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Health Opinion 

OP-ED: Framingham Facing Mental Health Crisis Due To COVID-19

August 6, 2020August 7, 2020 editor Coronavirus, mental health, op-ed, Sheryl Goldstein

By Sheryl Goldstein FRAMINGHAM – The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted so many Framingham residents’ daily lives. The result is that

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Opinion 

OP-ED: People Are Not To Be Owned; Non-Profits Should Help Not Cause Harm

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 editor David Blais, Grace House, op-ed

By David Blais FRAMINGHAM – The ownership of people. I hate that term. Especially when its connects to nonprofits. Nonprofits

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Opinion 

Op-Ed: Framingham Can Not Provide All The Rental Housing The MetroWest Region Needs

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 editor Apartment moratorium, Maureen Dunne, op-ed

By Maureen Dunne FRAMINGHAM – At the last City Council meeting of July 18, I spoke for 2 minutes in

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Opinion 

OP-ED: If Mayor Spicer Thinks 9-Month Apartment Moratorium Is Wrong Move, She Needs To Create Growth Plan for City of Framingham

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 editor Apartment moratorium, Framingham City Council, Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer, Noval Alexander, op-ed

By Noval Alexander FRAMINGHAM – As a former candidate for City Council in 2019, while going door to door campaigning,

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Education Opinion 

OP-ED: Federal Government’s Announcement To Strip International Students of Visas is A Xenophobic Action

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 editor Framingham State University, Framingham State University President F. Javier Cevallos, op-ed, opinion piece, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Editor’s Note: This was sent to the Framingham State University community today, July 8, and submitted to SOURCE media. Framingham

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Opinion 

OP-ED: ‘We Will Do Better, Because Black Americans Deserve That’

July 2, 2020July 3, 2020 editor Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester, Jessica Murphy, op-ed

By Jessica Murphy FRAMINGHAM – The killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Elijah McClain and more, and countless

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Education Opinion 

OP-ED: Framingham School Committee Member Discusses Gaps in State’s Re-Opening Guidelines

June 25, 2020June 26, 2020 editor 2020-21 school year, Coronavirus, Framingham Public Schools, Framingham School Committee Chair Adam Freudberg, Framingham Superintendent of Public Schools Bob Tremblay, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), op-ed, Re-opening plan, School re-opening plan

By Adam Freudberg FRAMINGHAM – The Massachusetts plan on reopening schools has been released. First, join me in taking a

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Opinion 

OP-ED: Stewart-Morales Refutes Ethics Violation Allegations

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 editor District 2 City Councilor Cesar Stewart-Morales, op-ed

FRAMINGHAM – I am writing to address the public allegation made this week that I “may” have violated the state

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MetroWest SOURCE NATICK SOURCE Opinion Social Justice 

OP-ED: ‘We Recognize Our Responsibility in Helping Dismantle Institutional & Systemic Racism’

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 editor Foundation for MetroWest, Judith Salerno, MetroWest Source, natick Source, op-ed, Racial equity, Social justice

By Judith G. Salerno NATICK – We are deeply saddened and angered by the recent senseless acts of police brutality

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OP-ED: We Can and Will Thrive with a Little Less

June 6, 2020June 7, 2020 editor District 8 City Councilor John Stefanini, Fiscal Year 2021 budget, Framingham City Council, Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer, op-ed

By John Stefanini FRAMINGHAM – As the youngest of five boys in a large working class family — my father

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