Category: Natick Report
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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…
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Natick Spooktacular combines tricks, treats, books & more
Children clad in costumes and fall-weather outfits weaved in and out of the crowd at Natick’s annual Spooktacular & Trick or Treat Parade at the Town Common this past Saturday. New promoters, the Bacon Free Library and the Joseph Keefe…
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Natick police collect 50-plus firearms at gun buyback event
Natick police collected 57 firearms at a gun buyback event Oct. 11, including 36 handguns, six shotguns, three rifles and 12 other weapons such as BB guns and starter pistols. The event at Hartford Street Presbyterian Church exchanged gift cards…