By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
As the weeks of shutdowns and self-isolation go on, Medfield TV continues to serve the community, while providing them with additional programming and services to help them get through these difficult times.
While Medfield TV has made this transition seem easy, its...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Boston Globe announced recently recognized its 2019-2020 class of All-Scholastic and conference All-Star recipients.
From Dover-Sherborn, junior point guard Evan Skeary was named a TVL All-Star. Skeary will be a returning captain for his senior season next winter.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With the economy taking a severe downturn and record high numbers of people unemployed, services that help the needy are becoming more and more vital every day. And, with the COVID-19 outbreak putting a new emphasis on social distancing, virtually every...
HESSCO Elder Services is appealing to Medfield, Norfolk, Sharon, Walpole and Westwood residents for volunteers interested in becoming drivers for its Meals on Wheels program. This program, which delivers prepared meals to homebound elders, is in search of volunteers to contribute approximately one hour per day to elders who...
As the local foundation serving the town, the Medfield Foundation, Inc. (MFi) has launched an effort to provide grants to residents who are experiencing significant financial challenges caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The MFi Public Need Fund is the vehicle through which the Medfield...
The pandemic has affected every community event this spring, including the annual New Life 5K Trail Run, an event that raises more than 20 percent of the New Life Furniture Bank’s budget. This Massachusetts charity serves nearly 700 hundred households every year, including individuals, families, single mothers, seniors and...
Photos courtesy of Kim Price, Zoe Lewis, Andrea McCoy and Kenneth Manning
The Medfield High School Theatre Society was set to present Sondheim's "Into the Woods" on March 13 - that is, before COVID-19 threw a social distancing wrench in the gears. The community at large - including...
By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Editor
Wednesday, March 25.
The mission is simple: drive through all of Hometown Weekly’s communities, maintain appropriate distance from passers-by, and record what’s changed since the coronavirus pandemic began. I’ve plotted a sensible route: I’ll head from Walpole center up Route 27, through...
By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Editor
We went from house to wood
For change of solitude.
Hands sanitized, car parked, checklist in hand, and not another human in sight (though plenty of vehicles in the lot), it’s time to get to work.
Today’s goal: scramble to...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
In recent weeks, all Medfield public buildings have shut their doors to everyone except for essential personnel. This means that Medfield’s often-active Council on Aging (COA) and Center are barren of any senior visitors - not to mention most of the staff and volunteers that...
By Ella Kohler
Hometown Weekly Intern
With the coronavirus outbreak growing more serious each day, it seems the world has been turned upside down. Many aspects of daily life, from working to socializing to schooling, have been changed dramatically — and life at Medfield High School is no exception.
