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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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Natick Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day is April 30—get your tickets

March 24, 2022 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Natick Board of Health’s 36th annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Saturday, April 30,   9am – 12pm at the Natick Dept. of Public Works, 75 West St.

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Tickets must be purchased in advance in one of the following ways:

  • in person at the Board of Health office, 13 East Central St., Town Hall, 2nd floor with cash or check payable to Town of Natick, you will be given your ticket
  • with a check payable to the Town of Natick either via US Mail or via the drop box to the right of the Town Hall front door.  Please address envelopes: Board of Health, 13 East Central St., Natick MA 01760.  Be sure to include your US Mail address so we can mail your ticket to you. NOTE: if you wish to get your ticket by mail, please have the payment into the Board of Health office by Friday, April 22
    Tickets will not be sold on site; autos without a ticket will be turned away
  • Natick Residents only
  • $10.00 per car, limited to 300 cars 

Learn more about what you can or can’t bring, as well as about hazardous waste days in other communities that have reciprocal agreements with Natick. Sorry, no ammo, radioactive materials, or asbestos allowed.


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