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.

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Friends of the Morse Institute to hold book sale

May 18, 2022 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Stock up on your summer reading at The Friends of the Morse Institute book sale, Saturday May 21, 8:30am-4:30pm and Sunday, May, 22, noon-3:00pm. There will be 1,000s of books and a selection of DVDs and CDs. At $1 per adult book and $0.50 for children’s/tween/teen books, there’s no reason not to bring a big bag and load up.

Proceed help the Friends provide library patrons with museum passes, Speed Reads, large print books, programs for all ages, and much more.

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Natick “Art in Bloom” exhibit showcases creations of area artists and floral arrangers

May 16, 2022 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

The Natick Garden Club, in association with the Natick Art Association and the Natick Center Cultural District, turned the blank canvas of Lebowitz Hall, on the lower level of the Morse Institute, into a background for interpretive live floral arrangements inspired by paintings, jewelry, woodwork pieces, mosaics, and more during a two-day long “Art in Bloom” event.

Participating members of the Garden Club were each assigned an artwork created by a member of the Art Association. From there, the gardeners used their imagination to tell a story in flowers. Floral arrangers explained their vision on an accompanying placard.

Arrangements featured below were created by members of the Natick Garden Club, except where noted. Here are some of the stunning creations:

Natick Art in Bloom — Painting: “Summer Evening, Elm Bank Reservation,” by Ryan Black. Arrangement by Rose Coyman and Julie Mason who in their statement said their use of soft pinks and greens “…echo the feeling of a sunset walk through Elm Bank.”

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?”

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.

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Natick Business Buzz: Austin Liquors seeks to move, change name; Lookout Farm invites diners back outdoors; MutualOne donates big to Spark Kindness

May 13, 2022 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Our roundup of the latest Natick, Mass., business news:

Austin Liquors seeks to move, change name

The Natick Select Board will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. to consider an application from Austin Liquors Too for a change of location from 212 North Main St., to 45 Worcester St., currently a Bernie & Phyl’s furniture store location on Rte. 9 west that was also in the running recently for a cannabis shop.

Austin Liquors is also looking to go back to being called Fannon’s.

Lookout Farm invites diners back outside

It’s out with the Greenhouse and back in with The Lookout at Lookout Farm at 89 Pleasant Street in Natick.

The reopening this Friday of the outdoor dining at picnic tables spread across a scenic landscape is a sure sign that better weather is on way. (No dogs allowed.)

*Wednesday 4pm to 9pm (kitchen closes at 7:45pm, last seating 7:15pm)
*Thursday 4pm to 9pm (kitchen closes at 7:45pm, last seating 7:15pm)
*Friday – 12pm to 10pm (kitchen closes at 7:45pm, last seating 7:15pm)
*Saturday 10am to 10pm (kitchen closes at 7:45pm, last seating 7:15pm)
*Sunday 10am to 9pm (kitchen closes at 7:45pm, last seating 7:15pm)

Our 2020 visit to The Lookout.

MutualOne donates big to Spark Kindness

The MutualOne Charitable Foundation has awarded $10,000 to SPARK Kindness to support its “Resilient Community” speaker series.

The program series has been designed to support the emotional and mental health of families most affected by the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by providing free virtual programming.

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