Zoning Board’s public hearing on LCB
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On Thursday April 14, the Medfield High School auditorium was the site of a 2.5-hour Zoning Board of Appeals public hearing.
This meeting was a continuation of the January 27 and March 8 public hearings regarding the proposed assisted living facility to be built by LCB Senior Living on Main Street in Medfield. LCB...
Medfield High Student Council receives Excellence Award
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The Medfield High School Student Council has been awarded a 2016 National Gold Council of Excellence Award by the National Association of Student Councils (NASC) for its exemplary record of leadership, service, and activities that serve to improve the school and community.
This is the first year the Student Council has ever been recognized...
Project Moves returns to Medfield
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By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
Project Moves returned to Medfield High to put on a dance show filled with positive messages for Medfield’s youth last Tuesday.
The dance trope is based in Brockton, and performs dance shows designed to promote positive messages to kids. 60 pre-professional dancers performed at the show in Medfield to showcase...
Medfield resident lectures at MassArt
On April 15th, Medfield resident and artist Geena Matuson was a guest lecturer at her alma mater, Massachusetts College of Art & Design. Geena spoke to a freshman seminar class held by urbanologist and historian Max Grinnell, sharing the steps she took towards becoming a successful freelancer and showcasing artist.
Geena Matuson (MHS class of 2009)...
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Medfield students celebrate Chinese culture
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By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
The auditorium at Medfield High was filled with traditional Chinese culture as the school hosted its Chinese Cultural Show last Wednesday.
Featuring recitations of traditional Chinese poetry, to dance, music and martial arts, students at Medfield High and area middle schools came together to celebrate all that is Chinese....
Medfield native set to show feature film in Boston
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By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
Jared Marshall, a Medfield native who now runs his own film company in Los Angeles, will show his first feature film, “Of Fortune and Gold,” at the Boston International Film Festival.
The film is an indie adventure that tells the story of four young millennials who travel across...
MCPE hosts spelling bee at Medfield High
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It was no ordinary Tuesday afternoon at the Medfield High School Auditorium. Card tables crowded the stage, the halls were filled with wizards, Boston sports teams, various bees and other interesting characters.
The buzz of excitement was in the air, mixing in with the tantalizing aroma of pizza, baked goods, candy and snacks....
Medfield Historical Society to present ‘Letters from Europe’
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The Medfield Historical Society will present the third of its spring programs, “Letters from Europe: My Father in World War II,” taking place at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church at 26 North Street in Medfield on Monday, May 2 , at 7:30 p.m.
This is a timeless story of a marriage and family...
This Old Town: On the 19th of April in 1775
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By Richard DeSorgher
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
School is on vacation next week; many families will take off to warmer points, those with eyes towards college are off touring the institutions of higher learning, student athletes will be getting into shape for upcoming spring sports and many others will use the vacation week to work on...
Medfield native explores childhood home
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By Linda Thomas
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
It wasn’t long before the end of World War II when Bob Knight came back to live in the house he knew as a child. Now, the Medfield native got a chance to visit the house he hadn’t been inside for nearly seven decades.
Though his old home felt strangely...
Medfield resident donates time to trim trees at Hinkley Pond
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By Josh Perry
Hometown Weekly Staff
A few years ago, Medfield resident David Gingrich dedicated his time and that of a crew of workers from the tree service company for which he works, Hartney Greymont in Needham, to fix trees that were located on Adams St. in front of Dale Street School, which his son...
Medfield scouts win District Pinewood Derby
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By Josh Perry
Hometown Weekly Staff
For the first time, Cub Scouts from Pack 200 in Medfield won the District Pinewood Derby at Bass Pro Shops in Foxboro and four scouts will head to the world championship event in Time Square in New York City on June 25.
Matteo Benson of Pack 200 took first...
Community Meeting being held for Medfield State Hospital
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The Medfield State Hospital Master Plan Committee is hosting a community meeting on Monday, April 11 from 7-9 p.m. in the Medfield High auditorium to inform the public about the ongoing work to create a master plan for the use of the State Hospital property.
The first goal of the meeting is to...
This Old Town: When slavery existed in Medfield
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By Richard DeSorgher
Hometown Weekly Correspondentt
On the issue of slavery in America, one usually thinks right away about the Southern States, but as William Tilden reminds us in his “History of Medfield 1650-1886,” that in Medfield’s early history, “slavery was common with most wealthy citizens.”
The earliest slaves in the then Massachusetts Bay Colony were...
Medfield music honored by national foundation
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This week, 476 school districts across the United States are being recognized by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation as among the Best Communities for Music Education (BCME), out of the nation’s 13,515 school districts.
Medfield was named among those top districts for music education.
Now...
Gold Awards given out to Medfield Girl Scouts
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
In front of family, friends, and town and state officials (such as State Representative Shawn Dooley, Medfield selectman Osler “Pete” Peterson, and Medfield Town Administrator Michael Sullivan), seven Medfield Girl Scouts received Gold Awards in a ceremony at St. Edward’s Church.
In addition,...
Medfield High jazz band wins gold medal
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Medfield High honors jazz band competed in the Massachusetts Association for Jazz Education Southeast District Jazz Ensemble Festival at King Philip High on March 3 and qualified for the Div. II state finals at Coakley Middle School in Norwood.
At the finals...
Medfield High seniors walk in Fashion Show
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
On Saturday, March 19, Medfield High seniors took to the red carpet to show off the latest prom fashions and help raise money for the school’s annual All-Night Graduation Party in June.
The annual Senior Prom Fashion Show featured prom dresses and...
Project Moves returns to Medfield High
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Project Moves is coming back to Medfield with a free performance on Tuesday, April 12 at 7 p.m. at the Medfield High auditorium.
Thanks to a funding grant from the Medfield Coalition for Public Education (MCPE), the dynamic dance troupe based at the Gold School in Brockton is bringing...
