When big daddy taxpayer says no, no, no… LETF is a go, go, go! FPD spent $70,000+ out of LETF with no oversight in first 90 days of 2023.

BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SPENDING FOR THE LAST YEAR 2023 WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING READS ON EARLIER LETF SPENDING: In May 2022, FU reported on the FPD spending thousands of dollars on challenge coins, tens of thousands in rent for the Metro West Task Force office space, nearly a hundred grand in vehicles, $10k+

GOLF GALAXY GYPS, HOOKS & SLICES CUSTOMERS, Ulta Beauty, Five Below, World Market, DSW, and others FAIL price accuracy inspections.

A request for scanning inspections came through today, and there were a few businesses who failed to accurately ring in items at the shelf advertised or marked price. Golf Galaxy should be ashamed of themselves though. Not only did they overcharge people considerably on a large percentage of items, they failed to be transparent in

BIG BROTHER IN THE ‘HAM: 12 more super secret LPR cameras are now tracking everyone’s every move…

But they still won’t jump on the the body cam bandwagon. They want to spy on all of us, but won’t have any transparency themselves. Do Better FPD. In May 2022, we obtained the License Plate Reader Draft Policy as sent to the Framingham City Council who could get no straight answers about the cameras

Sentie’s Kitchen – Afro BBQ Restaurant coming to Ashland

We have uncovered information that indicates that a brand new & excitingly different (not Brazilian) is coming to the Ashland/Framingham line. At 12 Pond Street, in a recent mega apartment building by Charlie Zammuto, will be a new restaurant filling it’s left-most retail tenant slots. It will be called Sentie’s Kitchen and it will be

A FIRST LOOK: Shopper’s World newest addition Kura Revolving Sushi Bar

BEFORE WE GET TO OUR POST, WE WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF OUR NEWEST FEATURE, THE FOOD COURT. HERE YOU CAN SEE ALL THE RECENT HEALTH INSPECTIONS OF YOUR FAV ESTABLISHMENTS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A NATICK AND A FRAMINGHAM FOOD COURT. LINKS BELOW. Coming soon to shoppers world is a brand new establishment which

Framingham Historic District Commission works outside its purview & presented with a pile of scattered ‘remains’, elite bunch discusses aversion to advertise vacancies, opting for internal referrals only

On Tuesday April 11th, in their first meeting since the departure of member Stephen Greeley, and regular attendee, Beth Greeley, as usual members of this elite group discussed preventing any unsightly design concepts and riff raff out of their prestigious Framingham Center utopia. One item on their agenda was the discussion of 111 Speen Street,

FOIA DUMP: Roving Inspectional Services Spies Efforts are weighted heavily on DTF and South Side

WHILE THE CITY IS TAKING ON SMALL VIOLATORS – FAY ROAD STILL HAS THE BIGGEST JUNK HEAP – AND THE CITY HAS ESSENTIALLY GIVEN UP TRYING TO GET IT CLEANED UP. For months, the city has mentioned that they have been focusing on nuisances on residential property and in city council they have mentioned that

Sarkisian Sues Natick and Fire Chief in Botched Coverup Whistleblowing Claim – EMT Credentialing & Billing Fraud

DOCUMENTS LAST UPLOADED: 4/10/2023 Filed in Middlesex Superior Court on April 10, 2023. Skylar Sarkisian is a Natick Firefighter and the son of Framingham’s Economic Development Director Sarkis Sarkisian. Skylar Sarkisian graduated the fire academy in spring of 2022. DID YOU SEE THE MILLION+ DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST NATICK POLICE ON THAT BOTCHED COVERUP OF A

Now Polluted: Danforth Museum, the Future Regional Justice Center

The source just wrote a piece on the Regional Justice Center proposed for the old Danforth Museum building. On March 30, 2023, the city’s COO, Michael Tusino, filed a notification to the state informing the Department of Environmental Protection of a reportable release of oil, which occurred in early January. It is estimated that at

On the chopping block – Franklin St Industrial/Warehouse building – Zammuto’s to redevelop into 250+ apartments?

180 Franklin Street is currently an underutilized industrial warehouse property, consisting of 30,000 sq ft of work space, a third of which is currently vacant. It sits on a parcel of just under three-quarters of an acre and is located in the Central Business (CB) district. This CB district is important, because by right, this