Office Hours this Friday 9-10AM

office hours sign

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.

Select Board 6/6/23

  1. To join online, use this link:
    https://medfield-net.zoom.us/j/88530366678?pwd=clhLODVKcnlDN3dFTDJWQjBCVzJ5Zz09
    a. Webinar ID: 885 3036 6678
    b. Password: 637025
  2. To join through a conference call, dial 929-436-2866 or 312-626-6799 or 253-215-8782
    or 301-715-8592 or 346-248-7799 or 669-900-6833
    a. Enter the Webinar ID: 885 3036 6678
    b. Enter the password: 637025
    The packet with meeting materials for this meeting is available at this link:
    https://www.town.medfield.net/DocumentCenter/View/7278/Select-Board-Meeting-Packet_06062023
TOWN OF MEDFIELD
MEETING
NOTICE
Posted in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 30A, §§18-25
This meeting will be held in a hybrid format. The Select Board will attend in person and
members of the public may attend in person. In addition, members of the public who wish to
participate via Zoom may do so by joining by one of the following options:
1. To join online, use this link:
https://medfield-net.zoom.us/j/88530366678?pwd=clhLODVKcnlDN3dFTDJWQjBCVzJ5Zz09
a. Webinar ID: 885 3036 6678
b. Password: 637025
2. To join through a conference call, dial 929-436-2866 or 312-626-6799 or 253-215-8782
or 301-715-8592 or 346-248-7799 or 669-900-6833
a. Enter the Webinar ID: 885 3036 6678
b. Enter the password: 637025
The packet with meeting materials for this meeting is available at this link:
https://www.town.medfield.net/DocumentCenter/View/7278/Select-Board-Meeting-Packet_06062023
Select Board
Board or Committee
PLACE OF MEETING DAY, DATE, AND TIME
Chenery Hall, Medfield Town House
Remote participation available through Zoom Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Agenda (Subject to Change)
Call to Order
Disclosure of video recording
We want to take a moment of appreciation for our Troops serving around the globe in defense of
our country
Appointments
1. Chief Carrico, Fire Chief, to provide a quarterly update
2. Sarah Hanifan, Director of the Council on Aging to request the appointment of Patty
Byrne to the Council on Aging Board and provide a Council on Aging update

Then town administration consults

Town leaders donned thinking caps: L -R: Mike Sullivan, Mark Fisher, me, and Sarah Raposa at a benefit Medfield trivia evening (MCPE?), where the scores documented that we were not so knowing. However, we did have the most interesting hats in the room. I was asked to field a Town House team, and Mike, Mark and Sarah were the good sports that joined me. And wore the hats I brought.

OneDrive amuses me by putting up old photos every day and this was one from today, so the trivia event was in early June.

The Garden Continuum keeps Straw Hat Park beautiful

Thank you Garden Continuum!

Monique Allen and her landscaping business, The Garden Continuum, volunteered lots of time to design and plant the Straw Hat Park. They made the Straw Hat Park a reality, and now today The Garden Continuum was back comping their time to spread mulch.

Mike Thompson

Fall Car Wash Fundraiser Dates Now Open

Photo by Colleen Sullivan, like most really good Medfield photos

June 01, 2023
Fall Car Wash Fundraiser Dates Now Open

Late summer/early fall car wash fundraiser dates are now open. Please sign up for your date of choice using the link on our website.… Read on

What is Medfield’s Car Wash Fundraiser Policy?

Applicants must be local Town of Medfield non profit organizations. There is only one car wash per Saturday, choice of 9AM to 1PM or 10AM to 2PM. Please use this link to sign up for late summer/early fall 2023 dates. If you would like assistance signing up, please contact Brittney Franklin at bfranklin@medfield.net. 

Applicant is responsible for picking up water key the Friday before the Fundraiser, water key must be returned in the Green Box on Janes Avenue at the conclusion of the fundraiser.  An Adult must be present at all car wash fundraisers. All car wash fundraisers will be postponed if the Board of Selectmen has declared a partial or total Water Ban.

Office Hours this Friday 9-10

Select Board Office Hours this Friday


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).
I can be reached via 508-359-9190 or this blog about Medfield matters https://medfield02052.wordpress.com, where any schedule changes will be posted. 

Memorial Day 2023

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
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United States Navy, WWII
MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES
Monday, May 29, 2023
Jabez Boyden
John B. Chenery
William R. Holbrook
Curtis W. Jones
Frank E. Morse
Eugene Sumner
Silas Arsenault
Arthur A. Cleversee
Ralph E. Leighton
Vincent P. Bravo
Ocran G. Knehr
Joseph W. Pace
Stephen Hinkley
Under the auspices of
the citizens of the
Town of Medfield,
Massachusetts
Honor Them
and
Never Forget
IN MEMORIAM
American Revolution
Samuel Cole Lemuel Thompson
Civil War
William Dailey
Caleb Howard
Allen A. Kingsbury
Gabriel Strang
World War I
Joseph Hardy
Eleazar Johnson
Daniel McMahan
John A. Strang
William Vennoh
Wesley J. Beckwith William M. Beckwith
Clarence M. Cutler J. Earl Kerr
Herbert Paine Harrison R. Ryan
World War II
Thomas M. Clewes
Earl W. Lee
John P. Ross, Jr.
Richard C. Werner
Korean War
George T. Snyder
Vietnam
John P. Crowder
Douglas C. MacKeatchie
Robert B. Sproul
Peter Kristof

Thank you to all who planned and participated this year!!!

SBC asks for your input

May 25, 2023

School Building Committee – Wants your feedback!

This first survey will inform the SBC of your perspective on the prior proposal and what is currently important to you as the new process begins. Please visit…… Read on

Hate crimes up 30% in Massachusetts

From WBUR – read or hear the full article/program her – hate crimes in Massachusetts are up 30% in a year

Hate crimes increased by 30% in 2022, ADL report finds

May 23, 2023

  • Alison Kuznitz, State House News Service

A masked group display a banner with the words "Keep Boston Irish," along the route of the St. Patrick's Day parade on March 20, 2022. (Steven Senne/AP)
A masked group display a banner with the words “Keep Boston Irish,” along the route of the St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 20, 2022. (Steven Senne/AP)

Hate crimes reported in Massachusetts rose more than 30% between 2021 and 2022, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League. The report indicates the rise in hate and extremism has been driven by antisemitic attacks, white supremacist propaganda and anti-LGBTQ+ threats and harassment.

Trailing only Texas, Massachusetts recorded the second highest number of white supremacist propaganda incidents last year, the report found. The distribution of white supremacist propaganda increased by 71% from 2021 and 2022 — rising from 272 instances to 465 — largely attributed to groups like Patriot Front, the Nationalist Social Club and the Goyim Defense League, according to the report.

Read or hear the full article/program here – hate crimes in Massachusetts are up 30% in a year

Resources I have found so far –

In terms of reporting:

https://www.mass.gov/service-details/protections-against-hate-crimes

“File a civil rights complaint

You should immediately contact your local police department if you feel you are the victim of a hate crime. Victims of hate crimes can file a civil rights complaint with the Attorney General’s Office or call the office’s special hotline at 1-800-994-3228.”

For Massachusetts state government annual reports:

https://www.mass.gov/lists/reports-on-hate-crimes-in-massachusetts

New Deputy Police Chief, Barry McGrath

Barry McGrath, a decades long Wrentham police officer, then Sergeant, was both hired and sworn in last night as the new Medfield Police Department Deputy Chief. What an excellent choice! His many family, friends, and MPD officers attended. The MPD is clearly in good hands.

MTF charts

Interesting graphs and charts by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation