This Is Framingham

Today we noticed that Bickford’s finally closed. I was never a fan but I know my Aunt and Uncle were so I’m “sad” for them. I actually thought it was okay when I was a student at FSC just for somewhere to go when it was open 24 hours a day but after it changed to Bickford’s Grille with limited hours it became useless as a culinary destination.
Of course I’m also sad for Framingham we’ve lost yet another business but hopefully something tasty will take over or at the very least won’t become another tax exempt operation.

Some upcoming events at the Framingham Historical Center are the Open House Weekend and the 9th annual House Tour.
The Open House Weekend include a yard sale, Family Day on the common, tours of all three FHC buildings, exhibition and much more.  Click here for more info.

The House Tour is on May 17th.  This year’s Tour celebrates eight historically intriguing residences in diverse settings for which Framingham is proudly famous.
Click here for more info.

Also, Framingham’s Edgell Library is nominated as one of 25 historical buildings to receive million to go toward preservation/restoration of that property. ????? ????? ????? ???? ????
Click here to go to the Partners in Preservation site and vote for Edgell Library.

Smudge has been found, thanks! 

A friend of mine lost her cat.  She lives on Delross St. (kind of near the police station).

He’s a short-haired, black and white cat and is nice and approachable.  If anyone see him please call Sarah at 508-245-5162.

He is a diabetic that needs insulin twice a day so we’re hoping to find him ASAP. 

One of the nice things about working in a restaurant is the ample access to food.   I work at the 400 Plus Restaurant, and on the off hours we sometimes get creative and invent new dishes.
Today the owner and his son came up with something they call “Nachos Italiano”.  It’s fried wedges of flour tortillas, topped with meat-tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni and diced cherry peppers.  This creation was so good they decided to make it a special appetizer that you can ask for.  I highly recommend it.

The 400 Plus is at 430 Franklin St.  Stop by and check them out!

After I posted about the new lights coming on Union Ave. these camera-looking things appeared.  There seems to be debate about the newly installed equipment.  I’m not sure if these are detectors to help regulate the light changes or as one person suggested, cameras to get your license plate. how long does ivermectin toxicity last in cats   The town would have to be anticipating enough problems at this light enough to have cameras to identify cars breeze through red lights, etc.. can you overdose ivermectin   I’m guessing they are detectors of some sort, but those are usually in the pavement and these do look an awful lot like cameras.  Hmmm…

I noticed recently that there are new traffic lights getting put in on Union Ave. where it intersects with Franklin St.  Normally I’m not for putting in more traffic lights (it seems to take so long to get anywhere because of them) but I think this intersection needs it because of the drivers coming out of Franklin taking a left onto Union.  It’s just always a mess and then drivers end up pulling out into the middle of the road to see if they can take a left but hold up traffic because once they get out in the middle of the road they see they can’t or they don’t care and just do it because  traffic coming is so strong no one will stop for them and they don’t want to wait until the road is clear.
It’s weird, I’ve never found myself at that intersection trying to take a left but enough people do that I think this light will help things out.  Plus it doesn’t look bad with the black paint and gold “topper” at the top of the pole.

As you may know, I was a huge fan of the old Shopper’s World and I was appointed “the person” by the Framingham Historical Society to find a paint/sign business to donate their services (in exchange for mentioning their great work on the Historical Society’s publication for the event and their name next to the finished product on display, as well and plugs on my blogs) repaint the old signs for an upcoming exhibit.

So far my conversations with local painting/sign business has not been successful but if anyone runs a business or know of someone who does and would be willing to make such a barter, please let me know. ???? ???????
We are not looking to perfectly restore it with neon lights but just take the old paint off and put nice new paint on. betfinal casino

Thanks for any tips! I can be reached at michelle@thisisframingham.com

The signs in their current state: