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Blue Moon to celebrate 20 years

Blue Moon Bagel Cafe will be celebrating its twentieth anniversary this Sunday, September 25. More than a bakery, Blue Moon is a Medfield fixture, and is looking forward to welcoming the community on its special day. There will be face painting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., live music from noon to 2 p.m., special blue...

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff For those who call Medfield home, there has always been a pronounced sense of an old-fashioned community. Some might attribute it to the village's historic buildings and green spaces. Some might point their fingers at the independent businesses that dot the town. Still others might say it is because...

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By James Ensor Hometown Weekly Reporter Liz Barbour of Liz Barbour’s Creative Feast, came to the Medfield Library on the evening of Thursday, September 15, to present Feasts from Literature, a presentation based on some recipes she has learned through her reading. She read selected passages from three of her favorite cooking-related novels, intermittently...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The DS and Medfield varsity boy’s soccer teams met for the first of two meetings this season on Thursday afternoon on the new turf at MHS in a battle between two arch rivals. Despite a late offensive surge by both teams, the game ended in a 2-2 draw;...

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff Needham’s Dennis Ozer is many things. He is a father and husband. He is the co-owner of H.Y.P. Studio, a yoga and pilates facility with branches in Medfield, Needham, and Wellesley. He is, in the words of his wife, Debra Goodman, “the mayor of everything” and “like the Tasmanian...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor There are plenty of things to look forward to once September hits: pumpkin spiced lattes, sweaters, apple picking, etc. For sports fans, however, September means the return of Friday night lights and the boys of fall. On Friday, the Medfield Warriors (1-0) and Dedham Marauders (0-1) took to...

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By James Ensor Hometown Weekly Reporter Thursday, September 8 saw primary elections take place across the state of Massachusetts. The results of these elections will decide whose names are on the ballot for the major parties in the November general elections. Positions ranged from our representatives in Congress to the local Sheriff, and many...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The mission is clear for the Medfield girls volleyball team as they enter the 2016 season, and that is to beat Hopkinton and make a run in the state tournament. Not only did the Warriors have their season come to an end at the hands of the Hillers...

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff The word is out: Massachusetts' communities are facing something of a water shortage, and Medfield is no exception. After a summer that has seen a large-scale drought in the Bay State, some residents are returning from their summer vacations assuming that the worst is behind the community. Not so, says...

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Medfielders can help raise money for cancer on Medfield Day by making a donation to the American Cancer Society in exchange for hand knit scarves. Hand-knitted scarves are free at Medfield Day, September 17, with a donation to the American Cancer Society. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society. Scarves of many different...

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By James Ensor Hometown Weekly Reporter A bakers dozen rising Kindergarteners showed up at the Pfaff Center for a two-day program on Wednesday, August 31 and Thursday, September 1. The class, named K is for Kindergarten, was designed to give the kids a sneak peak of what kindergarten will be like. From 9:30 a.m....

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The Medfield 13U Babe Ruth baseball team completed a stellar summer run by taking home the championship in the Tri-Valley Baseball League. The victory capped a strong summer season for the team that had earned the number one playoff seed based on a 10-1-1 regular season record. Bitten by the injury bug in...

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff Kira LaFosse-Baker, Engagement Site Manager at Rocky Woods, stops at a fork in the wooded trail. Around her, children look left and right as she procures a trail map. LaFosse-Baker points to the map, then to a yellow spray-painted dot on the side of a tree. The kids' eyes...

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By James Ensor Hometown Weekly Reporter This week, and all year round, Drama Kids International has offered a weeklong course for local kids at the Pfaff Center. 24 kids signed up for the regular Drama Kids program this last week, plus an additional seven in an acting academy film program that has spun off...

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By James Ensor Hometown Weekly Reporter For a week, young geologists learned a bit more about just how our world works. From Monday, August 15, to Friday, August 19, campers enjoyed the Extreme Earth program at the Pfaff Center. “This program focuses on geology, mostly, so today we are doing geodes, we made wind...

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By Hometown Weekly Staff The Medfield U12 baseball team dropped a hard fought final game to Braintree in the Suburban Baseball League championship last Saturday in Westwood. Despite the final loss, Medfield U12 wrapped up a great season, which included numerous tournament titles and a District 11 Championship. Things looked good for Medfield early...

Neponset Watershed facing severe drought

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Massachusetts is experiencing a significant drought this summer, with the Neponset Watershed categorized as an area facing "severe drought". During an average rainfall year, stream flows in the Neponset River are heavily impacted by water withdrawal, loss of groundwater recharge from paved areas, and groundwater that leaks into aging sewers and gets carried...

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By James Ensor Hometown Weekly Reporter An inflatable screen similar to an air mattress with a screen on it was erected behind the gazebo near Medfield Public Library. The open green area, which was filled with provided wooden seats and patrons who had brought their own seating, played host to a peaceful outdoor evening for...

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Get ready to share stories, songs, and poems about your cats and dogs (or anything else). Even if you aren't a pet owner, you should try to make it to The Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse at 7 p.m. on August 27 at First Parish Unitarian Universalist in Medfield. Held on the last Saturday of...

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By Cameron Small Hometown Weekly Intern Most people are familiar with famous line “Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go.” What’s less well known is the poem it comes from. Interestingly, the original poem has the speaker going to grandfather’s house. Foregoing the semantics surrounding the poem, anyone can walk around...

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