Framingham Hockey honors Bobby Brown for his 50-year involvement. He has been a volunteer coach for all levels of Framingham Youth hockey, Framingham South High School and Framingham High School. He has served as a varsity assistant, a junior varsity head coach, and one night last February against Medford was the varsity head coach. He was honored at the start of the Flyers vs Braintree hockey game Saturday night. During Brown's 50+ years in Framingham hockey, he has been an influence on many high school players including Stanley Cup Champions like Peter Taglienetti, but one of his biggest …

Hundreds of toys were collected from generous Framingham Baseball families and other Framingham residents last week at O'Connell's Pub for Framingham Baseball's 9th Annual Toys for Tots Party. A special thanks to the MetroWest Republicans for the generous cash donation, said organizer Janet Leombruno. Framingham Firefighter Tom Falone and Sharon Gilbert with Timothy's Toy Box will finish delivering the toys to needy kids in Framingham today, Dec. 24, just in time for Christmas.

Got Hockey? We do! Tonight, Dec. 12 is the Framingham High School Flyers boys hockey season opener. Come on down to Loring Arena for our home opener and see the Flyers Varsity Hockey Team take on the Weymouth Wildcats. See the new 2012-2013 team in action! The puck drops at 7 p.m.Tickets are $5 adults, $3 students with a valid ID and $2 for children.Not a hockey fan? How does airfare, 18 holes of golf at the Liberty National Golf Course, dinner & overnight hotel accommodations for 2 sound? As an ongoing fundraiser this season, the Framingham Flyers will be auctioning off this amazing golf …

Long-time Framingham resident Margaret (Hammond) Walenski, a captain in the U.S. Army in World War II was recently awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur medal by France at a ceremony in Westborough. It is the highest award given by the country of France. She was a nurse during World War II. She served from 1943 to 1946 in Europe and at the former Cushing Hospital in Framingham, which is now Cushing Memorial Park.

Access Framingham is holding an open house for the community Saturday, Nov. 10 from 1 to 5 p.m. at its studios inside Fuller Middle School.

NCR Corporation is on a mission to make small business easier by bringing NCR Silver™, a small business point-of-sale (POS) system, to select Staples stores nationwide, including the Framingham location.NCR Silver, which operates on Apple® iOS devices like the iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch®, will be prominently displayed on aisle end-caps, providing NCR Silver with a premiere location within Staples stores and making it easier for customers tofind. Signage will highlight NCR Silver’s powerful payment, security and business management tools.Small business owners who visit Staples will get the …

Class of 2012 Keefe Regional Technical School graduate Daniel De Oliveira of Framingham was honored with a special award ceremony, where he received his national SkillsUSA bronze medal in welding sculpture at Keefe Tech last month. SkillsUSA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preparing high school and college students for careers in technical, trade, and skilled service occupations through local, state, and national programs and competitions. The Welding Sculpture contest is designed to assess the ability of the competitor to design and produce a sculpture of that design, as well as …

Summit Montessori School held its annual community picnic Sunday. Students (ages 3-11) and their families had an afternoon full of games, food and fun.

Access Framingham will premiere The Breakfast Bunch, a production of the August AF-TV Video Camp tonight, Sept. 29 at 7. The small group of campers interviewed the Framingham recycling coordinator, Framingham Firefighters and the handler of Framingham Police Department's dog. They also created commercials for the program and AF-TV promos. For a complete listing of upcoming broadcasts, or to view the Access Framingham programming online visit www.accessfram.tv

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Managed by Rob Marifiote and assistant coaches Jim Gavagan and Bob Modica, Framingham 12 year old boys took home the grand prize, the Baystate A Division Championship. *** Over 28 games, the team had record of 21-7 (tied with the most wins), batting average of .350, 40 Home Runs, 235 total hits, 212 Runs For and 109 Runs Against as they powered their way through each round. They had strong pitching to go along with their powerful offense as well.Team members were Jarrod Marifiote, Jake Modica, Michael Gavagan, Jake Brockway, Sam Phipps, Michael Gill, Joey Tramontozzi, Patrick Watton, Brendan …

This past Sunday morning at Dunning Elementary School the playgrounds were very busy. You may think that means that there were lots of kids playing on the equipment, running around the blacktop, and riding bikes. Well, not so much this time.   A group of families, led by PTO mom Stephanie Ngom, were fully engaged in spreading 180 cubic yards of playground wood carpet (better known as mulch), so that the playgrounds would be ready in time for school's opening on Aug. 29. Dunning dads, moms, and kids were armed with their wheelbarrows, pitchforks, rakes, shovels, and work gloves as they …

HomeGoods was one of the two recipients of the 2012 Boston Red Sox Jimmy Fund Award, the Jimmy Fund’s highest honor. Framingham-based HomeGoods was honored for its more than 10 years of support the company has given to the Jimmy Fund, which supports adult and pediatric cancer care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. HomeGoods President Ken Canestrari and David Glenn, Senior Vice President, Director of Stores for HomeGoods, accepted the award at Fenway Park on July 16. Originally called the Yawkey Award – named for the late owners of the Red Sox – the Boston Red Sox Jimmy Fund Award …

The Framingham Baseball travel Lou Tompkins U13 team shutout Arlington in the last game of the regular season. Lefty Alex Leombruno pitched 5 scoreless innings, and lefty reliever Chris Grome came in and closed the game, together allowing just 3 hits in 7 innings. John Baker provided stellar defense to keep help keep Arlington off the board. Brady Bykowski, George Tremblay and Alex Leombruno had multiple hits for Framingham. Framingham has advanced to the Tournament of Champions and will play Newton on Tuesday, Aug. 7.

Wednesday night, it down poured. To get the baseball game in, a group of 14 year old baseball players had to clean up the field for an hour, before they could play. It was worth the effort, as the Framingham baseball team won in extra innings against Belmont, 3-2. Thanks to Framingham Patch reader Liz Coleman for these photos!

With a repertoire from Berlioz to the Beatles, Trio Andante performed at the main Framingham Library on Wednesday. Members of the group include flutist/saxophonist Ed Harlow, guitarist John Mason and vocalist/cellist Ellen Cogen. They performed jazz to classical to pop music. Thanks to Framingham Patch reader Joel Winett for these photos!

The 14U AAU Framingham Rebels went up against AAU teams that draw their top players from multiple towns at last weekend’s Dan Duquette Summer Heat tournament in Hinsdale. The Rebels, an AAU travel team formed in 2011 consisting of players exclusively from Framingham, emerged champions after going 5-0 against competition from NY and MA. Key pitching by Franky Damata, Sammy Phipps, AJ Tunno, Nick Cronin, Zach MacGregor and Nick Benoit fronted the strong defense of Jamie Brigham, Christian Seariac, Nate Duda, Griffin McGann and Evan Hermanson. Two walk off hits in 2 come-from-behind games by AJ …

The Tour de Natick -Ride for Natick Scholars, an annual bike ride that starts and ends on the Natick Common, was held Sunday. Produced by the Natick Rotary Club and sponsored by local businesses, the event raises money for scholarships and other support for Natick students. There were two riding options: a 25-mile ride and a 6-mile ride.  Thanks to Framingham's  Charlie Pasewark of Photography in Motion for these photos!

By Amaris Pena BLOCKS Preschool celebrated its Annual Fun Day, earlier this month, with lots of fun activities for  students and the staff.  This event, partly sponsored by BLOCKS PTO, included a petting zoo with goats, chickens, rabbits and alpacas; a huge inflatable slide and bouncy house; an obstacle course; sports such as soccer and golf; a planting station where the kids planted flowers and vegetables to take home; facepainting and tattoos; and yummy popcorn and sno-cones!  We also had a visit from a Framingham firetruck, where the kids were able to explore the truck.  More than 30 …

Framingham Fire and Framingham Police responded to a car crashing into a tree on Fenway Drive near Linda Avenue at about 1:20 p.m. No other information was available on the crash, including the condition of the driver. Thanks to Framingham Patch reader Lily Devlen for these photos.