UPDATED: 5 Things You Need To Know Today in Framingham: September 10

1. UPDATED: Due to the weather report, the ERA Key Realty Block Party has been cancelled.

“We are very disappointed to do this, however based on the 90% chance of rain being predicted ... we have just made the decision to cancel the Community Block Party. The weather will limit our entertainment and food vendors.”

2. The Framingham Planning Board is scheduled to meet tonight in the Memorial Building at 7 p.m.

On the agenda is the first public hearing for a proposed million dollar entertainment center at Shoppers World, which would include a bowling alley, a restaurant, and an indoor sky diving facility. Framingham Patch was the first media outlet to report on the proposal.

3. FLYERS IN ACTION:

UPDATE: The boys soccer game has been rescheduled

Both the Framingham High girls and boys freshman soccer teams will battle Natick today. The boys are home at 3:45 p.m. and the girls are away.

Yesterday many of the Framingham High sports teams opened its season.

• The Framingham High girls swim & dive team won its season opener.
• Slideshow of photos from the Framingham Girls Cross County team’s home opener.
• Framingham High girls field hockey team defeated the Wildcats of Weymouth 2-1 on the road.
• Framingham High boys soccer team defeated Weymouth at home 2-1
• Boys Cross Country team defeated Brookline and Braintree in its home opener.
  

4. Plan ahead: The Town of Framningham will hold a memorial ceremony for 9/11 tomorrow at Cushing Memorial Park at 5:30 p.m.

5. Congresswoman Katherine Clark’s legislation to help newborns suffering from opioid exposure passed unanimously in the U.S. House this week.

The Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015 (H.R. 1462) is the first federal legislation to help newborns suffering from opiate exposure. Babies born with the condition known as neonatal abstinence syndrome are hospitalized for weeks and can suffer from seizures, respiratory impairments, tremors, fever, and difficulty feeding. Because there is no standardized diagnosis and treatment for these newborns, hospitals across the country have begun piecing together their own treatments in response to the surge of NAS births.

“Our nation‘s opioid crisis cuts across all boundaries, destroys lives, and has a devastating impact on hundreds of newborns every day,” said Rep. Clark, a democrat, who represents Framingham.