FRAMINGHAM, MA – Skylights in the lobby of the Memorial Building which houses a Veteran’s Memorial will soon be uncovered as part of a renovation project.
Another project inspired by Framingham Town Owned Building’s Director Jim Egan who found the tar-papered and painted skylights and worked to get the project rolling to restore the hall’s entrance to it’s pre-WWII glory.
The skylights were covered up in 1942 per order of the governor as part of a blackout operation during WWII.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA – The executive committee of the START Framingham Partnership is pleased to announce the appointment of START’s first director, Alla Abramovich. She will officially be on board October 18th.
With doctorates in ethnomusicology from Leningrad State University in the USSR as well as from the University of Illinois School of Music, Alla has a background in teaching at the university level and has done special projects for UNESCO – her most recent in Estonia where she studied music and culture of the people there. She has written a number of books and papers over the years.
Until she moved to Framingham, Alla was the founder and CEO of the Earth Music Center in Indianapolis, Indiana – an initiative started after she noticed an empty building on park land. Seven years later, the center in Eagle Creek Park is a consortium of four non-profit groups dedicated to the environment, music, and the arts. She recruited a board of directors, nurtured partnerships, started a non-profit, and incorporated the effort.
At this time, Alla is fairly new to Framingham and looks forward to both understanding and learning about our community while advancing the mission and vision of the START Framingham Partnership.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA – Beginning January 8, 2004, the Town of Framingham has announced that streaming video broadcasts of the Selectmen’s Meetings, as well as the Town of Framingham Public Access Channel, is now viewable on the World Wide Web 24 hours a day.
The broadcasts will be available via the Internet on the Town of Framingham website.
The Selectmen’s meetings will be archived and will remain available for viewing until the minutes of that meeting are approved and posted. After that time, meeting videos will continue to be available for purchase through Media Services.
Visit the Framingham Town Government Website to view the meetings.
FRAMINGHAM, MA – Rockathon for 9/11 Memorial: Members of St. George’s Senior Youth Group participated in a 20 hour rocking chair marathon to raise money for the Framingham 9/11 Memorial and also for a handicapped access ramp at St. George’s Church, and for the youth group.
They raised about $2,500.00 and presented a check for the 9/11 Memorial at a recent Selectmen’s meeting.
FRAMINGHAM, MA – Framingham’s McAuliffe Branch Library receives construction grant.
After years of being on the waiting list for construction dollars from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commisssioners, the library was awarded a $1,654,493 provisional Library Construction Grant to build a new branch library in Saxonville.
It’s another first for Framingham as we are the first to ever receive a state grant for a branch.
There are some conditions, including the town securing funding for the community’s share of the $5,000,000 building project.
Proposed site for the new building is at the roadside corner of the Pinefield Shopping Center opposite the current McAuliffe building.
Donations and community support will be needed to make this happen. Look for announcements about fundraisers soon.
FRAMINGHAM, MA – Flag Day is Coming: If you would like to help out with the Framingham Flag Day Parade or the fundraising events, like Pasta Night, call Doug Freeman, 508-879-6394, or Ben Lineback at 508-405-4111.
FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Framingham Historical Society and Museum is staking out Wednesdays. On the first Weds., a coffee & tea hour will be held at 10 a.m. at the Edgell Memorial Library. The second Wed. is “Museum After Hours” night from 4-7 p.m. If you haven’t been to the museum lately, or can’t because of the hours, this is an opportunity to see what is inside the Old Academy building. Free. The third Wed. is the History/Biography Book Discussion Group at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble. Call 508-872-3780.
FRAMINGHAM, MA – Framingham Police D.A.R.E./P.A.L. is holding the Second Annual Roadrace along with a 5K & 1/2 Mile Kids Fun Run on November 7, 1999 in Framingham, Massachusetts.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA – Saturday nights, throughout the summer and early fall, the parking lot of Riley’s Roast Beef, and the area surrounding the intersection of Edgell Road and Water Street is transformed into a cruise-in. Hot-rod, classic car, antique vehicle, and motor cyles enthusiasts, some from as far away as New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island, and others who live less than a mile away, make the weekly pilgrimage to Nobscot.
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Here’s a ’39 Chevy Master 85 Coupe, (left), the former showcar sports a 3 1/2″ chopped top, and is powered by 471 blown and modified 350ci motor. The flawless Autumn Maple Firemist paintjob looks good in any season! The car’s owner, Jim English, cruises in from Marlboro in the Chevy, or in his ’34 Ford ‘Vicky (not shown). |
| Cliff Clancey’s ’67 Chevy Camaro and it’s 454 LS6 big-block rumbles in from Walpole. The car is a 4-speed, posi-traction equipped classic that looks good enough to show, and runs good enough to drive daily. |  |
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A fine ’66 GTO owned by Framingham resident Luke Emmanuel
makes any muscle-car lover’s heart beat a little faster with it’s 389ci ‘Tri-Power’ motor, four speed transmission, and posi-traction rear end. |
Is that Joe Mondello at the wheel of this flamed ’57 Chevy?
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If you have more information on any of these cars, people, or car clubs that make the Cruise-In a favorite local happening, please let us know.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA – Temperatures above 50 degrees and wind from the east are not considered favorable conditions for running from Hopkinton to Boston, and it was already starting to show on the faces of some of the ten thousand plus runners as they paced their way through the Framingham stretch of the 101st running of the Boston Marathon.
Runners left Hopkinton at 12 noon and the wheelchair division 15 minutes earlier. To participate, entrants had to be 18 years or older on race day, and have completed a sanctioned marathon with a qualifying time for their division during the previous year. With competetion like the Kenyans, Uta Pippig, Jean Driscoll, and other course favorites, most knew from the outset that they could not hope to win — and most only hoped to finish the 26.2 mile course …in any amount of time.
First to cross the Framingham town line and pass the cheering crowds in downtown at a few minutes after noon, was the wheelchair division. Passing the Rt. 135 / Rt. 126, (Waverly St. / Concord St.), intersection, the difficulty of navigating rail-road crossings on the three wheeled racing chairs was obvious — and became painfully so for Jean Driscoll when she later lost control and flipped her chair in Bookline’s Cleveland Cirlce after her front wheel got hung up on a trolly track.
At the time of the crash, Driscoll, who had won the woman’s wheelchair division for the past seven years, and held the course record in (more…)