| Time and
Place |
ARCHIVE OF PAST ONE-TIME
EVENTS,
Description and Contact Information |
Monday,
May 5th, 2008 (7:30-9PM)
Lebowitz Meeting Hall, on
lower level of Natick's Morse
Institute
Library, 14
East Central Street, Natick. |
The
Ultimate Green Lawn
The fertilizer that makes your lawn green also runs downhill to our
lakes and ponds - where it grows algae and aquatic weeds. And mowing
grass wastes energy, including your own. Jackson offers an interesting
alternative approach! |
Sunday,
May 4th, 2008 (1-3PM)
Natick Common |
Natick
Service Day
Help out for one to two hours with one of many community service
projects located near Natick Center,
including:
- Picking up litter along sidewalks
- Cleaning walking trails and parks
Just show up by yourself or with your family and friends! The Natick
Service Council will provide bags
and gloves.
Contact: Tim Collins
(1-617/840-0827) |
Sunday,
April 27th, 2008 (Noon-4PM)
At the top of Mountain Road in Framingham.
(From MassPike Exit 12, 1/2-mile west on Rte. 9 to right on California
Ave.; through the lights; at the base of the mountain take a left onto
Mountain Rd.) |
Kite
Day at Bose Mountain
By KONE (Kites Over New England), with participating companies,
charitable organizations and more. It's free, and you're invited -
especially with kids! Free nylon kites(while supplies last), free face
painting, magic and balloons, games, a raffle (first prize is a Bose
Wave Radio), stunt kite demos by professional kite flyers, see a fire
truck. Ice cream, baked goods and pizza for sale. |
Monday,
April 14th, 2008 (7:30PM)
Natick Town Hall, 3rd floor School Committee Meeting
Room. |
Natick
40B Hearing re
Chrysler Road High-Rise Apartments
The Natick Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) continues its
March 3rd
hearing to build a 404-unit apartment development (40B) on
Chrysler Road. This development would be very
close to the Natick section of the Cochituate Rail Trail and to Lake
Cochituate's Middle Pond, just south of the state park beach.
Continuing the prior meeting's discussion (and new, low-foliage balloon
testing) re the visual
impact on Lake Cochituate and the Cochituate Rail Trail. |
Saturday,
April 12th, 2008 (10-3PM)
(Phone Natick ZBA Friday, to confirm: 1-508/647-6450)
Observe ballons at east end of Chrysler Road in Natick.
Preliminary talk at 10AM, main boat ramp at Cochituate State Park
(south side of Route 30). |
Balloon
Test for proposed Chrysler Road High-Rise Apartments
(It was postponed from April 5th, due to weather. Despite another
prediction of bad weather, conditions turned out fine and it went well.)
This low-foliage balloon test will be held prior to the
April 14th
hearing
continuation (and before the trees leaf out). On a windless day,
balloons will be located at each upper corner of the proposed buildings
so the Natick Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) members and the public can visualize the impact on
the lake and on the Cochituate Rail Trail.
Boaters: Can you help for an hour or so, by
showing up at the main boat
ramp at Cochituate State Park at 10AM and taking some passengers out
for the view from our lake? Contact Dick Miller
(1-508/653-6136) or Than
Bogan, CSPAC Chair
(1-508/650-4120). |
Saturday,
March
22nd, 2008 (1PM)
Lebowitz Meeting Hall, on
lower level of Natick's Morse
Institute
Library, 14
East Central Street, Natick. |
Mountain
Climbing with REI:
Hear experiences of winter climbing and hiking in the White Mountains
of New Hampshire by an REI staff member. Learn climbing and hiking
basics, proper equipment, clothing and more. Free, no registration
required.
Contact: Morse Institute Library (1-508/647-6520) |
Thursday,
March 20th, 2008 (5-7:30PM; register and refreshments at 4:30PM)
TTOR's Doyle Conservation Center, 464 Abbott Avenue,
Leominster, MA |
Sustainable
Watersheds Workshop:
Free workshop on growing our towns greener and enacting practices that
preserve the ecological health of watersheds.
Preregister: Massachusetts Watershed Coalition
(1-978/534-0379; mwc@commonwaters.org) |
Tuesday,
March 18th, 2008 (7PM)
REI
Framingham, 375
Cochituate Road (Route 30), Framingham, MA 01701 |
Basic
Bike Maintenance:
REI's
free Bike
Maintenance classes will increase your knowledge, comfort and safety.
Learn how to do most maintenance yourself, and when to ask for
help.
Pre-register at: REI Framingham Customer Service
(508/270-6325). |
Saturday,
March 15th, 2008 (9AM-4:30PM)
Wentworth Institute of Techhology, Boston.
Conference begins in Watson Auditorium in Watson Hall (number 5 on the campus
map). |
Toxics
Action 2008:
Toxics Action
Center's 22nd
annual citizens conference will draw
about 400 activists from MA, CT and RI. It is a
top-notch event for people wanting to sharpen their knowledge,
skills, and connections for
clean air, clean water and a protected environment for our communities.
Registration:
$35 each; $50 for a co-sponsoring group @ $20 each with 2 free seats. |
Thursday,
March 13th, 2008 (7:30PM)
Senior Center (probably), Wayland Town Office Building, 41 Cochituate
Road |
Application
For Use of Aquatic Pesticides in Dudley Pond:
Continuation of February 14th public hearing before the Wayland
Conservation
Commission. Lake Cochituate
and adjacent Dudley
Pond are the sites of
two on-going evaluations of different floating circulators, by SolarBee
and Eco-Guide International. Will the Eco-Guide test be confused
or interrupted by chemical treatments? |
March
8th, 2008 (8:30AM-Noon)
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters
73 Weir Hill Road, Sudbury MA |
OAR Roundtable Discussion,
Watersheds of Eastern Massachusetts:
The Organization of the Assabet River holds its annual panel
discussion, comparing problems and opportunities in our local
watershed associations.
Contact: Sue Flint, OAR (1-978/369-3956; www.assabetriver.org) |
Saturday,
March 8th, 2008 (8-11AM)
Memorial
Elementary School, South Natick |
Annual
Pancake Breakfast for The Natick
Organic Community Farm:
NBPAC, Natick Open Space Committee and Natick Walks will co-staff an
exhibit table, featuring the Cochituate Rail Trail
project (and the CRT Brochure) and other walking and biking initiatives
in our community. (All you can eat, $8; $4 for kids; exhibits are
free.)
Afterward, you can tour the adjacent Community Farm. It has its own
maple sugar shack, and this is a pancake breakfast. Need we say
more?
[My photo album
for last year's event.] |
Monday,
March 3rd, 2008 (7:30PM)
Natick Town Hall, 3rd-floor Training Room. |
Natick
40B Hearing re
Chrysler Road High-Rise Apartments
The Natick Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) continues its
February 4th
hearing to build a 404-unit apartment development (40B) on
Chrysler Road. This development would be very
close to the Natick section of the Cochituate Rail Trail and to Lake
Cochituate's Middle Pond, just south of the state park beach.
We are assured that this
meeting will address the visual
impact on Lake Cochituate and the Cochituate Rail Trail. |
Monday,
February 4th, 2008 (7:30PM)
Selectmen's Meeting Room (2nd-floor front), Natick Town
Hall |
Natick
40B Hearing re
Chrysler Road High-Rise Apartments
The Natick Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) continues its
December 17th
hearing to build a 404-unit apartment development (40B) on
Chrysler Road. This development would be very
close to the Natick section of the Cochituate Rail Trail and to Lake
Cochituate's Middle Pond, just south of the state park beach.
The theme for this meeting again is: Traffic and Landscaping.
(Last-minute change: The visual impact on LC and CRT will be discussed
at a FUTURE
hearing date.) |
Monday,
December 17th, 2007 (7:30PM)
Natick Fire Department's
Meeting Room. |
Natick
40B Hearing re
Chrysler Road High-Rise Apartments
The Natick Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) continues its
October 29th
hearing to build a 404-unit apartment development (40B) on
Chrysler Road. This development would be very
close to the Natick section of the Cochituate Rail Trail and to Lake
Cochituate's Middle Pond, just south of the state park beach.
The theme for this meeting is: Traffic and Landscaping.
(The visual impact on LC and CRT will be discussed at a FUTURE hearing date.) |
Thursday,
December 6th, 2007 (7:30PM)
Selectmen's Meeting Room (2nd-floor front), Natick Town
Hall |
Mass.
DCR reviews Invasive Aquatic Plant
Management in Lake Cochituate:
Mass. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) visits Natick
Conservation Commission for a quarterly review (months overdue) of its
program to manage
invasive aquatic vegetation in Lake Cochituate. Floating circulators
and more. |
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 (8:45PM)
(Time confirmed, 1 day in advance.)
Natick Town Hall, 2nd floor Selectmen's
Meeting Rm. |
Natick
Helipad
Hearing
Continued from October 24th, the Natick Planning
Board
hearing re
extension and expansion
of a special permit for Boston Scientific's Helipad by Lake Cochituate
and the Cochituate Rail Trail! You still can be heard,
in person or by e-mail.
See my BSC Helipad webpage
for more information. |
POSTPONED! ->
Thursday, November 1st, 2007 (NO)
Selectmen's Meeting Room (2nd-floor front), Natick Town
Hall |
Mass. DCR reviews Invasive Aquatic Plant
Management in Lake Cochituate:
Mass. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) visits Natick
Conservation Commission for a quarterly review of its program to manage
invasive aquatic vegetation in Lake Cochituate. Floating circulators
and more.
NOTE (as of Oct. 31st): This visit has been POSTPONED
- probably to Thusday, Dec. 6th, 2007. |
Monday, October
29th, 2007 (7:30PM)
Natick Town Hall, 3rd
floor School Board's
Meeting Rm. |
Natick 40B Hearing re
Chrysler Road High-Rise Apartments
The Natick Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) continues its
September 17th
hearing to build a 404-unit apartment development (40B) on
Chrysler Road. This development would be very
close to the Natick section of the trail and to Lake Cochituate's
Middle Pond, just south of the state park beach.
The theme for this meeting is: site planning, drainage, etc.
(071029: I've been informed that the visual impact on LC and CRT will
be discussed at a FUTURE
hearing date.) |
Friday, October 26th, 2007 (5PM)
Public comments (by e-mail). |
Close of public comment period, on Proposed
MassPike Toll Increase.
See my MassPike Toll Increases web page, with my
comment letter of October 19th, 2007. You can e-mail your comment
letter to the same two e-mail addresses. |
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 (8PM)
Natick Town Hall, 2nd floor Selectmen's
Meeting Rm. |
Natick
Helipad
Hearing
Continued from September 26th, the Natick Planning
Board
hearing re
extension and expansion
of a special permit for Boston Scientific's Helipad by Lake Cochituate
and the Cochituate Rail Trail! You still can be heard,
in person or by e-mail.
See my BSC Helipad webpage
for more information.
Update, on the afternoon of the hearing: The
Natick Planning Board just e-mailed me a copy of a new "final
sound study"
(we requested but never received the draft study), and I've just posted
it for your information. You'll find its link near the top of the BSC
Helipad webpage.
After meeting: That presentation, and comments about it, were
the
1-hour agenda item. The "final report" was updated late in the day, and
I was able to post the new copy the next morning. The
meeting is continued to November 14th. |
Tuesday,
October 23rd, 2007 (7PM)
REI
Framingham, 375
Cochituate Road (Route 30), Framingham, MA 01701 |
Basic
Bike Maintenance
REI's
free Bike
Maintenance classes will increase your knowledge, comfort and safety.
Learn how to do most maintenance yourself, and when to ask for
help.
Register at: REI Framingham Customer Service
(508/270-6325). |
Wednesday,
October 17th, 2007
(8AM-3:45PM)
Marriott Boston Courtyard Hotel
Boston, MA |
Moving
Together 2007
The Moving Together Conference is an annual and major event for bicycle
and pedestrian action in Massachusetts. $40, including meals.
Great talks, great sponsoring agencies, great contacts, makes a big
difference. Read the online information, register, be there! |
Tuesday,
October 16th, 2007 (7PM)
REI
Framingham, 375
Cochituate Road (Route 30), Framingham, MA 01701 |
Basic
Bike Maintenance
REI's
free Bike
Maintenance classes will increase your knowledge, comfort and safety.
Learn how to do most maintenance yourself, and when to ask for
help.
Register at: REI Framingham Customer Service
(508/270-6325). |
Tuesday,
October 9th, 2007 (3PM)
Chelmsford Community Center (Old Town Hall), 1A North Road (Route 4),
Chelmsford, MA |
Phase 1 Groundbreaking Ceremony for
the Bruce
Freeman Rail Trail
The public is invited. Luisa
Paiewonsky, Commissioner of MassHighway, will be a featured speaker.
Contact: help@brucefreemanrailtrail.org |
Tuesday,
October 9th, 2007
(8:30AM-6:15PM)
MIT Room 10-250,
Cambridge
MA |
2007 Earth System Initiative/Center for Global Change Science Symposium:
This “Earth System Revolutions: Key Turning Points in the History of our Planet” symposium has three sections. In the first session, key examples of revolutions early in the history of the Earth System such as the advent of oxygenic photosynthesis, the origin of Life and the Cambrian Explosion, will be presented to bring to light the ever evolving nature of the biosphere. In the second session, speakers will discuss the "Anthropocene", that is, the ways in which humans have fundamentally altered the chemical, physical and biological systems on this planet. Topics include the impact of our energy portfolio, our changing climate, biodiversity, and other ways that society and industry have intentionally or unintentionally shaped the Earth. The final session will focus on the possible futures of the Earth System. To highlight two simple extremes, should we as a society attempt to mitigate the effects of our changing planet through geoengineering? Or should we accept the inevitable and adapt to a new planet? What middle ground is the best balance? What options are most likely to succeed in protecting Earth’s resources for future generations?
A detailed agenda with a list of speakers can be found at
http://esi.mit.edu/content/view/139/1/.
Please email esinfo@mit.edu with questions.
Free, public, registration not required. Groups, please contact esinfo@mit.edu.
|
Tuesday, October 2nd (7PM)
Wilson Middle School
22 Rutledge Road, Natick |
Natick
360 Community Survey Results
This two-year strategic planning process is scheduled to be completed
in January
of 2008 with the publication of the final strategic plan and a
community-wide celebration of the accomplishment.
Hear this presentation of the Phase IV results, followed by
Q&A.The report is online here. |
Saturday-Sunday,
September 29th-30th, 2007
(10AM-5PM)
Day Use Area, Cochituate State Park |
Natick Powwow
at Cochituate
State Park:
This Harvest
Moon and Creator Praise Day
Celebration is hosted by the Natick
Praying
Indians.
Singing; dancing; storytelling; food and more! Public welcome. Free
admission.
Information: 508/339-8919; http://natickprayingindians.org/. |
Saturday,
September 29th, 2007 (9AM-Noon,
1-3PM)
(Rain date is Sunday, September
30th.)
Park
at 500 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham.
Check in across the street at the Cochituate Brook Reservation Park. |
Cochituate Rail Trail Fall Work
Day:
We join the Framingham
CRT Committee for a day of trail work and
clean-up on our Cochituate Rail Trail. Here's a way to visit, and help
create, the CRT to be.
Arrive in the morning or afternoon, depending on your schedule. Work
for as long as you can. Free lunch at noon.
Please bring any of these tools that you have: rakes, shovels, hand
saws, and loppers. Pick-up trucks are extremely helpful. Work gloves,
long sleeves, and long pants are recommended. |
Friday,
Sept. 28th (9AM-7PM) and Saturday, Sept. 29th (10AM-6PM), 2007
Boston City Hall Plaza |
Boston's
Fifth Annual AltWheels
Transportation Festival
More
than 160 exhibitors, including free CFL light bulbs,
discounts on alternative vehicles, a chance to bid on a Prius/Camry,
and more! Visit the Energy Freedom trail with ideas on reducing your
carbon footprint, MassBike with human-powered transportation, and REI's
free bike repair tent. The festival
also features live music, performance artists, and Mayor Menino on
Friday from 3-4pm. |
Thursday,
September 27th, 2007 (8:30-11AM)
Memorial
Building, 150 Concord Street, Framingham MA |
Walkable Communities Workshop
The
Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Town of Framingham
co-sponsor a free regional workshop to make your community more
walkable.
Pre-register with:
Bryan Taberner,
Framingham Planner (508/532-5455, bwt@framinghamma.gov) |
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 (8:45PM)
Natick Town Hall, 2nd floor Selectmen's
Meeting Rm. |
Natick
Helipad
Hearing
4PM same-day ALERT! This hearing IS scheduled
for 8:45 tonight, with a
first presentation by the Town's noise consultant. I expect that report
to be available online, with time to respond before a continued hearing
date. A related hearing for a Natick Noise By-Law is scheduled
at 8:15PM.
Continued from July 11th, the Natick Planning Board
hearing re
extension and expansion
of a special permit for Boston Scientific's Helipad by Lake Cochituate
and Cochituate Rail Trail! You still can be heard,
in person or by e-mail.
See my BSC Helipad webpage
for more information. |
| Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 |
CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF THIS EVENTS CALENDAR!
Dick and Jill
Miller thank you for your continuing interest. |
Sunday,
September 23rd, 2007
(7AM-2PM)
Boston
MA: City Hall Plaza, and throughout Boston |
Hub
On
Wheels
Boston's
city-wide bike ride and festival. Bike
down Storrow Drive with no cars around to get in your way. You'll
enjoy harbor views and hidden pathways, river greenways, and Boston's
wonderful and eclectic neighborhoods. Your donation helps Boston
Public School students get the technology and the skills they need to
succeed in today's world.
Contact:
Nicole (617/918-4343; nicole@hubonwheels.org) |
Wednesday,
September
19th, 2007 (7PM)
Lebowitz Meeting Hall, on
lower level of Natick's Morse
Institute
Library, 14
East Central Street, Natick. |
MetroWest
Community Forum on Transportation
Hosted by Lt. Gov. Tim Murray. Free and open to the public. |
Monday,
September 17th, 2007 (7:30PM)
Natick Town Hall, 3rd
floor School Board's
Meeting Rm. |
Natick 40B Hearing re Chrysler Road High-Rise Apartments
The Natick Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) continues its July 9th hearing to build a 404-unit apartment development (40B) on Chrysler Road. This development would be very close to the Natick section of the trail and to Lake Cochituate's Middle Pond, just south of the state park beach.
The theme for this meeting is: traffic.
|
Saturday,
September 8th, 2007 (10AM-4PM)
Natick Town Common |
Natick
Days
It's only one day, but it's a good'un! Food, fun and
entertainment. The Natick
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee and other outdoor
groups
will be exhibiting together in front of the Police Headquarters, and
there's much more on the Town Common. This
is a great stop on your bike ride! |
Wednesday,
August
29th, 2007 (9AM-5PM)
5 Chrysler Road, Natick
(just south of Home Depot) |
Balloon test,
to predict impact of
proposed new Chrysler Apartments high-rise housing on Cochituate Rail
Trail and on Cochituate State Park. (Expect additional testing after
Fall foliage, and if the weather is too windy.) |
Tuesday,
August 28th, 2007 (7PM)
REI
Framingham, 375
Cochituate Road (Route 30), Framingham, MA 01701 |
Basic
Bike Maintenance
REI's
free Bike
Maintenance classes will increase your knowledge, comfort and safety.
Learn how to do most maintenance yourself, and when to ask for
help.
Contact: REI Framingham Customer Service
(508/270-6325). |
Wednesday,
August 22nd, 2007
(10-11AM)
Cochituate State Park Day-Use Area
(Route 30, by the Framingham-Natick town line) |
Kidleidoscope Kids at Cochituate State Park:
Birds
Join us at the park with other preschoolers and their parents to learn about birds! Learn how to use binoculars for bird watching, go outside and hunt for bird nests, then come inside for a craft and a story. Program intended for ages 3-6 and a caregiver. Wear shoes and clothes for playing outside.
All events are free of charge, but there is a $5 parking fee to get into the park. Unless stated otherwise all events will be held at the Nature Center, which is to the right when you enter the park and is wheelchair accessible. Reasonable
accommodations available upon request.
Contact: Cochituate State Park (508/653-9641)
|
Tuesday,
August 21st, 2007 (7PM)
REI
Framingham, 375
Cochituate Road (Route 30), Framingham, MA 01701 |
Basic
Bike Maintenance
REI's
free Bike
Maintenance classes will increase your knowledge, comfort and safety.
Learn how to do most maintenance yourself, and when to ask for
help.
Contact: REI Framingham Customer Service
(508/270-6325). |
Tuesday,
August 21st, 2007
(5:30-7:30PM)
Cochituate State Park Day-Use
Area
(Route 30, by the Framingham-Natick town line) |
Concerts at Cochituate State Park:
Tom Neilson
Music and fun with Tom Neilson, an award winning folk singer and political satirist. Bring your chair, blanket, and friends for an evening of entertainment for the whole family. For all ages.
Cochituate State Park's Tuesday-night summer concert series runs July 24th to August 21st, from 5:30-7:30PM.
Note: Bathrooms close at 7PM. Park gates close at 8PM.
All events are free of charge, but there is a $5 parking fee to get into the park. Unless stated otherwise all events will be held at the Nature Center, which is to the right when you enter the park and is wheelchair accessible. Reasonable accommodations available upon request.
Contact: Cochituate State Park (1-508/653-9641)
|
Wednesday,
August 15th, 2007
(10-11AM)
Cochituate State Park Day-Use Area
(Route 30, by the Framingham-Natick town line) |
Kidleidoscope
Kids at Cochituate
State Park:
Trees
Join us at
the park with other preschoolers and
parents to learn about trees! Learn how trees are the giants of the
plant
world, go outside and play games, then come inside for a craft and a
story.
Program intended for ages 3-6 and a caregiver. Wear shoes and clothes
for playing outside.
All events are free of charge, but there is a $5 parking fee to get
into the park. Unless stated otherwise all events
will be held at the Nature Center, which is to the right when you enter
the park and is wheelchair accessible. Reasonable
accommodations
available upon request.
Contact:
Cochituate
State Park
(1-508/653-9641) |
Wednesday,
August 8th, 2007
(10-11AM)
Cochituate State Park Day-Use Area
(Route 30, by the Framingham-Natick town line) |
Kidleidoscope
Kids at Cochituate
State Park:
Rabbits
Join us at the park with other preschoolers and parents to
learn about
rabbits! We will meet a live rabbit, learn about camouflage, go outside
and play games, then come inside for a craft and a story. Program
intended for ages 3-6 and a caregiver. Wear shoes and clothes for
playing outside.
All events are free of charge, but there is a $5 parking fee
to get into the park. Unless stated otherwise all events
will be held at the Nature Center, which is to the right when you enter
the park and is wheelchair accessible. Reasonable
accommodations
available upon request.
Contact:
Cochituate
State Park
(1-508/653-9641) |
Tuesday,
August 7th, 2007 (5:30-7:30PM)
Cochituate State Park Day-Use Area
(Route 30, by the Framingham-Natick town line)
|
Concerts
at Cochituate State Park:
Sasquatch
Cochituate State Park's Tuesday-night summer concert series runs
July 24th to August 21st, from 5:30-7:30PM.
Note: Bathrooms close at 7PM. Park gates close at 8PM.
All events
are free of charge, but there is a $5 parking fee to get into the park.
Unless stated otherwise all events
will be held at the Nature Center, which is to the right when you enter
the park and is wheelchair accessible.
Reasonable accommodations available upon request.
Contact:
Cochituate
State Park
(1-508/653-9641) |
Friday,
August 3rd, 2007 (11:30AM)
Cochituate State Park Day-Use Area
(Route 30, by the Framingham-Natick town line) |
Nature
at Cochituate State Park:
Meet Smokey The Bear when he visits Cochituate State Park.
Remember,
only you can prevent forest fires!
All events are free of charge, but there is a $5
parking fee to get into the park. Unless stated otherwise all events
will be held at the Nature Center,
which is to the right when you enter the park and is wheelchair
accessible. Reasonable accommodations
available upon request.
Contact: Cochituate
State Park (1-508/653-9641) |
Tuesday,
July 31st, 2007
(5:30-7:30PM)
Cochituate State Park Day-Use Area
(Route 30, by the Framingham-Natick town line) |
Concerts
at Cochituate
State Park:
Dale
and the Duds, an oldies band
Cochituate
State Park's Tuesday-night summer concert series runs July 24th to
August
21st,
from 5:30-7:30PM.
Note:
Bathrooms close at 7PM. Park gates close at 8PM.
All events are free of charge, but there is a $5 parking fee to
get into the park. Unless stated otherwise all events will be held at
the Nature Center, which is to the right when you enter the park and is
wheelchair accessible. Reasonable accommodations available upon request.
Contact: Cochituate
State Park (1-508/653-9641) |
Friday,
July 27th, 2007
(1-2:30PM)
Cochituate State Park Day-Use Area
(Route 30, by the Framingham-Natick town line) |
Nature at
Cochituate State Park:
Birds of Prey - Tom
Ricardi,
Massachusetts Birds of Prey
Rehabilitation Center
Don't miss this
special event! Tom Ricardi and his Center rehabilitate
injured birds of prey so they can go back to the wild. Meet Tom and
some of his wonderful birds.
All
events are free of charge, but there is a $5 parking fee to get into
the park. Unless stated otherwise all events will be held at the Nature
Center, which is to the right when you enter the park and is wheelchair
accessible. Reasonable
accommodations available upon request.
Contact: Cochituate
State Park (1-508/653-9641) |
Wednesday,
July 25th, 2007
(10-11AM)
Cochituate State Park Day-Use Area
(Route 30, by the Framingham-Natick town line) |
Kaleidoscope
Kids at Cochituate State Park:
Bugs, Insects and a Bug Hunt!
Cochituate State Park's Wednesday-morning summer nature series runs
July 18th to August 22nd, from 10-11AM. Kaleidoscope Kids is designed
for
a child
(3-6 years old) and a caregiver. Each week features a different nature
topic; we go outside (weather permitting) and explore to learn about
nature.
All events are free of charge, but there is
a $5 parking fee to get into the park. Unless stated otherwise all
events will be held at the Nature Center, which is to the right when
you enter the park and is wheelchair accessible. Reasonable
accommodations available upon request.
Contact: Cochituate
State Park (1-508/653-9641) |
Tuesday,
July 24th, 2007
(5:30-7:30PM)
Cochituate State Park Day-Use Area
(Route 30, by the Framingham-Natick town line) |
Concerts at Cochituate State
Park:
John
Porcino, Folk Singer and Story Teller
Cochituate
State Park's Tuesday-night summer concert series runs July 24th to
August
21st,
from 5:30-7:30PM.
Note:
Bathrooms close at 7PM. Park gates close at 8PM.
All events are free of charge, but there is
a $5 parking fee to get into the park. Unless stated otherwise all
events will be held at the Nature Center, which is to the right when
you enter the park and is wheelchair accessible. Reasonable
accommodations available upon request.
Contact: Cochituate
State Park (1-508/653-9641)
|
Wednesday,
July 18th, 2007
(10-11AM)
Cochituate State Park Day-Use Area
(Route 30, by the Framingham-Natick town line) |
Kaleidoscope
Kids at Cochituate State Park:
Squirrels!
Cochituate State Park's Wednesday-morning summer nature series runs
July 18th to August 22nd, from 10-11AM. Kaleidoscope Kids is designed
for
a child
(3-6 years old) and a caregiver. Each week features a different nature
topic; we go outside (weather permitting) and explore to learn about
nature.
All events are free of charge, but there is
a $5 parking fee to get into the park. Unless stated otherwise all
events will be held at the Nature Center, which is to the right when
you enter the park and is wheelchair accessible. Reasonable
accommodations available upon request.
Contact: Cochituate
State Park (1-508/653-9641) |
Sunday,
July 15th, 2007 (9AM-1PM)
Boat
Rentals Marina at main boat ramp, Day-Use Area, Cochituate State Park |
SunNew
England Canoe-Orienteering
Championships
Rentals available on site
Event Director: Aims Coney
(1-978/562-2805; GlideXC@Yahoo.com)
The Cochituate Canoe-O is open to canoes, kayaks and other
human-
powered craft. Please consider your footwear choice carefully. Many
controls are on
land. Think of this event as a foot-o meet with some canoeing
legs.
Cochituate State Park is an excellent canoe-o
venue with four interconnected lakes, on-site kayak and canoe rentals,
and a swimming
beach. The drawback is that it gets crowded- so crowded that
the park entrance closes for the day when the parking lot is full.
Park
entrance opens 8 AM.
Rentals open 10 AM.
If the park gates are closed when you
arrive, you can still get in if you have a boat on your car roof. Drive
0.6 miles east on route 30
to the car-top boat launch on the north lake. From there,
paddle south through the tunnels to the boat rental station on the
middle lake.
Directions: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/coch.htm
Boat rental: http://www.paddleboston.com/natick.php
|
(NO!
New date to be announced.)
Wednesday, July 11th,
2007 (8PM?)
Natick Town Hall, 2nd floor Selectmen's
Meeting Rm. |
Natick
Helipad
Hearing
Continued from May 23rd, the Natick Planning Board hearing re
extension and expansion
of a special permit for Boston Scientific's Helipad by Lake Cochituate
and Cochituate Rail Trail! You still can be heard,
in person or by e-mail.
See my BSC Helipad webpage
for more information. |
Monday,
July 9th, 2007 (7:30PM)
Natick Town Hall, 3rd
floor School Board's
Meeting Rm. |
Natick 40B Hearing re Chrysler Road High-Rise Apartments
The Natick Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) will hold a hearing to build a 404-unit apartment development (40B) on Chrysler Road. This development would be very close to the Natick section of the trail and to Lake Cochituate's Middle Pond, just south of the state park beach. It is our understanding that it includes two of four eleven-story apartment towers, proposed to straddle the Natick Mall connector trail. Since this is a 40B development (affordable housing) it goes in front of the ZBA; unlike a Site Plan review in front of a planning board, there is no "mitigation". (Continued to September 17th.)
|
Saturday,
June 16th, 2007
(10AM-3PM)
Milford, Massachusetts: Fino Field,
Louisa Lake and along the trail |
Dedication
Day for Milford
Upper Charles Trail
Celebrating the
completion of Phase One of the Milford Upper Charles
Trail. Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with local and state
officials, food, fun, balloons, music, entertainment, fitness and bike
safety demonstrations, helmet give-away, a “fun run” and more. |
Saturday,
June 16th, 2007
(9:30AM-2PM)
Wayland
Middle School
Wayland, MA |
COLAP Annual Meeting
The Massachusetts
Congress
of Lakes and Ponds features
four interesting new technologies to control nutrient enrichment of our
ponds: a hybrid grass that requires NO water or fertilizer and only
once-monthly mowing in the peak summer season; aerial scanning to
locate nutrient inputs to our ponds; floating circulators and milfoil
weevils to control rooted aquatic weeds. This is your day to hear and
then chat with the experts, from the US and Canada! To top it off,
there's a waterfall spectacular celebrating this summer's 100th
anniversary of Rachel Carson.
Light breakfast and lunch
included. Reduced price: pre-register for $10, or pay $12 at the door. |
Tuesday,
June 12th, 2007 (7-9PM)
Lebowitz Meeting Hall, on
lower level of Natick's Morse
Institute
Library, 14
East Central Street, Natick. |
Lake
Cochituate Annual Meeting
Come learn about the
status of Lake Cochituate and Cochituate
State Park. Share questions, answers and suggestions
with the
Cochituate State Park Advisory
Committee and Mass.
Dept. of
Conservation and Recreation. |
Saturday,
June 9th, 2007 (9AM-5PM)
Worcester
Technical High School
1 Skyline Drive, Worcester, MA |
Partners
in Parks
$35 admission. A major, all-day event for Massachusetts State Parks. |
Saturday,
May 26th,
2007 (9-10AM
bike ride, 10AM-3PM Spring Spectacular)
Rear left of Memorial School parking lot, off Route 16 in South Natick. |
Easy
Trail Ride in South Natick (kids welcome; both events postponed to now
due to rain):
Sudbury
Aqueduct - followed by the Spring
Spectacular at Natick
Community
Organic Farm
Leaders: DIck and Jill Miller (TheMillers@millermicro.com) |
Wednesday,
May 23rd, 2007 (8PM)
Natick Town Hall, 2nd
floor Selectmen's
Meeting Rm |
Helipad
Hearing
Continued from April 11th, the Natick Planning Board Hearing re
extension and expansion
of a special permit for Boston Scientific's Helipad by Lake Cochituate
and Cochituate Rail Trail! Yes, you still can be heard,
in person or by e-mail.
See my BSC Helipad webpage
for more information. |
Saturday,
May 12th-Sunday May
20th, 2007
See the individual events (below) for details and last-minute changes. |
Bike Week
2007!
(National Bike Week, Massachusetts
Bike Week,
Natick Bike Week.)
Please
print and post this
poster. |
Saturday,
May 19th,
2007 (9-10AM
bike ride, 10AM-3PM Spring Spectacular)
Rear left of Memorial School parking lot, off Route 16 in South Natick. |
(Both events are POSTPONED to May 26th because
of rain)
Natick Bike Week, Easy
Trail Ride in South Natick (kids welcome):
Sudbury
Aqueduct - followed by the Spring
Spectacular at Natick
Community
Organic Farm
Leader: Susan Geiser (SGeiser1@comcast.net) |
Friday,
May 18th, 2007
(all day) |
National
Bike-To-Work Day
Have fun; make a statement! |
Wednesday,
May 16th,
2007 (6:30PM)
Elm Bank: 900 Washington St. (Rte.
16), just past
Natick in
Wellesley. Park in first parking lot on right side of road (Lot B),
atop hill. |
Natick Bike Week, Elm Bank
Reservation
Easy bike ride on road and woodland trails along the Charles River in Elm
Bank
Reservation. See headquarters of Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
Elm Bank offers a fine example of carriage road construction (which is
one possible surface for the Cochituate Rail Trail); experience it,
and discuss the trade-offs between natural, stone-dust and paved trail
surfaces.
Leader: Dick Miller (508/653-6136; TheMillers@millermicro.com) |
Tuesday,
May 15th, 2007 (6:30PM)
Pegan Cove Park parking lot, on Washington Avenue across from
Cochituate Street. |
Natick Bike Week,
Cochituate Rail Trail
Criss-cross Bike Ride
Take a first tour of the Cochituate
Rail Trail
right of way in downtown Natick, before the rails and ties are removed!
We don't have Town permission to ride the CRT, so
we'll see it from all its cross streets. Easy bike ride on
roads in downtown Natick. If there's time, we'll also visit Pegan
Cove Park on
Lake Cochituate.
Leader: Jill Miller (508/653-6136; TheMillers@millermicro.com) |
Monday,
May 14th, 2007
(all day) |
Natick
Bike-To-Work Day
Have fun; make a statement! |
Sunday,
May 13th, 2007 (4PM)
Across
from Bacon Free Library, South Natick. |
Natick
Bike Week, Charles
River Road Ride:
Join our moderately-paced 7-mile road ride along both sides of
the Charles River in South Natick, Sherborn and Dover.
Contact: Martin Kessel (508/653-5083; Martin@TheKessels.org) |
Saturday,
May 12th, 2007 (9AM-3PM)
(Rain date is Saturday, May 19th.)
Park at
500 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham.
Check in across the street at the Cochituate Brook Reservation Park. |
Cochituate Rail Trail Spring Work
Day:
We join the Framingham CRT Committee for a day of trail work and
clean-up on our Cochituate Rail Trail
project in Framingham. Here's an opportunity to visit, and help
create, the CRT to be.
Arrive in the morning or afternoon, depending on your schedule. Work
for as long as you can. Free lunch at noon.
Please bring any of these tools that you have: rakes, shovels, hand
saws, and loppers. Pick-up trucks are extremely
helpful. Work gloves, long sleeves, and
long pants are
recommended. |
Saturday,
May 12th-Sunday May
20th, 2007
See the individual events (above)
for details and last-minute changes. |
Bike Week
2007!
(National Bike Week, Massachusetts
Bike Week,
Natick Bike Week.)
Please
print and post this
poster.
|
Saturday,
May 12th, 2007
Lake Clean-Up:
(9AM-Noon;
rain date is Sunday, May 13th)
Snake
Brook Trail Clearing: (10AM-2PM)
Cochituate State Park, Headquarters Building (South Side of Route 30,
just EAST of Lake Cochituate.) |
Park
Serve Day in Massachusetts Parks!
Lake
Cochituate Annual Clean-Up (AND Snake Brook Trail Clearing)
Free
power-boat ride!
Bring wading shoes and gloves, and help put our
ponds in shape for the summer season.
This event is hosted by the Cochituate State Park Advisory Committee,
Three Seasons Ski Club and Mass. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation.
Contact: Bob Dreissig
(1-508/653-3585; BobD@playbackinc.com)
or Cochituate State Park (1-508/653-9641).
Note: This event
was incorrectly listed online at Mass. DCR, for Noon-2PM;
that's wrong! It will be 9AM-Noon!
Snake
Brook Trail Clearing:
Discover and improve this
little-known trail in Cochituate State Park (and early spur of the
future Cochituate Rail Trail).
CSP will provide tools. Work gloves, long sleeves, and
long pants are
recommended.
Contact: Tim Murphy, CSP Supervisor (1-508/653-9641). |
Monday, May 7th, 2007 (7PM)
Natick Town Hall |
Natick
Selectmen's
proclamation of Natick Bike Week. |
Thursday,
April 19th, 2007 (7:30PM?)
Natick Town Hall, TBA |
Removal
of Rail and Ties from CRT
Natick
Conservation Commission reviews CSX plans to remove RR rails and ties
from Cochituate Rail Trail.
|
Wednesday,
April 11th, 2007 (8PM)
Natick Town Hall, 2nd
floor Selectmen's
Meeting Rm. |
Helipad
Hearing
It's back!! Natick Planning Board Hearing re
extension and expansion
of special permit for Boston Scientific's Helipad by Lake Cochituate
and Cochituate Rail Trail! If you don't like it, it's time to be heard,
in person or by e-mail.
See my BSC Helipad webpage
for update information.
|
Monday,
April 9th, 2007 (7PM)
Natick Morse Institute
Library, Study Room 2A |
Monthly
meeting of the Natick
Bicycle and Pedestrian
Advisory Committee
A week
later than usual -- Happy
Passover (and Easter)!
|
Saturday,
March 24th, 2007 (9AM-5:30PM)
Wentworth Institute of Techhology, Boston.
Conference begins in Watson Auditorium in Watson Hall (number 5 on the campus
map). |
Toxics
Action 2007:
Toxics Action
Center's 21st
annual citizens conference will draw
about 400 activists from MA, CT and RI. It is a
top-notch event for people wanting to sharpen their knowledge,
skills, and connections for
clean air, clean water and a protected environment for our communities.
Registration:
$30 each; $50 for a co-sponsoring group @ $20 each with 2 free seats. |
Saturday,
March 3rd, 2007 (8-11AM)
Memorial
Elementary School, South Natick |
Annual
Pancake Breakfast for The Natick
Organic Community Farm:
NBPAC, Natick Open Space Committee and Natick Walks will co-staff an
exhibit table, featuring the Cochituate Rail Trail
project (and the CRT Brochure) and other walking and biking initiatives
in our community. (All you can eat, $8; $4 for kids; exhibits are
free.)
Afterward, you can tour the adjacent Community Farm. It has its own
maple sugar shack, and this is a pancake breakfast. Need we say
more?
[We did! See my photo album
for this event.] |
Tuesday,
February 27th, 2007
(5-7PM)
Framingham Town Hall,
150
Concord Street, Public Hearing Room |
Journey
To 2030:
This regional workshop provides an
opportunity for the public to learn more about, and comment on, the
draft of JOURNEY TO 2030, the MPO’s long-range transportation plan. |
Thursday,
February 15th, 2007
(7-9PM)
Morse Institute Library, Lebowitz
Meeting
Hall (lower level) |
Natick
360 Phase III, "Our Strategic
Choices":
Phase III will itemize the gaps
between
Natick today and the vision for the
future, and then create a series of options to move Natick closer to
its vision for the future. The Public is
invited to participate at a meeting to identify gaps between Natick
today and the vision for the future. |
Monday,
January 8th, 2007 (7-9PM)
Natick Morse Institute Library, Study Room 2A |
Monthly
meeting of the Natick
Bicycle and Pedestrian
Advisory Committee
A week later than usual -- Happy New Year!
A.
Richard Miller, Chairman
(508/653-6136, 9am-9pm). |
Friday,
December 1st, 2006 (8AM-4PM)
DCU
Center, 50 Foster Street, Worcester |
2006 Massachusetts Smart Growth
Conference |
Month of
October 2006
See individual
events. |
Massachusetts Archaeology
Month
See the Massachusetts Archaeology Month Calendar Of
Events online.
To request a free printed copy of it: 1-617/727-8470 in Boston, or
mhc@sec.state.ma.us . |
Friday-Sunday,
October 27th-29th, 2006
Wilson Middle School, Natick. |
Natick Vision for the Future
Weekend
Join the Natick 360 process, and give your inputs for a
future Natick!
Attend Friday, 6:30-8:30PM: "Natick: Our Community
Yesterday and Today".
Then, join any two-hour focus group session during day Saturday or
afternoon of Sunday. |
Monday,
October 23rd, 2006 (7-9PM)
Natick Kennedy Senior Center, 117
East Central St. (Rte. 135), Natick. |
Free
Talk and Video Presentation by Lynette
Chiang:
"Route
66 By
Bicycle: Pedaling The Mother Road"
Presented by
the Natick
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee and MassBike.
In April
2006, six-times Race Across America legend
Lon Haldeman led 40 cyclists 2,488 miles from LA to Chicago
to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of "The Mother Road". The movie is an
upbeat two-wheeled journey along the paved and pot-holed '66, eating at
famous cafes, meeting famous '66 characters and revisiting beloved
icons of roadside America.
Author, world bicycle traveler and 'handlebar videographer' Lynette
Chiang is the creator of last year's Boston Bike Film Festival audience
favorite, "16,000 Feet On A Friday (Biking World's Highest Paved Road -
Peru)." She talks about PACTOUR, two-wheeled film making, and life on
the road as Customer Evangelist for the world's leading performance
travel bicycle.
Please
reserve ahead
by e-mailing the number of seats desired, to: Oct23Talk@millermicro.com
More about this movie: http://www.galfromdownunder.com/route66
More about Lynette: http://www.galfromdownunder.com
Please print
and
post this flyer!
|
Saturday,
October 21st, 2006 (10AM-Noon)
Meet at Moran Square
(Route 27 at Natick Railroad station) |
NCRTTF
site tour of Cochituate
Rail Trail in Natick:
Natick's new Cochituate Rail Trail Task Force (NCRTTF) takes a bus tour
of some prime sites along the CRT - and gets out to walk.
Seats for NCRTTF members and other Town officials first; others are
invited to drive along or to use spare seats in the bus. Additional
sites may be visited afterward.
Tour guide: Dick Miller (1-508/653-6136, 9am-9pm; TheMillers@millermicro.com) |
Thursday,
October 19th, 2006 (6:30-9:00PM)
Concord Town House
(Hearing Room), 22 Monument Square, Concord, MA (978-318-3080) |
Public
Meeting re Massachusetts
Bicycle Plan Update:
The Mass. Executive
Office of Transportation (EOT), in cooperation with the U.S. Department
of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, is
currently undertaking a project to form a statewide bicycling
network. This effort, known as The Massachusetts Bicycle Plan
Update, is intended to improve bicycle transportation, as well
as promote multi-modal transportation, recreation, tourism, and
economic vitality.
This is the most local one of eight public meetings to solicit public
input on current bicycling conditions, potential
cross-state corridors, and recommended improvements.
|
Wednesday,
October 18th, 2006
(10AM)
Main Boat Ramp (Route 30), Cochituate
State Park |
Installation of SolarBee floating
circulators for one-year demonstration program at Lake
Cochituate. (See http://www.millermicro.com/LCmilfoil.html) |
Wednesday,
October 18th, 2006
(8AM-3:45PM)
Marriott Boston Courtyard Hotel
Boston, MA |
Moving
Together 2006
The Moving Together Conference is an annual and major event for bicycle
and pedestrian action in Massachusetts. $35, including meals.
Great talks, great sponsoring agencies, great contacts, makes a big
difference. Read the online information, register, be there! |
Saturday,
October 14th, 2006 (10-11:30AM)
Park at 500 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham.
Check in across the street at the Cochituate Brook Reservation Park |
Tour of
the Cochituate Rail Trail:
Volunteers from the Framingham CRT Committee will lead a tour of this
former rail line - now under development as a multi-use trail.
Committee members will give an overview of the project and identify
plants and wildlife along the trail.
For more information, contact: Framingham CRT Committee
(info@crtrail.org). |
Tuesday,
October 10th, 2006 (7PM)
Lebowitz Meeting Hall, on lower level of Natick's Morse Institute
Library |
Natick
Town Government Open House
Meet your Town
boards and departments! |
Thursday,
October 5th, 2006 (6-8PM)
Landry's
Bicycles,
790 Worcester
Street, Natick
(Route 9 eastbound, just east of Route 27). |
the
first American
to win the Tour de France (three times), hear his stories, and
participate in a lively question and answer session. Autographed
posters will be available, and refreshments will be served. |
Month
of
October 2006
See individual
events. |
Massachusetts Archaeology
Month
See the Massachusetts Archaeology Month Calendar Of
Events online.
To request a free printed copy of it: 1-617/727-8470 in Boston, or
mhc@sec.state.ma.us . |
Saturday,
September 30th, 2006 (9AM-Noon,
1-3PM)
(Rain date is Saturday, October
7th.)
Park
at 500 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham.
Check in across the street at the Cochituate Brook Reservation Park. |
Cochituate Rail Trail Fall Work
Day:
We join the Framingham
CRT Committee for a day of trail work and
clean-up on our Cochituate Rail Trail. Here's a way to visit, and help
create, the CRT to be.
Arrive in the morning or afternoon, depending on your schedule. Work
for as
long as you can. Free lunch at noon.
Please bring any of these tools that you have: rakes, shovels, hand
saws,
and loppers. Pick-up trucks are extremely helpful. Work gloves, long
sleeves, and long pants are recommended. |
Friday-Sunday,
September 22nd-24th, 2006
Fri.-Sat at Boston City Hall Plaza
Sun. at Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline MA |
Boston's
Fourth Annual AltWheels
Transportation Festival
Mostly alternative-energy cars, but also recumbent bicycles and more! |
Saturday
and Sunday,
Sept. 23rd-24th,
2006 (10AM-5PM)
Day-Use Area, Cochituate State Park. |
Natick
Powwow at Cochituate State Park
Harvest
Moon and Creator Praise Day
Celebration
Hosted by The
Natick Praying
Indians
Singing; dancing; storytelling; food and more! Public welcome. Free
admission.
Information: 1-508/339-8919; http://natickprayingindians.org/. |
Saturday,
September 16th, 2006 (9AM-2PM; Rain Date Sept. 17th)
Several
locations on the Cape Cod Rail Trail in Dennis, MA |
FST
Bikefest '06
Fay, Spofford &
Thorndike Engineers
(FST) sponsors an outing on the newly
reconstructed Cape Cod Rail
Trail - a fun day on the Cape with
your
friends or family, AND ideas for developing a trail in your
own community.
The free event includes a guided bike
tour of the trail improvements designed by FST, family nature walk led
by LEC Environmental Consultants, facepainting, treasure hunt, cook-out
and free raffle!
Free bike and helmet safety checks will
be provided at the event by Barb's Bike & Blade. Discounted
bike
rentals are available at Barb's (1-508/760-4723); mention "FST
Bikefest" when
making a
reservation.
RSVP by September 8 to receive a free
gift: http://www.fstinc.com/bikefest06 or contact Jen
Shemowat at FST (1-800/835-8666 x1031; jshemowat@fstinc.com). |
Saturday,
September 16th, 2006 (9-11:30AM)
Cambridge City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway
Transit: Red Line to Central Square, walk up Prospect Street to
Broadway, turn left on Broadway, one block down on left.
|
WalkBoston
presents Ped Advocacy
101, a workshop on walkability and intersection
assessment.
WalkBoston’s Advocacy Committee will highlight techniques for
evaluating your community’s pedestrian environment. We will
review sidewalk widths and conditions, crosswalks, curb ramps,
landscaping, street furniture, lighting and signal timing. We will
utilize in-class instruction and a field visit to nearby streets and
intersections to show participants what to look for, and provide
information on who to call for municipal improvements and help in
advocating effectively.
FREE, but RSVP to WalkBoston by September 1; space is limited.
View or print this event's online
flier.
Questions? Call 617/367-9255. |
Monday,
September 11th, 2006 (7-9PM)
Lebowitz Meeting Hall, on lower level of Natick's Morse Institute
Library |
Public
Meeting: "Looking Ahead
On The Cochituate Rail Trail!", with Craig Della
Penna
The Natick
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee and the Natick Morse
Institute Library invite you to a great
rail-trails slide talk by Craig Della Penna, plus an exciting status
report on the Cochituate Rail Trail
and a Q&A session with community leaders at a major milestone
in this major regional rail-trail project. (After years of
anticipation, CSX has filed for
abandonment of the right of way in Natick, and the Town of Natick has
filed its interest to acquire it.)
View or print this event's online
flier.
Note:
A minimal NBPAC monthly meeting will be convened within this event. |
Saturday,
September 9th, 2006 (10AM-4PM)
Natick Town Common |
Natick
Days
Yes, it's only one day, but it's a good'un! Food, fun and
entertainment. The Natick
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee and other outdoor
groups
will be exhibiting together on the Town Common. Sign up for the first
MassBike Bicycles Skills Classes in Natick. This
is a great stop on your bike ride!
New:
NBPAC and Honey Farms of Natick co-sponsor a Slow Bike Race, all
day at the NBPAC table, with a $50 prize to the slowest racer of all. |
Thursday,
August 31st, 2006 (6:30PM)
John Harvard's Brew
House
Shoppers World, Framingham |
Introduction
of "Rail Trail Ale"
John Harvard's Brew House,
a stout supporter of the
Cochituate Rail Trail, has created an ale in its honor - and will be
donating a portion of its proceeds to the CRT project. Help toast its
introduction, tonight! |
Saturday,
August 26th, 2006 (9AM-4PM)
Verrill Farms, Sudbury Road, Concord, just north of Route 117 |
Massbike
Festival
Rides of all lengths, from a family ride of 6 miles up to 62 miles.
Food! Fun! And the Fabulous Pie Race, a bike race *and* pie-eating race
contest all in one!
|
Wednesday,
August 16th, 2006 (1PM)
Cochituate State Park
Nature Center,
Route 30 on the Framingham-Natick-Wayland town line. |
Interpretive
program: Hoo's
Watching You? Owls of the World
How often do you get to see a live owl up close? Perhaps you've
glimpsed
the shadowy form of a Great-horned owl in the headlights as you
traveled a backroad at night. Have you ever scanned a frozen
saltmarsh or farmer's meadow in winter, hoping to find that Arctic
hunter, the Snowy Owl? Join naturalist Marcia Wilson and photographer
Mark Wilson in sharing their passion for owls!
Mark and Marcia share the field marks, signs and naturalist's skills
that
you can use to find wild owls without disturbing them. Then meet six
live owls (from small to BIG) up close. |
Tuesday,
August 8th, 2006 (7-9PM)
Wayland Senior Center
(in the Wayland Town Building,
41 Cochituate Road;
Rte. 27, just south of Rte. 20) |
Public
meeting: Controlling
invasive aquatic weeds in Quebec
Hosted by the Wayland Surface Water Quality Committee.
Aquatic ecologist Dany Boudrias of Eco-Guide International will
describe his company's success story applying small floating
circulators since 1997 to control invasive growths of Eurasian water
milfoil and other problem weeds in more than 36 lakes and ponds. Meet
the man who has used this innovative method longer and on more
lakes than anyone else, on his first visit to the Boston region.
Free, open to public. Use main parking behind building; facing
building, use door nearest cars at right (SW corner of building).
New
August 17th, 2006: Today I received and posted Eco-Guide
International's powerpoint presentation from
this meeting. (6.3MB .ppt file; try [F5] to display, [Downarrow] to
step through slides or to step within some slides, [Esc] to exit.) |
Tuesday
evenings,
2006 (6PM)
Cochituate State Park
Nature Center,
Route 30 on the Framingham-Natick-Wayland town line. |
2006
Summer Concert Series, Concerts
at Cochituate
July 25th: John Fitzsimmons
Aug. 1st: Backwoods Ramblers, bluegrass with Barry Michaud
Aug. 8th: Earthtunes, with Barbara Herson
Aug. 15th: TBA. |
Monday,
July 24th, 2006 (7-9PM)
Lebowitz Meeting Hall, on lower level of Natick's Morse Institute
Library. |
A
Status
Report: Aquatic
Vegetation Management at Lake Cochituate
The Cochituate State Park Advisory Committee and the Massachusetts
Department of Conservation and Recreation invite all interested
citizens to this special public meeting. DCR will present the results
of early summer 2006 weed surveys, and discuss its next steps for
vegetative management progress on our lake. In addition to reviewing
the new information on the distribution of Eurasian water milfoil and
other invasive weeds in Lake Cochituate, the discussion is likely to
include the recent Conservation Commission determinations (in Natick,
Wayland and Framingham), SolarBee floating circulators, milfoil
weevils, diver-assisted suction harvesting, an independent study team,
funding issues and more.
New
August 17th, 2006: As promised at its July 24th meeting, today DCR
posted the powerpoint
presentation from that meeting, "Lake
Cochituate State Park, Vegetation Survey Results, June 2006".
(1MB .ppt file; try [F5] to display, [Downarrow] to step through slides
or to step within some slides, [Esc] to exit.)
Reporters and others: Please note that there is no "Lake Cochituate
State Park"; it's Lake Cochituate, in Cochituate State Park. |
Saturday,
July 15th, 2006 (8:30AM-4PM)
Natick Police Headquarters |
MassBike
Bicycling
Skills Class: Bicycling
101- Basic Road Riding
A day-long, on-bike training class
for age 15 and up (bring helmet).
Prerequisite: Intro
to Bicycling Safety
(see below).
Fees: FREE
for Natick residents;
others $50 regular, $40 for
MassBike members. Advance registration required.
Improve
your cycling skills – and save gas! MassBike,
your statewide bicycle education/advocacy
group, offers these bicycling classes in
cooperation with the Natick
Police
Department and Natick Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory
Committee.
To register and for more information: www.massbike.org or
617/542-BIKE (2453).
Please post
this flier! |
Tuesday,
July 11th, 2006 (6-9PM)
Natick Police Headquarters |
MassBike
Bicycling Skills
Class: Intro
to Bicycling Safety
An
off-bike lecture and discussion. FREE for all, age 15 and up.
Advance
registration required.
Improve
your cycling skills – and save gas! MassBike,
your statewide bicycle education/advocacy
group, offers these bicycling classes in
cooperation with the
Natick
Police Department and Natick Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory
Committee.
To register and for more information: www.massbike.org or
617/542-BIKE (2453).
Please post
this flier! |
Sunday, June 18th,
2006 (9AM for 25-mile course, 11AM for 6-mile course)
Natick Town Common |
Tour de
Natick:
The Natick Rotary Club's annual pair of road-biking trips around town
and beyond. Support from various local businesses, and a good time for
all. |
| Saturday,
June 17th, 2006 (8AM-Noon) |
Wellesley
Trails Walk, Wellesley Grand Tour
Contact: Wellesley
Trails Committee |
Monday,
June 12th, 2006
(7-8:30PM)
Landry's Bicycles, 790 Worcester St., Natick (Route 9 eastbound, just
east of Route 27). |
Basic
Bike Maintenance
Clinic:
Fix a flat. Easy adjustments. Learn how from the experts at Landry's
Bicycles!
15 seats
available. Reserve your seat by e-mailing your name and phone number to
Mark Gray:
MGray@landrys.com |
Saturday,
June 10th, 2006 (9AM-Noon;
rain date is Sunday, June 18th)
Cochituate State Park, Main Boat Ramp. |
Lake
Cochituate Annual Clean-Up
Free power-boat ride!
Bring wading shoes and gloves, and help put our
ponds in shape for the summer season.
This event is hosted by the Cochituate State Park Advisory Committee,
Three Seasons Ski Club and Mass. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation.
Please print and post this poster.
Contact: Bob Dreissig (1-508/655-3555; bobd@playbackinc.com)
or Cochituate State Park (1-508/653-9641). |
Wednesday,
June 7th, 2006 (7-9PM)
Lebowitz Meeting Hall, on lower level of Natick's Morse Institute
Library. |
The Cochituate State Park Advisory
Committee and Mass.
Dept. of
Conservation and Recreation co-host the
Lake
Cochituate Annual Meeting. |
Saturday,
June 3rd, 2006 (10-11:30AM)
Park at 500 Old
Connecticut Path, Framingham.
Check in across the street at the Cochituate Brook Reservation Park |
Cochituate Rail Trail Spring Tour:
Volunteers from the Framingham CRT Committee will
lead a tour of this
former rail line - now under development as a multi-use trail.
Committee members will give an overview of the project and identify
plants and wildlife along the trail.
.
|
| Saturday,
June 3rd, 2006 (9-10AM) |
Wellesley Trails Walk, Town
Forest
Contact: Wellesley
Trails Committee |
| Saturday,
May 20th, 2006 (9-10AM) |
Wellesley
Trails Walk, Centennial Reservation
Contact: Wellesley
Trails Committee |
Saturday,
May 20th, 2006 (9AM-3PM)
(Rain date is Sunday, May 21st.)
Park at
500 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham.
Check in across the street at the Cochituate Brook Reservation Park. |
Cochituate Rail Trail Spring Work
Day:
We join the Framingham CRT Committee for a day of trail work and
clean-up on our Cochituate Rail Trail. Here's a way to visit, and help
create, the CRT to be.
Arrive in the morning or afternoon, depending on your schedule. Work
for as
long as you can. Free lunch at noon.
Please bring any of these tools that you have: rakes, shovels, hand
saws,
and loppers. Pick-up trucks are extremely helpful. Work gloves, long
sleeves, and long pants are recommended. |
Friday,
May 19th, 2006 (6:15PM)
Rain Date: Saturday (10AM)
Rear left of Memorial School parking lot, off Route 16 in South Natick. |
Natick Bike Week, Easy
Trail Ride in South Natick (kids welcome):
Sudbury
Aqueduct and Natick
Community
Organic Farm
Leader: Susan Geiser (SGeiser1@comcast.net) |
Thursday,
May 18th, 2006
(7PM)
Especially For Pets, Rte. 27 just south of Rte. 30, Cochituate. |
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