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Natick Select Board office hours, June 23

June 17, 2022 by Admin Leave a Comment

The Natick Select Board will hold in-person office hours on Thursday, June 23, 9am-10am, at the Community-Senior Center, 117 E. Central Street. Residents may speak to Select Board member Mike Hickey on a walk-in, first-come/first-serve basis. Residents may ask questions, give input, and share concerns about Town operations, economic development, and other issues.

Natick Town Hall

Select Board office hours will continue to be held twice per month. On the first Thursday of each month, meetings will be held either at Town Hall or online via Zoom from 6-7pm. On the fourth Thursday, meetings will take place from 9am-10am at the Community-Senior Center. The in-person meetings may be attended on a walk-in, first-come/first-serve basis.

The Select Board has scheduled additional office hours meetings through 2022. Select Board members will rotate through the schedule.

For more information, call the Select Board office at (508) 647-6410.

Select Board office hours schedule through 2022

Natick Select Board office hours

Natick Select Board office hours

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Teens invited to take part in public reading of famous Frederick Douglass

May 16, 2022 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Local teens are invited to bring their voices to a community reading of Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech, “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?”

Sign up to be a reader using this form.

The reading will take place on Sunday, June 26 at 6:00pm on the front steps of the Morse Institute Library in Natick. Each teen will then have the opportunity to read 1-3 paragraphs from the speech, which is about thirty minutes in total. The event will be filmed by local cable station Natick Pegasus.

This event is free and open to the public, co-hosted by the Natick Historical Society and Natick for Black Lives Matter. Please practice social distancing, and bring your own chair or blanket. Bathrooms at the Morse Institute Library will NOT be open.

This event is inspired by the Mass Humanities Reading Frederick Douglass program.

Look back at 2020 reading.

Douglass speech reading


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Memorial Beach in Natick to open June 21

May 11, 2022 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

The town of Natick will open Memorial Beach at Dug Pond on Tuesday, June 21. The beach will be fully open and available to both Natick residents and non-residents through Sunday, August 14.

memorial beach dug pond

Points of interest for summer 2022

New “Nanny Pass”—Families may purchase a $65 “Nanny Pass” for a non-resident childcare provider. Email recreation@natickma.org to purchase, or visit the Cole Center at 179 Boden Lane, Natick.

No daily online admission.

No capacity limits.

The concession stand will not be operating.

Lifeguards will be on-duty when the beach is open.

A manager or gate attendant will be onsite.

Swim lessons and swim team will be offered. Information at this link, at the bottom of the page

Changing rooms and bathrooms will be available, but no showers.

There will be no trash barrels available. Memorial Beach is a “carry-in, carry-out” facility.

The docks and ladders will be available; the diving board will be closed indefinitely.

Details here on beach pass pricing structure.

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Spring ahead Natick

March 12, 2022 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Our reminder to set your non-automated clocks ahead an hour on Saturday night/Sunday morning for daylight saving time.

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Cool combination of art and chainsaws coming to Natick

February 3, 2022 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Want to work in artistic partnership with a chainsaw carver? Um, duh, who doesn’t? But first, a little background…

It’s one of those one-thing-leads-to-another stories. First, the Town of Natick, in partnership with the Natick Housing Authority, Natick Community Organic Farm and Natick Service Council, has constructed a 40-plot community garden located at 72 South Main Street, on track to open this spring.

Erica Ball Community Garden, Natick

Unfortunately, to ensure each of the plots—32 ADA-accessible, and eight in-ground—would have enough sunlight to thrive, a large maple tree had to be felled. Because the purpose of the new community garden is to build resilience to climate change, it may seem counterintuitive to chop down a mature tree. But additional goals were in play such as reducing food insecurity and increasing social resilience among vulnerable populations. Low-income households will have priority access to plot rentals, and the garden is envisioned as a community space where Natick residents can grow their own food, connect with neighbors, and spend time outside. Here’s how to rent a plot.

To sweeten the loss of the maple, the bottom of the tree (approximately 10 feet of stump) was preserved for use as public art. Here’s the part where a lucky and talented someone will get to work with a bad-ass chainsaw artist. In an unusual public art project, the Town has contracted with Michael Legassey of Athol-based Wood Wizards Carvings to complete a “stump carve” to grace the new Erica Ball community garden. If you want to see his work, venture over the border to Overbrook Drive in Wellesley.

The Natick Center Cultural District has put out a call for local artists to help design what Legassey will carve. Artists are not expected to complete the carving; this call is for conceptual designs only. The stump that will be carved is approximately 100 inches tall and 84 inches in diameter.  Artists are encouraged to visit 72 South Main St in Natick, MA to see the stump. The site is accessible during daylight hours any day of the week. The artist(s) who submits the winning design will receive a $500 stipend. 

Michael Legassey of Wood Wizard Carving

Submissions must be received by 4pm on March 1, 2022. 

Michael Legassey and Erica Ball will be available on-site, at the Erica Ball Community Garden on Saturday, February 12, 2022 from 9am- 11am to answer questions regarding potential designs.

The project is made possible by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s Accelerating Climate Resiliency program and the Barr Foundation.

Plotting and scheming

In addition to the Erica Ball Community Gardens, The Town of Natick operates three other organic community gardens for residents to grow food recreationally and supplementally during the spring and summer months.

Gardeners can use their plots from April to September. Gardeners must reapply every year, but existing members are given priority. Plot fees are due each year and are $75. There are a select number of low-cost plots available to residents for $50. Residents are encouraged to provide their own seeds and tools, but water access and seasonal tool storage is available at each garden.

Questions about the community gardens program can be directed to the Community Gardens Coordinator at communitygardens@natickma.org or by calling 508-647-6400 ext. 2013.

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