Tuesday, April 2, 2013
A Framingham native founded and owns his own nonprofit organization called Superheroes Anonymous.
Editor's Note: This story, which originally ran in July 2012, has been republished in our quest to highlight the good deeds Framingham natives and residents are doing. Chaim Lazaros said he is also known as 'Life," as he is a 'Real Life Superhero." He told radio station WBUR he dresses in his own "unique superhero persona and goes out and do acts of good." Originally from Framingham, he has been living in New York City for about a dozen years. "I go out and I give homeless people toothbrushes, socks, underwear, a little bit of love, listen to their stories if they want to talk - that type of thing," he told WBUR. He owns a non-profit organization called Superheroes Anonymous. Originally founded in 2007 by Ben Goldman and Lazaros as an …
Sunday, October 21, 2012
University Police Officer Kristen Walls, who is stationed in Kosovo as part of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, nominated her supervisor for the award.
The U.S. Department of Defense presented Framingham State University Police Sgt. Robert Barrette with the Patriot Award, for going out of his way to support fellow University Officer Kristen Walls. Walls, a member of the Framingham State University patrol division, is a First Lieutenant with the Massachusetts Army National Guard, Delta Company 223 Military Intelligence Battalion. She is currently deployed in support of Operation Joint Guardian, a NATO mission in Kosovo. She nominated Sgt. Barrette for the Patriot Award, which recognizes efforts made by supervisors to support enlisted guardsman or reservists through a wide-range of measures including flexible schedules, time off prior to and after deployment, caring for families and …
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Framingham High graduate and Framingham State University student was the recipient of the MetroWest Women's Alliance Camilla Hilbert Scholarship.
At the age of 8, Tiana Graham left her father and the only country she had ever known. Today, the Jamaican-born Framingham resident Tiana Graham was awarded the MetroWest Women's Alliance Camilla Hilbert Scholarship. The MetroWest Women’s Alliance, an initiative of the United Way of Tri-County and the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce, along with Framingham State University funds two MetroWest Women’s Alliance Camilla Hilbert Scholarships. These full scholarships are given annually to two women, who will attend Framingham State University, and who are immigrants or daughters of immigrants. Graham, a graduate of Framingham High, is one of the 2012 recipients. She is a member of the class of 2013 at Framingham State. Graham spoke at 2nd Annual …
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Knox Trail Council of Boy Scouts of America awarded Jason Smith the 2012 Framingham Good Scout Award last week, before a standing room only crowd.
Knox Trail Council of Boy Scouts of America awarded Jason Smith the 2012 Framingham Good Scout Award last week, before a standing room only crowd.
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Monday, September 17, 2012
Mark Ruiz was one of 10 American teens who participated in the Boston Red Sox Lindos Sueños (“Beautiful Dreams”) Program in the Dominican Republic over the summer.
For the ninth straight year, the Boston Red Sox and Lindos Sueños sent 10 American teens to the Dominican Republic where they performed community service and played baseball alongside teammates from across the Dominican Republic. Mark Ruiz, 17 of Framingham was one of the lucky 10 teens to participated and was honored in a pregame ceremony at Fenway Park on Aug. 25. After a nationwide search and interview process, Ruiz was selected as one of the 20 teen participants (10 American, 10 Dominican). He traveled to the Dominican Republic, specifically Santo Domino between July 25 – Aug. 3, as part of the Lindos Sueño. Over the summer, the Lindos Sueños participants performed their community service in El Mamón de Guerra, a small village adjacent…
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Eight years ago the Wyman, Rossi and Potorski families started the Massachusetts Unbreakable Spirit Walk and Family Fun Day. They have raised more than $450,000 to help find a cure for Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
Framingham Youth Football and Cheerleading honored Christina Wyman Rossi and her extended family for their efforts in the community and to help find a cure for Osteogenesis Imperfecta last Sunday. Rossi and her extended family created and hold annually the Massachusetts Unbreakable Spirit Walk and Family Fun Day, held at Framingham State University's athletic field. Osteogenesis Imperfecta is characterized by fragile bones that break easily. It is also known as “brittle bone disease.” A person is born with this disorder and is affected throughout his or her life time. Christina, her son Jack, and other family members have the disease. Framingham Youth Football and Cheerleading started honoring citizens as Heroes Among Us last year. Rossi …
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Tickets still available for tonight's and Sunday's performances with Up With People.
In 1992, Nancy Levy Silver traveled across the country and the world with Up With People, an organization that combines performing arts, community service and global education. "It was an amazing experience," said the Framingham mother of two and registered nurse. Silver lived with host families, performed in show-after-show and did community service all over America and the world. She said her cast was from Arizona, California, Georgia, Floria, South Dakota as well as Sweden, Portugal, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany and Italy. This week, 20 years after she was part of Up With People, she volunteered to make salad and Asian noodle pasta for this year's cast, in MetroWest for one week and three shows. She first volunteered to make …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The Good Scout Award is bestowed upon individuals who have demonstrated integrity and genuine concern for others in both their professional and personal lives.
For his involvment with youth in Framingham, Knox Trail Council Boy Scouts of America will award Jason Smith of Framingham with the 2012 Framingham Good Scout Award later this month. The Good Scout Award is bestowed upon individuals who have demonstrated integrity and genuine concern for others in both their professional and personal lives. The recipients need not have been Scouts but must carry the “Spirit of Scouting” into their adult lives. Smith has been very involved in with youth sports teams in Framingham including baseball, football and basketball. As a coach, he has served as a role model to many Framingham youth over the years. Smith has served on the Framingham Board of Selectman since 2006. He is a past mentor of the John …
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Framingham resident Elizabeth Fideler answers this question in depth, in her new book which profiles professional women over 60 throughout the country.
As she neared 65, Framingham resident Elizabeth Fideler “found myself very reluctantly retired,” she said. Fulfilling both her desire to keep working and chronicling the same choice made by other women her age, Fideler researched and produced an in depth study, Women Still At Work: Professionals Over 60 and On the Job. The book investigates what other older women do as they enter retirement age, profiling 34 older women, she said. Women over 65 make up the fastest growing contingent of the labor force she said, adding that this is not just a result of increased numbers of older women from the baby boom generation or the increased longevity of life. “Neither of those factors completely explains this phenomenon,” Fideler said. Women are …
Monday, July 23, 2012
Local Eagle Scout Matt Hugo constructed and installed birdhouses in elderly communities around town to bring residents company and a lesson about the environment they live in.
Hoping to “spice things up” at several local nursing home communities, Matt Hugo of Framingham built and installed over 20 birdhouses outside these homes as part of his Eagle Scout project. As he attracted birds, Hugo said he wanted to make life for the elderly more exciting and teach the residents the importance of local wildlife. The birdhouses will attract chickadees, the Massachusetts state bird, and small woodpeckers. Hugo, with help of 16 other scouts and friends, learned the art of woodworking as they constructed each birdhouse. They installed seven birdhouses in each nursing home community, he said. The project gave other Scouts the opportunity to earn their own woodworking merit badges. Directly involved in each step of the …
Kim Poness
2:58 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Christine - you continue to amaze and inspire (I remember you from my EMC days)! You truly are a hero in every sense of the word! more ›