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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.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.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 ...
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.wbjournal.com --- 7 days ago
NMS Communications Corp. of Framingham announced that it has received notice from the Nasdaq that it is out of compliance with the stock market's rules. ... Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com --- 18 days ago
Selectmen and School Committee members are slated to continue discussions tomorrow night on whether the aging Jonathan Maynard building should become the permanent home for School Department administrators. The joint meeting between the two panels is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the selectmen's office in the Memorial Building. Following that session, the School Committee will hold its regular meeting at 8 p.m. in the King Building on Water Street. The Maynard building, on Vernon Street, is already home to the superintendent's office, the School Committee office, plus school human resources, business, special education and other departments. Due to space limits, the School Committee doesn't meet there - instead holding most of its sessions at the King Building. School officials want the building as a permanent School Department headquarters, but want the building repaired before they would take it over. Over the past few years, Town Meeting has approved more than $800,000 to replace the roof and windows, along with brick work, to make the exterior weathertight. Those repairs have not been completed, and the town is working with a consultant that specializes in old buildings. (John Hilliard can be reached at 508-626-4449 or John.Hilliard @cnc.com.) ... Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com --- 22 days ago
Framingham State College will use a $89,000 grant to offer its nutritional expertise to local schools and other organizations that grapple with the rising rates of obesity in children. Offered by the MetroWest Community Heath Care Foundation, the grant allows Framingham State to share nutrition and health resources from its consumer science department and other programs, said Robert Martin, the college's vice president of academic affairs. Now in its third year, the grant allows Framingham State to work closely with area organizations that also get financial aid from the health foundation to address childhood obesity. "We're bringing the expertise of our program and our faculty to help them," said Martin. The college is also home to the Stalker Institute of Food and Nutrition, which works to integrate nutrition education into school health, meal services and physical education programs. Foundation President and CEO Marty Cohen said the college helps at least 20 other groups with their own childhood health campaigns. "We are very lucky to have that resource in our backyard," said Cohen. The foundation provides support for programs - especially those aimed at children, the poor or the elderly - in 25 area cities and towns. Part of Framingham State's efforts include sending student interns to work with college staff on developing health-related activities, as well as conducting workshops on nutrition, school lunches and other topics. ...
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. ... Find more results for Framingham on RSSMicro.com |
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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 ...
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. ...
Security camera photos taken during two recent bank robberies show suspects who look similar, but investigators yesterday refused to say the holdups were committed by the same man. The TD Banknorth branch at Rte. 9 and Temple Street was robbed on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. by a man passing a note demanding money and warning that he had a gun. Last Thursday, the Framingham Cooperative Bank at 838 Concord St., was robbed at 8:30 a.m. in the same way. "The appearances are very similar," police spokesman Lt. Paul Shastany said. Witnesses described the Framingham Cooperative Bank robber as white, approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 150 pounds with short brown hair in a military style hair cut. He had blue eyes with facial hair. During the robbery, the robber wore a black hooded pullover with white lettering, a black baseball cap and light-blue basketball shorts. He drove away in a silver or gray Hyundai Sonata, witnesses said. The description of the TD Banknorth robber is similar. That man was described by witnesses as white, approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall with a skinny to medium build, and short brown hair. He wore a tan or brown hat, a gray or blue Adidas short-sleeve soccer shirt, dark-blue shorts and carried a black messenger-type bag. The suspect left the bank in a silver car. In both robberies, the suspects did not show a weapon and left with an undisclosed amount of money. Shastany said he did not know if there had been any ...
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 ...
Police are looking for a man who robbed a Rte. 9 bank yesterday afternoon, the second holdup at a local bank in less than a week. In the 1:30 p.m. robbery at TD Banknorth at Rte. 9 and Temple Street, the suspect passed a note to a teller demanding money. He got away with an undetermined amount of cash, said police spokesman Lt. Paul Shastany. The man claimed he had a gun, but never showed a weapon, the lieutenant said. Last Thursday, a man robbed the Framingham Cooperative Bank at 838 Concord St. He had also passed a note claiming to have a gun, but did not show a weapon, police said. "It's too early to say right now (whether they're connected)," Shastany said. In yesterday's robbery, the man got into a silver sedan and drove west on Rte. 9. He was described as white, 30 to 35 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall with a thin to medium build and short brown hair. The man was wearing a tan or yellowish hat, a short-sleeve gray or blue Adidas soccer shirt, and dark blue, knee-length athletic shorts. He also wore latex gloves. The man who robbed the Framingham Cooperative Bank was described as white, 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 150 pounds with light hair and a medium complexion. The man also had several days' growth of facial hair. That man wore a black baseball cap with a black hooded sweatshirt and shorts. He drove away in a gray Hyundai Sonata. Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call 508-872-1212. ...
Got a hankering for that great blueberry jam you bought on your last trip to Maine or a craving for the pear-flavored Vermont maple syrup your aunt sent you once for Christmas? That special artisan cheese might be made clear out West in Utah, but now a Framingham mother of four is making it easy to have hard-to-find delicious and interesting regional foods delivered right to your door. Caragh Whalen and her business partner Marsha Cade recently launched RegionalBest.com, an e-commerce site where you can buy regional and gourmet foods in 16 categories, such as artisan cheese and salami from Utah, crab cakes from Maryland and grass-fed beef from Montana. All the foods offered on the site are raised, caught or produced by small artisans, farmers, fishermen, ranchers, beekeepers and other small specialty food companies, Whalen said. RegionalBest.com offers food from small producers who might otherwise go unnoticed by consumers, Whalen said. Whalen and Cade attended several fancy food shows and did their own market research to find companies they thought could benefit from better exposure on the Web. On the site you'll find Texas pralines, Michigan flowering teas, Idaho grass-fed lamb, Alaskan salmon and more. Some of the products are organic or sold only at farmers markets far away from Massachusetts. And you won't find these items in the Dean & DeLuca catalog, Whalen said. "The food on our site isn't food you'll find anywhere else," ...