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FPAC-TV: Framingham Public Access

  • Published: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:01:24 +0000
    Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress.com. After you read this, you should delete and write your own post, with a new title above. Or hit Add New on the left (of the admin dashboard) to start a fresh post. Here are some suggestions for your first post. You can find new ideas for what to blog about by […]... [read more]

Amazing Things Arts Center (atac)

  • Published: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:14:40 GMT
    Taking Action from a Place of Strength - I have important news to share about ātac and our 2021-2022 season. After careful consideration, the Board of Directors and I have...... [read more]

  • Published: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:01:02 GMT
    Public Art: Many Cultures, One Heart - The newly formed Framingham Centre Common Cultural District (FCCCD) is creating a public art project entitled, Many Cultures, One Heart...... [read more]

  • Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:49:43 GMT
    Reopening and Plans for the Future - It’s hard to believe that a year ago, we still weren’t aware of what was coming. Many of us have lost income, a sense of safety, and most...... [read more]

  • Published: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:00:14 GMT
    Annual Meeting January 27th - Come for the votes and the annual report and stay for the performance with Corey Laitman! I know most of us would prefer not to look back...... [read more]

  • Published: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 03:29:57 GMT
    Walk-Up COVID-19 Testing - In order to help our community stay healthy and safe, we've offered up our parking lot to the Framingham Board of Health...... [read more]

  • Published: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:44:54 GMT
    "Creating Our Future," tee shirt design contest! - ātac is excited to announce "Creating Our Future," a tee shirt design contest!... [read more]

  • Published: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:39:30 GMT
    Introducing "Process" - Process is a series of talks with artists and performers.... [read more]

  • Published: Fri, 05 Jun 2020 04:00:00 GMT
    We Stand Against Racism - We are being called to examine all of the ways we contribute to systems of oppression and form a plan to create meaningful change.... [read more]

Framingham History Center Blog

  • Published: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 14:14:23 +0000
    Volunteer Spotlight: Ruthann Tomassini - If you have ever visited the Old Academy in the quest for historical research, you have probably met our wonderful Research Volunteer Ruthann Tomassini.   Ruthann was first… The post Volunteer Spotlight: Ruthann Tomassini appeared first on Framingham History Center. ... [read more]

  • Published: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 20:49:32 +0000
    MARY ELISABETH “LIBBY” FRANCK ARCHIVE - The post MARY ELISABETH “LIBBY” FRANCK ARCHIVE appeared first on Framingham History Center. ... [read more]

  • Published: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 19:51:26 +0000
    Framingham History Center awarded $90,000 Cummings grant - Framingham nonprofit receives 3 years of funding from Cummings Foundation The Framingham History Center is one of 150 local nonprofits that will share in $30 million through Cummings… The post Framingham History Center awarded $90,000 Cummings grant appeared first on Framingham History Center. ... [read more]

  • Published: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 17:09:50 +0000
    Captain Simon Edgell and his Book - Originally published in the 1982 Framingham Historical & Natural History Society newsletter by Curator Stephen Herring In the collection of the Framingham History Center there is a slender… The post Captain Simon Edgell and his Book appeared first on Framingham History Center. ... [read more]

  • Published: Wed, 31 May 2023 17:18:12 +0000
    Freemasons, Eastern Star, and DeMolay Archive Finding Aid - The post Freemasons, Eastern Star, and DeMolay Archive Finding Aid appeared first on Framingham History Center. ... [read more]

Jim Pillsburys Blog

  • Food wasted at Dunning elementary school -  I volunteered to monitor the food kids throw in the Black Forest compost bin for a pilot program. I was there for all the different grade lunches for 2 months or so.  The experience was enlightening and somewhat painful at the same time. My job was to make sure the unwanted food that the kids dumped in the cart was free from food stickers, plastics of any kind, spoons, forks and wrappers. The administration, teachers, teachers aids and the janitorial staff have it down to a science. ... [read more]

  • The latest P.O.S.T (Peace Officer Standards and Training) Commission report - The updated P.O.S.T Commission (Peace Officer Standards and Training) report for the period ending January 31, 2023 was made public this week. The report details sustained allegations and disciplinary actions taken by the commission. Unfortunately, FPD has 30 officers on the list. All but one are certified. Which is more than the 24 officers who appeared on the last commission report of late last year. Last year according to the report, one officer who was decertified for the three sustained c... [read more]

  • The RMV is now implicated in the state trooper commercial license scam -  Seen in the Globe today, retired ex-trooper Calvin Butner was indicted on falsifying records for commercial drivers licenses. A former RMV employee Cornelius Rivers who was friends with Ruben Laroche who was applying for a CDL license was worried that the state trooper giving the road test would not treat Laroche fairly because Laroche was black. Laroche is suing the Brockton RMV to allow him to take the road test. As of now, the RMV has refused to schedule the exam. Two years ag... [read more]

The Hamster Blog

  • Final Project Approval Signals the Beginning of the New Nobscot Village - On Thursday, February 27, the Framingham Planning Board voted to approve the long-debated mixed-use development of apartments and retail stores at the Nobscot Shopping Center site on Water Street in Nobscot village. With that vote, the village truly entered a new era of redevelopment, and hopefully, vitality as a neighborhood center. For well over a decade, residents and visitors have shaken their heads while passing by the dilapidated and increasingly vacant strip mall. Why did such a proper... [read more]

  • City Council Ushers In a New Era in Nobscot Village With Approval of Zoning Change - Just after 9 p.m. last night, Framingham's City Council voted unanimously, 11-0, to approve the new B-4 Village Zoning District bylaw for Nobscot. For the people that filled the Blumer Room in the Memorial Building for the City Council meeting, it was the culmination of years of effort by city officials, residents, and property owners, often filled with rancor, disagreement, debate, and ultimately, compromise. For a zoning change that was thought to have little chance of receiving the necessary... [read more]

  • Saxonville Mills Embraces the Community and the Future While Still Preserving the Past - The Saxonville Mills, one of Framingham's strongest remaining ties to its industrial past, has been an integral part of the north side community for nearly two hundred years. Some recent changes have greatly strengthened its relationship to the city's residents. This past weekend, I attended the open studios event at the mills. Unlike the open studios of past years, when I first moved to Framingham nearly twenty years ago, the last couple have provided access to not only the long-time artist... [read more]

Historic Framingham (blog)

  • Alexander Rice Esty - Alexander Rice Esty (1826-1881) was an American architect. He was born in Framingham and attended school at the Framingham academy on the town centre. Among other things, he designed the Moses Ellis house/building, home of the Summit Montessori school. He is buried in the Edgell Grove cemetery.... [read more]

  • Moses Ellis house - Unfinished digital drawing/painting of the Moses Ellis house. The Moses Ellis house is located at 283 Pleasant Street in Framingham. Moses Ellis had this Italianate style house built circa 1865 on land previously owned by William Buckminster. It was designed by none other than famed local architect Alexander Rice Esty. It is now the home of the Summit Montessori School. Moses Ellis made his fortune back in San Francisco as a merchant during the Gold Rush.... [read more]

  • Pike-Haven house - The Pike-Haven house sits at the corner of Belknap Rd and Grove St and marks the beginning of what is known as Pike Row (Belknap Rd to Brook St via Edgell Road). It is the only still standing house in Framingham that predates the incorporation of Framingham as a town. Jeremiah Pike built the house ca 1697 and his direct descendants (son, grandson, and great grandson) including Gideon Haven lived there, hence the name Pike-Haven for the house.... [read more]

The Blog of Bob Baril

  • Ashland's Awesome Academy's Afterglow - Have you ever experienced a powerful wave of nostalgia as you drove past a certain place which was once a very special part of your life?  That's exactly what I experienced this past Saturday, March 16, 2024 as I drove past the Federated Church in downtown Ashland, Massachusetts.  That place, the Federated Church in Ashland, was the home for many years of New Covenant Christian School.  And what you may ask was New Covenant Christian School?  Well, New Covenant Christian Scho... [read more]

  • Is there EVER a CORRECT way to leave a church? - "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God."  (I Corinthians 10:31)One of the two hundred or so members of a private Facebook page for Ministers shared an interesting article a few days ago.  The article is, "7 Ways to Not Respond When People Leave Your Church" by Barnabas Piper, an assistant pastor at Immanuel Church in Nashville.  I read the article with interest.  Ouch!  I was guilty of five of the seven bad responses, and I'd... [read more]

  • STUFF I WANT TO SAY - "So teach us to number our days, That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom."  (Psalm 90:12)The quote from Psalm 90 verse 12 I'm opening with is from the King James Version.  In the more up-to-date New Living Translation, it's translated as, "Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom."This is not a hint for presents or cards or anything like that.  I do have a birthday coming up in a few days.  Honestly, although I'm glad to be feeling better now, I... [read more]

Nature of Framingham

  • First Flowers of Spring - I haven't posted to this blog for a long, long time, but I wanted to keep up the tradition of posting a picture of the first flowers to bloom here in my part of Framingham, Massachusetts.  Here they are!  March 29, 2014! Yay!... [read more]

  • Goliath Heron! He's a GIANT HERON! - This magnificent creature is the largest heron in existence today. We saw this one in Zambia.  It is a Goliath Heron, presumably named after the giant named Goliath from the bible,  Pete caught sight of this guy, and I'm frankly surprised that my photos came out as well as they did, considering that we were in a boat at the time. Check out that bill!  It's massive!  This bird stands nearly a foot taller then the Great Blue Heron, and has a wingspan of 7 feet or more. &... [read more]

  • When you hear hooves - think ZEBRAS! - No one could resist getting excited at the sight of a baby zebra!  They are so cute and cuddly looking that they look more like stuffed animals than wild animals!  (By the way, if you are reading this and saying zee-bra, you are pronouncing it wrong.  In Botswana and Zambia, the last letter of the alphabet is pronounced "zed".  The word Zebra should rhyme with the word Debra). We saw a LOT of zebras in Botswana and Zambia, and eventually they became so familiar that t... [read more]


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