Car show’s Medfield move a success
PawSox CFO, Medfield resident, touches base
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
There are any number of things that can turn an average day on the job into a good one. Maybe you hit all the green lights on your way home. Maybe you finish your work a couple hours early, giving you the afternoon off. Maybe the project you've been...
Medfield Legion baseball hits mid-point
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As the District 6 Legion baseball season reaches its midway-point, Medfield currently finds itself in fourth place at the time of printing, chasing Walpole, Franklin and rivals Needham for the top spot in the West Division standings. Their record includes two victories against third-place Needham.
With upcoming games against Needham and Westwood, the team...
Vine Lake hosts tour
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
There’s a witch, a roller skater, and seven brothers with the last name Morse. No, this isn’t some sort of overly complicated bar joke; it’s just a few of the people buried in Vine Lake Cemetery. On Saturday, June 18, visitors had the chance to hear stories about everything...
Zullo Arts Festival an elegant evening
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By Geena Matuson
Hometown Weekly Staff
If you were in Medfield last Saturday night, you may have noticed a giant, white tent radiating jazz and salsa music outside the Zullo Gallery. Each year, the Zullo Gallery Center for the Arts hosts a one-night arts and music fundraising festival right in the heart of Medfield. Sponsored...
Three-Peat
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Josh Perry
Hometown Weekly Corespondent
In the middle of the season, the Medfield High boys’ lacrosse team had a lull, a run of losses and poor performances that cost them an outright league title and the top seed in the Central/East bracket. The team needed a lift, a reminder of what has made Medfield one...
History Day Trolley Tour wows Medfielders
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By Camille Kerwin
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
On Saturday, townspeople of all ages gathered at Dale Street School to celebrate Medfield History Day with six on-the-hour tours visiting 50 of Medfield’s historic homes. The lot in front of the school brimmed with excitement for the 24th Annual History Day Trolley Tour, a tradition that was established...
Medfield Girl Scouts turn 100
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
An older scout dressed in a green sash helps a younger scout pin a celebratory red rose onto their brown sash. Local businesses offer discounts to anyone wearing a uniform. Trills and Chills, an a Capella group, perform on the gazebo. A blue tent decorated in green, white, and...
Medfield High Class of 2016 graduates
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The Medfield High School class of 2016 collectively met for the last time on Sunday for their graduation ceremony. Vocalized in the speeches of Class President Theodore Duffy, Honor Essayists Daniel Blessing and Olivia Taylor, and Senior Speaker Bryan Carrabis, there were collective feelings of bitter-sweetness, pride, and nostalgia...
Women’s Club holds senior Graduation Tea
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By Rachel Borman
Hometown Weekly Contributor
Continuing in a 46-year tradition, the Hannah Adams Women’s Club hosted a Graduation Tea on June 7. Formal invitations went out to 122 of Medfield’s finest young women - every senior girl living in Medfield and about to graduate from either Medfield High School or Tri-Country Regional Vocational Technical...
Medfield Legion baseball opens season
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By Evan Mayer
Hometown Weekly Intern
As the defending district champs, Medfield picked up right where they left off, squeaking out a 5-4 victory against Needham. On June 8, Medfield boys Legion took the field for their opening day game. It was a nail-biter from the beginning, with solid pitching from both teams.
Medfield drew...
Trip to Cuba
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By Geena Matuson
Hometown Weekly Staff
Over the last 100 years, the US and Cuba have had a rocky relationship. From the 1898 Spanish-American War ending with Spain ceding its Cuba territory to the US to the political revolts throughout the 1950s to the Cuban Missile Crisis and CIA assassination plots against Fidel Castro in...
MAP students as future architects?
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
Kids love doing stuff with their hands. Babies will smear food everywhere. Toddlers may take crayons or markers to the walls. For the students in fourth to sixth grade at the Medfield Afterschool Program (MAP), it could be building a ga-ga ball pit. Or it could be building forts...
Medfield’s new comedy club
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
“What do you call Chewbacca when he gets bits of chocolate in his fur?” asked one child.
“What’s Beethoven’s favorite food?” asked another.
“Why don’t seagulls fly over the bay?” questioned a third.
“Why did the dinosaur cross the road?”
These are just a few of the jokes told by the kindergarten...
Friends behind the scenes
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By Geena Matuson
Hometown Weekly Staff
‘Friends of the Library’ isn’t just a term for people who really like a good book - it’s also the name of a community organization that donates over $20,000 to Medfield Public Library annually, along with scholarship opportunities and grants, museum passes for patrons, events and more. Friends of...
Field Day takes Memorial School
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By Evan Mayer
Hometown Weekly Intern
On June 1, Memorial School hosted its annual Field Day event for students in kindergarten and first grade. Once the clock struck 12:30 p.m., shrieks of excitement were heard and smiles grew on the first graders’ faces.
Sprinting to their designated stations, students participated in 16 different activities from...
Memorial Day at the American Legion
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
Due to poor weather, the Memorial Day parade this year was canceled. However, the ceremonies were still conducted at the Beckwith Post 110 American Legion. Poor weather could not stop hundreds of Medfield citizens from cramming inside to honor those who have fallen in the line of duty to...
Students ga-ga for ga-ga ball
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
Over the decades, the popular game for kids to play at recess has changed. Soccer and basketball eventually gave way to tag. Tag gave way to wall ball. It seems now that wall ball has given way to ga-ga ball. Now, thanks to the Medfield Afterschool Program (MAP) Carpentry...
End-of-the-year-awards go to teachers, too
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
It is that time of year when students itch to get out of the classroom and enjoy their hard-earned summer vacations. Senioritis kicks in, and teachers try to keep their students motivated with award nights, to reward the work done over the course of the year.
Most students probably...
Medfield boys drop to Wellesley
