Tag: Disability

  • Memorial Building Summer Meetings Move to Callahan

    Memorial Building Summer Meetings Move to Callahan

    PHOTO: Framingham, MA, Town Hall / Memorial Building
    Framingham's Town Hall, the Memorial Building

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Framingham Town Manager’s Office has announced that all public meetings normally scheduled at the Memorial Building, (Town Hall), will be held at the Callahan Senior Center for a period estimated to last up to six weeks beginning June 21, 2010.

    The Callahan Senior Center is located at 535 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA, (approximately 1.1 miles north on Union Ave from the Memorial Building).

    Board of Selectmen and Planning Board meetings will not (more…)

  • “A Journal for Christa” Read on Radio

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The MetroWest Radio Reading Service joins Framingham State College in observing the 20th anniversary of the Challenger Accident and celebrates the life of Christa McAuliffe.

    The MetroWest Radio Reading Service has a program every Monday and Thursday from 2:30 until 4-00 p.m. called, “Reading at F.S.C.” where we feature books recorded by our volunteers in their entirety.

    Beginning on Monday, January 9, 2006, The Metro West Radio Reading Service will present “A Journal for Christa” by Grace George Corrigan.

    The episodes will run as follows:

    • Monday, January 9, Episode One – 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
    • Thursday, January 12, Episode Two- 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
    • (Monday, January 16, is a holiday, Martin Luther King Day)
    • Thursday, January 19, Episode Three – 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
    • Monday, January 23, Episode Four – 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
    • Thursday, January 26, Episode Five – 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
    • Friday, January 27, a special edition of “Reading at F.S.C.” from 2:30 until 4:00 p.m, Episode Seven.

    The Metro West Radio Reading Service is a Community Outreach program of the Disability Services Office at Framingham State College and an affiliate of the Talking Information Center Massachusetts Reading Network under the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.

    For more information and a complete schedule you can contact the Disability Services at Framingham State College at 508-626-4627 or the Talking Information Center at 1-800-696-9505 or check our two websites: www.framingham.edu/disabilityservices or ticnetwork.com

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  • Reading Volunteer Needed

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The MetroWest Radio Reading Service at Framingham State College is looking for someone would be willing to record the Sunday supplement “Jobfind”, ( of the MetroWest Daily News), which contains articles and job openings in the MetroWest area.

    The recordings would be broadcast on The Radio Reading Service.

    It will not be necessary to read every opening of job.

    Recordings can be done at home with tapes provided by the MetroWest Radio Reading Service.

    Only one hour a week is required.

    Please contact The Disability Services Office at Framingham State College at 508-626-4627 or by email dennisp@frc.mass.edu if you are interested.

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