Natick Remembers Retired Police Lieutenant Steve Pagliarulo, Dead At 75
NATICK — Natick is remembering retired police Lieutenant Steve Pagliarulo, who spent 36 years on the town's police force before retiring in 2013 and died August 12 at age 75, according to a MetroWest Daily News report. The news landed the same day Town Hall announced a second free mini-pantry has opened in West Natick and Natick Patch previewed possible bylaw repeals ahead of the fall Town Meeting.
TOWN HALL The Common Good Mini-Pantries network has expanded to a second Natick location, with a new pantry now open at the Cole Center, 179 Boden Lane, in West Natick. The original pantry sits in the heart of Natick Center; both operate on a give-what-you-can, take-what-you-need basis, offering residents a low-barrier way to donate or access free food and household goods, according to the town's News Flash announcement.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS MetroWest Daily News profiled the late Lieutenant Pagliarulo in "Retired Natick Police Lt. Steve Pagliarulo was a man of many interests." Pagliarulo served 36 years on the Natick force before retiring in 2013 and died August 12 at age 75, according to the paper (read it at https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/local/2026/08/12/retired-natick-ma-police-lieutenant-steve-pagliarulo-dies-at-75-parkinsons-disease/91248568007/).
Natick Patch teased "Patch AM: Which bylaws might disappear at Natick's Fall Town Meeting?" in its Tuesday morning roundup, flagging that some town bylaws could be pared from the books when Fall Town Meeting convenes, per Natick Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/natick).
COMING UP "Robotics, Electronics, Radios & Hands-on STEM" hits the Natick Patch calendar Friday, August 14, per Natick Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/natick).
"Pay It Forward Card Show" is listed on the Natick Patch community calendar for Sunday, August 16, per Natick Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/natick).
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