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Natick Relay for Life comes up big with donations during “rebuilding year”

May 20, 2022 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Natick High School 2011 graduate and Relay for Life event chair Matt Custodio was thankful the weather cooperated for this year’s Relay for Life event to benefit the American Cancer Society. Under sunny skies, 85 registered participants came together to walk for, honor and remember those who have been challenged by cancer through their own diagnosis or that of a loved one. “The event looks a little different this year,” Custodio said, recalling previous Relays that drew a bigger field of entrants, “but it’s great to see people out here.”

As community members walked, wheeled, and ran the two-mile route, onlookers cheered. The Relay raised over $30,000 to fund research and lifesaving services for cancer patients. Afterwards, there was a prize drawing for gift bags donated by local businesses, ribbons for participants, food, and fun. If this is what a rebuilding year looks like, we can’t wait to see what next year’s event brings.

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Memorial Elementary School staff jump into action for choking child

May 18, 2022 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Local news crews visited Memorial Elementary School in Natick to interview school employees who performed the Heimlich maneuver on a child who was choking on food in the cafeteria. Head custodian Mark Plant, and Emily DeOliveira, a cafeteria worker, were able to dislodge food from the student’s throat, and were lauded by school administration for taking action so quickly.

The student is fine and was expected to return to school on Wednesday, according to the reports.

WBZ-TV and WCVB-TV have the details and interviews.

Memorial Elementary School, Natick


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Natick PFAS water filters up and running

April 26, 2022 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

The Natick Department of Public Works Water/Sewer Division is fired up that its new filters, seen at the Springvale Water Treatment Facility on Rte. 9 east, are now extracting nasty chemicals from the town’s drinking water.

(If only those systems could filter acronyms out of town announcements, but I guess that’s our job…)

“After much hard work and coordination between contractors and Town staff, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has completed inspections and granted approval for the operation of the newly installed PFAS-removal Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) filters, which will treat the H&T portion of the Springvale Water Treatment Facility….”

The bottom line is that the filters are expected to reduce levels of PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) from the town’s drinking water down to the non-detection level. Initial tests look good, according to the DPW. Two additional filters should be up by summer to increase PFAS-free water supply in town.

By meeting state regulations thanks to the filters. Natick will longer suggest using bottled water for certain subgroups of the population.

Natick discovered elevated levels of Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the town’s drinking water during the process of getting a new well online in 2020. Since then the town has been taking actions, including a water ban and tapping wells usually off limits at certain times, to mitigate the problem.

The filters, funded through a $3M capital appropriation at 2021 Spring Town Meeting and emergency funding through the state, are designed to extract PFAS from 2 million gallons of water a day and allow the plant to pump out 4 million gallons of water by mixing in other clean water.

Natick has also begun researching the cause of PFAS in the water.

PFAS filters on Rte 9 DPW

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Get rid of your unneeded drugs at take back event in Natick

April 26, 2022 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

The Drug Enforcement Agency’s drug take back events are taking place on April 30 from 10am-2pm at the Natick Police Department and Natick Mall.

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Natick parents & caregivers sought to fill out youth substance use survey

March 26, 2022 by Admin Leave a Comment

Natick 180, a community’s resource for addiction education, prevention, and recovery, is surveying parents and caregivers to gather thoughts on youth substance abuse. The group says the survey takes about 15 minutes to fill out.

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Natick 180 plans to use the information collected from the anonymous survey to better target prevention services for youths.


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