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Fall in Natick: Signs of the season

October 14, 2022 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

We’ve reached peak color in Natick this fall. The yellows and oranges, the reds and browns. The blacks and blues, the purples and greens. Yes, lawn signs are everywhere, both on private property and on public land, where they shouldn’t be.

You know the hot spots, along the stretch of Rte. 135 near the dog park, in South Natick at the intersection of Union/Pleasant/Eliot, and even on school grounds.  The offenders are many, from political campaigns to private schools to realtors to companies that yes, sell yard signs. Extreme signage displays have been seen in town of late, such as those urging people to slow the @!(#% down, but hey, do what you will on your own property.

 

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Section 6               Signs in Public Ways or on Public Property

No person shall place any unauthorized or non-conforming sign within the right-of-way of any street or on public property. The Building Commissioner is authorized to take down and remove such an unauthorized or non-conforming sign. Such sign shall be retained by the Building Commissioner for a period of thirty days after its removal. The owner of such sign may reclaim it within thirty days of its removal by submitting satisfactory proof of ownership to the Building Commissioner. If such sign is not claimed within such thirty day period, the Building Commissioner may cause such sign to be destroyed without incurring any liability to the Town or any of its Agents.


The issue even came up during the South Natick dam discussion at the Oct. 3 Select Board meeting (about 1 hour and 24 minutes) when a Save Natick Dam proponent said that some of their signs had been removed. That led to a brief discussion about when the town will take down signs put up on public land. We’ve heard Select Board pleas to the public in the past to at least remember to remove such yard signs after events being promoted have taken place.

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Natick Report growth a focus of Google News Initiative Startups Lab

September 29, 2022 by Bob Brown 2 Comments

The Swellesley Report—parent company of Natick Report—is 1 of 16 independent publishers selected to take part in the 2022 GNI Startups Lab on Managing Money and Risk.

The program, a collaboration between the Google News Initiative and the LION Publishers trade group that we belong to, is designed to help outfits like ours build sustainable news operations. In our case, this includes both Swellesley, which has been around since 2005, and our newer Natick Report, launched in 2020.

The program, which kicked off for us earlier this month, will provide training, funding and coaching on:

  • Navigating risk and uncertainty
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  • Developing key business and financial documents
  • Growth opportunities

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Natick Report: Helps us help you in ’22

January 1, 2022 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

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We appreciate the news tips, from the quirky to the really important. We appreciate the photos. We appreciate you sending along memos from town officials that the rest of the community might care about. And we appreciate organizations, businesses, town officials, and residents who have given us a heads up on things and answered our questions.

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Online event will explore Natick historical newspapers—whatever newspapers are

November 30, 2021 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

As an online-only publication, we at Natick Report don’t really get what newspapers are. But we do get digital stuff, so we’re interested in Natick Historical Society’s online event on Dec. 1 at 7pm that discusses Morse Institute Library’s digital repository of historic newspapers of Natick dating back more than 150 years.

This free Zoom event will feature local librarian Karol Bartlett. Advanced registration is required.

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