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		<title>Rep. Tom Sannicandro Promotes Citizen Lawmaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRAMINGHAM, MA - A strong advocate for using technology to make government more transparent and accessible, Representative Tom Sannicandro was recently featured in The Economist for a website that asks his constituents and other interested parties to collaborate on and ultimately draft a bill to regulate net neutrality. The magazine featured an article titled Government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Framingham Building Commissioner Target of Investigation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRAMINGHAM, MA- Starting in 2008, George Lewis, (a Town Meeting Member for Precinct 18), started making inquiries at the Town's Building Department about properties in his neighborhood that appeared to be in violation of certain Framingham bylaws. George felt his property values and the quality of life in his South Framingham neighborhood near Waushakum Pond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WBZ-TV Channel 4 I-Team Investigates Framingham Official</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRAMINGHAM, MA - Following an investigation over the past two months, WBZ-TV "I-Team" reporter Joe Shortsleeve has produced a segment regarding certain Framingham municipal government related personnel and financial issues. This afternoon Joe confirmed that the segment which was originally scheduled to air tonight, (Monday October 31, 2011), has been preempted due to the volume [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Julian Suso Says Farewell to Framingham</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRAMINGHAM, MA - After 5 1/2 years, Framingham Town Manager Julian Suso is leaving office this week after not having his contract renewed by the Board of Selectman. Suso, who was a candidate for the Town Manager position in Duxbury, MA and Chatham, MA earlier this year but lost out on his bid for those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second Pre-Halloween Snow Falls on Framingham</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRAMINGHAM, MA- Having snow even once in October is pretty rare for eastern Massachusetts, but for the second time in three days, snow fell on Framingham. As predicted, precipitation moving up the U.S. eastern seaboard combined with low pressure and declining temperatures resulted in a Nor'Easter dropping approximately 3" of wet snow in town between [...]]]></description>
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