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Sign up now for summer camp in Natick (and beyond)

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Friday is letters to the editor day in Natick

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Natick Report accepts letters to the editor. Letters must be of general local community interest and must be signed. Community shout-outs are also accepted and encouraged. For example, a non-profit may thank an organization for a donation received.

Previous letters to the editor.

How to submit your letter to the editor

The deadline is Wednesday at noon for letters to appear on the following Friday, or a Friday further out.

Please review detailed guidelines for letters to the editor here.

Submitting a letter to the editor does not guarantee that your letter will be posted on Natick Report.

Letters must be written for Natick Report only—we do not accept form-type letters sent to multiple news agencies.

Please send tips, photos, ideas to natickreport@gmail.com

Natick teachers make cameos at SpeakEasy Stage’s THE PROM

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To celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, several cast members from SpeakEasy Stage’s production of THE PROM invited influential teachers in their lives to join them for a show and a moment of tribute on stage during the May 13th matinee performance.

Natick-based teachers Noreen Diamond-Burdett and Danielle Bourdeau were joined by Music Director Paul Katz and cast member Tori Heinlen for a reunion to highlight the impact that teachers have on the lives of creative professionals and artists.

THE PROM continues through June 10 at Roberts Studio Theatre, 527 Tremont St., in Boston. 

Music Director Paul Katz with Jr. HIgh and High School Music Teacher Noreen Diamond-Burdett
l.-r. -- Dance Teacher Danielle Bourdeau, Tori Heinlein and Visual Arts Teacher Hannah Wright

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Natick-based Family Promise Metrowest receives $3,500 grant

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Family Promise Metrowest (FPM) received a grant of $3,500 from the Wellesley Hills Junior Women’s Club to support families facing homelessness and housing insecurity in the Metrowest region.

Family Promise, Natick

Founded in 2008, the Natick-based organization. collaborates with community-based organizations to provide shelter and other essential services to families in need. The Wellesley Hills Junior Women’s Club since 2008 has provided not only grant funding, but essential volunteer support. Club members have sponsored product drives for families transitioning from shelter, staffed the FPM front office on weekends, helped with family moving days, and created walkathon teams.

FPM development director Carole Brodrick said, “The WHJWC has been an amazing partner of Family Promise Metrowest since we opened our doors. This group of women have generously donated their resources and time, working side by side to make a meaningful difference in our community.”

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State to swat mosquitoes in Natick, but private property owners can opt out of program

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Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project (CMMCP) personnel will be in Natick to respond to residents’ concerns about mosquitoes in their area on the following dates:

  • June 1
  • June 7
  • June 8
  • June 14
  • June 15
  • June 22
  • June 28
  • June 29

Any of the above dates are tentative, especially June 1, and all dates are subject to change due to weather conditions, mosquito populations, mosquito virus activity and/or special event spraying. The program will shut down when cool night time temperatures become predominant in the area. A detailed notice about the spray schedule is posted on the CMMCP phone system after 3:30pm each day, and it is also listed on the CMMCP website (Click the “2023 Spray Schedule” button on the right.)

Requests for service may be recorded by calling the CMMCP office: 508-393-3055, 7am-3:30pm, Mon.-Fri., or online at CMMCP. Results of these requests may initiate an application of mosquito insecticides to defined site-specific areas of town. Such an application may be accomplished by using truck-mounted equipment depending on the extent of the application.

You can opt-out of the program

Per 333CMR13.03(1)(a): “Wide Area Applications of pesticides and mosquito control applications of pesticides approved by the State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board shall not be made to private property which has been designated for exclusion from such application by a person living on or legally in control of said property.” For more information please check: http://www.cmmcp.org and click the “No Spray Info” button on the right.

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