The town of Natick is withholding the details of the crimes that have been reported to them in the two police reports noted in the letter below. It is believed that these police reports detail two assaults by Natick Firefighter Michael Abbruzzese against young women, while on dates, while intimate, cutting chunks of their long
Apartments on a cul-de-dac in Burkis Square the future?
Raymond Boghos, an apartment building developer seeks to subdivide one lot into three and build a cul-de-sac downtown immediately behind the Bullard Building in Burkis Square.We hope he spends some time down there to get to know the vagrant residents before he breaks ground.For now, the subdivision plans. The actual plans for the sit, unknown.
In the “Open and Honest Discourse About the Framingham MA Schools” Facebook Group, administrator engages ‘victim shaming’
Beth Newman Adler is the moderator of the “Open and Honest Discourse About the Framingham MA Schools” Facebook Group. She’s a total witch to people, when they take things too far. But what happens when Beth herself starts ‘victim blaming’? Does anyone dare take a stand against her?
Dick’s Public Lands Hub coming soon to Shoppers World
FIRST ON FU: A brand new concept store of Dick’s Sporting Goods is planning on arriving soon at Shoppers World. Public Lands Hub will sell outdoors cloithing and gear and will open in direct completion to REI and TJX’s Sierra Outpost. Here’s a first look… Click to enlarge the images
Top secret racial equity training provided to Framingham Teachers
We are middle grounders. Some of us on the FU staff lean left and some of us lean right. The group of us are in the middle. We don’t talk national politics amongst ourselves as we are not on the same page. However we are on the same page on one thing. We want to
An Mayoral Apology: “they were assholes before I ever was”
Just about two years ago, members of the city council were critical of the customer service they received when trying to obtain information information from the city’s administration. They complained that they would often get push back from different departments, or were told to file a Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA). Often times the
FOIA DUMP: City Coughed Up $500,000 to Settle with Loring Arena Contractor
LORING ARENA LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT REACHED: LUPACHINO & SALVATORE, INC., Plaintiff V. TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM, Defendant and CITY OF FRAMINGHAM, Plaintiff-in-Counterclaim V. LUPACHINO & SALVATORE, INC., Defendant-in-Counterclaim relating to the Loring Arena construction project in settlement of the lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court, Docket Number 1984CV00785. Click to enlarge pages of settlement.
All The Queen’s Texts: “I Have My Sticky Notes Ready To Cover (Mike) Cannon’s Face”
The following texts were sent and recived on the Mayor’s phone, both city paid and private cell, during city council meetings, the time frames listed below. Assume the BLUE areas are the Mayor. Tuesday, October 6 between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Tuesday, September 15 between
All the City vehicles taken home by employees, and why they ‘need’ them.
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South Side gets told that they should learn to live with crime, In Nobscot, petty theft is treated as a capital crime.
Early Saturday morning, the Queen Karen of the Nobscot Neighbors Facebook group, Audrey Hall, reported on what is a nightly occurrence south of Route 9. Southsiders have stopped even calling the police because they take hours, if they show up at all, offer zero investigation and they finish with a victim blaming “lock your doors”
Alta Union House secretly sold? TIF’s maintained illegally?
Months ago, we exclusively obtained a letter penned by Kevin Shea, former planning and community development director for Framingham. In that letter dated 2/23/2021 he wrote: I am in receipt of the request from Attorney Papavasiliou for an Estoppel Letter from the City for the Alta Union House. I have had a chance to review
FU Looks Back: Despite no reduction in pay from the city, Chris Petrini’s Firm took a $100,000 PPP Bailout (Originally Posted 12/11/2020)
While this COVID program closed in August, we just learned that the City Solicitor’s firm received a $100,000 forgivable loan. The Paycheck Protection Program was a loan designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll during the COVID crisis. If all employee retention criteria are met, and
FOIA DUMP: Are legal feels the cause of our Water & Sewer Enterprise Fund mismanagement?
THE REQUEST: We are requesting documentation on all expenditures for legal services for 1/1/2019-12/16/2020 broken down by provider including anything paid out by the water and sewer enterprise fund, by school department, or paid for by bonding or any other means. THE RESPONSE: Attached are excel spreadsheets listing the payments for legal services from 1/1/2019-12/16/2020.
Are personal pronouns, a personal choice? Or is it Spicer appointee Pronoun Police Councilor Stewart-Morales with the final say?
I am free to be whatever the fuck I want to be. Nobody, included my elected leadership has any right to tell me what I am. And if what I choose to be… is offensive to you, Cesar Stewart Morales, you can shut your big flapping lips up. Note: The author if this post is
FU Looks Back: Who knew what in regards to the Water & Sewer Enterprise Fund deficit
ORIGINALLY POSTED JANUARY 2021 MAY 2020 Using Health Insurance Trust… JUNE 2020 CARES Act Funding 311 IT Grant JULY 2020 On EOY Transfers AUGUST 2020 Just a few small fixes… Are we a city yet? SEPTEMBER 2020 NG Questions LA4 Questions NOVEMBER 2020 Assessment Certification Houston we have a problem. DECEMBER 2020 Mary Ellen Kelley