, October 13, 2006.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – On Friday, October 13th, fresh from one meeting and on her way to the next, State Rep. Debby Blumer apparently suffered a heart attack while at the wheel of her car, which rolled into a guard rail on Dudley Road.

    A police officer working a detail nearby ran to the car and administered CPR. A second officer left a nearby funeral procession and used a defibrillator but was unable to revive her. Blumer had had a mild heart attack some years ago and was taking medication and regular stress tests, and was under a doctor’s care.

    On Monday, October 16 at 10:30 a.m. family and friends will gather for services at Temple Beth Am, 300 Pleasant St., Framingham. The Blumer family home will have a memorial observance from Monday after the burial through Wednesday from noon to 9 p.m.

    Massachusetts State Representative Debby Blumer Donations in Blumer’s memory can be made to the Angel Fund at 649 Main St., Wakefield, MA 01880; Danforth Museum of Art at 123 Union Ave., Framingham, MA, 01702-8291; or the American Heart Association, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.

    Blumer was elected as one of Framingham’s two state representatives in 2000 and was running unopposed for re-election this year. According to Secretary of State William Galvini’s office, it is too late to put a replacement name on the ballot and Blumer’s seat could be won by anyone eligible and willing to serve who gets the most votes on election day through a write-in campaign.

    Blumer was a full-time representative, always available to help her constituents. She was an active, valuable participant in several Framingham organizations and committees and a familiar face at area events. She leaves a big hole in the community and legislature and will be missed for her smiling, positive presence as well as her contributions.

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  • Hollywood in Framingham

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The buzz in Downtown Framingham is about the filming of a segment of a new motion picture by Disney at the Framingham Civic League.

    The film stars popular wrestler turned film star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as single man who suddenly finds out that he has a daughter by a previous relationship. The segment being filmed is about his daughter taking dancing lessons.

    The Civic League received a $20,000 sprucing up of it’s front steps and it’s auditorium/theater area as well as a rental fee.

    The film crew used the Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter School parking lot for its trailers and equipment.

    Area catering and restaurants are benefiting from the Hollywood visit.

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