Posted onFebruary 1, 2019|Comments Off on Office Hours this Friday 9-10AM
Selectman Office Hours this Friday 9-10AM
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.
OK, now it is true. Even a broken clock is right twice a day! Yesterday I was going to set it to publish this morning, and missed that switch before it went live.
I am supporting Tom Melville because our towns need a state representative who understands local challenges, treats public service as a responsibility, and will work full-time for us. Tom believes in listening to residents, being transparent about decisions, and holding government accountable. He will bring the focus and determination our communities deserve.
Scott Harshbarger, Former Massachusetts Attorney General
Diana DiZoglio, Massachusetts State Auditor
Bill Keating, US Congressman and Former Norfolk County District Attorney
Martin J. Walsh, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor & Mayor of Boston
State Legislators
Cynthia Stone Creem, State Senate Majority Leader
Bill Driscoll, State Senator
Paul Feeney, State Senator
John Keenan, State Senator
Mike Moore, State Senator
Becca Rausch, State Senator
Ronald Mariano, Speaker of the House
Tackey Chan, State Representative
William Galvin, State Representative
Denise Garlick, Former State Representative
Bill MacGregor, State Representative
Paul McMurtry, State Representative
Alice Peisch, State Representative
Ted Philips, State Representative
John Rogers, State Representative
Jeff Roy, State Representative
Greg Schwartz, State Representative
Josh Tarsky, State Representative
Tommy Vitolo, State Representative
Countywide Elected Officials
Rob Galibois, Cape and Islands District Attorney
Kevin Hayden, Suffolk County District Attorney
Ralph Martin, Former Suffolk County District Attorney
Marian Ryan, Middlesex County District Attorney
Dave Sullivan, Northwestern District Attorney
Michael Bellotti, Norfolk County Treasurer
Tamisha Civil, Governor’s Councilor
Paul Heroux, Bristol County Sheriff
Mary Olberding, Hampshire Register of Deeds
Norfolk County Elected Officials
Stephen Acosta, Dedham Select Board
Meredith Boericke, Braintree Town Council
Erin Boles-Welsh, Dedham Select Board
Patricia Boyden, Canton Select Board
Anthony Buono, Brookline Select Board
Winston Daley, Milton Select Board
Bill Dermody, Needham Select Board
Liz Dillon, Milton Town Moderator
Bob Donnelly, Norwood Select Board Vice Chair
Cathy Dowd, Needham Select Board
Julia Flaherty, Braintree Town Council
Katie Goldrick, Past Holbrook Select Board
Jesse Gordon, Randolph Town Council
Bernard Greene, Brookline Select Board
Meghan Haggerty, Milton Select Board
Moe Handel, Former Needham Select Board
Sue Harrington, Canton Select Board
Taiese Hickman, Norfolk Select Board
Jeff Johnson, Plainville Select Board
Kevin Keane, Needham Select Board
Matthew Lane, Chair, Norwood Select Board
Elizabeth Maglio, Braintree Town Council
Dan Matthews, Former Needham Select Board
Anita Mecklenburg, Norfolk Select Board
Jesse Mermell, Former Brookline Select Board
Maxwell Morrongiello, Franklin Town Council
David Pearlman, Chair, Brookline Select Board
Osler Peterson, Medfield Select Board
Annmary Quilty, Braintree Town Council
Michelle Persson Reilly, Dedham Select Board
Deborah Riley, Quincy City Council
Michael Rubenstein, Brookline Select Board
Virginia Ryan, Quincy City Council
Rebecca Shangraw, Weymouth Town Council
Erin Sibley, Westwood Select Board
Thomas Ulfelder Vice Chair, Wellesley Select Board
Amanda Zimmerman,Brookline Select Board
Benjamin Zoll, Milton Select Board
Democratic Town Committees
Canton
Dedham
Dover
Franklin
Medfield
Medway
Millis
Norfolk
Norwood
Westwood
Wrentham
Community Activists & Leaders*
Cathleen CavellBrookline
Dave Cavell, Brookline,
Kathleen Crogan-Camara, Democratic State Committee
Jackie Curtis, Democratic State Committee
Greg Dodd, Canton DTC Chair
Andrew Fischer, Brookline
Julie Garland, Wrentham DTC Chair
Jesse Gordon, Randolph DTC Chair
Meghan Haggerty, Milton DTC Chair
Jane Hardin, Millis DTC Chair
Becca Kornet, Medfield DTC Chair
Kevin MacKenzie, Progressive Brookline Co-Chair
Dennis Naughton, Foxborough DTC Chair; Democratic State Committee
Susan Park, Brookline
Rachel Plukas, Franklin DTC Chair
Jessica Porter, Dedham DTC Chair
Claudia Pouravelis, Democratic State Committee
Dave Tarkowski, Medway DTC Co-Chair
Mendy Tarkowski, Medway DTC Co-Chair
*Note: all endorsements represent the personal endorsement of each individual and does not represent the position of their Town Committee or the Democratic State Committee
From Carol Mills, Publicity for the Medfield Garden Club –
A Creative Night Out for a Good Cause!
Join the Medfield Garden Club’s Holiday Centerpiece Workshop & Fundraiser on Thursday, November 19, from 6:30–8:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall at the United Church of Christ, 496 Main Street, Medfield.
Learn to turn greens from your yard into a festive holiday arrangement with skills you can use every season! A trained instructor and Garden Club members will guide you step-by-step as you create your own piece using materials you bring. No experience necessary!
We provide personal guidance, a helpful reference booklet, arrangement support materials, seasonal embellishments, and light refreshments. You bring fresh greens from your yard or a local shop, a leakproof container, and clippers.
Your $50 donation supports community beautification and gardening education. Once received, we’ll email your resource booklet and details on what to bring.
From Carol Mills, Publicity Medfield Garden Club –
Fun Fall Arrangements
The Medfield Garden Club invites the community to a presentation by Loretta Carrigan on November 11th. Loretta is a longtime member of the Medfield Garden Club and will demonstrate how to make floral arrangements and plant baskets with fall plants and accents. All five items will be raffled.
Loretta has been the head of our garden therapy program at the Thomas Upham House Nursing Home for 20 years. Loretta was the floral manager for Roche Bros Supermarkets at the Millis, Westwood, and Easton stores over a span of 16 years. Loretta has also worked in the floral department at Trader Joe’s where she presently works. She graduated from the New School of Floral Design in Norton, MA and won second prize in the Medfield Bicentennial floral contest.
The presentation will be on November 11, at 10AM at the United Church of Christ, 496 Main Street, Medfield. Doors for non-members will open at 9:50AM. Admission at the door for non-members will be a $5 donation. Members are free.
Congressman Jake Auchincloss was at the Blake Middle School Tuesday doing an impressive job teaching and fielding questions from an auditorium full of kids, and the kids questions were notable. Jake commented afterwards that their questions were better than he gets from high schoolers. Asked about his regrets, Jake suggested to focus on challenges not pursued.
I updated Jake on the town progress to use his Federal earmark monies he secured to upgrade the sidewalks on Pleasant Street, Federal monies he cautioned before the administration might seek to claw back.
Town Administrator, Kristine Trierweiler reported this afternoon that Medfield Fire Department Chief says a fire at Wilkins Glen displaced six families, and that Wilkins Glen is handling the relocation.
I started this blog to share the interesting and useful information that I saw while doing my job as a Medfield select board member. I thought that my fellow Medfield residents would also find that information interesting and useful as well. This blog is my effort to assist in creating a system to push the information out from the Town House to residents. Let me know if you have any thoughts on how it can be done better.
For information on my other job as an attorney (personal injury, civil litigation, estate planning and administration, and real estate), please feel free to contact me at 617-969-1500 or Osler.Peterson@OslerPeterson.com.