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Eversource Breaks Ground on Geothermal Energy Project in Framingham

FRAMINGHAM, MA — As part of its commitment to advancing clean technologies and exploring innovative ways to help the commonwealth achieve its aggressive decarbonization goals, Eversource today broke ground on a first-of-its-kind utility-scale networked geothermal system in Framingham, Massachusetts. The energy company’s geothermal pilot program highlights the collaboration necessary between utilities, state and local government,…
MassBay College Acknowledges Campus Land Taken From Local Native American Tribes

FRAMINGHAM, MA — MassBay Community College, which has campuses in Ashland, Framingham and Wellesley, Massachusetts, has formally recognized that the land the campuses are built on were “appropriated” from local Native American tribes. A statement on the college’s website reads, “Massachusetts Bay Community College wishes to acknowledge that the Wellesley, Framingham, and Ashland campuses sit…
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…
Area Mosquitos Carry West Nile Virus

Framingham, MA — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced it has identified 14 West Nile Virus (WNV) positive mosquito samples out of 2,705 collected in Barnstable, Middlesex, and Suffolk Counties. Of the 2,705, there were zero Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) samples identified. There also were zero human cases of WNV and EEE in…
Framingham Public Health Walk-In Clinic Reopens

FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Framingham Office of Public Health Nursing Walk-In Clinic, located at 113 Concord Street (diagonally across street from Memorial building), will reopen to the public on Monday, July 12th, 2021. Childhood vaccinations, lead screening, TB testing, and COVID-19 vaccinations (Johnson and Johnson, Moderna, and Pfizer), and more will be available. No appointment…
Framingham Mailing Delayed Q3/Q4 2021 Real Estate Tax Bills

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The City begins mailing third-quarter (Q3/2021) real estate tax bills today (March 17, 2021), and will send out fourth-quarter (Q4/2021) tax bills Wednesday, March 31. Payment for both (Q3 and Q4) real estate taxes will be due on Monday, May 3, 2021.
Mass State Police Rt. 9 Framingham Heliport Airspace Designation Proposal

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Massachusetts State Police Headquarters located on Route 9 near the Route 126 overpass seeks a higher level controlled airspace designation for it’s heliport. In an notice of proposed rulemaking, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), published notice of the proposal in the Federal Register titled “Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Framingham, MA“,…
2019 NORAD Santa Tracker

FRAMINGHAM, MA – This week, children in Framingham will be wondering not only what Santa will be bringing them — but will want to know exactly when he’ll will arrive. To be sure Framingham children have the latest technology to track Santa, we’re providing this important link to NORAD, (The North American Aerospace Defense Command) and…
Framingham’s Thomas Eames Historic Marker Reinstalled

FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and the City of Framingham have announced that crews have reinstalled a historic 1930 Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Marker in Framingham as part of an effort to inventory and document the original markers that were installed nearly 90 years ago throughout the Commonwealth.
MA Senate Passes Public Records Reform Bill

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Today the Massachusetts State Senate unanimously passed legislation reforming how the state handles public records. The legislation, originally sponsored by Senator Jason Lewis, is the first update to the public records law since the early 1970s. “An accessible, transparent government is fundamental to the democratic process,” said Senator Karen E. Spilka (D-Ashland).…