Saturday, May 18, 2013
Raise the Roof event to help family battling cancer, students art auction, James and The Giant Peach performance, Materialize show ends this weekend and Garden Club's annual spring sale all featured in today's column.
Our daily column, 5 Things You Need to Know Today, will help you to get your day started and offer you some fodder for water cooler conversation. 1. There is a Raise the Roof event scheduled today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to help Kris Burke and her family. Burke, a Framingham resident, is battling stage 4 cancer. Friends and family have raised money to make repairs on her home. The first project is complete. Rexford Kidd of Capital Contractors repaired the family's front steps, and donated a portion of the labor and materials. Now, today, workers are fixing the roof on the family's home. You can volunteer your time today by clicking here or you can donate money to the cause to Keeping Kris Strong to Middlesex Savings Bank, 235 Old Connecticut…
The 1993 graduate of Framingham High died while climbing down Snow Creek Wall said the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office.
Amy R. Stein of British Columbia, a 1993 graduate of Framingham High School, died Tuesday, May 14 in a tragic climbing fall. Stein, 37, was walking down from the Snow Creek Wall with other members of a climbing party when she jumped out of the path of falling rock and fell to her death, report the Seattle PI. Stein and four other rock climbers had descended the Orbit route on the Snow Creek Wall Tuesday afternoon, and were hiking down from the base when a large rock broke free above Stein, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said. She was in a narrow ravine, and moved to avoid the rock, stepping off the ledge and accidentally falling 70 to 100 feet, said the Sheriff's office. One of the climbers hiked out for help while another attempted …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Mass Bay Community College and Framingham have agreed to a 2-year lease extension for the college to use the former Farley School building Framingham Patch has learned.
UPDATED: 11 a.m. School Committee releasedits agenda and will vote onthe 2-year lease Monday night *** Framingham Patch has learned that MassBay Community College and Framingham has agreed, in terms, to a 2-year lease extension for the college to use the former Farley School building on Flagg Drive, next to Fuller Middle School and across from McCarthy Elementary School. Framingham School Committee is expected to approve a 2-year lease extension agreement, negotiated behind closed doors, for the college at its meeting on Monday night. Terms of the lease will not be released until after the vote. The college's original lease ends in August 2013. Framingham Town Meeting, earlier this month, approved $400,000 for the School Department to …
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Miriam McCarthy Elementary School
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Mass Bay Community College
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Fuller Middle School
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Taggart: "Working on the School Committee, to me, is about helping the town's educational program move forward in a positive direction while listening to the interests, hopes, and worries of the town, the school administration and the school employees."
Below is the statement sent to Selectmen and School Committee members from Don Taggart, a Town Meetting member from Precinct, 5 who would like to be appointed to the one-year School Committee vacancy, when Michael Bower was elected Selectman. As many of you know, my interest and involvement in education has been a life-long endeavor. My career path encompassed teaching at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Students have always been my top priority and in my over twenty-five years at Weston High School, I cherish the memories of my academic and personal relationship with so many. I have been able to keep in contact with many of them - some raising their children who are the same ages as my own boys! Aside from classroom …
With a win over rival Newton North, the Framingham High girls softball team improved their record to 15-2, and remain in first place in the Bay State Conference with 3 games remaining in the season.
Written by Erin Powers On a day dedicated to honoring the seniors, the Framingham High softball team took a key step in its quest for the Bay State Conference title with a win over visiting Carey Division rival Newton North. The Tigers took a one-run lead into the sixth inning when the Flyers’s bats came alive. Senior catcher Gia Ferreira (3 for 3) ignited the Flyers’s offense, hitting a 1-out double. Junior Cassie McKinnon, running for Ferreira, moved to third on a fielder’s choice hit by junior second-baseman Leslie Ferreira. With runners on the corners, junior pitcher Jess Proia worked through a several pitch at bat before rocketing a triple to centerfield, scoring McKinnon and Ferreira. Proia then scored on an RBI single from …
Solid pitching and timely hits secured the two victories for the Flyers.
Last Thursday, the Framingham High School freshman baseball team defeated Milton 4-2, behind a solid, 7-inning pitching effort by Nick Benoit and the timely hitting by Chris Grome & Jamie Brigham. Also last week, the Framingham High freshman baseball team defeated Braintree 5-4. AJ Tunno started the game on the mound but had to be removed after the first inning due to a back strain. Lefty Evan Pasewark, then righty Jeff Oberg took over on the hill. Offense came from Cam Klein, Christian Seariac and Brigham. Thanks to Charlie Pasewark of Photography in Motion for the slideshow of photos.
Elementary school losing an assistant principal, Framingham Town Meeting approved $102 million school budget, Framingham Police say sex offender misidentified, Chief Assessor leaving and school suspension workshop featured in today's column.
Our daily column, 5 Things You Need to Know Today, will help you to get your day started and offer you some fodder for water cooler conversation. 1. Framingham Town Meeting resumes tonight at 7:30 in Nevins Hall in the Memorial Building. Framingham Patch will be live blogging. Wednesday night, Town Meeting members approved the $102 million school budget. Read other discussion and votes from night 7, with Framingham Patch's live blog. To see what you have missed since Town Meeting began, check out our live blogs from Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5 and Day 6. 2. Framingham Public Schools will be looking for a new assistant principal at Wilson Elementary School, a week after a new principal was named. Last week, Framingham Superintendent …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Framingham Town Meeting will start the night hearing a presentation on the $102 million public school budget. Framingham Patch will be live blogging.
Framingham Town Meeting resumes tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Nevins Hall in the Memorial Building. Framingham Patch will be live blogging. Tuesday night, Town Meeting members approved a $13 million Fire Department budget and a $9 million Public Works budget with no discussion, within minutes; but spend almost an hour debating a non-binding resolution for English as second language classes. The resolution failed. Read Day 6 of the Framingham Patch live blog of Town Meeting, for all of the ESL discussion Tuesday night. To see what you have missed on the other nights, check out our live blogs from Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5. Town Meeting will start tonight with a presentation on the Framingham Public Schools proposed $102 million budget…
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Framingham Memorial Building: Nevins Hall
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Framingham Police said the man reported by Hemenway PTO parents and mentioned in an alert by the school principal has been confirmed as not a registered sex offender.
Framingham Police said the man reported by parents and mentioned in an alert by a school principal has been confirmed as not a registered sex offender, said Framingham Police Lt. Ron Brandolini. The Framingham Police school resource officer McGrath and the Police Safety Division, through an investigation, have confirmed that the individual seen yesterday on the bench by the PTO member was mistakenly identified and is not the registered sex offender from Framingham’s register sex offender list, said Brandolini. Police have confirmed that the individual has no criminal history, said Brandolini. Police investigated and determined that the property in question, where the benches are located are on Heritage House, which is private property and …
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Heritage At Framingham
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Hemenway Elementary School
729 Water St, Framingham, MA
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
One of Framingham's elementary school principals sent out an alert to parents that there was a report of a registered sex offender near the school.
Updated: With information from Framingham Police *** Hemenway Elementary School Principal Lucia Laguarda sent out an alert to parents this afternoon that there was a report of an "individual that was suspected of being a registered sex offender waiting at the bench located between the Heritage House and Hemenway School." The principal told parents that the "location is a public bus stop and it is within the legal distance of the school, if in fact it is this individual." The K-5 elementary school principal told parents in her alert she has asked the Framingham Police safety officers to follow up with school administration on the report. Framingham Police Lt. Ron Brandolini said there was a report of a "level 3 sex offender on that bench in…
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Heritage At Framingham
747 Water St, Framingham, MA
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Hemenway Elementary School
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Kevin Fox
2:32 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013
Don, I wish you the best in your bid for the school committee seat. Re: item #4: Often, I hear and read that "all the facts will never be known" to the public relative to the sexual assaults that took place within the high school and the administrations handling of the matter both at the school and central office level. I am the social worker who resigned on March 27th and I am the person the two… more ›