Category Archive for "Medfield"

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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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...

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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...

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,...

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...

Medfield Library presents ‘The Girl Mirage’

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter “You look like pink,” began Medfield’s Geena Matuson, “The Girl Mirage.” She read her favorite poem, “Pink,” slowly and from memory, keeping her self-published pastel-colored book in her lap. “Like opals and firecrackers. Like words describing translucence the eye cannot capture alone, but can only know exists in theory.” Her...

Nora Cahill wins Lions Speech Competition

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Nora Cahill, a Kingston resident and a junior at the Montrose School in Medfield, was the winner of the Medfield Lions Club’s annual Youth Speech Competition. Nora went on to place in the top 15 of the statewide competition sponsored by the Lions Clubs of Massachusetts. The competition started last November when high school...

On Sunday, March 18, members of the community and their families will flock to the Medfield High School gymnasium at 1 p.m. to support the Jimmy Fund with Putting for Patients. The event will feature a long putt contest, opportunity drawing, free caricaturist, free face painting, free henna tattoos, photo booth and, of course, an...

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The Medfield Afterschool Program’s (MAP) Jump Start, Kindergarten and First Grade program recently adopted a guinea pig from the Medfield Animal Shelter. The children were very excited to meet the new pet and help give her a new name; after many great suggestions, the children voted, and her name is Marshmallow. Marshmallow will be...

Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse celebrates milestone

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter An estimated two billion birthday cards are sent each year, Dr. Thea Iberall shared in between open microphone performers. Although there were no birthday cards in sight, dozens of members of the community joined Thea to celebrate Expresso Yourself Coffehouse’s second birthday. Expresso Yourself is an open mic night, which...

Medfield’s Boy Scout Troop 89 members Patrick Edward O’Connor, Kyle Parker Heaney, Evan William Sepe and Mark Gerard Fitzpatrick were honored at their Eagle Court of Honor on February 10, 2018 at the Church of the Advent in Medfield. Family, friends, members of Troop 89, as well as state and local officials attended this event,...

Medfield Community Garden registration opens

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Registration for the Medfield Community Garden on Plain Street has opened for the year. Plots are available on a first-request basis. Plots come in two sizes: 600 square feet – more than enough space to supply a family of four – and half-sized plots of 300 square feet for those wanting or needing less...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Last August, Dedham-based artist Kira Seamon made her “Stained Glass Sky” debut at the Wellesley Free Library. Since then, Kira’s work has splashed color on the walls of several libraries, including Medfield’s. For a special reception, Kira spent the afternoon of February 14 in the Dailey Room, where she...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter The Center at Medfield has become a second home to many of the town’s seniors. For the woodcarving group that meets weekly from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Center’s craft room, the Council on Aging has become their personal workshop. Six dedicated members of the woodcarving class spend their...

Howard Kane had his 101th birthday on February 13. A resident of the Doolittle Home in Foxboro, Howard and his wife, Dorothy, were married for 67 years and lived in Medfield for 50 years. They were married at the First Parish Unitarian Church in Medfield in 1941. Howard received a BBA and an MBA from...

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The Montrose School a cappella group, the Treblemakers, hosted seven local high schools at the A Cappella Jam, including the X-Men from Xaverian Brothers High School and the Soundwaves from Medfield High School.  A sellout crowd filled the Arts & Athletics Center for the fifth annual Jam. The event was begun in 2014 to...

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...

Medfield native and lifelong resident Christopher Allan is the lead audio mixer for the NBC Olympic telecast at the Gangneung Ice Arena in PyeongChang, South Korea. He is responsible for the broadcast sound for the men’s, women’s, pairs, and ice dancing figure skating events, as well as the short track speed skating events. This is...

Library welcomes new director, Meena Jain

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter There’s been a new face among the staff of the Medfield Public Library. After saying goodbye to their former director in October of last year, the library is delighted to introduce Meena Jain as their new director. As a young professional, Meena’s aunt told her that libraries would be gone...

Category Archives: Medfield

Chris MacLagan graduates from Fire Academy

Inspiration flows with Kwame Alexander

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Medfield Winter Carnival is a blast

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7th grade girls are Metrowest champs

Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse featuring Colette O’Connor

Medfield Library presents ‘The Girl Mirage’

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Nora Cahill wins Lions Speech Competition

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Putting for Patients coming to MHS

MAP welcomes Marshmallow to Jump Start

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Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse celebrates milestone

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Troop 89 members are Eagle Scouts

Medfield Community Garden registration opens

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Kira Seamon’s celebration of the arts

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Seniors carve out time for handicrafts

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Happy birthday, Howard Kane

Montrose School hosts A Cappella Jam

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Putting for Patients coming to MHS

Medfield’s Matuson to read from ‘Dadalectic’

Medfield’s Allan makes Olympics audible

Library welcomes new director, Meena Jain

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