By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
When she arrived as the Medfield Public Library’s new director in February, Meena Jain brought a handful of new ideas and suggestions with her.
Already during her short time in Medfield, she has worked with Medfield Public Schools to bring children’s author Kwame Alexander to town, invited a guest speaker to...
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Spring Gala to support Neighbor Brigade
Medfield is known for being a "giving community.” Many groups hold fundraisers, but what makes the Medfield Lions Club Spring Gala unique is that all proceeds raised are used by the Medfield Lions to support the needs of the Medfield Neighbor Brigade.
Who are the Neighbor Brigade?
The Medfield Neighbor Brigade chapter was formed in March...
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Hunter’s Run encourages donating life
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
National Donate Life Month, held annually in April, aims to promote registering to be an organ, tissue, or cornea donor. Though it is celebrated in April, nine-year-old Hunter Williams and his family know the importance of educating the public on organ donation and registering at all times of the...
MFi awards Medfield’s outstanding volunteers
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Anyone who has been to Medfield can agree that the town is home to some outstanding people. Each year, the Medfield Foundation’s (MFi) volunteer awards recognize some of the wonderful people in the community who put in the effort to make Medfield a better place to live. On April 8, one...
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Cure SMA Yard Sale set for May
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Purge with a Purpose, the 14th annual Cure SMA Yard Sale, has been scheduled for May 5 from 8:00-11:00 a.m., and organizers will soon begin accepting item donations.
From April 22 to May 4, any items that are in good, sellable (non-broken) condition will be accepted - though participants are asked to avoid dropping...
Blake students participate in science fair
On Friday, March 16, students at Blake Middle School participated in the annual science fair. Students were excited and eager to share their findings with the attendees, who were equally interested in learning what interests and excites our middle school students.
Prize winners were Jim Kemp, Chase Coughlin, Shea Coughlin, Ronan Schoenfeld, Alex Munz, Kelly Blake...
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Artwork blooms inside Medfield Library
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
“A special treat on a cold Saturday,” one library-goer writes in the guest book at the Medfield Public Library’s Art ‘N Bloom. “It’s dreary out, but beautiful inside.”
From Thursday, March 22, to Sunday, March 25, the library housed 19 pieces of art from Medfield High School students and a...
Miss Amazing celebrates abilities and inclusiveness
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
A handful of people gasped as the auditorium went dark. It was that pitch black - can’t-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face dark. But after a moment, the stage lights came on and illuminated the hot pink banners and string lights.
The bright lights danced off of the pink and silver balloons on stage...
Lions prepare for annual gala
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The Medfield Lions Club, with support from the Medfield Neighbor Brigade, will host its 5th annual spring gala on Saturday, May 5, from 7:30 – 10 p.m. at the Zullo Gallery on Main Street. All proceeds from this event are distributed by the Lions to local families in temporary crisis, identified by the...
Belle of the Ball drive successful
With prom season just around the corner, Medfield High School freshman Gabby Christo has partnered up with Belle of the Ball on a collection drive. Belle of the Ball is an organization that cleans and distributes prom dresses and accessories to girls in need.
Gabby set up collection boxes at the high school and her home,...
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Medfielders take Donate Life to Africa
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The start of April will mark the beginning of National Donate Life Month, a time to raise awareness for organ, tissue, and eye donations, and celebrate those who have saved lives through donations.
For Medfield’s Liz Sandeman and her family, though, organ and tissue donations are a year-round concern.
After her sister, T,...
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Medfield DI teams enjoy state success
Fourteen of Medfield’s Destination Imagination (DI) teams competed at the regional tournament in Natick on March 17. The DI program is a fun, hands-on system of learning that fosters students’ creativity, courage and curiosity through open-ended academic challenges.
Teams choose to participate in one of the main challenge categories of early learning (2nd grade), engineering,...
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Rail trail warrant to be presented
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent
During the 1800s, railways covered Massachusetts like a spider web. By the mid 1950s, many of these lines were abandoned. In the years since then, communities have taken these old abandoned lines and turned them into recreational spaces available for the public to use.
Now Medfield is trying to dust...
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Center at Medfield supports MHS students
In support of local high school students, The Center at Medfield invited the Medfield High School Ukulele Club to perform and is also displaying a sock collection box in its reception area.
Three Medfield High students are hosting a sock drive for homeless people in Boston. Called Sox for Socks, Mia Prego, Megan Whelan, and...
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Chris MacLagan graduates from Fire Academy
State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey, Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Director David C. Evans and Interim Medfield Fire Chief Robert Hollingshead announced the graduation of the 261st class of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s fifty-day Career Recruit Firefighter Training Program on February 26. “This rigorous professional training provides our newest firefighters with the basic skills to perform...
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Inspiration flows with Kwame Alexander
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On March 8, Medfield Public Schools and the Medfield Public Library closed for the day after the month’s second nor’easter brought wet, heavy snow and powerful winds.
Even with power outages and fallen tree limbs and wires afflicting the town, Medfield Public Schools’ library media specialist, Kerry Cowell, and...
Medfield Winter Carnival is a blast
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
It’s a longstanding tradition that every elementary school student in Medfield looked forward to this year: the annual Winter Carnival at Memorial School.
For years, the Memorial and Wheelock School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) teamed up to host a day of carnival games and prizes, silent auctions, and baked goods...
7th grade girls are Metrowest champs
The 7th grade girls Medfield basketball team won the Division 2 Metrowest Championship on March 11, capping off a terrific season during which the girls went 13-2 in Metrowest and 17-3 overall. The Team (Left to right) is Chris Olenik, Paige Ostrowski, Rich Callahan (back row), Kate Olenik, Emily Morgan, Eve Tormey, Harper Foscaldo,...
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Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse featuring Colette O’Connor
The Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse returns at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 31, at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 26 North Street, Medfield. This month’s Coffeehouse will feature Colette O'Connor, and the theme for the evening is “Messengers.”
Colette O'Connor has been touring/traveling and performing since 2012. Her music is a delightful blend of sunshine, kindness-philosophy, and...
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Medfield Library presents ‘The Girl Mirage’
