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Source: www.wickedlocal.com --- 23 days ago
Included are riders’ names, e-mail addresses, age, and gift identification numbers. David Badeau, dave.badeau@fmr.com, 47, DB0002 Alexander Badeau, alexander.barnett@gmail.com, 45, AB0214 Craig Berkson, craigberkson@hotmail.com, 42, CB0203 Craig Berlinski, caberlinski@hotmail.com, 35, CB0215 Eric Berman, edberman_99@excite.com, 37, BE0034 Lynda Cain, blcain1@rcn.com, 47, LC0143 Denise Camerato, dcamerato@ropesgray.com, 45, DC0230 Carol Conway, cwckcc511@aol.com, 53, CC0106 Fred Crockett, fgcrockett@yahoo.com, 41, DR0061 Scott Desatnick, scott_desatnick@hotmail.com, 33, SD0131 Rue Diamond, rd@cornerstone-building.com, 53, RD0113 Blanche Dietz, blanchedietz@rcn.com, 61, BD0044 Victor Dietz, drdietz@rcn.com, 64, VD0004 Paul Ferrari, ferrari.family@comcast.net, 44, PF0002 Ramon Franco, rfranco1@comcast.net, 38, RF0084 Cindi Glickman, cglickman@rcn.com, 49, CG0051 Chuck Hall, chall@cornerstone-building.com, 53, CH0139 Kevin Harris, kbhonline@yahoo.com, 37, KH0013 Novak Shashona Kaye, gsem@comcast.net, 36, SN0047 Joe Kynoch, joekynoch@yahoo.com, 53, JK0042 Jaime Manion, Tundratess@aol.com, 43, JM0472 Michael manion, mmorris@mmpc-cpa.com, 55, MM0348 Thad Peterson, thad.peterson@monster.com, 37, TP0092 Stephen Richards, scr1@rcn.com, 52, SR0004 Gary Rosenberg, grosenberg@beharkalman.com, 55, GR0039 Suzy Rudich, sar@baupost.com, 39, SR0127 Philip Schwartz, p.e.schwartz@comcast.net, 64, PS0131 Jon Siegel, jonds@rcn.com, 50, JS0015 Lisa Smith, le ... Source: www.wickedlocal.com --- 28 days ago
Three local organizations hope a forum next week will help towns along the mercury-laden Sudbury River find ways to cooperate instead of competing for $3.9 million available for restoration projects. A public brainstorming session is Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at Memorial Hall in FRAMINGHAM in the Deborah Blumer meeting room. Teaming up to organize the meeting are the MetroWest Growth Management Committee, the Sudbury-Assabet-Concord Watershed Council (SuAsCo) and the Sudbury River Watershed Organization. They say they want to discuss ways that towns and advocacy groups can get the best bang for their buck. "It's good to see there's attention coming to the Sudbury," said Nancy Bryant, SuAsCo's executive director. "Good things can come from this." The funding for restoration projects is available from a 1998 settlement with the old Nyanza dye company in Ashland. Companies on that site dumped industrial waste into the waterway from 1917 until 1978, and mercury contamination remains today, as evidenced by signs warning people not to eat fish from the river. Three state and federal agencies are accepting applications from the public for that funding and will decide how it will be divided. They held a kickoff session to hear ideas in June. Applications are due Sept. 9. "We thought if we could sort of provide them with an opportunity and see if they could collaborate rather than submitting individual applications, we might be more successful," sa ... Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com --- 14 days ago
FRAMINGHAM denied an open records request for information on outside legal and professional services spending relating to SMOC's lawsuit against the town. I made the request because I don't believe that this kind of spending should be a secret from Town Meeting members and from the public. My reading of the law is that towns have to respond in time if they want to deny a request and that legal spending is never protected information in any lawsuit. I'm looking for support, especially legal support, when I take this to court if necessary. I don't trust the selectmen and many town meeting members to act effectively here. They ignored their own lawyers repeatedly about acting toward SMOC. According to the lawsuit, their actions were what resulted in the lawsuit in the first place. They have been repeatedly sued successfully by other agencies in the past for similar activities. Further, since individuals in town government are individually sued, there is a real smell of underlying fear by the individuals involved. Since the people involved are defending themselves and the town at the same time, it is obvious that they will put their own situation over government responsibilities. FRAMINGHAM pays lots of money for liability coverage for the town and town officials. Town officials turned this into an important public matter when they voted themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars for additional lawyers when they had free representati ...
Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com --- 25 days ago
The Board of Selectmen will host a public review of RCN-BecoCom, Inc., the town's cable television operator Tuesday night, according to the town's Web site. Town residents can attend and "offer testimony on any cable-related matters," according to the Web site. In addition, the selectmen's agenda indicates the board will have a joint meeting with the Conservation Commission focused on a deer management program that would continue to allow bow-hunting on two pieces of town-owned land this fall. The public part of the board's meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.. ...
Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com --- 16 days ago
The Zoning Board of Appeals blocked a proposed move of the South Middlesex Opportunity Council's headquarters last night. SMOC - a social service agency - had hoped to move its administrative headquarters less than a third of a mile from its present location at 300 Howard St. to 15 Blandin Ave., which is in a manufacturing zone. The organization argued the move was permissible under a Massachusetts state law commonly referred to as the Dover Amendment, which allows for organizations that meet certain criteria to circumvent local zoning law. SMOC said its programming constituted an educational use - one of the criterion that triggers the law. The ZBA, however, upheld Building Commissioner Michael Foley's finding that the primary use of the facility was not educational. SMOC bought the 5-acre property from NStar in 2005 for about $2.2 million. In June, SMOC attorney Jim Hanrahan noted SMOC's lease "is coming to an end" at the current locale. Now the future of the headquarters appears to be undetermined. "Obviously we're disappointed and disagree with the decision of the board," said SMOC spokeswoman Jane Lane outside the Blumer Community Room in the Memorial Building. "SMOC's attorneys will be reviewing the decision and deciding a future course of action." ZBA members Karl Thober, Stephen Meltzer, and Susan Craighead upheld Foley's findings - effectively denying the project - by a 3-0 vote. "Providing a conduit to social services i ... Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com --- 8 days ago
The Board of Selectmen's meeting schedule has been unveiled for the remainder of 2008. The board will meet on the following dates: Tuesday, September 9, 2008 Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Thursday, October 2, 2008 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Tuesday, December 2, 2008 Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Tuesday, December 16, 2008 ... Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com --- 16 days ago
School Committee members said they hope a wider salary range of $190,000 to $215,000 for their next superintendent will attract a top-tier candidate to the job. Originally, the salary was about $200,000 to $215,000, including benefits, according to a draft version of the brochure advertising the job. The new range is intended to ease concerns that the superintendent job's original base pay was set too high. Board member Andy Limeri said that $200,000 struck him as high for a base salary. Eugene Thayer, who is in his second year as interim superintendent and makes about $192,000 a year, said a salary should be included in advertising for the job. "If they don't know (the salary), they may not apply," said Thayer. Chairman Philip Dinsky did not favor the move, and was the only member of the seven-member board to vote against the salary switch. "I'd hate to be in the situation were we cheapened it and didn't get the best" candidate, said Dinsky. The School Committee has created a 12-member search panel to review future applicants for the job, and expects to appoint panel members next month. The search panel will publicly recommend three to five finalists for the job to the main school board, and public comment will be solicited on the finalists. School Committee members, who make the final choice, hope to have a permanent school boss chosen by early next year. (John Hilliard can be reached at 508-626-4449 or John.Hilliard @cnc.com.) ... Source: www.wbjournal.com --- 9 days ago
FRAMINGHAM State College has hired a new vice president for college advancement, Christopher Hendry of Nashua, N.H. ... Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com --- 15 days ago
The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project will once again spray pesticides to curb the local mosquito population in town starting tonight and ending Monday. The spraying will occur tonight and Monday night between dusk and 11:30 p.m., according to a press release. The organization uses Anvil, which contains sumithrin. The Environmental Protection Agency classifies sumithrin as a slightly toxic pesticide. Tonight, spraying will occur in areas of Central Street, Prospect Street, Lockland Avenue, Summer Street, Beacon Street, and near Concord Street between the Mass Pike and Hartford Street. Spraying will also be done in south FRAMINGHAM between Waverley Street and the Ashland town line. Monday, the areas around Elm Street, Griffin Road, Pinewood Drive, Lowther Road, Danforth Street, School Street, Brownlea Road, and Lake Road will be sprayed. The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project is advising residents to go indoors when they see a spray truck approaching and close any windows that face the street. ... Source: www.wbjournal.com --- 14 days ago
Symbollon Pharmaceuticals Inc. of FRAMINGHAM, which said in May that it had only enough assets to keep running through the end of June, now says it can sustain operations through September. ... Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com --- 9 days ago
Times have changed for FRAMINGHAM school officials and Franco Bruno, once the coveted coaching catch for the high school's girls varsity soccer team. Bruno, who resigned from his post last December, is suing the town and a handful of school employees. In his court claims, Bruno contends the town infringed on his freedom of speech rights during his three-year stint at the helm of the Flyers girls soccer team. He also alleges a whistleblower statute, which protects those who object to public policy that threatens safety, was violated. Bruno filed the suit in U.S. District Court last week. The seeds of the quarrel were sown in the fall of 2006, when Bruno, despite the request of the town's Parks and Recreation Department, declined to have his players move 400-pound soccer nets off the field, citing safety concerns. The Web site for Anchored for Safety, a nonprofit organization, indicates 34 deaths and 51 injuries have resulted from falling soccer goals in the United States and Canada since 1979. "I know it's a danger," said Bruno last November. In early October 2006, Bruno had what court documents described as a "verbal confrontation" with Parks and Recreation employee Chris Brown over moving the goals at Winch Park. Brown, according to Bruno's claims, told the coach to have his players move the goal when practice finished. Bruno declined and later admitted to yelling at Brown. The next summer the Parks and Recreation Commission vot ... Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com --- 7 days ago
Alessandra Cecala's annual benefit concert to raise awareness for organ donation returns Saturday, Aug. 23, from 6 - 11 p.m. at the FRAMINGHAM Civic League, 214 Concord St. Bands playing at the concert include Letterday, All Hands On Deck and Kid:Nap:kin. Cecala organized the first Take Heart concert in 2006, when her family learned first hand about the need for organ donors. Cecala said her father Dominick has had a heart condition for 13 years that worsened until he was hospitalized in 2005. His heart was so weak that he was put on a machine to keep it beating until he could receive a heart transplant. Dominick Cecala received the new heart and has since returned home. "I decided I would take my family's tragedy and turn it into something positive. Fusing my two passions together, I use music and organ donation to organize several benefit concerts for organ donation awareness,'' said Cecala. "My father received a transplant shortly after the first event, ending the long wait we endured for a donor heart. Just one donor can save so many lives,'' said Cecala, 19. The first concert, which also featured informational packets and a speech from Cecala, comprised Cecala's Girl Scout Gold Award project. She officially received that award this month. A Gold Award is the highest achievement a Scout can attain, a 65-hour community service and leadership project. The first event brought in $1,000, which Cecala donated to the American Heart Asso ...
Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com --- 18 days ago
The Zoning Board of Appeals will consider at least two hot-button issues at its meeting tomorrow night. Plans for a proposed T-Mobile cell phone tower that would be erected in the fringes of St. George's Cemetery and a proposed move of the social service agency South Middlesex Opportunity Council's headquarters from 300 Howard St. to 15 Blandin Avenue are both featured on the ZBA's agenda. Neighbors of the cemetery have protested T-Mobile's plans, saying the graveyard is not an appropriate place for a 100-foot monopole tower. Other town residents, meanwhile, are concerned about SMOC's attempt to move into a manufacturing zone through an educational provision in a law oftentimes referred to as the Dover Amendment. Both applicants have requested an extension for the each decision deadline to Aug. 29. ... Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com --- 23 days ago
A mixed reaction to a mixed decision. After some contentious debate over a land-use initiative, that's how the Board of Selectmen meeting culminated last night. Ultimately, the board approved bow-hunting on one town-owned piece of land - Wittenborg Woods - while rejecting bow-hunting on another - Macomber Woods. The selectmen's decision is an altered version of a Conservation Commission proposal meant to manage the local deer population and help conserve the ecosystem. Last June, Conservation Commissioner Bill Merriam said the ecosystem as a whole suffers as a result of a growing deer population that goes unchallenged by the dearth of natural predators in the 21st century. The commission wanted 10 permits to be issued for Wittenborg and five for Macomber for the full hunting season - Oct. 13 through Dec. 31, excluding Sundays. Macomber is a 57-acre parcel on Badger Road near Salem End Road. Wittenborg covers 83 acres in the northwest corner of FRAMINGHAM, according to the town's Web site. Selectmen approved five permits for Wittenborg and shot down the Macomber measure altogether. The Conservation Commission wanted to allow hunters on those two parcels of land to curb over-browsing of vegetation in the forest's understory. Last fall, a pilot program was tried out on both pieces of land. Three deer were killed in Wittenborg. The bow-hunting idea has drawn protest from residents who say the measure is not an appropriate use of town-owned ...
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The state Senate has approved $1.5 million in funding for repairs to the building that houses the Danforth Museum of Art. "Mrs. Nathaniel Coffin" by Gilbert Stuart is part of the Danforth's permanent collection The museum, located in a town-owned building, has been struggling with needed repairs to the aging structure. The funding proposal, already passed by the House of Representatives, must still be approved by the governor before it becomes a reality, said state Senator Karen Spilka, who sponsored the appropriation. "It's not an automatic that the town gets the money, but it is a step closer," the FRAMINGHAM Democrat said. "We have to convince the administration down the line that this is a critical need." Katherine French, the museum's director, said total repairs to the building could cost anywhere from $2 to $3 million. -- Tanya Perez-Brennan ...
If there is a hostage situation or a standoff with an armed suspect, the Police Department's special operations team will be much safer, thanks to a new armored SWAT vehicle. The team is undergoing training on the new armored vehicle, Deputy Police Chief Craig Davis said yesterday. "We wanted armored protection for the members of our tactical units so we could respond to a scene as safely as we could," Davis said. The added safety came cheap. The department paid about $1,000 total for the vehicle. The large International truck was donated by Brinks. It was previously used as an armored truck to transport money. The vehicle was in good mechanical shape, but cosmetically, it needed some help. "It was a rust bucket," Davis said. K&S Auto of FRAMINGHAM donated its time and service to remove all of the rust. FRAMINGHAM Welding & Engineering then added the extras, including a turret on the roof, as well as removing all of the money cases in the back. Adesa then painted the vehicle non-reflective black, while Silton Glass tinted the windows. The only money spent was $1,000 for extra metal, Davis said. "The different businesses came together to help us," he said. "We would never have been able to do this without them. We got a $60,000 to $80,000 vehicle for $1,000." The truck can transport 12 SWAT members at one time, doing away with the need to bring several vehicles to dangerous scenes. Because of the armor, Davis said, the vehicle can ...
The lawyer for a FRAMINGHAM woman accused of being a cocaine trafficker argued yesterday in FRAMINGHAM District Court that the drugs found in her apartment were for her and her boyfriend's personal use. John Daly Jr. said Nicole Chiasson, 24, and Edwin Santana, 30, planned on using and not selling the more than 20 grams of cocaine police discovered at 447 Water St. "I think an expert would agree, 20 (grams) could be for personal use," said Daly. "I haven't heard any suggestion that there were any drug dealing going on." Santana and Chiasson, along with Luiz Infante, 18, of FRAMINGHAM, and a 16-year-old boy, were arrested Friday after FRAMINGHAM Police served search warrants on their homes, prosecutor Anne Pogue said. At the Water Street apartment, police found a "large quantity" of cocaine and marijuana, the prosecutor said. One baggie alone contained 20 grams. Police also found a baggie of cocaine hidden in Santana's underwear. "The case against both of these defendants is very strong," Pogue said. Pogue told Judge Douglas Stoddart she did not have a copy of a search warrant detailing why police decided to search 447 Water St., which is above Gerard's Turkey Farm, and 14 Swanson Road. Police said Gerard's Turkey Farm is not connected to the drugs. Pogue asked Stoddart to set $10,000 bail for Santana, while she asked that the $1,500 bail Chiasson posted on Friday be continued. "These are very serious drug charges," Pogue said. "Bo ...
A FRAMINGHAM man told police on Wednesday he never spoke to a man who claimed to be one of his pot customers. Officers quickly discounted Christopher Cardona's story when they hit the redial button on Celso DeOliveira's cell phone, and Cardona's phone rang, police spokesman Lt. Paul Shastany said. On the phone with a police officer, Cardona admitted selling marijuana to DeOliveira. Officer Timothy O'Toole was downtown near Gordon Street around 6:15 p.m. when a man told him people were dealing drugs at a nearby park. There were several complaints recently, so police were watching the area, Shastany said. O'Toole drove to the park in a marked cruiser and saw Cardona hand drugs to DeOliveira, he said. "The officer was 15 feet away from these individuals, in full uniform," Shastany said. DeOliveira drove off, and O'Toole stopped him when he ran a red light. "(O'Toole) told Celso he saw what he believed to be a drug transaction," said Shastany. "He said, 'Yeah, I did it,' and he handed the officer a corner baggie of marijuana." Another officer caught up to Cardona, who denied being a drug dealer. "Cardona said, 'I don't have a job and I'm homeless. I never saw the guy,' " Shastany said. The officer used DeOliveira's cell phone to call Cardona, who then admitted to selling the drugs. Cardona, 18, who did not have a listed address, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, conspiracy to violate state drug laws, ...
A Stow man accused of murdering a FRAMINGHAM man in June was indicted today by a Middlesex grand jury. Kevin J. Porter, 26, of Stow, was charged with first degree murder, assault and battery with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury and assault and battery. Porter is accused of stabbing Jeffrey Weaver, 38, to death on June 24 in FRAMINGHAM after a fight at 38 Gordon St. Weaver was stabbed several times and was taken to the MetroWest Medical Center's FRAMINGHAM Union campus where he died. Porter was arrested that night hiding in a car in Stow. Porter is being held at the Middlesex Jail in Cambridge without bail. No Middlesex Superior Court arraignment date has been set. ...