Category: Natick Report
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Larceny arrests on rise in Natick as shoplifting groups target retailers
Groups of thieves are working in teams to rob Natick Mall retailers, police say. Some travel from Queens, the Bronx, Hartford and other locales to loot stores, according to police records. Sometimes donning masks and equipped with aluminum-lined “boost bags,”…
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Group still hopeful Natick will re-examine its town government structure
A grassroots group continues to evaluate possible ways for Natick to rethink its town government structure to best serve a growing population with a stretched volunteer base. Natick has not formally examined its form of government since 1980. The Natick Charter…
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Natick residents reflect on $7m operating budget override a year later
Natick Center (photo by Olivia Ruzic). Last year’s Natick annual town election posed a seemingly impossible choice for its residents: Raise their real estate taxes by an average of $450 per year through a $7 million budget override, or sacrifice…
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Natick breakfast celebrates woman entrepreneurs, builds community
Even after the coffee cups were cleared and people began filing out, a handful of women hung back on the second floor of the Center for the Arts in Natick, swapping stories about their budding businesses and personal journeys. Executive…
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‘The first step to empathy is listening’: Natick Freedom Team hosts interfaith sharing event
A microphone and oyster shell passed from hand to hand in a circle of folding chairs as neighbors spoke about their own spirituality and listened to others’ without interpretation. The Natick Freedom Team, a volunteer anti-bias, racism and bigotry organization,…
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Natick’s Natural and Synthetic Turf Field Study Group stays on course with sports fields research
Memorial Field, one of 3 artifical turf fields in Natick. After months of debate over how to best use turf fields in Natick, the town’s study group is making progress researching the pros and cons of artificial turf. The town…
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Natick residents hold onto hope in protest in solidarity with Minnesota
When Diane Holzheimer planned a short-notice, anti-ICE protest for a cold weekend, she wasn’t sure how many people would be able to make it out. But she was pleasantly surprised when 160-some of her neighbors from Natick and the surrounding…