Business

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].

Keeping Up Appearances or Not

September 12th, 2009

Sometime ago a car ran into the front of a local pizza place, breaking the window and damaging the brickwork of the front wall.  The window was replaced as well as the bricks, but the bricks weren’t painted to blend in with the rest of the bricks of the front of the restaurant. Everytime we drove by,… [read more].

Going Postal

August 27th, 2009

We went down to the Rt. 30 Post Office to get a passport for our son.  It was not the best of experiences. There was a poster with information about which forms to use, but no one manning the passport counter.   A gentleman in the line mentioned to the person behind him that he was going to… [read more].

Many Happy Returns

August 24th, 2009

We admit it.  We do a fair amount of returning merchandise we changed our minds about keeping.  But we work within the return policies and deadlines, and always have our receipt ready. Lately, probably due to the economy, we have seen more people returning things when we are shopping.  From the looks of some things, we guess people… [read more].

Rack It Up

August 11th, 2009

The empty store front in Shoppers World on Rt. 9 W where Linens N Things was has signs announcing that Nordstrom Rack will be opening there. Nordstrom Rack is the company’s off-price retail division offering discounts on products from their mainline stores, Nordstrom.com, and special purchase items.  A big focus is name brand shoes.  Sounds a bit like… [read more].

Browsing for Bargains

August 5th, 2009

We have been cleaning and purging clutter and things that we just don’t need anymore.  We loaded up the pickup and took the useful items and clothes off to the St. Vincent de Paul store on Franklin St. After dropping off our donations, we wondered around.  A woman was talking to anyone who would listen about the… [read more].

Pizza Picks

July 31st, 2009

Within the last week or so we went back to two restaurants that we hadn’t been to in a while, Bertucci’s and California Pizza Kitchen. Bertucci’s still has those great Tuscan rolls.  The small house salad was fresh and generous.  The Sporki was as good as we remembered it. California Pizza Kitchen was OK.  The Chipolte Chicken… [read more].

Whole Foods hosts July 4th Grill event

June 24th, 2009

Framingham, Mass. – June 25, 2009 – Whole Foods Market is firing up the grill to help send the Framingham High School Drama Company (FHS-DC) to Scotland in 2010. FHS-DC was selected recently to perform and represent the U.S. at the world’s largest and most prestigious arts festival, the Edinburgh Fringe. “We’ll be serving up delicious summer… [read more].

Rainy Day Red, White & Blue Cheer

June 24th, 2009

Inspite of rainy day after rainy day, which some people tell us reminds them of summer in Seattle, we are cheered by our pots of flowers. An abundant pot of yellow mums that we picked up for $ 5.99 at Trader Joes is flourishing.   The $ 3.99 pot of  bluish petunias from River’s Edge is also settling into it’s… [read more].

Cutting Back

June 21st, 2009

Hubby went to the Saxony Barbershop in Saxonville on Saturday prepared for the usual long wait.  Not so.  Barbers were standing around waiting for customers.  They said they had never, in all their years in business, seen it so slow.  Due to the economy people are letting weeks go by before getting a haircut. Sounds like longer hair… [read more].