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

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

    Nancy Kelly Dancers from Natick and Framingham pose for a picture before the parade.
    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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  • Redistricting Hearing at FSU, Saturday June 18th

    Redistricting Hearing at FSU, Saturday June 18th

    Map of Massachusetts Congressional Districts (2011)
    Map of Massachusetts Congressional Districts (2011)

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Following the results of the 2010 Census, the State of Massachusetts is losing one congressional district. District lines need to be redrawn to reduce the total from ten districts to nine.

    The current legislators representing Framingham; State Sen. Karen Spilka, (D-Ashland), a Member of the Special Joint Committee on Redistricting, along with State Reps. Tom Sannicandro (D-Ashland),  and State Rep. Chris Walsh (D-Framingham), US Rep. Ed Markey (MA-7th), and several other other MA legislators will be holding a public forum to discuss redistricting, Saturday, June 18, 2011, (more…)