Around Town

FRAMINGHAM HISTORY CENTER WINS $100,000 GRANT

June 16th, 2009

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Annie Murphy, Executive Director of the Framingham History Center announced that she received word of a a $100,000 grant from American Express to restore the Edgell Memorial Library’s windows. Nearly 2.5 million people voted in the Partners In Preservation competition. The Edgell Library placed… [read more].

Rally 'Round The Flag

June 14th, 2009

Fittingly, a U.S. flag carried in Civil War battles by the 13th Mass Regiment, made up of many Framingham men, has been returned to the Edgell Memorial Library where it will be under the supervision of the Framingham History Center. It has been on display in the Memorial Building’s main hallway since the close of Framingham’s Tercennial… [read more].

Framingham in Bloom

June 9th, 2009

Spring and flowers are busting out all over.  Thanks to the garden clubs and lovely and dedicated lady in Park and Rec, Framingham’s traffic islands and small parks are in bloom. Also thanks to folks like the DAR, who sponsors the floral display around our Minuteman statue, and Mark Galante of Exit Realty who sponsors the landscaping on… [read more].

Flag Day Open House at Edgell Memorial Library

June 7th, 2009

FRAMINGHAM, MA –The Framingham History Center will commemorate Flag Day, JUNE 14,by celebrating the return of the 13th Massachusetts Regiment’s flag to its home base at the Edgell Memorial Library. The FHC invites the public to view this beautiful silk 34 star flag which is probably the oldest American Flag existing in Framingham. It was given to… [read more].

Tastes of Old

June 3rd, 2009

As restaurants close during these hard economic times, we started thinking about  places we remember because  of the good food and atmosphere.  All too many are only a memory. People still talk about Giovanni’s, an Italian place that was on Rt. 9.  Union House was another legendary Italian eatery.   Marconi’s of Ashland another, briefly semi-reincarnated as Marconi’s… [read more].

Movie Making in MetroWest

May 31st, 2009

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Many places in and around Framingham are serving as backdrops for feature films. Hanson’s Farm, The Civic League Building, (soon to be owned by Mass Bay Community College), North End Treats on Rt. 30, and Mansfield St. are some of the Framingham sites. The Martha Mary Chapel in Sudbury was used in the new Matthew… [read more].

Those who serve

May 25th, 2009

On Memorial Day each year, there is a tour of Framingham’s sites associated with those who served in the military defending the US.  There is a bus, prayers, taps, wreaths, short speeches. Somehow it is expected and carried out. Thank you to the Veteran’s Council and all those who plan and carry out the tour, and the… [read more].

On the Chunnel's Anniversary, we think of our own water tunnel

May 17th, 2009

Similar technology and tunnel boring machines to those used in creating the English-French Chunnel made our MWRA 18 mile underground tunnel possible. While the Chunnel was created under the English Channel to avoid water, Framingham’s underground tunnel is to channel water to the Boston area. Members of the MWRA working group monitored the progress of our tunnel,… [read more].

Summer Concerts Cancelled?

May 9th, 2009

Although the concerts have been in jeopardy in past years due to lack of enough sponsors dollars, somehow enough comes through so that the shows go on. This year, with the economic meltdown, it looks as though Friday nights will be quiet on the Centre Common. Not only has the funding lagged, but also Jim Egan, Director… [read more].

The United Nations Comes to Framingham

May 6th, 2009

FRAMINGHAM, MA — In 1946, a United Nations search committee, accompanied by Governor Maurice Tobin visited Framingham. The committee inspected the Doeskin Hill area as a possible site for the permanent location for the United Nations. Back then, the idea was to find a relatively unpopulated convenient location to build a small United Nations city. While the… [read more].