General Interest

Framingham Library Grant Awarded

March 29th, 2004

New Saxonville / McAuliffe Branch Planned FRAMINGHAM, MA – Framingham’s McAuliffe Branch Library receives construction grant. After years of being on the waiting list for construction dollars from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commisssioners, the library was awarded a $1,654,493 provisional Library Construction Grant to build a new branch library in Saxonville. It’s another first for Framingham… [read more].

Flag Day is Coming! Flag Day is Coming!

March 29th, 2004

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Flag Day is Coming: If you would like to help out with the Framingham Flag Day Parade or the fundraising events, like Pasta Night, call Doug Freeman, 508-879-6394, or Ben Lineback at 508-405-4111…. [read more].

Save Wednesdays for History

March 29th, 2004

Framingham Historical Society Events Scheduled FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Framingham Historical Society and Museum is staking out Wednesdays. On the first Weds., a coffee & tea hour will be held at 10 a.m. at the Edgell Memorial Library. The second Wed. is “Museum After Hours” night from 4-7 p.m. If you haven’t been to the museum lately,… [read more].

2nd Annual Framingham Police D.A.R.E./P.A.L. Roadrace

October 1st, 1999

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Framingham Police D.A.R.E./P.A.L. is holding the Second Annual Roadrace along with a 5K & 1/2 Mile Kids Fun Run on November 7, 1999 in Framingham, Massachusetts…. [read more].

Cruise Night at Riley's in Nobscot

March 8th, 1998

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Saturday nights, throughout the summer and early fall, the parking lot of Riley’s Roast Beef, and the area surrounding the intersection of Edgell Road and Water Street is transformed into a cruise-in. Hot-rod, classic car, antique vehicle, and motor cyles enthusiasts, some from as far away as New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island, and… [read more].

With or Without Wheels

April 21st, 1997

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Temperatures above 50 degrees and wind from the east are not considered favorable conditions for running from Hopkinton to Boston, and it was already starting to show on the faces of some of the ten thousand plus runners as they paced their way through the Framingham stretch of the 101st running of the Boston… [read more].

April Fool's Blizzard of '97

April 1st, 1997

FRAMINGHAM, MA – After an unusually warm winter, with little snow, people were a little amused when, during the last days of March, meteorologists started predicting a blizzard would hit the area. It wasn’t Yankee humor, but the weather forecasters did have the last laugh when rain, then sleet, then snow, snow, and more snow buried the… [read more].

From Our Frozen Fish Dept...

January 19th, 1997

FRAMINGHAM, MA – With the temperature below freezing for the past week, many people look for warm, comfortable, indoor activities to pass the time on a New England Sunday afternoon, but Jim Richards would rather do something he’s done for the past 40 or so winters… go fishing! Richards, a custodian at the McCarthy School, packs his… [read more].

Framingham Inventor Hits Home Run

December 18th, 1996

FRAMINGHAM, MA – At Larry Bucaria’s house, kids are always encouraged to play at the kitchen table… not with their food, but with the games Larry invents. Bucaria, who takes his game inventing seriously has set up shop, (under the name Kitchen Table Games Inc.), in Building 4 of the former Dennison complex. The company’s first game,… [read more].

Framingham Inventor Hits Home Run

December 18th, 1996

FRAMINGHAM, MA – At Larry Bucaria’s house, kids are always encouraged to play at the kitchen table… not with their food, but with the games Larry invents. Bucaria, who takes his game inventing seriously has set up shop, (under the name Kitchen Table Games Inc.), in Building 4 of the former Dennison complex. The company’s first game,… [read more].