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Eyeing the blood moon eclipse over Natick

November 8, 2022 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Natick’s Cindy Bates says she wasn’t planning to be up so early on Tuesday morning for the last full lunar eclipse until 2025, but she was “just a little jazzed about election day, I think.” The moon went red as the earth, sun, and moon lined up early this morning, and the moon fell into the earth’s shadow.

Cindy regretted not using a higher resolution, but we’re always thankful when readers share their photos (natickreport@gmail.com)

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Fall Natick Trails Day: Saturday, Oct. 22

October 19, 2022 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

The public is invited to help tidy up Natick’s trails on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 9am-noon.

The Natick Trails and Forest Stewardship committee will divvy up volunteers between two projects:

  • Meadow restoration at the Hunnewell Town Forest
  • Eisenmenger trail maintenance

Sign up to help.

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Hitting the blue trail at Hunnewell town forest: Beaver dam, changing colors, water tank

October 13, 2022 by Bob Brown 1 Comment

While checking in on the beaver dam back-and-forth along the Hunnewell Town Forest in Natick, I took the opportunity to hike the blue trail up to the water tank and take a few photos in early October. It’ll be worth revisiting as the colors change…

hunnewell town forest blue trail

hunnewell town forest blue trail

hunnewell town forest

hunnewell town forest

hunnewell town forest


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Natick Health Dept. issues toxic algae bloom advisory

October 13, 2022 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Natick’s Health Department has issued an advisory that cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) blooms, potentially harmful to people and animals, have been detected by the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation at Lake Cochituate and Fisk Pond.

People are advised to avoid boating or swimming (not that too many of you are probably tempted in mid-October…) at the following access points to the Lake Cochituate and Fisk Pond until the advisory is lifted. Some of the known access points include but are not limited to:

  • Amvets Post 79
  • Camp Arrowhead
  • Cochituate State Park
  • Camp Mary Bunker
  • Perry/Cypress Road
  • Boating Club by Eddy’s Park
  • Middlesex Path
  • Pegan Cove
  • Natick Soldier Systems Center
  • Boat ramp to Fiske Pond
  • Fishing docks on West Central Street.

The MA Department of Public Health will conduct follow-up sampling at the waterbody when there is no longer visual evidence of a bloom.

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Call for artists to help create summer 2023 Outdoor Reading Rooms in Natick

October 4, 2022 by Admin Leave a Comment

In celebration of the Morse Institute Library’s 150th anniversary, the Town of Natick and the Morse Institute Library have issued a call for artists to design, construct, install and maintain three original, temporary Outdoor Reading Rooms in public green spaces across the community next summer.

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Outdoor Reading Rooms are open-air ‘rooms’ where anyone may sit and read—no library card needed. The Morse Institute Library’s Bookmobile and Book Bike will support each Outdoor Reading Room with pop-up programming such as children’s story times, author talks, book clubs, and historical programs. The spaces will also be available to support public programming led by other municipal departments, nonprofits, and community groups. The Morse Institute just need artists to make them!

Check out the call for artists and consider applying. Responses are due Friday, October 21, 2022.

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Filed Under: Art, Community, Morse Institute Library, Outdoors

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