🌱 Patch AM: What Natick’s $11M Main Street redesign will change downtown

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In today's newsletter:

• What Natick's $11M Main Street redesign will change downtown
• How Natick honored the 25th anniversary of 9/11 downtown

Also on today's calendar: A Clean Charles Controls Carbon and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 61 degrees.
• Sunday: Humid with rain, mainly early, temps: high: 74, low: 62.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 75 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Natick picks $11M Main Street plan despite public safety concerns (wickedlocal.com) — Natick's Select Board has chosen an $11 million hybrid design for the Main Street Improvement Project in Natick Center, adding bike lanes while keeping most downtown parking. The plan, backed by a MathWorks grant and potential federal funding, will shape traffic, safety, and snow removal for decades, with detailed design and public discussions continuing into the 2030s.
   

• Natick marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks (natickreport.com) — Natick residents, first responders, and local officials gathered at the police station's 9/11 memorial to mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks with speeches, music, and a flower-laying ceremony. Reflections from community members highlighted how the day reshaped lives and reinforced unity, while local employer TJX honored employees lost by donating flowers for the memorial.
   

📸 Around Natick

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Natick

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 15
• A Clean Charles Controls Carbon →
  Online,
  7:30 pm
Saturday September 19
• Art of Latin Music: Angel Subero with Latin Logic -- Culture Club Series Kickoff@Zullo →
  Zullo Gallery Center For the Arts, 456 Main St, Medfield
  6:30 pm
Sunday September 20
• Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!) →
  Ephraim Curtis Middle School, 22 Pratts Mill Rd, Sudbury
  10:00 am
Saturday September 26
• Quilts for Today →
  Needham Town Hall, 1471 Highland Ave, Needham
  10:00 am
Saturday October 3
• Miles For Mutts 5k →
  Curtis Middle School, 22 Pratts Mill Rd, Sudbury
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday September 12
• Rosh Hashanah with Rabbi Emily Mathis, Singer-Songwriter Julie Silver & B'nai Torah MetroWest →
  First Parish of Sudbury, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 15
• Recovery City Film Screening →
  Morse Institute Library, 14 E Central St, Natick
  6:00 pm
• Gateway Camera Club Presents "How to Add Narrative and Story to Your Photographs" →
  St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 3 Maple St, Framingham
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• MetroWest Humane Society 19th Annual Craft Fair! →
  2 Oak St, Framingham
  10:00 am
• Harvest Dinner by the Natick Community Organic Farm →
  Silverwood Organic Farm, 195 Western Ave, Sherborn
  4:30 pm
Monday September 21
• Yom Kippur with Rabbi Emily Mathis, Singer-Songwriter Julie Silver & B'nai Torah MetroWest →
  First Parish of Sudbury, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 22
• Meditations for a Calm Mind →
  Natick Community-Senior Center, 117 E Central St, Natick
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 23
• Complimentary Presentation - Five Things to Know About Medicare →
  Online Event
  12:30 pm

📣 Natick Shout Outs!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 25 Years Later: What 9/11 Still Teaches Us About Trust and Community —Paula Fleming Read on Patch
• Before You Buy a GLP-1 Online, Here's What Consumers Need to Know —Paula Fleming Read on Patch

• I was at Shoppers World today and was searching for a parking spot next to one of the small trees that are planted to keep my car cool while I shopped.
  Then I had an idea... If they put a solar array in the middle of the parking lot (where noone ever parks) similar to the one at REI - There would be… (Nextdoor Morses Pond)
• The quality of this video is very poor.
  It's windy, I was trying to steady kayak and safety of my dog. (Nextdoor Johnson)

• Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Customer Service Lead - Part-Time in Natick. Apply here.
• Macy's posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate, Natick Collection - Full Time in Natick. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Natick here.

🗞 Nearby News

Framingham

• Planning Consultant - Framingham, MA (fidelity.com)
• Sept. 11 at 6PM in FSU Planetarium final chance to experience: Pink Floyd (framinghamsource.com)
• Woman finally being laid to rest after being killed in 9/11 attacks (tyla.com)

Wayland

• Rowley takes over as interim WMS principal, plans new student leadership programs (waylandstudentpress.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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