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2012 New Years Eve in Framingham

Happy New Year from framingham.com !!!

Framingham, MA – Before listing the local venues where New Years Eve celebrations are taking place, we’d like to ask that readers remember those who lost their lives to drinking and driving related accidents this year, and ask that anyone planning to drink on New Years Eve to make sure they’ve planned ahead for how to get home at the end of the evening.

To insure you make it home safely consider making arrangements with a designated driver, taking a limousine or making your News Eve Party a Pajama Party and have your guests spend the night.

Tommy’s Taxi will remain open ’round the clock on New Years Eve for those who don’t have any other way of getting home safely.

The following Framingham establishments will be hosting (more…)

News Staff

December 20, 2011

Arts & Culture

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Callahan Senior Center Happenings for December 2011

Located at 535 Union Avenue, the Callahan Center is open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Mon – Fri

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The following information is about activities and services at the Callahan Senior Center for the month of December, 2011.

NOTICE: Most of the activities, special programs and events listed below require signing up or advance reservation, (unless otherwise noted). Please do so in advance so activities can be scheduled effectively and in the appropriate space.

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New Member Orientation Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of every month. If you have just joined Callahan you might want to attend one of these meetings as we enjoy coffee and pastry, answer your questions and seek your input on activities. Please join us on Tuesday, December 13th from (more…)

News Staff

November 28, 2011

Seniors

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Callahan Senior Center Happenings for October 2011

Located at 535 Union Avenue, the Callahan Center is open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Mon – Fri

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The following information is about activities and services at the Callahan Senior Center for the month of October, 2011.

NOTICE: Most of the activities, special programs and events listed below require signing up or advance reservation, (unless otherwise noted). Please do so in advance so activities can be scheduled effectively and in the appropriate space.

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New Member Orientation Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of every month. If you have just joined Callahan you might want to attend one of these meetings as we enjoy coffee and pastry, answer your questions and seek your input on activities. Please join us on October 11th from 9:30 – 10:00 AM.

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Come Say “So Long” to Mary Parcher

Mary Parcher will retire from the Callahan Center on Friday, October 14, 2011. In order to give all the seniors a chance to wish her well, there will be coffee and refreshments on Wednesday, October 12th from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. If you would (more…)

Randy Harris

October 14, 2011

Seniors

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Callahan Happenings for September 2011

Located at 535 Union Avenue, the Callahan Center is open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Mon – Fri

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The following information is about activities and services at the Callahan Senior Center for the month of September, 2011.

NOTICE: Most of the activities, special programs and events listed below require signing up or advance reservation, (unless otherwise noted). Please do so in advance so activities can be scheduled effectively and in the appropriate space.

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New Member Orientation Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of every month. If you have just joined Callahan you might want to attend one of these meetings as we enjoy coffee and pastry, answer your questions and seek your input on activities. Please join us (more…)

News Staff

September 1, 2011

Seniors

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Callahan Happenings for August 2011

Located at 535 Union Avenue, the Callahan Center is open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Mon – Fri

FRAMINGHAM, MA– The following information is about activities and services at the Callahan Senior Center for the month of August, 2011.

NOTICE: Most of the activities, special programs and events listed below require signing up or advance reservation, (unless otherwise noted). Please do so in advance so activities can be scheduled effectively and in the appropriate space.

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New Member Orientation Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of every month. If you have just joined Callahan you might want to attend one of these meetings as we enjoy coffee and pastry, answer your questions and (more…)

News Staff

July 26, 2011

Seniors

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Breast Cancer Walk Starts on Very Positive Note

Dr. Sheri Phillips, 2011 National Spokesperson for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure organization

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The 2011 Susan G. Komen “3 Day for the Cure” Boston walk started yesterday morning in Framingham.

In the early morning hours, walkers, supporters, friends and family converged on the shore of Farm Pond off Dudley Rd.

At 6:30a.m., the Opening Ceremony began with group stretching, a welcome from Ronni Cohen-Boyar, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization, followed by an inspirational opening address given by Dr. Sheri Phillips, 2011 National Spokesperson for the Susan G. Komen organization.

To simply say “Sheri was awesome!” just isn’t enough — you really need to hear her yourself — and we make it possible here! So here she is speaking to (more…)

Randy Harris

July 23, 2011

Around Town, Health & Fitness

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3 Swingin’ Tenors, 2 Artists, 1 Night of Fun On Common

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The “3 Swingin’ Tenors“ entertained young, old and everyone in between for the July 22nd, 2011 “Concert on the Green“, a free concert series held on the Framingham Center Common each Friday night throughout the summer.

Kids play as couples dance to a 1950’s doo-wop medley by the “3 Swingin’ Tenors”

The trio The 3 Swingin’ Tenors; Jack Alessi, Steve Marvin and Jim Porcella performed their repertoire of medleys and generational favorites — with a few improvisational stories and a bit of joking around between sets.

The Framingham Park & Recreation Department is now in charge (more…)

Randy Harris

July 23, 2011

Arts & Culture

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Crowd Taps into Jack’s Abby Beer at BBC

The Hendler brothers, Jack, Eric and Sam, (left to right), arrive for the Jack's Abby Brewing ''Saxon Sons Pilsner'' release party at BBC in Framingham, MA. (July 21, 2011)

FRAMINGHAM, MA– Sporting the traditional brew-master’s lederhosen, at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 22, 2011, the Hendler brothers, Jack, Eric and Sam, of Jack’s Abby Brewing, LLC, a new Framingham, MA brewery, arrive at the British Beer Company on Rt. 9.

Jack’s wife, other family members, friends and a bar packed locals were already inside — there to wish the brothers well — to taste the first commercially available kegs of the brewery’s beer — and to be part of the launch of a new Framingham business.

Jack’s Abby Brewing, which is located at 81 Morton St. in Downtown Framingham was founded in January of 2011. A short seven months later, the company has geared up production and distribution and has already signed up several local pubs to carry its first two beers; “Saxon Sons Pilsner” and (more…)

Randy Harris

July 22, 2011

Business

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Alumni Association Announces Framingham State 2011-2012 Scholarships

Alumni House

FRAMINGHAM, MA– The Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni, (“IAFSA”), a self-governing, non-profit organization established in 1874 which receives and administers funds that provide scholarships and interest-free loans to FSU students, has announced its list of 2011-2012 scholarship winners.

Scholarships, (and loan funding), are made possible by donations, bequests, and rental of the Alumni House.

Scholarships ranged from $500 to $2500.

Verena Lutz and Mariya Dzhyoyeva were the only Framingham residents among the 2011-2012 recipients. Both received a “Dorothy Larned Scholarship” award. The scholarship, which encourages the sharing of international cultures was (more…)

Randy Harris

July 19, 2011

Schools & Education, Uncategorized

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Framingham Folks in Natick 4th of July Parade (2011)

Dancers from the Nancy Kelly Dance Studio pose for a picture before the 2011 Natick 4th of July parade.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Many residents of Framingham got up early this morning to take a short drive over the town line to Natick.

Some got up early just to make sure they had a good spot to watch Natick’s Annual 4th of July Parade — and others to get ready to be in it.

As a town, we should thank our neighbors to the east for putting together a first-class, traditional, all-American Independence Day parade — and for being unselfish enough to include Framingham performers, musicians, politicians, classic car owners, fire engines as well as parade watchers.
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Randy Harris

July 4, 2011

Arts & Culture

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