NATICK A school that trains circus performers could be coming to a former 150-year-old church that has sat vacant for several years.
Supporters cleared a major hurdle Thursday night when Town Meeting voted 109-1 with three abstentions on a zoning change that could set the stage for Eastern Acrobatics and Circus, based in Ashland, to move some of its operations into the former Sacred Heart Church at 26 and 28 Eliot St.
The Hybrid Motion dance school will also operate in the space, said lawyer George Richards, who represents the circus and dance schools.
A final hurdle is to get the necessary permits from the Planning Board. Richards said he hopes the board approves the permits in June or July.
FRAMINGHAM Don’t be surprised if you see a small band of teenagers walking around the city wearing blue T-shirts and sweatshirts that read, “Trust the Facts. Get the Vax.”
“Vax” stands for vaccines to fight COVID-19, and four teenagers are going door-to-door in Framingham, armed with the facts to show residents that it’s safe to get vaccinated.
“It’s important, and needed,” said JoJo Dos Reis, a 17-year-old junior at Framingham High School who spent several hours Saturday knocking on doors and ringing doorbells in the Waverly Street area of downtown Framingham.
The effort is part of a COVID-19 vaccine equity program run by the state Department of Public Health. Framingham is among 20 communities in the program, all with urban populations hard hit by COVID-19. Ultimately, the goal is to increase access and education around vaccines.
FRAMINGHAM Aerial spraying begins Monday in certain sections of Framingham to control mosquito populations that could carry the potentially deadly Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus.
In a press release, city officials said the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project will use a helicopter to drop small particles of a relatively non-toxic pesticide known as Bti. It s scientific name is Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis.
Bti will be dropped over wetlands in the vicinity of Angelica Drive, Callahan State Park, Fairbanks Road, Palmer Road and Walnut Street.
Spraying continues through April 30, between dusk and 11:30 p.m.
Statewide, there were 12 human cases of EEE including six deaths in 2019, the most intense outbreak in Massachusetts history.
NATICK Sue Ianni believes she’s being persecuted by some Town Meeting members.
Ianni, a Town Meeting member herself, shared her opinions Wednesday morning after the representative body overwhelmingly voted Tuesday night to condemn the Jan. 6 riots inside the U.S. Capitol.
The final vote on the nonbinding resolution was 113-20, with seven abstentions.
“It’s political persecution of conservatives,” Ianni told the Daily News in a phone interview.
Ianni faces charges in connection with the riots after a published photograph showed her inside the Capitol, raising her right arm in defiance among a throng of protesters.
She faces two charges: knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. Ianni’s next scheduled court hearing is May 28.