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Pamela Gardner named Library Director

Pamela Gardner named Library Director
The Board of Trustees of the Medfield Memorial Public Library recently announced the appointment of Pamela Gardner as Library Director. Gardner served as interim director since June and was appointed the new director at the Trustees Meeting on Thursday, December 13. Gardner received her Bachelors degree from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD, and her Masters...
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Medfield’s Matuson to read from ‘Dadalectic’

Medfield’s Matuson to read from ‘Dadalectic’
Local artist and writer Geena Matuson, or “The Girl Mirage,” will have a reading and book signing for her first book “Dadalectic: Waking Dream” at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 3 at Medfield Memorial Public Library. A surreal collection of poetic stories and dreamy artworks play with pattern and perception in this hard cover, full-color...
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Medfield Library celebrates centennial

Medfield Library celebrates centennial
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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter The Medfield community gathered on October 1 for a once-in-a-lifetime occasion. Over one hundred years ago, a man named Granville Dailey, a New York City native who summered in Medfield, contacted William G. Perry, an architect, to draw up the plans for a library in town. Soon after, the...
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Friends Bookstore moving on up

Friends Bookstore moving on up
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By Geena Matuson Hometown Weekly Staff This May, the Medfield Memorial Public Library will welcome a new addition to the Jane Archer Room. The space commonly referred to as ‘the open area with chairs and a table across from the elevator’ is the new home to the Friends of the Library (FOL) Bookstore, serving the...
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Public art talks with Max Grinnell

Public art talks with Max Grinnell
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By Geena Matuson Hometown Weekly Staff Last Friday night, the Medfield Memorial Public Library hosted Urbanologist Max Grinnell, specialist in urban problems, for his talk on “Art in Public Spaces.” As an urbanologist, geographer, historian, and professor, Max teaches at both University of Chicago and at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, focusing on urban...
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