“ A 54-year-old Wellesley woman died yesterday after being hit by a pickup truck on Dover Street, Natick Police said,” the MetroWest Daily News reports. “The residential street in South Natick near the Natick/Dover border has no sidewalks, and neighbors said it has become a cut-through street. “
This is the terrible danger when traffic volume [...]
Archive for March, 2006
Woman Struck, Killed While Exercise Walking
March 29, 2006Lowes Takes Shape
March 28, 2006It looks like the Lowes on Rte. 30 in Framingham is taking shape. I remain disappointed that the Planning Board didn’t push to have the store up to the street in a pedestrian-friendly fashion. Right near the main post office, this could have actually encouraged some foot traffic between the two, instead of keeping to [...]
‘Does This Sound Like Your Community, Your Life?’
March 28, 2006“What would it be like if the pace were a little slower, if the physical surroundings made you want to be on the street with others, if the variety of uses on the street enabled you to get multiple chores done in a small area, yet you had all the conveniences of the modern day [...]
From Ireland: Reclaiming the Streets
March 27, 2006Some interesting thoughts from across the pond regarding the importance of long-ignored public space, and what it means to a successful community.
“We may not yet have succumbed to the private nirvana of consumption that is Daslu — Sao Paolo’s luxury boutique, where, because the rich do not walk, you cannot enter off the street but [...]
Swan! … and Slowing Down
March 26, 2006I’m sure I wasn’t imagining it. Yesterday, I was driving by the pond off Elm Street near Saxonville center, and I did indeed see a beautiful white swan. I wasn’t able to stop, but did slow down for a good look. What a pleasant surprise on a dismal, grey, raw day!
Alas, I went back on [...]
Government Structure, and Community
March 23, 2006I’ve got a column in today’s MetroWest Daily News arguing that Framingham needs a change in its structure of government. While I admire most of those now serving in representative Town Meeting, I believe the town has reached that un-sweet spot where precincts are too large to be “neighborhoods” where everyone knows everyone else, but [...]
European-Style Bread Shop Opens in Framingham
March 22, 2006Master bread maker Michael Rhoads, formerly of Boston’s Sel de la Terre, has opened B&R Artisan Bread on Rte. 30, at the site of the former Bread Basket kosher bakery (151 Cochituate Road).
This is welcome news indeed for those of us who envy some European lifestyle habits such as walking to the local patisserie for [...]
Framingham Planning Board Update
March 22, 2006I’ve now had initial responses from all three Planning Board candidates to my questions.
Planning Board Chair Tom Mahoney has recently answered my specific questions on his Web site.
Challenger Stephen Meltzer responded in general to the questions on his Web site, and also sent me responses which are posted here as well as on his site.
Incumbent [...]
