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MBTA service cuts set to take effect July 27 will affect Natick commuters, Patch reports. The town urged sensitive groups to limit outdoor activity Thursday after wildfire smoke triggered an air quality alert, and a Natick bagpiper won a medal at Scotland's Highland Games, according to …

Natick's Charles River dam removal entered a new phase Thursday as crews completed the impoundment drawdown and began in-water construction, including a temporary access road behind the spillway that will bring park closures. The town also issued an air-quality alert the same day as wil…

Natick Police and community partners will host National Night Out at Natick High School on Aug. 4. The event, set for 4 to 8 p.m., will offer free food, games and other activities as the Natick Police Department kicks off its annual community-outreach push, according to a listing on the…

Natick set October 20 as the date for its Fall Annual Town Meeting. The Town Clerk's office posted a formal intent-to-call notice Tuesday confirming a 7:30 p.m. start at Kennedy Middle School, giving town meeting members and residents more than three months' lead time before the fall wa…

Natick asks residents to weigh in on interim uses for the former Johnson School. Town staff this week posted a survey and a companion interim-use matrix outlining possible short-term options for the vacant elementary school property, part of a Johnson Future Use project that has pivoted…

Charles River Dam removal looms as South Natick residents mourn an "iconic landmark" ahead of the July 16 demolition date. MetroWest Daily News and Wicked Local both reported on opponents reflecting on the dam's history as water levels in the Charles River are lowered in preparation for…

Crews start lowering the Charles River in South Natick ahead of dam removal set for this fall. The work, which MetroWest Daily News reports is dropping river levels by nearly a foot per day, marks the first visible step toward eliminating the South Natick dam and reshaping that stretch …

Natick's Select Board meets Wednesday with two consequential planning items on its July 8 docket. The board will consider a matrix of interim-use options for the Johnson property and continue discussing the Main Street Improvement Project, with public comment explicitly invited on the l…

A Cambridge-based brokerage firm has acquired the former Party City property on Route 9 in Natick. The MetroWest Daily News reported this week that the site at 321 Worcester St. is now under new ownership, with Cambridge-based ABG identified as the buyer — "Who bought the former Party C…

Natick's Charles River Dam drawdown is under way as the town braces for a big construction milestone July 16. The controlled lowering of the impoundment began this week ahead of in-water work scheduled to start July 16, with town updates and video posted at natickma.gov; WCVB also repor…