Category: Technology

  • Lightpath Announces Major Expansion of its Boston Metro Network

    Lightpath Announces Major Expansion of its Boston Metro Network

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — Lightpath, an all-fiber, infrastructure-based connectivity provider that is revolutionizing how organizations connect to their digital destinations, today announced a 75-mile expansion of its all-fiber network west of its Boston metro footprint.

    MAP: Framingham / LightPath Fibre Expansion Boston Metro West
    Framingham in LightPath network expansion into Boston’s Metrowest region.

    Latest Expansion Adds 75 New Route Miles of All-Fiber Network Through Needham, Framingham, Westborough, and Marlborough

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  • Risky Milk Crate Challenge Shut Down by TikTok

    Risky Milk Crate Challenge Shut Down by TikTok

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — Online “challenges” where social media users challenge others to perform some task and share the video under a common hashtag have the ability to go viral and spread very quickly.

    Some challenges are for fun or to do good; like the “Ice Bucket Challenge” which was used to raise awareness and money by The ALS Association. During the past few weeks, (August 2021), videos of people taking the “Milk Crate Challenge“, went viral on TikTok using the hashtag #milkcratechallenge.

    Milk Crate Challenge
    August 25, 2021, TikTok shuts down Milk Crate Challenge (#milkcratechallenge) citing dangerousness

    The challenge is (was) to walk up one side then down the other side of a line of milk crates stacked to make “steps” that rise seven crates high in the middle.

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  • Holiday Manufacturing Installs Electric Vehicle Chargers at Tripp St. Facility

    Holiday Manufacturing Installs Electric Vehicle Chargers at Tripp St. Facility

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham based Holiday Manufacturing Inc., worked with Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK) a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and services to deploy (5) fast IQ 200 Level 2 AC electric vehicle charging stations at Holiday’s facility in Framingham.

    The Blink IQ 200 chargers are the fastest Level 2 AC charging stations available, producing 80 amps of output, providing approximately 65 miles of charge in an hour. Operated on the Blink Network, they can charge any battery-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle.
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  • Framingham BioTech Company Uses AI to Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

    Framingham BioTech Company Uses AI to Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — BERG, a clinical-stage biotech that employs patient biology and artificial intelligence (AI) to research diseases and develop innovative treatments and diagnostics, recently announced the publication of a new study, entitled “Clinical utility of a serum biomarker panel in distinguishing prostate cancer from benign prostate hyperplasia [BPH]” in Scientific Reports.

    As part of the study, BERG evaluated over 750 patients at geographically diverse medical centers in the U.S. and Canada, where they applied the biomarker panel, comprised of filamin-A (FLNA), age and prostate volume, to predict and stratify men with BPH from those with PCa.

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  • Yvonne Spicer & Michael Whalen Join Bob Moog Foundation Board of Directors

    Yvonne Spicer & Michael Whalen Join Bob Moog Foundation Board of Directors

    Framingham Mayor Spicer named to join Bob Moog Foundation Board of Directors.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Bob Moog Foundation, is proud to announce two new members to the Board of Directors in a time of exciting growth for the Foundation. Dr. Yvonne Spicer, the first Mayor of Framingham, MA, and two-time Emmy award winning composer Michael Whalen join the current Board that consists of David Mash, President; Bill Sautter, Vice-President; Daniel Keller, Secretary; Marc Willis, Treasurer; Chris Halaby, Jerry Kovarsky, Dr. Henry Panion, III, and Sally Sparks.

    Prior to being sworn into office as the first Mayor of Framingham, MA in 2018, Dr. Yvonne Spicer served as the Vice President for Advocacy and Educational Partnerships at Boston’s Museum of Science.

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  • Framingham Based Ameresco Installs 26,000 Solar Modules in Rhode Island

    Framingham Based Ameresco Installs 26,000 Solar Modules in Rhode Island

    [photo] Ameresco - R.I. Airport Solar Installation
    Ameresco’s Tiverton’s solar energy site comprises over 12,000 modules with an electricity generation capacity of 4.95 megawatts.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Framingham based Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading clean technology integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced that it achieved commercial operation at its solar energy site in Tiverton, Rhode Island and mechanical completion at its site in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Both milestones mark meaningful steps in the advancement of solar energy resources within the State of Rhode Island.

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  • 1.7 Megawatt Solar Array Powered Up on Bose Mountain

    1.7 Megawatt Solar Array Powered Up on Bose Mountain

    A 1.7-megawatt SunPower solar project on “The Mountain” at Bose Corporation’s headquarters in Massachusetts is now generating power.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Bose Corporation has just brought a 1.7 megawatt solar installation online.

    The fixed-tilt, ground mounted array of nearly 4000 solar panels is located on the southern side of what locals commonly refer to as “Bose Mountain” an industrial area off Route 9, near the Southborough town line.

    The array which was designed, constructed and financed by SunPower® (www.sunpower.com), is expected to generate 2.4 million kilowatt hours of energy per year.

    Through a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement, SunPower will operate and maintain the solar installation which Bose anticipates will provide a substantial portion of the electricity needs for the Bose Mountain campus.

    In a press release describing the installation, Sam Nguyen, SunPower executive Vice President, Commercial Solar was quoted as saying “We’re proud to be working with Bose to further advance solar development in the Commonwealth, and to support the company’s [Bose] commitment to long-term sustainability as a leading global brand.”

    For more information, contact:

    • Bose Corporation, The Mountain, Framingham, MA 01701, Tel: 1-508-879-7330, www.bose.com
    • SunPower, 262 Washington Street Suite 700, Boston, MA 02108, 1-800-SUNPOWER, www.sunpower.com

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  • Framingham and Holliston to Sign Community Compacts

    Framingham and Holliston to Sign Community Compacts

    [photo] MA Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Chair, Community Compact Cabinet
    MA Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Chair, Community Compact Cabinet
    FRAMINGHAM, MA – On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. Lt. Governor Karyn Polito will join officials from the Town of Framingham, (and officials from the Town of Holliston), in the Ablondi Room of the Memorial Building located at 150 Concord Street, Framingham, MA to sign a Community Compact.

    The Executive Branch and the Town of Framingham’s Community Compact is a commitment to the implementation of new “best practice initiatives” in the categories of Information Technology: Transparency and Education; Administration and Finance.

    The Community Compact provides municipalities with incentives for state grant funds and technical assistance to refine and implement best practices in a Community’s chosen areas. The Town of Framingham’s information technology initiative is a two-tiered approach to create financial transparency: (more…)

  • Access Framingham (AF-TV) Open House November 10th

    Access Framingham (AF-TV) Open House November 10th

    Access Framingham (logo)
    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…)

  • Registration Open for Video Production Summer Camp

    Registration Open for Video Production Summer Camp

    Access Framingham (logo)
    AF-TV is the public access television station in Framingham, MA.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Access Framingham, (AF-TV), the local public access television station is now accepting registrations for a new 2012 Summer Video Production Camp.

    AF-TV will offer a new Video Production Camp to young people ages 10-12. The camp session will run daily from 9:00am to 12:00 noon daily starting Monday, August 13th, 2012 through Friday, August 17, 2012.

    Campers will work together to develop and produce an original program. Every child will have a hands-on experience with studio cameras, microphones, control room switcher, graphics and audio.

    Students interested in video production, editing, and writing are strongly encouraged to participate. The final project will be played (more…)