Nine New MA Status of Women Commissioners Appointed, Two From Framingham
Logo of the newly established Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, (Oct. 2, 2014)FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women is pleased to announce the appointments of nine commissioners to the MetroWest Commission on the Status of Women. The Commissioners are as follows: Cathy Ashton of Wayland, Leonor Filipe of Framingham, Patricia Hohl of Framingham, Kelly Love of Norwood, Jennifer Maseda of Natick, Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert of Norfolk, Nancy Rosenblum of Ashland, Denise Schultz of Franklin, and Heather Wightman of Hopkinton.
The Commissioners will be sworn-in at the Inauguration of the MetroWest Commission on the Status of Women at the D. Justin McCarthy Center at Framingham State University in Framingham, MA on (more…)
UPDATED – Central Street Bridge in Saxonville Being Rebuilt
Central Street Bridge Project Map – Click to Enlarge.
FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Central Street Bridge which spans the Sudbury River over the “Great Falls at Saxonville” is being removed and replaced, check for detours and construction delays.
UPDATES:
12/27/14 – According to a large flashing construction sign by the School Street / Concord Street intersection; the Central Street bridge will close on January 5th, 2015.
12/26/14 – traffic island at intersection of Central St. and Water St. removed, traffic signals and wiring being cleared for demolition.
Project Background:
The bridge replacement project is being performed by contractor under the direction of The Massachusetts Department of Transportation, (MassDOT). Construction schedules call for contractors to performed deconstruction and removal of the bridge starting in late December or early January and continuing through the winter months so that reconstruction may begin in the Spring of 2015. MassDOT has established a deadline of August, 2015 for completion of the new bridge.
The current bridge is named for Anthony M. “Tony” Colonna, a former public servant and lifetime Framingham resident who served as a MA State Representative, (many tribute Tony with bringing two MassPike exits to Framingham), then as Head of the Public Works Department and a Magistrate, and eventually the Clerk of the Framingham District Court for many years.
The Central Street Bridge project was planned in coordination with the recently completed Wickford Street Bridge replacement so that traffic which would usually come into or leave Saxonville via Central Street can be detoured over the Sudbury River using the Wickford Street Bridge.
FRAMINGHAM, MA – Months become weeks, weeks become days, and as December 25th approaches, children’s questions like; “How long until Christmas?“, and “Are you sure Santa knows where our house is?“, come with increasing frequency.
Thanks to NORAD, (the North American Aerospace Defense Command), kids of all ages can track Santa’s travels on Christmas Eve with radar accuracy — and spend time on the NORAD Santa Tracker Website playing games and enjoying other activities while they wait for the jolliest elf to arrive.
History of the NORAD Santa Tracker:
1955 Sears Christmas Ad mistakenly publishes Air Force / CONAD hotline number.
In 1955, a U.S. Air Force agency called “CONAD”, (the Continental Air Command), had it’s phone number, (ME2-6681), mistakenly published in Christmas ad for the Sears Roebuck store in Colorado Springs, CO.
The ad encouraged kids to call the number to talk to Santa.
In the spirit of Christmas, CONAD Operations Director, Col. Harry Shoup had staff give children updates on Santa’s location.
Three years later, the United States and Canada formed NORAD, and the agency decided to follow Col. Shoup’s lead, and made the “Santa Hotline” a favorite annual event for the agency.
From 1955 to 1996, the “Santa Tracker” was a call-in telephone hotline and newspapers, radio and television programs promoted it to children across the country.
In 1997, Santa went high-tech, and the agency created the NORAD Santa Tracker website — which has been updated over the past 15 years to include “live satellite tracking” and fun, interactive activities for kids.
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