5 Things You Need To Know Today in Framingham: July 23

1. The Framingham History Center presents Stories, Songs, and Seeds with storyteller Libby Franck today at 10;30 a.m. at the Edgell Memorial Library for families.

The free children’s gardening program is geared for families with school-aged children. Attendees will hear a tale about “3 sisters,” learn about Native Americans and gardening and leave with a clay flower pot and seeds.

2. The Framingham Farmers Market will be open today from noon to 5:30 p.m. at the Framingham Centre Common. A new vendor this week is OMG Bagels.

Photo courtesy of OMG Bagels

3. Contractors working on utility improvements on Main Street in the vicinity of Buckminster Square will be detouring southbound traffic onto Franklin Street tonight and for the next couple of weeks Sundays through Thursdays from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Click here for more details and a map.

4. Tonight is the first meeting of the Skateboard Advisory Committee. The Committee is tasked by Framingham Town Meting to decide where to construct a skate park in town. Click here to learn more. The meeting is open to the public and starts at 7 at the Framingham Parks & Recreation building on Union Avenue.

5. Have you visited the new Yale Appliance & Lighting store on Route 9 in Framingham? If not, click here to view photos of the store and the amazing transformation of the former Salvation Army Thrift Store on Worcester Road. More than 2 dozen photos from this week’s ribbon cutting with the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce. The store opened on July 13.

BONUS: Tomorrow, July 24 FOX25 will broadcast from Cushing Memorial Park from 6 to 10 a.m. as part of its Zip Trip programmming, now in its 12th season.