Shake Your Soul, Cafe License Approval and FHS Guidance Dept. Gone

1. Framingham Selectmen unanimously granted a common victualer license to The Original Honey Baked Ham Co. of Georgia, Inc. to operate as the Honey Baked Ham Company & Cafe on Route 9 East.

The new cafe side of the Honey Baked Ham business will have 24 seats inside the establishment and allow the company to sell deli sandwiches. All of the meats would arrive to the store already cooked and sliced and Honey Baked Ham employees would quickly assemble the sandwiches based on orders.

Prior to the vote by Selectmen, the Health Department and the Zoning Board of Appeals approved the 24-seat cafe.

2. First Parish in Framingham is hosting a Shake Your Soul event tonight at 7. 

Shake Your Soul is a participatory dance program with world dance and yoga, led by Abby Schwab, an experienced yoga and dance instructor, who will be accompanied by three drummers. 

Shake Your Soul is an approach to body and spirit fitness. In addition to all the traditional benefits of exercise, feeling and expressing joy is at the core of Shake Your soul. Neuro-scientific research points to dance as being one of the best ways to create mental clarity, health and happiness. Pre-registration is requested. $20 in advance and $25 (cash only) at the door.

To learn more about Shake Your Soul, watch the attached video clip.

3. FLYER UPDATE: Framingham High's girls ice hockey team lost to Waltham 3-2 Thursday. Tonight, the Lady Flyers basketball team will host Dedham tonight at 5:15 at Framingham High.

4.  The Framingham High School Guidance Department has been re-named the Framingham High School Counseling Department, to better reflect the change role of the position and the department. For additional information, visit: http://www.framingham.k12.ma.us/fhsguidance.cfm


5. In Case You Missed It:  The Town of Framingham was designated a Green Community by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Town will promise to complete 5 core initiatives and in turn the state awarded Framingham more than $300,000 in grant money. Click here to learn more.