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Missing Memorial?

by Gordon on September 7, 2011

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I have begun to create 3D panoramas of a number of the points of interest around the Lake and on a recent hike, and with Sept 11 approaching, I decided to capture one at the Judith Larocque Memorial:
On the west side of Lake Cochituate’s North Pond, a nipple of town land juts out into the [...]

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Sediment Cleanup on Lake Cochituate

June 26, 2010

Jun 24, 2010
By USAG Natick Environmental Office
Cleanup activities started on Lake Cochituate and continue into the summer for approximately 8 weeks, up to 6 days per week during daylight hours. Activities will include site preparation, mobilization, silt curtain installation, dredging, dewatering, water treatment, backfilling, monitoring, and site restoration. During the cleanup, boating access to and fishing [...]

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DASH of the Boat Channel between the Middle and North Ponds

June 3, 2010

Excerpt of an Email from Mike Lowery
Tom Flannery asked that I notify the Wayland, Framingham, and Natick Conservation Commissions that the Diver-Assisted Suction Harvesting of the boat channel between Middle and North Ponds will begin on Monday at 8AM. The work will last an estimated five days. During this time, a fragment [...]

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Update from the Wayland Surface Water Quality Committee

May 6, 2010

NATICK CONCOM – RDA for North Pond resolved successfully:
DCR decided last year that any spot treatment in North Pond would be subject to the consent of the Natick Conservation Commission – either through a negative determination of applicability (the simpler process), or an order of conditions.
WSWQC filed an RDA with Natick ConCom on behalf of [...]

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Natick looking for weed-sucking boat – Framingham, MA – The MetroWest Daily News

April 3, 2010

By Charlie Breitrose/DAILY NEWS STAFF
GHS
Posted Apr 03, 2010 @ 12:29 AM
NATICK —
Proponents of using a specially fitted boat to suck weeds out of Lake Cochituate with the help of a diver celebrated a victory last week, and they hope to see the boat working sometime in the next few months.
Last year, the Protect Our Water [...]

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A beautiful day to run a 5K at Dudley Pond – Wayland, MA – Wicked Local Wayland

March 26, 2010

By Veer Mudambi
GateHouse News Service

Posted Mar 26, 2010 @ 12:55 PM

WAYLAND —

The beautiful weather on Sunday with a 70-degree temperature and a cool breeze from Dudley Pond made it a perfect day for running. And, if one was running for a good cause, it was all the better.
For the 189 runners who participated in the [...]

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DEP decision halts Natick Paperboard project – Framingham, MA – The MetroWest Daily News

January 21, 2010

The MetroWest Daily News
Posted Jan 21, 2010 @ 02:38 PM
NATICK —The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ruled on Jan. 12 that the storm-water runoff plan for the former Natick Paperboard Factory site and the Walnut Hill area did not meet the standards of the Wetlands Protection Act, thus stopping the project at least temporarily.
The proposed [...]

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For amateur hydrologists

January 9, 2010

In researching information for the Birch Road Well Restoration Project I saw a reference made to a hydrologic survey that supposedly included a map of the Lake Cochituate Watershed.  This looked like it might include some interesting information so I did some more research and came up with nothing. Anyway, I contacted SEA Consultants [...]

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Natick open space panel considers uses for $7 million – The Boston Globe

December 31, 2009

By Megan McKee, Globe Correspondent
December 31, 2009
With $7 million in Natick Collection mitigation money in its pocket, the town’s Open Space Advisory Committee is mapping out potential expansions of Natick’s trail and recreational spaces in a seven-year plan.  When the plan is completed, Natick will have a guide to more abundant trails and green spaces, [...]

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Natick lake hearing pushed back to March – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab

December 25, 2009

(Expanded reporting from Dec 23rd item)
By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
Fri Dec 25, 2009, 12:40 PM EST
NATICK – The judge overseeing the appeal against using herbicides in Lake Cochituate has ruled that the case was complicated enough to warrant extending the time before the hearing, which has been moved from January to March.
Judge Beverly Coles-Roby, who [...]

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