5 Things You Need To Know Today in Framingham: Thursday, February 16, 2023

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1 Framingham Democratic Committee holding an emergency meeting tonight, but it is closed to the public.

The meeting comes after the Committee’s chair has come under fire for statements he made at a City Council meeting and a 4-page letter he wrote to the full City Council on Framingham Democratic Committee letterhead.

2. A portion of Waushakum Street will be closed most of today. Seek alternate routes.

3. Framingham Public Library events:

• Free screening of the movie Phantom of the Opera at 1 p.m. at the Christa McAuliffe Library branch
• Open LEGO build from 4 to5 p.m. at the McAuliffe branch library
• Lecture A Divided Nation? What Abraham Lincoln Can Teach Us About Political Divisions at 7 p.m. at the main Framingham Library. American society has faced many moments of political and social division, and our present politics seems especially divided—so much so that some even use the phrase “a second civil war” to characterize the depth of our disagreements.  The lecture will examine how one American political thinker, Abraham Lincoln, wrestled with the political divisions of his time, and what we can learn from his experience about resolving these divisions in our time.

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4. CITY of FRAMINGHAM meetings (virtual unless otherwise noted):

• Framingham Planning Board at 7 p.m. in the Ablondi room in the Memorial Building and on Zoom.
• Framingham City Council finance subcommittee in the Blumer room and on Zoom

5. FLYERS in action:

• Framingham High girls basketball will travel to Natick for a Bay State Conference battle. Tip-off at 6:30 p.m.
• Framingham High boys basketball hosts Wachusett Regional tonight at 6:30