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  • Laramie Project Closes After Sellout Weekend

    PHOTO - Matthew Shepard
    ~=Matthew Shepard=~(12/1/1976-10/12/1998)

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – After months of planning, casting, rehearsing and finally performing the play — “The Laramie Project” closed after its second sellout night at Framingham High School.

    I didn’t see the play. I’ll admit to never going to a play unless my kid was in it. What I did see and hear were an incredible amount of civil rights “in action” and discussed and debated in the schools and on the streets of Framingham.

    The photo of Matthew Shepard on this page is so nobody forgets that the The Laramie Project is about a murder. A 21 year old kid was killed by two cowards.  The murderers attempted to use the fact that Matthew Shepard was gay as an excuse for how their planned robbery went very wrong.

    The killers were Meth-heads.  They were too lazy to work for a living. The robbery was all about “getting money for drugs“.  They singled out (more…)

    Laramie Project Closes After Sellout Weekend

  • WBC Protest in Framingham

    Framingham, MA - December 3, 2010, Westboro Baptist Church police barricade setup for protest.
    Early a.m. police barricade at A St. and Concord St. as police control traffic near Framingham High School.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Under the cover of darkness T.V. news trucks quietly pulled into the old State Lumber parking lot at the corner of School Street and Concord Street.

    It was still before dawn as reporters fixed their hair, straightened their jackets and ties, and cameramen readied their equipment.

    The Assignment: Get some film of the Westboro Baptist Church members who are in town to protest the play, “The Laramie Project“.

    The controversial play is about the murder of a gay 21 year old University of Wyoming student,  Matthew Shepard, who was beaten and left to die in 1998 and how the community dealt with the issue.

    The Westboro Baptist group travels around the country protesting the play, but are perhaps even better known for protesting at the funerals of US Soldiers who were killed in war.

    The play will be performed at Framingham High School tonight and (more…)

    WBC Protest in Framingham

  • Framingham’s NEW News Network

    FRAMINGHAM.NET - Framingham news outlet.
    New Framingham News Outlet!

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Being one of the largest towns in the U.S. of A., Framingham has a plethora of online news. There are community websites, (such as www.framingham.com), online newspapers, lots of blogs, team and organization website and many, many more online information resources.

    The worst problem is finding time to browse them all — up until now that is.

    Introducing WWW.FRAMINGHAM.NET !!

    Using something called “RSS”, (Really Simple Syndication), most blogs and some other types of websites automatically prepare a newsfeed. Many blogs prepare several of these feeds, (e.g.- one of the 5 latest articles, one for just a certain category of posts, and others which contain user comments or other info).

    The purpose of the RSS feeds is (more…)

    Framingham’s NEW News Network

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