More than you really want to know about Natick, Mass.
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.
More information here on the new “Nanny Pass,” what’s available (swim lessons, yes), and what’s not (showers, no), plus details on beach pass pricing structure.
Natick’s Select Board will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 15 at 6:30pm to discuss a request to dedicate a square in honor of the Casali family. The square would be dedicated at the intersection of Oakland Street and Oakland Terrace.
The meeting will be held at Town Hall, but can also be attended online.
Natick Director of Veteran Services Paul Carew made the request to honor three brothers—William, Flory, and Caesar Casali—who served in the military. The dedication is proposed for July 2.
More: Natick military veterans and war memorial tour
The annual Tour de Natick family bike ride sponsored by the Rotary Club of Natick will be held on Father’s Day (June 19). The six-mile loop course will start at 11am at the Natick Common, and end at that spot with lunch immediately following the ride. Register here.
The Tour de Natick raises money for the Rotary Club of Natick’s charitable foundation to benefit Natick Scholars. Each year the Club awards over $10,000 in scholarships to graduating Natick High School seniors. Additionally, the Rotarians give out over 300 dictionaries each year to the town’s third graders.
Over the past 15 years the Rotary Club has awarded over $200,000 in scholarships and over 8,000 dictionaries due to its largest fundraiser, the Tour de Natick.
The Ben-Hem Elementary School community in Natick has been saddened by the cutting down of trees on school grounds that were dedicated to teacher Catie O’Brien, who died in 2019.
Local TV news stations are reporting that police are investigating the incident and that friends and neighbors plan to fund the planting of new trees (our inquiry to Natick Police in late May, after receiving a tip on this from a reader, went unanswered).
More from Boston 25 News and WBZ Boston.
