October 21st, 2010

I’ve actually got a few emails suggesting I check out the new Cumberland Farms on at the Rt. 30/Speen St. intersection.
I never seem to get over this way anymore but made a trip just to see what the hub-bub was about.
It’s a nice looking building that’s simple but not boring. I like the colors and the design.
Inside is everything that people said it would be. ???? ???? 2022 Bright, clean and a convenience oasis that rivals other gas stations.
A few pics of inside:

Cold drink wall:

Extensive coffee selection:

Candy:

Gum and mints:

This place IS pretty nice of a convenience store. The people working there were nice and friendly and I know it’s new but I couldn’t get over how clean it was. ???? ???? I wish all gas stations were all like this! ???? ?????
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August 17th, 2010

We were out taking a walk tonight and saw some of the new recycle bins that the town is in the process of delivering to each household. They’re pretty big but good for picking up every two weeks. The containers pictured above are the larger ones that I believe had to be requested and the standard 64 gallon bin are delivered to everyone else. In fact, when we got home from our walk the recycle bin fairy had stopped by our house and there was a shiny new bin waiting for us at the end of our driveway!
I think it’ll be fine but my friend Rev. Bob pointed out that this will be more of a challenge for the people who rummage through the bins in search of cans and bottles. I picture seeing legs sticking out of the tops of the bins every pick up day but we’ve been pretty lucky to have neat rummagers who make sure to put everything back so hopefully it’ll stay that way.
The new recycle schedule of picking up ever other week starts Sept 7th. For more infomation, check out the town website.
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June 21st, 2010

The Planning Board is meeting on June 24th and on the agenda is parking for the former White’s Hardware which will finally be occupied. As soon as White’s when out of business, I wondered what could possibly want to take it’s place. The location is behind a strip of three stores on Franklin St and it’s very hard to see from the street.
When I heard that a wine storage company was looking to move in, it seemed like a perfect fit. A big warehouse type space that doesn’t need pedestrian traffic to operate. International Wine Vault has a website you can check out to see what they do and what their rates are. I won’t be needing their services, but I think it’s great they are occuping the old place and I wish them luck. One less empty, lifeless building in Framingham!
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June 6th, 2010

At the last Downtown Renaissance meeting, Director of Public Works, Peter Sellers was a guest speaker and told us about the summer projects for the area.
The projects planned will be started this summer and completed sometime next summer. They’re going to make functional and aesthetic improvements to downtown. Some of these projects include adding brick lined sidewalks, taking out all the trees and replacing them with a different kind of tree that can handle the area better (species yet to be determined), and installing tree grates to protect the roots. Also with the subtraction of the rotary, they will be increasing the space in the plaza area in front of the Memorial building. In addition to all this, they’ll install brick crosswalks and add ornamental lighting that will “dramatically” light up downtown at night using LED lights. panjiva ivermectin import
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March 28th, 2010

I was taking a walk early in the morning so sorry for the bad picture, but if it were maybe 15 minutes later, you’d be able to see more clearly that the sign in the windows next to Wings says it there will be a liquor store coming soon called Southside Liquors. I think its a decent match for being next door to a wing place and it’s nice to see something finally going to occupy that space.
Also, Cafe Belo, which I recently posted had closed, apparently has opened again:

I hate to say it, but it’s kind of too bad. Only because I was looking forward to something different, I know Eb’s isn’t coming back but at this point even having it become a train station again, as some readers have suggested, with a coffee shop in it would be nice and useful.
And also, the phone out side of the Memorial Building is out of order. It’s nice to see they’ve found a use for at least one of the cones that used to be on the crumbling steps!

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