Marian High School to become community/sports center. City to close on property for 4-5mil this week.

Marian High School to become a community & sports center. The city will be paying between 4 and 5 million dollars for the former school. The sale is expected to close within days. The City Council discussed purchasing the property in executive session on June 27th. The school was purchased by organization Invictus Forever, Inc.

A LOOK BACK: The ‘leadership’ team behind Invictus Forever, Inc. All the money raised to open the Marian as a disability center – now lost as city moves to take property by eminent domain.

LOOK FOR DISCUSSION OF THIS MATTER IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS. IN THE MEANTIME SEE OUR REPORTING ON THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ORGANIZATION INVICTUS FOREVER INC. POSTED DECEMBER 16, 2020. THE WRITING WAS ON THE WALL THEN. NOW THE NAIL IS IN THE COFFIN. Marian High School was purchased by Invictus Forever Inc, a

Mixed Messaging within School Leadership shows Contil / Jr. Prom still in Limbo

Note the 8:18PM time stamp. Here Amy discusses with School Superintendent Bob Tremblay that they don’t have a solution and that they are working on a solution, but not stating that the prom/cotillion is on, merely some sort of ‘equitable’ event will be. Minutes before that, she sent an update to Tremblay, with a email

Welcoming Doug’s Agrihood: Opening Event (and a lot of hot air) at Baiting Brook Farm

Last evening, Baiting Brook Farm hosted their grand opening celebration, an event seemed geared toward realtors from the Newton, Needham, Weston, and Wellesley areas to build excitement for things to come on the property. Their goal, to attract uber-wealthy people who have been living in huge mansions and are big consumer with large carbon footprints,

One ‘ice cream’ too many for this paramedic?

She got her paramedic license back several months ago. In regards to MCAD (Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination) docket #21BEM02366, got a large settlement from the Town of Natick.  In 2022, she applied for licensure as a Social Worker. A current license lookup shows nobody with her name is registered in the state as a LCSW.

Hello DTF Apartments

In this case, the building will remain, the interior space, essentially an office and auditorium space used historically, will be converted into high density housing. This plan is less egregious than other proposals, but we are concerned as this is right smack dab in the highest traffic intersections of DTF. You’ll notice that the argument

A FIRST LOOK: Murphy’s Eats & Treats in Nobscot

Applying for their license to serve food on premises (CV license), is Murphy’s Eats & Treats. They already have operations in Ashland, and from the looks of it, this operation will be very similar in nature. The business has obtained a 5 year lease with Charles Rosseau, the owner of the building that formerly housed

City has 16-million to spend and wants to worsen traffic nightmares with a District 7, DTF Sporting Arena & Community Center.

Update: FU may have saved TJ’s Neighborhood Market.

UPDATE: The post below came out on Aug 8, 2023, on Aug 18th we provide the following update… The petitioner for this plan, has decided to make ‘changes to both the site plan and the building’, this is in response to feedback the building owner had received. We feel it is likely because we called

Dr Spicer gets a job… ends ‘woe is me’ pity party.

Spicer has been names as the new executive director of Life Science Cares Boston, a nonprofit aiming to leverage ” the power of the life science industry to solve one of our most intractable social issues—poverty”. PRESS RELEASE: Dr. Yvonne M. Spicer Appointed Executive Director of Life Science Cares Boston News | August 15, 2023 Former City

Historic Victorian to be demolished in order to build Framingham’s Next Mega-Apartment!

On Wed Aug 9, the matter of historic reuse/demolition delay goes before the Historical Commission who will decide whether the 1890 Emma Knight House, an old Victorian house, which has been more recently converted into a large multi family, has enough historical significance, that a planned demolition should be delayed for a period of time,

Framingham Prison History in Sherborn

I was introduced to a bit of Framingham history, located just over the border in Sherborn. Over the weekend I walked the grounds of the Clara Burton Cemetery, a sacred, and a bit eerie place. While I didn’t take many pictures while there, I would recommend anyone wanting to experience a bit of a different