Around Town

The Pies Have It

October 9th, 2009

One of the highlights of being in Framingham in October is the annual Pies on the Common sponsored by the First Parish Church. Mid-month on a Saturday, the Framingham Centre Common is alive with booths of not only home-made pies, dozens and dozens and dozens of them, but also a huge yard sale and booths of handmade… [read more].

Peaceful Resting at Edgell Grove Cemetery

October 4th, 2009

We decided to combine a walking outing with paying our respects to friends at Edgell Grove.  We wandered the parklike cemetery and looked up Debby Blumer and some Masonic brothers laid to rest there. Many familiar names jumped out and us and we enjoyed the designs and sentiments of the memorials.  The chapel and masoleum are quite… [read more].

Luau at the Lake - September 12, 2009

September 30th, 2009

FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Friends of Saxonville invite the greater Framingham Community to the 10th annual Discover Saxonville event. Each year The Friends focus on a feature of Saxonville that makes Saxonville special and unique. This year we highlight Lake Cochituate at Saxonville Beach with a “Luau at the Lake” on Saturday September 12th from 3PM to… [read more].

Sprucing up outside the Library Branch

September 27th, 2009

The McAuliffe Library now has two new signs.  The lawn sign includes some planets as a reference to Christa McAuliffe as teacher in space. The road and sidewalk in front of the main doors have been redesigned.  The crosswalk on either side has been  plagued by large puddles on rainy days and because of snow run-off.  Also, the… [read more].

Fire at Recycling Company stops Train Traffic

September 24th, 2009

FRAMINGHAM, MA — On Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 in the early evening, a fire raged in u-shaped mound of trash behind Conigliaro Industries, a recycling business at 701 Waverly St., Framingham.The trash pile of wood, paper, mattresses, plastics and more was estimated at about 250 long and 20 feet high and 20 feet deep, providing plenty of… [read more].

Respecting Neighborhoods

September 22nd, 2009

Recently there have been some storm clouds over neighborhoods that fear the impact of businesses trying to get permission to do business among them.  Locating a kennel in a residential area  and a cement plant adjacent to conservation land and dense neighborhoods certainly sound like cause for speaking up in defense of keeping the neighborhood free of… [read more].

Neighborhood Landscapes

August 19th, 2009

Slowly but surely we have had to have our old maple trees cut down before they fell over in a storm, or dropped a heavy  branch on a car.  They sheltered so many of our life events.  Our kids enjoyed a hammock hung from its branches, and its shade while playing in the sandbox and running through… [read more].

Many Happy Reunions

July 27th, 2009

This past weekend we went to a class reunion weekend.  Wow.  It was an uplifting experience.  We had conversations with people we only knew slightly in high school, but it didn’t matter.  We shared many common bonds, experiences, and viewpoints. Because of our age bracket, we could share not only parenting stories, but also how we have… [read more].

Summer Concerts rule on Centre Common

July 6th, 2009

They’re back!  Or at least they will be, if it doesn’t rain. Enough donations have been pulled together to fund the popular Friday night “Concerts on the Green” series during July and August and now, thanks to a rainout on July 3rd, the first Friday in September. They are just about the best free fun in town… [read more].

They do windows!

June 16th, 2009

Partners in Preservation awarded the Framingham History Center $ 100,000 to repair the windows at the Edgell Memorial Library. This was because so many people voted in the competition so that Edgell gained fourth place in their competition.  Yeah us! The old wooden windows are badly in need of repair and replacement, and their battered look is… [read more].