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  • IAFSA Celebrates 140 Years of Service with Alumni House Exhibit

    IAFSA Celebrates 140 Years of Service with Alumni House Exhibit

    Alumni House, Framingham State University
    Alumni House, home of IAFSA

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – 2014 is a landmark year for the Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni (IAFSA). It was founded 140 years ago in 1874.

    Drawing from its archives and loaned items from alumni, IAFSA staff and volunteers have assembled a 140th Anniversary Celebration Exhibit at Alumni House, 42 Adams Road, Framingham.

    As honored guests, members of the Framingham State Class of 1964 will officially open the exhibit with a ribbon-cutting ceremony during IAFSA’s annual meeting on Saturday morning, May 17th, 2014. The exhibit will close following IAFSA’s student scholarship award reception in the fall.

    The exhibit features student life, alumni achievements and reminisces. It includes a retrospective fashion display, mementos, and (more…)

  • City or Town? Framingham Charter Rumblings Heard Once Again

    City or Town? Framingham Charter Rumblings Heard Once Again

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – In the municipality that claims to be “The Largest Town in America“, rumblings, in the form of off-the-cuff remarks, hushed whispers and a few outright cries for reform are once again being heard in Framingham.

    For those who weren’t around in the late 1990’s — or weren’t paying attention, the last Charter Commission was established, heard from, and its findings quietly tucked away along with the rest of the efforts to reform Framingham’s government from its historical Town Meeting form into a City, with a Mayor and City Council.

    The commission’s Majority Report from 1996-1997 began with the following statement- (more…)