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Discover Saxonville is the FOS annual event to celebrate
everything unique about our village.
On
this warm and sunny June evening, people gathered on
the bridge for a wine tasting and food buffet to celebrate the
bridge's reopening and raise money for the Friends of Saxonville.
With
live music provided by local band Late Night Radio, the crowd
danced into the sunset. FOS Vice President Brett Peruzzi recognized the many people
who contributed to the project, including Congressman Ed Markey,
who helped secure federal funding; George Dixon, who managed
the project for FOS; Julie Ferrari, who donated many hours of
her services as a landscape architect; the Framingham DPW department,
which assisted with site work; Mike Newell and his Joseph P. Keefe Technical School
students, who constructed the new informational kiosk; and painter
Chris Marcone, who donated his services to paint the kiosk.
Constructed
in 1890, the bridge has been completely renovated and is open
to pedestrian traffic.
This
work was done under a Save America's Treasures grant from
the National Park Service with matching funds from the Town of
Framingham, Massachusetts Historical Commission, and Friends
of Saxonville.
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Framingham
Selectman and FOS board member John Stasik presents FOS
board member/treasurer George Dixon with a Certificate
of Appreciation for his role as project manager of the
bridge's renovation.
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