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Developers advance Natick apartment plan

by Gordon on September 9, 2010 · 0 comments

in Chrysler Road

September 9, 2010, 11:32am EDT
The owners of a nondescript commercial building and two empty railroad plots in Natick have tapped a contractor to begin construction on the controversial, two-tower apartment development known as Chrysler Apartments.
Chrysler Apartments LLC, a joint venture involving Newton-based real estate concerns J.W. Katzen Co. and Forest Properties Management, has hired Tocci [...]

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PCB cleanup begins in Natick’s Pegan Cove

July 20, 2010

By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
The MetroWest Daily News
Posted Jul 20, 2010 @ 12:37 AM
NATICK —
A large ring of yellow buoys floats on the surface of Pegan Cove, marking the area where contractors have started removing sediment contaminated with PCBs, left by an accident at the Soldier Systems Center 30 years ago.
The PCBs were found in [...]

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Lake Cochituate being cleaned up from 1980s Natick Labs spill

June 28, 2010

(The full Labs release was reported earlier with the map of the affected area here.)
By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
The MetroWest Daily News
Posted Jun 26, 2010 @ 12:24 AM
NATICK —
A hazardous spill into Lake Cochituate near the Natick Labs is being cleaned up more than 20 years after the accident that led to the contamination.
This week, [...]

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DASH boat making progress removing weeds

June 15, 2010

By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
MetroWest Daily News
Posted Jun 15, 2010 @ 12:23AM
NO DATA —A special harvesting boat is making progress clearing an aggressive weed from Lake Cochituate, a town official said yesterday.
The diver-assisted suction harvester, or DASH, boat is targeting milfoil in five acres of the Middle Pond of Lake Cochituate, just off Rte. 30.
Natick [...]

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Sucking up weeds in Lake Cochituate

May 26, 2010

Sucking up weeds in Lake Cochituate
Posted May 25, 2010 04:00 PM.
By Jason Woods, Globe Correspondent
In keeping with an agreement made between the town of Natick, the state and local environmental groups, divers have begun using a suction harvester to vacuum massive tangles of Milfoil weed from the bottom of Lake Cochituate rather than using herbicides [...]

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Diver, DASH boat attack milfoil in Lake Cochituate

May 26, 2010

NATICK —
It may not be much to look at, but the platform on a floating pontoon near Cochituate State Park’s boat ramp has made a dent over the past few days in the lake’s invasive milfoil.
The craft, known as a diver-assisted suction harvester or DASH boat, has been hired through a collaboration between the Department [...]

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Natick’s Speen Street bridge repair may be long, noisy

May 26, 2010

By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
MetroWest Daily News
Posted May 25, 2010 @ 01:10 AM
NATICK —
Replacing the Speen Street bridge near Rte. 135 will require long work days and cause traffic detours and noise, but state officials told selectmen last night the intense schedule should get the work done by Thanksgiving.
The bridge is owned by the Department [...]

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Article to protect Dudley Woods fails to get two-thirds majority – Wayland, MA – Wicked Local Wayland

May 20, 2010

By Carole LaMondGateHouse News Service
Posted May 19, 2010 @ 05:37 PM
WAYLAND —Despite what one town official described as “a masterful job” by petitioners who sought to preserve 7.3 acres known as Dudley Woods from development, Article 15 failed to garner a two-thirds majority at Town Meeting on Monday night.
Article 15 asked voters to authorize the [...]

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A symposium will focus on the Lake Cochituate watershed – Natick, Massachusetts – Natick Bulletin and Tab

May 11, 2010

By Charlie Breitrose
MetroWest Daily News
Posted May 07, 2010 @ 06:31 PM
When people think about Lake Cochituate, most think of swimming at the beach, fishing or waterskiing, while others may have heard of the debate over how to remove invasive weeds, but a recently formed group wants people to think not just of the lake, but [...]

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Lake council offers symposium in Natick

May 8, 2010

[ May 15, 2010; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Update: There is an agenda for the symposium attached.  You can also find more details at the Council’s new website.

Posted May 4, 2010 09:00 AM

By Megan McKee, Globe Correspondent

The newly formed Lake Cochituate Watershed Council is holding its first symposium May 15 at the Town Hall. Among the speakers and presenters will be experts on [...]

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