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  • Framingham Daze Family Fair (and Duck Race)

    "Adopt" a duck for $5, or a flock of (5) for $20!
    "Adopt" a duck for $5, or a flock of (5) for $20!

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Framingham Rotary Club will be holding it’s Framingham Daze Family Fair and the much anticipated Duck Race on Saturday June 12, 2010 from 11:00am until 4:00pm at Butterworth Park, (located at the corner of Grant St. and Bishop St.)

    Money raised by the Framingham Rotary Club has been donated to improving Butterworth Park including installation of new playground equipment, a gazebo and more over the past few years.  Improvements to Butterworth Park are  one of the many worthwhile, local, charitable works funded by the club.

    The Framingham Daze Family Fair will (more…)

    Framingham Daze Family Fair (and Duck Race)

  • European Fire Ants

    PHOTO - Myrmica Rubra (European Fire Ant)
    Myrmica Rubra (European Fire Ant). Photo courtesy of Gary Alpert at en.wikipedia

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Professor Eldridge Adams studies the “behavioral and population ecology of social insects” at the University of Connecticut. Working with Wen Chen, a Ph.D student, Adams is researching the spread of Myrmica rubra, or the European Fire Ant which is part of the INANE, (“INvasive Ants of New England”) project.

    Adams contacted Darren Guertin, (Framingham’s Conservation Agent), asking that people, especially those involved with nature centers, wildlife sanctuaries, and similar organizations report any sighting of the ants.

    The ants are red in color with a darker shade of red to the head.  They primarily live under fallen trees, stones and in the soil.  They build colonies which consists of many nesting sites with up to 100 queens.  Considered an invasive species, the aggressive European Fire Ant eats (more…)

    European Fire Ants

  • 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…)

    Memorial Building Summer Meetings Move to Callahan

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