UPDATED: 5 Things You Need To Know Today in Framingham: Wednesday, November 9, 2022

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1 Yesterday was election day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The State elected its first-ever woman as Governor and for the first time a women team for Governor & Lt. Governor.

And for the first time a Black woman was elected to a state-wide seat. Andrea Campbell was elected Attorney General.

Congresswoman Katherine Clark easily won re-election against her Republican opponent, a former postmaster in the City of Framingham.

Framingham School Committee Chair Priscila Sousa was officially elected as state representative for the 6th Middlesex District. She is the first Latina state representative in the City of Framingham. She joins two other women Rep. Danielle Gregoire and Kate Donaghue, along with Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis to make up the four-seat Framingham delegation.

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UPDATED – Tonight’s scheduled fall athletic letter night for Framingham High athletes has been postponed.

3. The MetroWest YMCA will hold its annual gala & auction tonight at The Verve in Natick.

4. CITY OF FRAMINGHAM MEETINGS (remote unless otherwise noted):

• Framingham City Council Marijuana Ad Hoc Group at 6 p.m.
• Framingham Board of Cemetery Commission at 6:30 p.m.
• Framingham City Council: Finance Subcommittee in the Blumer room at the Memorial Building at 7 p.m.
• Framingham Sustainability Committee at 7 p.m.
• Framingham Parks & Recreation Commission at 7 p.m.
• Framingham Cultural council at 7 p.m.
• Framingham Zoning Board of Appeals at 7 p.m.- REMOTE ONLY.

5. Framingham Library events:

• The Christa McAuliffe Library branch will hold a free screening of the movie The Greatest Showman at 1 p.m.
• Virtual Reality for Kids at the SparkLab at the main Framingham Library from 6 to 7 p.m.
• Yard social hour at the Christa McAuliffe library branch from 6 to 7 p.m.