Warriors, Wolverines skate to tie
DA hosts Warriors at leadership conference
Medfield High sent a strong student team to Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey’s 2018 Peer Leadership Conference at Gillette Stadium – the first in a season of events designed for students supporting healthy decisions in their school communities.
“Having a core of motivated peer leaders is an important part of keeping high school cultures healthy...
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McCarthy spearheads Coats for Kids drive
Medfield High School sophomore Kaitlyn McCarthy has partnered up with Coats for Kids and Anton’s Cleaners to collect winter coat donations as the cold weather rolls in. Winter coats for both children and adults are gladly accepted.
Coats for Kids’ goal is to collect, clean, and distribute coats to everyone in need. The foundation started in...
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MHS ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ enchants
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By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
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The Medfield High School Theatre Society presented a lively version of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”...
Medfielders attend Boys/Girls State
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On Tuesday evening, October 23rd, at the American Legion Beckwith Post 110 hall, the Medfield High School Boys State and Girls State citizens attended a dinner recognizing them as the 2018 MHS representatives.
Ten MHS boys and eight MHS girls were chosen to participate in Massachusetts Boys State or Massachusetts Girls State from...
Medfield’s Nightmare on Main Street
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The wind howled, tugging at the few remaining leaves hanging on the trees. The cloudy sky blocked the moonlight as rain poured down. The foggy streets of Medfield provided the kind of atmosphere in which ghosts and goblins would feel at home.
On this dark and foreboding Saturday night, the...
Pucci, Warriors outduel Muckstadt, Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Considering the history the two schools share, it was perfectly fitting for the Dover-Sherborn Regional and Medfield High School boys varsity soccer teams to conclude regular season matters against one another on Monday night at Nora Searle Field.
The Raiders (9-4-5) entered looking to complete the season...
Medfield Library hosts video game tournament
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By Robby McKittrick
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Saturday, October 20, Medfield High Schoolers showed up to the Medfield Library to compete in a Super Smash Brothers tournament.
“It’s been a lot of fun,” said 15-year-old player Peter Travis. Travis is a sophomore at Medfield High School and has participated in the tournament since he was...
Medfield’s Aucoin a MacArthur Fellow
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Matthew Aucoin, a composer and conductor who graduated in 2008 from Medfield High School, has been named a 2018 MacArthur Fellow.
In announcing the award, the MacArthur Foundation said that the 28-year-old Aucoin’s work as a composer is “expanding the potential of vocal and orchestral music to convey emotional, dramatic, and literary meaning,'' adding:...
Girls soccer rolls on Pink Day
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Sporting their alternate pink uniforms as part of their Program Pink Day for breast cancer awareness, the Medfield High School varsity girls soccer team took care of business with a convincing 9-1 victory over Bellingham on Wednesday night.
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Road Warriors explode for convincing win
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield High School boys varsity soccer team continued its recent trend of success on the road, as the Warriors (5-3, 5-2) improved to 4-1 away from Fisher Field with a convincing 5-0 victory at Westwood on Thursday afternoon.
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Oh happy Medfield Day
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By Katrina Tummino
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Early September typically calls to mind the changing of seasons and school starting, but for those living in Medfield and its surrounding towns, the early beginnings of fall also bring a much-anticipated, community-oriented event: Medfield Day.
On September 15, residents found...
Seibel, Warrior field hockey gear up
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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:...
Medfield bids farewell to Doug Olsen
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...
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Hundreds of former students, parents of students, and members of the community came out to see Doug Olsen off as...
Medfield teen releases debut novel
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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...
Medfield class of 2018 graduates
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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...
MCPE holds annual meeting
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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...
MHS Jazz prepares Doug Olsen farewell
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...
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MTA, School Committee announce new agreement
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...
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Med-lax gears up for tournament
