On a beautiful sunny day, hundreds attended the 3rd Annual event on the Framingham Centre Common.
Framingham Earth Day Festival President Donna Kramer Merritt pictured with her daughter and her niece at the festival. Framingham Patch will post a slideshow from the festival next week.
The National Lancers, based out of Framingham, received a police escort Saturday morning.
The National Lancers, headquartered in Framingham at Camp DiCarlo, received a police escort Saturday morning. Formed in 1836 by then Massachusetts Gov. Edward Everett, the National Lancers is a volunteer troop of Militia cavalry. The National Lancers participate in dozens of parades, ceremonies and honor guard details every year, including Monday's Patriots Day celebration.
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Demolition of the main Framingham Library garage continued Wednesday.
Demolition of the main library's garage continued Wednesday. Demolition began on April 1 and was scheduled to last about two weeks. Parking is at a premium, while the garage is being demolished and during the new construction phase. In October 2012, Town Meeting members agreed to tear down the crumbling Framingham Library parking garage on Lexington Street. Town Meeting agreed to demolish the three-tier parking garage adjacent to the public library and creating a surface parking lot. The project will cost an estimated $935,000. There will be more parking spaces after the projects is completed than there were in the current garage, said the library.
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Monday, April 8 is Immigrants Day at the Massachusetts State House, and Framingham was well represented.
Today, April 8 is Immigrants Day at the Massachusetts Statehouse. Thanks to Kira Gagarin for the photo. Pictured are Gagarin, Dan Schullman and Ilma Paixao as well as Framingham State Representatives Tom Sannicandro and Chris Walsh.
Framingham Youth Hockey Squirt C2 team defeated Waltham 2-1 to win the trophy.
The Framingham Youth Hockey Squirt C2 team had a very exciting tournament last month. The team defeated Waltham in five overtime periods to win the tournament and bring the trophy home to Framingham. Final score was 2-1. The team is coached by Colin McCarthy with assistant coaches Tim Hannon, Brian Novello and Daniel Palma. Hockey players are Nicholas Novello, Ashlyn Ham, Ivy Hannon, Robert Steele, Joseph Martell, Darren Palma, Rachel Marinofsky, Christopher Hernandez, Braeden Peterson, Shane McCarthy, Aidan Wech, Joey Tunno, Ben Wheet, Chase Ellingwood, Matthew Sexton, Manny Julakis, Lucas Marshall and Brian Lavin.
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Framingham received a foot and a half of snow, but after the last flake had fallen, photographer Paula Swift captured this beautiful sunset.
Framingham received a foot and a half of snow with this week's storm. After the last snowflake had fallen, Framingham photographer Paula Swift captured this beautiful sunset over her neighbor's yard with her iphone. Swift, an award-winning photographer, has a studio in the Bancroft Building. Paula Swift Photography specializes in maternity, newborn, children, family photography, as well as high school seniors and engagement photography.
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Framingham Girl Scouts sold more than 2,000 cases of cookies during their door-to-door sales in December and January. Expect delivery starting today.
Framingham Girl Scouts sold 24,168 boxes of cookies during their door-to-door sales in December and January. Tuesday, those 2,014 cases were delivered to the Lutheran Church of Framingham. Girl Scouts will begin door-to-door delivery today, Feb. 6. If you didn't pre-order, don't fret you can still get your Thin Mint or Caramel de Lite fix, as Troops are holding booth sales through the first week in March at various locations throughout town. The more than 400 Girl Scouts in Framingham, as a whole, sold 4,140 more boxes of cookies this year than last year. *** TROOPS: Consider announcing your booth sales locations and times in the comment section below. 24,168 20,028
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The rain pushed the annual tree lighting inside for the Town of Framingham, but none of the children seemed to mind once Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived.
The rain pushed the annual tree lighting inside for the Town of Framingham, but none of the children seemed to mind once Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived. Framingham Patch will have more photos and videos of Santa, the Framingham Girl Scouts sing-a-long, the elementary school band performance and the fabulous entertainment from Framingham High School up soon. *** Until we post our photos and videos, feel free to upload your here!
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Thursday was the opening of Framingham's first Winter Farmers Market at First Parish Church hall.
Thursday was the opening of Framingham's first Winter Farmers Market at First Parish Church hall. Students from the preschool downstairs took the opportunity to explore and discover new things. Pictured is Framingham Centre Nursery School student Sadie Olin, 4, checking out a live lobster, which she told the other preschoolers was not scary to touch as his claws were taped. Shoppers were picking up fresh fish - haddock and cod were sold out by 1 p.m. - bread, scones, jams, jellies, vegetables and holiday greens and wreaths. The winter farmers market, managed by Jackie Meninno, will be open the first Thursday monthly at the church's hall.
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The Town of Framingham held a Veterans Day ceremony at Cushing Memorial Park and Cushing Chapel Sunday morning.
The Town of Framingham held a Veterans Day ceremony at Cushing Memorial Park and Cushing Chapel Sunday morning. Framingham Patch will have more photos and video from the ceremony on Monday.
Holli Andrews
7:38 am on Wednesday, April 10, 2013
In Downtown Framingham, we honor and celebrate the dreams, bravery and hope of immigrants who made the journey to Massachusetts! Our downtown is ripe with stories of family and pride -- people who are missed from faraway and dreams that were realized here. Sincere, robust thanks to the great people in this picture and to all who turned out to support the diverse cultural heritage of our fellow … more ›