My regular monthly selectman office hours are at The Center on the first Friday of every month from 9:00 to 10:00 AM (this Friday).
Residents are welcome to stop by to talk in person about any town matters. Residents can also have coffee and see the Council on Aging in action (a vibrant organization with lots going on).
I can be reached via my cell phone at 508-359-9190 or my blog about Medfield matters, where any schedule changes will be posted.
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Posted in Select Board matters
For eight years, the Medfield Foundation’s Camp Fund has been quietly transforming summers for families in town, ensuring that financial barriers don’t prevent children from experiencing the joy and growth that comes with summer camp.
Since 2021, the Camp Fund has supported 70 campers providing over 131 weeks of summer camp fun. “The Medfield Foundation’s Camp Fund supports families who want to give their children meaningful summer experiences but face financial constraints,” said Abby Marble, President of the Medfield Foundation. “We believe every Medfield child deserves the opportunity to make memories, build friendships, and discover new interests during the summer months.”
The Camp Fund exists through the generosity of Medfield community members, the Home Committee, and local businesses who recognize the importance of ensuring children can participate in summer activities. The Medfield Foundation works collaboratively with Medfield Outreach which determines eligibility for the campership program on a confidential basis, and also with Medfield Parks and Recreation which offers campers a discount.
The Medfield Foundation continues to accept donations to the Camp Fund throughout the year. For more information or to make a donation, visit https://www.medfieldfoundation.org/campfund or contact Abby Marble at info@medfieldfoundation.org.
Families interested in learning more about camp opportunities can visit https://medfieldma.myrec.com/info/default.aspx
Every year, Medfield’s First Parish Unitarian Universalist church holds a special Sunday service in honor of Earth Day. For this year’s service, at 10 AM on Sunday, April 19, I have been invited to be the featured speaker. I will speak about my experiences as a member of Medfield’s Energy Committee and about the climate issues and challenges faced by Medfield and similar towns in our area. All are invited.
Posted in Budgets, Climate, Energy Committee, Green
The Supreme Judicial Court today held that META is not entitled to dismissal of Massachusetts’ suit under section 230.
WENDLANDT, J. The Commonwealth alleges that Meta
Platforms, Inc., and Instagram, LLC (collectively, Meta),
engaged in unfair business practices by designing the Instagram
platform to induce compulsive use by children, engaged in
deceptive business practices by deliberately misleading the
public about the safety of the platform, and created a public
nuisance by engaging in these unfair and deceptive practices.
Meta moved to dismiss the complaint, arguing, inter alia, that
§ 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA), 47 U.S.C.
§ 230 (§ 230), barred the claims. A Superior Court judge denied
the motion, and Meta appealed.
Thus, at least at this preliminary stage of the litigation, Meta
has not shown it is entitled to the protection provided by
§ 230(c)(1).
Posted in Uncategorized
From Chris Gordon of the Medfield Energy Committee –
Posted in Energy Committee, Events, Uncategorized
Globe article about Mark Nickerson –
By Trevor Hass Globe Correspondent,Updated April 4, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
Posted in Medfield High School, People, Sports
I hold regular monthly office hours at The Center on the first Friday of every month from 9:00 to 10:00 AM.
Residents are welcome to stop by to talk in person about any town matters.
Residents can also have coffee and see the Council on Aging in action (a vibrant organization with lots going on).
Posted in Uncategorized
The Massachusetts Municipal Association had Tim Shriver speak to everyone at the opening of the Massachusetts Municipal Association annual convention this year in January about his Dignity Index, a way to lower the tone of disagreements in our political discourse. At first I discounted the value of the presentation, but after listening to him I think we all could do better by following his suggestions to measure our conversations against the Dignity Index and try to get ourselves to the Dignity Index 7 & 8 levels in our discussions with others:
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Posted in Elections, Information, Massachusetts Municipal Association, Political
From Bob Winograd of the Community Aggregation Program (Medfield Community Electricity – MCE) and the Medfield Energy Committee –
Medfield, MA – (April 1, 2026) – The Town of Medfield is holding a 30-day public review period for its revised aggregation plan for Medfield Community Electricity. Medfield Community Electricity is our Town’s official electricity supply program, active since June 2024.
The aggregation plan describes how our electricity program is structured and operated. Medfield secured approval for our original aggregation plan from the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) in January 2024. In July 2024, the DPU issued new rules for aggregation plans, called “Guidelines for Municipal Aggregators”. The Guidelines expand local authority for cities and towns concerning the operation of their programs and increase public transparency about program operations. The revisions to our aggregation plan ensure that the plan aligns with the new Guidelines.
The revised Plan allows the Town to update its format without lengthy DPU approval, strengthens annual performance reporting, and expands flexibility to introduce new supply options.
On the program website, electricity.medfield.net, you can review both the revised plan and the current plan. The program website has a comment form to provide written comments, or you may email
“support_ma@goodenergy.com,” with the subject line “Medfield Plan Comments.” Good Energy is the consultant that developed and manages our program on a day-to-day basis. The public review period is open until April 30, 2026.
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Posted in Energy Committee, Medfield Community Electricity, Town Services, Uncategorized
Text and photos from Becca Kornet, Chair of the Democratic Town Committee –
NB – 5% of voters turned out –
Way to go Medfield! Great to see so many folks standing up for Democracy!
Special thanks to Susan Bernstein for all her organizing work, Jess Reilly for taking on the role of safety lead, and Sue Savoy for acting as co-safety lead for the protest!
For our next protest, can we please order up some warmer weather?! 🥶🥶🥶
Congress Jake Auchincloss addressing the crowd at Baxter Park
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Posted in Events
Vote on Monday at The Center from 6 AM to 8 PM.
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Posted in Elections
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