MLK Day 2021 events schedule—Natick, Massachusetts

January 17, 2021 by Admin Leave a Comment

Everyone is invited to enjoy a live pre-recorded program from 10am-11am, streamed online and through Natick Community Access TV (see more details below), featuring:

student performances and reflections
MLK Day Creative Contest winners from the Middle and High School
Interfaith Clergy representatives
special guests including local dignitaries and community leaders
a keynote reflection by The Rev. Dr. Gregory Groover, Pastor of the Historic Charles Street A.M.E. Church in Roxbury, MA

Immediately following the program, from 11am-12pm special MLK Day activities for all ages will be offered by community partners (via Zoom links).

More information on how to attend

You can watch the 16^th Annual Natick MLK Day Community Celebration on Natick Community Television (Natick Pegasus) channels: RCN 3, Comcast 99, and Verizon 29.

Or stream on YouTube via link here:

https://youtu.be/_Aul98Rr2sE

(with a live chat during the program!)

The 2021 program will be live on Monday, 1/18 at 10am.

MLK events are co-sponsored by Greater Natick Interfaith Clergy Association, Natick Is United, the Natick Board of Health, Natick 180, Town of Natick, Natick Public Schools, METCO, and SPARK Kindness.

Save the date: Martin Luther King Day 2021 activities in Natick, Massachusetts

January 5, 2021 by Admin Leave a Comment

Natick’s 16th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community (Virtual) Celebration

Everyone is invited to join the 16th Annual Natick MLK Day Community Celebration in recognition of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The program runs 10am – noon. Zoom and Pegasus links will be available closer to Jan. 18th. Here’s the breakdown:

Date: Jan. 18, 2021
Time: 10am-11am

Natick student performances and reflections
MLK Day Creative Contest winners from the Middle and High School
Interfaith Clergy representatives, local dignitaries, and community leaders
A keynote reflection by The Rev. Dr. Gregory Groover, Pastor of the Historic Charles Street A.M.E. Church in Roxbury, MA

Date: Jan. 18, 2021
Time: 11am-noon

Special MLK Day activities for all ages will be offered by community partners (via Zoom links).

Time to say goodbye to your Natick Christmas tree

January 4, 2021 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Here’s an epiphany for you: there’s absolutely no disposing of Christmas trees and other holiday greenery in parks and conservation areas in Natick. It might seem like tossing nature into nature, but it’s actually illegal and bad for the environment. It’s also aesthetically displeasing. You know it’s going to take that tree about ten years to break down into the soil, right?

Natick Christmas tree disposal — This Natick Christmas tree awaits pick-up by the DPW.

How to say good-bye, fine firs

Fortunately, the Natick Department of Public Works makes it super-easy to dispose of your tree properly, with the curbside collection program. Curbside collection of Christmas trees is scheduled for the first two full weeks in January on your regular trash collection day (the weeks of January 4th and January 11th). Trees should be bare, free from ornaments, and with no bags. Follow those simple rules, and the DPW will make your tree disappear.

Fire it up

At our house we observe a highly personalized Christmas tree ceremony each year. First, we take the tree away from the only field it’s ever known, and we set it up in our heated house. Next, we lavish the tree with ornate trappings. After a few weeks we declare that we “need our living room back.” We then strip the tree of its ornate trappings and evict it from our home. Months later, we set the Christmas tree on fire. A merry tradition, indeed.

You can do the same starting this month. Just make sure you get an open air burning permit. Stop in to the Natick Fire Department headquarters at 22 E. Central Street to fill out the easy paperwork. The burn season runs Jan. 15 through May 1, and you must obtain permission from the NFD each day that you wish to burn. Weather conditions are taken into consideration when determining if burning will be allowed each day.

Natick open air burning — This backyard burn was entirely on the up-and-up, done with the blessing of the state and local authorities.

Town of Natick, New Year’s schedule

December 30, 2020 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

The Town of Natick will follow a holiday schedule on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Here’s the breakdown:

Department of Public Works

Curbside trash and recycling will be delayed one day in observance of New Year’s Day. Regular Friday collections will occur on Sat., Jan. 2nd.

Natick Public Schools break

All Natick Public School buildings will be closed through Fri., January 1, 2021.

School will resume on Mon., Jan. 4, 2021

Town buildings

Please remember that most Town buildings remain closed to the public due to the ongoing pandemic. Staff is working remotely and available to respond to all questions, emails, and phone calls.

All departments will be closed on Fri. Jan. 1, 2021

Beginning on December 26, new State guidelines were put in place to reduce capacity limits to 25% for most businesses, offices, restaurants, libraries, and other industries.

These new limits will be in effect until Saturday, January 9, 2021 but may be extended longer.

Morse Institute holiday hours

Morse Institute Library is closed to in-person browsing due to the pandemic.

Contact the library for services such as contactless hold pickup appointments. Or try out the new Walk-up Window, which allows patrons to pick up holds with no appointment necessary. Come to the library and line up outside along the ramp, where you will be protected from the elements with the library’s new Holiday Window Display. This exciting initiative gives you the flexibility to pick up your items on your time, with expanded hours during the week and on weekends. More information here.

Thur., Dec. 31, 2pm closing
Fri., Jan. 1, closed
Sat., Jan. 2, closed

Bacon Free Library

The Bacon Free Library (BFL) is closed to in-person browsing due to the pandemic.

The BFL will be open for curbside pickup on Thur., Dec. 31, 10am-2pm.

Thur., Dec. 31, 2pm closing
Fri., Jan. 1, closed

Curbside pickup details

The BFL will be open for curbside pickup on Sat., Jan 2, 10am-noon.

Curbside pickup is available every weekday from 10am–4pm. On Tuesdays, curbside pickup is extended to 6pm. Saturdays the service is available 10am-noon. More info here.

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Town of Natick, holidays schedule

December 24, 2020 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

The Town of Natick will follow a holiday schedule on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Here’s the breakdown:

Department of Public Works

Curbside trash and recycling will be delayed one day in observance of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Regular Friday collections will occur on Sat., Dec. 26th & Sat., Jan. 2nd.

Natick Public Schools break

All Natick Public School buildings will be closed for winter break from Thur., Dec. 24 through Fri., January 1, 2021.

School will resume on Mon., Jan. 4, 2021

Town buildings

Please remember that most Town buildings remain closed to the public due to the ongoing pandemic. Staff is working remotely and available to respond to all questions, emails, and phone calls.

All departments will be closed on Thur., Dec. 25 and Fri. Jan. 1, 2021

Beginning on Saturday, December 26, new State guidelines will further reduce capacity limits to 25% for most businesses, offices, restaurants, libraries, and other industries.

These new limits will be in effect until Saturday, January 9, 2021 but may be extended longer.

Morse Institute holiday hours

Morse Institute Library is closed to in-person browsing due to the pandemic.

Thur., Dec. 24, 2pm closing
Fri., Dec. 25 and Sat., Dec. 26, closed
Thur., Dec. 31, 2pm closing
Fri., Jan. 1, closed
Sat., Jan. 2, closed

Bacon Free Library

The Bacon Free Library (BFL) is closed to in-person browsing due to the pandemic.

The BFL will be open for curbside pickup on Thursday Dec. 24, 10am-2pm.

Friday Dec. 25, closed
Thur., Dec. 31, 2pm closing
Fri., Jan. 1, closed