By Riley Fontana
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Nice weather, green grass, friendship and crafts. What more could an adult ask for? For those interested in these enticing offers look no further than the Medfield Library’s Outdoor Adult Craft and Chat hosted on the grounds of Medfield State Hospital.
Trinity renews Medfield’s historic landscape
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Included within the expansion of the Bellforge Arts Center, the historic Medfield State Hospital (MSH) grounds are additionally receiving major upcoming changes over the next few years. Trinity Financial, a real estate company located in Boston, MA, was chosen out of...
Fairies come to the ‘Forge
By Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The grounds of the former Medfield State Hospital (MSH), now known as the Bellforge Arts Center, were transformed last weekend as hundreds came out to enjoy a Spring celebration for humans, dogs and fairies alike: the third annual Fairy Walk. This...
History of Medfield State Hospital
by Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Recently, Richard DeSorgher, a popular local historian and former Medfield history teacher, spoke on the history of the Medfield State Hospital to a full-capacity crowd gathered at Farthest Star Sake, located off North Meadows Road.
The Bellforge Arts...
The future of the ‘Forge
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Within the beautiful town of Medfield lies an area with an immense amount of history attached to it: the historic Medfield State Hospital. Created back in the 1890s, this then insane asylum grew in size over the years, ultimately ending with...
Medfield celebrates first female Eagle Scout
Troop 10 Medfield member Madeline Rothstein recently became the first female Eagle Scout in Medfield.
When Scouts BSA became co-ed back in February of 2019, Madeline was a founding member of Troop 10 Girls. The boy and girl troops operate as separate units, but benefit from combining for many activities....
Bellforge shares the stage for Culturefest
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Bellforge Arts Center was bustling on Saturday, October 8, as locals ventured to the stage and lawn in front of the chapel for CultureFest. Celebrating individuality and diversity, the festival began at 10 a.m. Bellforge’s family-friendly CultureFest celebrated traditions, customs, art, and food of cultures...
Hunter Pace trots through Dover, Medfield
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Norfolk Hunt Club recently hosted the second annual Charles River Panorama Hunter Pace, a fitting farewell to summer days. Riders and spectators were up bright and early on Sunday morning, August 21, as the first race began at 7:30 a.m. at Medfield State Hospital....
Auto show shines on MSH backdrop
The grounds of the Medfield State Hospital (MSH) roared to life on Saturday as the Medfield on the Charles Auto Show iterally rolled into town. This was the 20th installment of this antique, classic and custom car show, and like the previous 19, it did not disappoint.
Norfolk Hunt Club hosts hunter pace
The hunter pace itself began with a ride into the woods just in front of the dilapidated white farmhouse on Cottage Street.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The third time was the charm on Sunday morning for the Norfolk Hunt Club’s Hunter Pace, which...
State Hospital hosts ‘Shakespeare in Shorts’
'All the world's a stage' indeed as Svetlana Orlova and Katelyn Vieira perform a scene from 'Hamlet' on the concrete stairs of building eight.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Referring to both the occasionally casual dress of the cast - and the fact that...
Medfield on the Charles show returns
The Medfield State Hospital grounds added a picturesque backdrop to the car show most don’t have.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Last year COVID-19 put the brakes on the Medfield on the Charles Antique, Classic & Custom Auto Show. But on Sunday afternoon, the...
Social Distance Files: perspective at Medfield State Hospital
By Stephen Press,
Hometown Weekly Editor -
I park my car and exit, taking a breath of fresh air and looking out at a skittish flock of starlings dancing in the field.
Over the last weeks,...
This Old Town: Happy New Year, Medfield!
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As Medfield enters the new year, 2020, a look back at Medfield 100 years ago in 1920. Selectmen were Frank McCarthy, Frank Day and George Sauer. Elected to the school committee were Timothy Kennedy, Susan M. Clark and Allan A. Kingsbury. The moderator was George L.L. Allen. Police officers included Cornelius McKeown, B....
High-energy hounds run at MSH
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
As outdoor conditions become colder and the ground becomes icier, it becomes a little more difficult to take our fine furry family members for their daily walks. For members of Viz Whizz, it can be especially hard.
Viz Whizz USA is an organization that help provide education and support...
Medfield Anthology wows audience
Medfield Day 5K releases results
MSHMPC receives John Keller Award
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The Medfield State Hospital Master Plan Committee (MSHMPC) is the recipient of the prestigious 2019 John Keller Award for Outstanding Planning Initiative for the Medfield State Hospital (MSH) Strategic Reuse Master Plan by the Small Town & Rural (STaR) Planning Division of the American Planning Association (APA). The STaR Awards Committee was incredibly...
Medfield’s Gipson completes Eagle Project
The future is now for MSH
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent
The Medfield State Hospital (MSH) shut down in 2003. Since then, the property has become Medfield’s go-to locale for dog-walking, sports, and jogs. For years, the town has wrangled with the fate of the open acres left behind in the wake of MSH’s closure.
On August 20,...
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