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  • Board, Committee and Commission Positions Available

    Framingham Town Hall, The Memorial Building
    Framingham Town Hall, The Memorial Building

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – One of the duties of the Framingham Board of Selectmen, (“BOS”), is to appoint residents to serve on various boards, committees, and commissions.

    The BOS has published the following list of vacancies that it is seeking to fill:

    • Agricultural Advisory Commission – 2 Positions
    • Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee – 1 Position
    • Board of Health – 1 Position
    • Cable Advisory Committee – Position
    • Community Development Committee – 7 Positions
    • Conservation Commission – 2 Positions (more…)
    Board, Committee and Commission Positions Available

  • Framingham Earth Day Festival, Saturday April 28th

    Earth Day graphicFRAMINGHAM, MA – The Town of Framingham will celebrate Earth Day 2012, on Saturday, April 28th. Events are scheduled throughout out the day.

    The day starts with Framingham’s 12th annual Greenup Day. From 9:00am to 12:00 noon, join friends, neighbors and other volunteers at various locations throughout Framingham to help remove trash and debris from ponds, rivers and streams, parks and roadways to improve Framingham’s environment. For complete information about Greenup Day and details of meetup locations, visit:  www.greenupday.org

    From 10:00am to 12:00 noon Framingham will participate in World Tai Chi & Qi Gong Day on the Centre Common (rain or shine). Tai Chi & Qi Gong are “Chinese healing techniques and exercises have been used to treat certain conditions, stimulate the immune system and harmonize and balance the body’s energy.”  All are welcome! For more info World Tai Chi & Qi Gong Day, visit: www.tqhi.org

    From 11:00am ’til 3:00pm the 2012 Framingham Earth Day Festival will be held on the Village Green, (Framingham Centre Common).  Educational, environmental and fun events for families, kids and people of all ages including on-site recycling, sustainable living demonstrations and over 80 vendor booths showcasing green and eco friendly products, local foods and art and craft items by area artisans. There will be games, crafts, face painting, a magic show  and other activities just for kids.  Live performances by “The Elderly Brothers“,  “Something With Digby” and “Adam & Eve” will fill the Common with music for the afternoon.

    In case of Rain, the Festival will be held indoors at Framingham High School, (on “A” Street).

    For detailed schedules of  events, and other info, visit the following websites:

     

    For more information, contact: Donna Kramer Merritt, Chair, Earth Day Festival Committee by email at: FraminghamEarthDay@gmail.com, or by calling (508) 788-7300.

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    Framingham Earth Day Festival, Saturday April 28th

  • Access Framingham Partners with Talking Information Center

    AF-TV partners with TIC
    Access Framingham (AF-TV) to partner with Talking Information Network (TIC), award winning reading service for the visually impaired.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA– Access Framingham, the nonprofit public access corporation for the Town of Framingham, has embarked on a new partnership with the Talking Information Center (TIC), an award-winning radio reading service for the blind and visually impaired.

    AF-TV carrying award winning reading service for the visually impaired

    “As part of our mission to engage and serve this community, we think this alliance with the Talking Information Center is a wonderful way to help facilitate the exchange of ideas and information for a wide audience”, says Access Framingham Executive Director, Bill McColgan.

    “We are delighted to be able to provide this service to those in need in Framingham”, says Ron Bersani, the Executive Director of Talking Information Network. “We appreciate the support of Access Framingham”.

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    Access Framingham Partners with Talking Information Center

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