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5 Things You Need To Know Today: May 2

Final Framingham Farmers Winter Market this afternoon, updates on Framingham Special and Annual Town Meeting, Discussion on Framingham Heart Study at JFS lunch at Temple Beth Am and Framingham Fire battled three major fires Wednesday all 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. Today is the final Framingham Farmers Winter Market at First Parish In Framingham from noon to 5:30 p.m. The market takes place in the preschool building (not the church). Free parking. Pictured in today's column is Hedgie's Hot Sauce, which will be one of the vendors at today's market. If you stop by the market, tell them you heard about it from Framingham Patch. 2. The Jewish Family Services Healthy Aging program is holding a Healthy Lunch and Learn titled Lessons from the Framingham Heart Study: How to Prevent your next Heart Attack and Stroke. at Temple Beth Am at noon. William Castelli, M…

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Framingham Winter Farmers Market Opens Today

Market will be open today from noon to 5:30 p.m. at First Parish Church.

Framingham's Winter Farmers Market opens today at First Parish Church. The market will be held in the church's hall, which is handicap accessible. This is the first year the Framingham farmers market wll beheld in the winter, said manager Jackie Meninno. The market will be held the first Thursday of each month from noon to 5:30 p.m. through May. Many of the vendors from the summer Farmers Market are participating in the winter market too, said Meninno. Hanson's Farm will be selling wreaths, greens and ornaments. At the manager's table, Jennifer Soap products can be purchased. Other vendors today include: Pasta D'Italia, Great Harvest Bread, Westminster Meat, C&C Lobster and Fish, Julie Z Breads, Hedgie's Hot Stuff, Odds n' Ends Pottery and…

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Farmer's Market Opens Thursday

Every Thursday from noon to 5:30 p.m. on the Village Green, residents can find Hanson's Farm and three other produce farmers, Great Harvest Bread Company, a meat vendor, a seafood merchant and more.

Fresh produce, kettle corn, fresh seafood and baked breads will be found at the Framingham Farmer's Market, which opens Thursday. Taking place every Thursday from noon to 5:30 p.m. on the Village Green (also known as the Town Common) on the Vernon Street side, the market will feature for now four  produce farmers (one organic farmer), Great Harvest Bread Company, a meat vendor and a seafood merchant.  Tom and Martha Hanson of Hanson's Farm are one of the vendors. The market will be located on the Vernon Street side. Jacqueline Meninno is the market manager.

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