OP-ED: ‘Columbus Day Should Not Be Celebrated’
editor By Isabella Petroni *** FRAMINGHAM – Massachusetts is the home to many Italian-Americans who fled here for a better life. It is also home to Native Americans who still live…
October 2020
No Bidders for California Pizza Kitchen Chain; Bankruptcy Plan Continues
NATICK – An auction scheduled for October 8 to sell the to sell the assets of California Pizza Kitchen Inc. was cancelled. The chain filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July.…
Carol Ann Carr, 79, Retired Wonder Bread Employee & Wedding Cake Baker
FRAMINGHAM – Carol Ann Carr, 79, of Framingham passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2020. Born in Winchendon, she was the daughter of the late Ellen (Castelli) and Roland C. Boudreau.…
Rep. Lewis Seeks To Proclaim Second Monday in October As Indigenous People Day
FRAMINGHAM – Ashland & Framingham State Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis files in 2019 a bill with the Massachusetts House of Representatives to rename Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. The…
What’s Open & Closed on Indigenous People’s Day/Columbus Day
FRAMINGHAM – Monday, October 12 is Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day in Massachusetts. Federal, state, and municipal offices, including the City of Framingham’s Memorial Building are closed on Monday. Ashland and…
Sunovion Announces Commercial Launch of KYNMOBI To Treat Parkinson’s Disease
The following is a press release from Marlborough-based Sunovion Pharmaceuticals submitted to SOURCE media through its business wire. *** MARLBOROUGH – Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.announced last week KYNMOBI™ (apomorphine HCI) sublingual…
PHOTOS: MetroWest Republicans Rally For Trump, O’Connor, & Colarusso in Ashland & Framingham
ASHLAND – The Republican Town Committees of Ashland, Framingham and Natick held a Support the Blue and Republican candidates on the ballot rolling rally today, October 11. The rally started…
Framingham Library & Framingham State University Present Great Leaders – Great Legends Lecture on Thursday
FRAMINGHAM – Throughout history, great leaders have generated great legends. On Thursday, October 15, Rabbi Rifat Sonsino, Ph.D, In the Psychology and Philosophy Department at Framingham State University will discuss…
Effie A. Tompkins, 88
MARLBOROUGH – Effie A. Tompkins, 88, died on October 8, 2020. An obituary is not available at this time for Tompkins Arrangements by Fitzgerald & Collins Funeral Home in Marlborough.
LETTER: ‘Our Democracy Deserves Reasonable Dialogue Instead of Mudslinging’
FRAMINGHAM – Time and again, our voting system fails to live up to our democratic standards, with election “winners” earning less than a majority of votes, among other issues. But…