On November 18, a Special Town Meeting at Medfield High School gymnasium, starting at 7:00 p.m., will address the approval of zoning changes related to development at the former state hospital grounds on Hospital Road. During the meeting, there will be opportunity for public comments. Most importantly, the formal vote will be taken, which must...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Each year, monarch caterpillars transform from eggs to butterflies, all within a matter of weeks. This year, for her Girl Scout Gold Award project, Catherine Callahan decided to research these beautiful butterflies, raise them, and then release them. On Wednesday, September 25, Callahan visited the Medfield Public Library...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Studies have shown that learning a new language early in life can be extraordinarily beneficial for a child’s development. Many parents have opted for popular languages like Spanish or Mandarin, taught through special TV programs. Others have taken it upon themselves to teach their kids new languages themselves....
By Ella Kohler
Hometown Weekly Intern
When summer temperatures climb too high for comfort, "fun in the sun" can quickly lose its appeal. On July 8, the Medfield Public Library offered a cool alternative to outdoor pastimes: forty fun-filled minutes of Parachute Play. The program involved a story, a craft and, of course, a parachute.
As...
By Ella Kohler
Hometown Weekly Intern
Ten years ago, Medfield’s own Thomas Robbins decided he wanted to write a novel. After multiple classes, rewrites and publishing companies, Robbins realized this dream: “Guardians of Tomorrow Book One: The Rise of Veratta” was finally published last December.
Robbins spoke to Hometown Weekly about his final product, as...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
It is a wide known fact that most writers do not begin their career life as writers, nor do they intend it. There are many steps in between. J.K. Rowling studied Classics and French in college and worked as a secretary for Amnesty International. Steven King intended on being...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Marcia Butler recently visited the Medfield Public Library. Her talk was the first installment of the library’s Spring Author series. Due to a Bruins playoff game, there was a small audience, making it a perfect opportunity for those in attendance to learn something new about writing and creativity.
Marcia...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Last week, people all over the world were shocked by pictures of California’s super bloom, an array of purple, yellow, and orange flowers growing in tremendous numbers around California. In some areas, there were so many flowers that their bright hues were caught on satellite images from space.
Over...
The Board of Trustees of the Medfield Memorial Public Library recently announced the appointment of Pamela Gardner as Library Director. Gardner served as interim director since June and was appointed the new director at the Trustees Meeting on Thursday, December 13.
Gardner received her Bachelors degree from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD, and her Masters...
By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
It goes without saying that Medfield is dreaming of a white Christmas, but at the Public Library on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Medfielders were learning how to make a green one.
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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...
By Robby McKittrick
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Saturday, September 29, the Medfield Public Library hosted its monthly “Read to A Dog” session. Almost every month, the children’s section of the library invites six kids read a book of their choice for 15 minutes to a therapy dog.
Bernadette Foley, the Head of Children’s Services at...
By Emily Greffenius
Hometown Weekly Intern
“I’ve always liked photography, even as a kid,” Colleen Sullivan says.
Sullivan’s work, currently on display in the Dailey Room at the Medfield Public Library, showcases this lifelong passion. Photos of landscapes, birds, flowers, picturesque New England, iconic shots of Boston, and even snapshots of Sullivan’s local town of...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Children aren’t particularly well known for being able to sit still for very long. They wiggle and giggle, fidget and squirm. But at the Medfield Public Library, a group of children proved to be quite experienced in practicing mindfulness at the library’s yoga for children class.
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
As a teenager, Lisa Halliday sat on the steps of the Medfield Public Library, waiting for its doors to open. This was a regular occurrence for Halliday, who has since moved abroad. She recently visited the library, though, reminiscing about the spots where she used to read and the...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Origami is an amazing art. It takes patience, abstract thinking, and steady hands to fold a single piece of paper in all sorts of ways. It’s crazy to think that from a flat piece of paper, origami masters can create hundreds of different animals and objects.
Medfield Public Library’s adult...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Disappointed by the lack of Goldfish crackers for his school lunch, Steve took his “Tuesday Surprise” outside to eat. Unbeknownst to Steve, an ordinary boy, a Peruvian devil bug had landed on his lunch, and he accidentally ate it. Minutes after eating the slop of food and the poisonous...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
When she arrived as the Medfield Public Library’s new director in February, Meena Jain brought a handful of new ideas and suggestions with her.
Already during her short time in Medfield, she has worked with Medfield Public Schools to bring children’s author Kwame Alexander to town, invited a guest speaker to...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
“A special treat on a cold Saturday,” one library-goer writes in the guest book at the Medfield Public Library’s Art ‘N Bloom. “It’s dreary out, but beautiful inside.”
From Thursday, March 22, to Sunday, March 25, the library housed 19 pieces of art from Medfield High School students and a...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On March 8, Medfield Public Schools and the Medfield Public Library closed for the day after the month’s second nor’easter brought wet, heavy snow and powerful winds.
Even with power outages and fallen tree limbs and wires afflicting the town, Medfield Public Schools’ library media specialist, Kerry Cowell, and...
