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🌱 Patch AM: How Natick’s Kayla Dunlap powered the Redhawks’ undefeated basketball start

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Hey there, Natick! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Natick’s Kayla Dunlap powered the Redhawks’ undefeated basketball start
  • What cutting-edge food tech is being developed at Natick’s Army labs?

Also on today's calendar: Rolled Down Radio and 5 more events.

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Today's riddle: I used to work in a doughnut shop. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Natickfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Wednesday: A snow shower in the p.m., with a high of 41 and low of 25 degrees.
  • Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 39, low: 11. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Friday: Mostly cloudy and very cold, with a high of 23 and low of 18 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Eastern Mass. girls' basketball: Players of the Week, Dec. 14-21 (bostonglobe.com) — Natick sophomore guard Kayla Dunlap is turning heads after scoring 21 and 31 points in back-to-back Bay State Conference wins over Newton North and Framingham, keeping the Redhawks undefeated. She’s featured among Eastern Mass. girls’ basketball Players of the Week alongside standouts from Foxborough, Oliver Ames, and Lowell Catholic.
   

• The Engineering Behind MRE Freshness (militaryspot.com) — Right here in Natick, engineers at the Army’s Soldier Center are rethinking how MREs are packaged to keep food fresher, lighter, and more sustainable for troops. Their Natick-based work ranges from recyclable pouches and five-year shelf-life tests to futuristic energy-harvesting pallets and collaboration with NASA on long-duration space missions.
   

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