State officials this week named Needham a “Green Community,” a recognition of the hard work and effort the town has exhibited in meeting the Green Communities Designation and Grant Program’s five criteria.
“Meeting these criteria is proof of Needham’s position as an energy leader in Massachusetts, poised to reduce its energy costs, improve the local environment...
Read more
Broadmeadow kids slice, dice and donate
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While getting kids to eat vegetables may be difficult, apparently (when it’s for a good cause, at least) getting kids to cut them is not. That was the case on Saturday morning, when kids and parents from Broadmeadow School gathered for Pare and Share, a vegetable-cutting event sponsored...
Community cleans up Haslam Pond
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
[caption id="attachment_33306" align="alignright" width="300"]
First Parish wins Cool Congregations Challenge
First Parish Unitarian Universalist (FPUU) of Medfield was recently announced as one of five winners in a national competition sponsored by Interfaith Power and Light (IPL).
The Cool Congregations Challenge is a united effort by religious congregations across the country to address global warming by reducing their carbon footprint and serve as models of sustainability...
Read more
Medfield looks to ban plastic bags
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Statewide, 93 towns and cities have banned single-use plastic bags. On Sunday afternoon at the Medfield Library, the Medfield Plastic Bag Reduction Initiative discussed the various ways they hope to make Medfield the 94th.
The Initiative is technically not a non-profit because they seek to sway legislation, which a...
Plastic Bag Reduction Initiative holds forum
