By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off of a tough 3-9-5 record a season ago, the Medfield High School varsity field hockey team will look to rebound in 2018 and get back to the state tournament for the first time since 2015.
Leading Medfield into battle this season will be four senior captains:...
By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Medfield community said goodbye to beloved Music Director Doug Olsen at a summer concert at the gazebo outside Medfield Library last Thursday.
Hundreds of former students, parents of students, and members of the community came out to see Doug Olsen off as...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Most high school juniors spend their third year participating in extracurricular activities, spending hours studying for tests and quizzes, preparing for the SATs, and going on college visits.
Medfield High School’s Tatum Samson accomplished all of that and published her debut novel, “Plugs.”
On June 9, Tatum visited the Medfield...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometowne Weekly Special Correspondent
Medfield High School’s recent graduation marked many lasts. It was the last Medfield graduation where the band was led by Doug Olsen. It was the last Medfield graduation where Robert Meaney would attend as police chief.
On Sunday, June 3rd, Medfield High School’s class of 2018 assembled for the...
The Medfield Coalition for Public Education held its annual meeting on Thursday, May 24, at the Zullo Gallery in Medfield. MCPE board members and supporters celebrated a successful 2017-2018 year by recapping the year’s highlights, recognizing award winners, and thanking corporate sponsors and volunteers. Throughout the evening, a common theme emerged: Medfield is...
The Medfield community will have one last chance to catch Music Director Doug Olsen leading the award-winning Medfield High School Jazz Band and wish him farewell at the June 14 MEMO concert, 6 to 8 p.m., on the Common by the Gazebo and library.
After nearly 25 years, Olsen will be departing at the end...
The Medfield School Committee and the Medfield Teachers Association (MTA) have finalized a new four-year agreement. Both sides say the new agreement will bring stability to the district.
After about eight weeks of negotiations, a tentative agreement between the two parties was reached on April 5. On May 4, the MTA voted overwhelmingly in favor of...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
For the last decade, Medfield High School boys lacrosse has been the cream of the crop in Division II Central/East. The 2018 Medfield senior class has done nothing but win on the lacrosse field, as the seniors currently rostered have taken home the Central/East sectional crown each of...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Why go to Boston when you can find superb jazz music right here in Medfield?
It was a question many had asked themselves during Blake Middle School and Medfield High School’s Jazz Night on May 4.
As if the two schools’ jazz players weren’t talented enough, saxophonist, vocalist, and composer...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield High School varsity softball team made quick work of TVL newcomer Dedham last Tuesday afternoon at Curt Schilling Field, downing the Marauders 14-1 by slaughter rule to improve to 5-1 on the season.
Dedham got to staff ace Alana Potts in the first inning with a...
Earlier this week every Medfield household received the annual blue ANGP fundraising flyer in their mailboxes. ANGP, also known as the All Night Graduation Party, is seeking community support to help underwrite the expense of the annual event. All in Medfield have an opportunity to participate in the send-off. The annual ANGP blue flyer appeal...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off of a 10-10 regular season and their second straight Division II state tournament appearance in 2017, the Medfield High School varsity softball team began their 2018 campaign on the right note this past week with consecutive victories over key conference rivals Ashland (15-2) and Dover-Sherborn (8-4)....
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...
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,...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It was an ideal start to the 2018 campaign for the Medfield High School girls lacrosse team on Monday night.
Behind a five-goal effort by senior captain and Harvard-bound star Maggie McCarthy, as well as a hat trick by junior Erin Seibel, the Lady-Warriors earned a convincing 12-5 victory...
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,...
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...
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...
Medfield High School sophomore Matthew McGrory distinctly remembers the moment his passion for singing took hold.
“I was about five years old sitting on our kitchen counter like it was a stage, and belting out hymns from church at the top of my lungs,” says McGrory with a laugh. “I think I got such a...
U.S. Speedskating has named Julie Letai to the Short Track Junior World Team. A senior at Medfield High School, 17-year-old Letai will represent the USA at the Junior World Cup in Poland this March. The ladies' team includes Letai, 2018 Olympian Maame Biney, and two other teenagers from Maryland and California. Letai recently won the...
