Lilja Cormack
09 January 2025
Feature

WATCH: Plans for a New Regional Justice Center

On January 3 at the Massachusetts State House, Framingham Mayor Charlie Sisitsky officially signed control of the Thomas Danforth Building along Union Avenue over to the state Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance. Current plans are to develop the site into a regional justice center.

On January 3 at the Massachusetts State House, Framingham Mayor Charlie Sisitsky officially signed control of the Thomas Danforth Building along Union Avenue over to the state Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance.

Current plans are to develop the site into a regional justice center. The refurbished facility with numerous legal resources and services is primed to take over for the current Framingham District Court on Concord Street.

We spoke with State Senate President Karen Spilka to learn more about this transfer, as well as the goals that local and state leaders have for this new project.

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This week on The Frame: MetroWest Medical Center announces a new maternity ward plan, details on the upcoming preliminary School Committee election in District 2, and a look at harm reduction work being done locally to combat the opioid epidemic.

Resources in Framingham provided by the Justice Resource Institute recently ended, leaving local leaders evaluating options as they consider feedback from residents.

MetroWest Medical Center leaders announced that the local hospital’s nursery will be shifted to a Level IB facility equipped for some complications, as opposed to one that offers basic care for newborns.