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FRAMINGHAM – For the sixth consecutive week, Framingham is a high-risk community for the coronavirus according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

The City announced 86 new coronavirus cases this week, and as of today, October 9 there are 153 active cases in the City and another 174 individuals under a quarantine.

Framingham is one of six communities in the Commonwealth where the state has offered assistance to help curb the spread of COVID-19.

Post Labor Day, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been providing multi-lingual outreach teams to increase COVID-19 education on weekends.

Below is a schedule of where the teams will be this weekend. The teams have multi-language literature on the virus.

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Anticipated Schedule for Saturday, October 10:

  • 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Business walk along Hollis St. to hand out flyers and to distribute window signs and stacks of literature to businesses
  • 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Tesoros Supermarket (80 Hollis St.) – Table set up to hand out flyers and hand sanitizers
  • 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Literature drop: All streets between Arch St. and Deloss St.
  • 1:30-4 p.m.: Literature drop: All streets between Deloss St. and Pearl St.
  • 1:30-4 p.m.: Handing out flyers at Cushing Memorial Park (80 Dudley Rd.)
  • 1:30-4 p.m.: Business walk along Waverly St. to hand out flyers and to distribute window signs and stacks of literature to businesses

Anticipated Schedule for Sunday, October 11:
*10 a.m.-12 p.m.: St. Tarcisius Parish (562 Waverly St.)- Table set up to hand out flyers and hand sanitizers

  • 10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Brazilian Assembly of God (48 Clinton St.) – Table set up to hand out flyers and hand sanitizers
  • 10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Igreja Do Evangelho Quadrangular (11 Beech St.) – Table set up to hand out flyers and hand sanitizers
  • 12:30-4 p.m.: Centre Common – Table set up to hand out flyers and hand sanitizers
  • 12:30-4 p.m.: Multi-generational literature drop at Bishop Gardens Condominiums (100 Bishop Dr.)
  • 12:30-4 p.m.: Multi-generational literature drop at Cochituate Cooperative Homes (12a Interfaith Terrace)
  • Please Note: Schedule, locations, and outreach initiatives are subject to change

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By editor

Susan Petroni is the former editor for SOURCE. She is the founder of the former news site, which as of May 1, 2023, is now a self-publishing community bulletin board. The website no longer has a journalist but a webmaster.