Annual Medfield town meeting highlights
Living the American Dream
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This Old Town
By Richard DeSorgher Hometown Weekly Correspondent This past week US News and World Report came out with their listing of the best high schools in American, in which they named Medfield High School as the 4th best school in Massachusetts and the 152nd best in the nation. For many years now, through test...Medfield Legion announces Fishing Derby winners
On Sunday, April 24th, The Sons of the Medfield American Legion held their annual Fishing Derby at Medfield’s Vine Lake Cemetery.
This year’s Derby attracted over 40 children ages 2 to 12. The winners in the 8 year-old and over division were awarded to Will Boxmeyer (9) for biggest fish, and Braeden Sutton (8) for most...
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Hinkley Pond opens summer registrations
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With April Vacation over and summer right around the corner, registration is now open and available for Hinkley Swim Pond and assorted activities that happen at the Pond.
Memberships are now available for purchase for the summer. Family memberships, which include all immediate family members in your household, is $75 for Medfield residents...
Medfield Public Library expands technology offerings
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By Geena Matuson
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Medfield Public Library is doing something that, in this day and age, all libraries should be doing: integrating technology.
The town library has been hot on technology trends over the last few years, many townspeople may be unaware of what the library has to offer. While they offer the...
Medfield Photographer Set to Debut Solo Art Show
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By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
Medfield resident Geena Matuson will host a reception for her solo art gallery at the Medfield TV Gallery, 18 North Meadows Road, on April 29 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
The solo show will feature a number of Matuson’s photographic prints and giclée prints, most of which are...
This Old Town: Master Planning 60 Years Ago
Help Clean Up the Charles River for Earth Day
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Join Medfield Green, Charles River Watershed Association, and partner organizations for the 17th Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup. Thousands of volunteers and community groups pitch in to clean in the watershed of the Charles River from Bellingham to Boston.
The Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup is a part of American...
Medfield Green Month Returns
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The coming of May marks the spring edition of Medfield Green Month at the Transfer Station. This community recycling event is a collaboration between Medfield Green and the Town of Medfield. MEMO (Medfield Employers and Merchants Organization) is sponsoring the event.
Every Saturday in May from 9-1, there will be a collection of...
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
