Monthly Archives: April 2023

Annual Town Meeting – May1

Posted on April 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Annual Town Meeting – May1

From the Moderator, Scott McDermott, by the courtesy of Colleen Sullivan –

A Message From Medfield Town Moderator

Medfield Town Moderator, Scott McDermott, “Please Join Us for the Annual Town Meeting on Monday, May 1, 2023 at 7pm.”

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Posted Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 7:59 pm ETReply

Annual Town Meeting
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Medfield Annual Town Meeting, May 1, 2023 at 7pm…

To my Medfield friends and neighbors:

Spring is here. Delightfully unfolding all around us in Medfield. We have a wonderful place to call home as April turns towards May. And in the spring, I have the pleasure and privilege of inviting you to attend our Annual Town Meeting on Monday evening, May 1, 2023 at 7:00pm. We come together as a legislative body. We conduct the business of the town as citizen legislators. And we do it as friends and neighbors.

Please join us. We discuss, debate, deliberate, and decide. We focus on the important matters described in the town’s 2023 Warrant Report. We have 32 Articles to consider this spring, including budgets and local laws and regulations.

Please join us. The home of the town meeting is the Amos Clark Kingsbury High School gymnasium. Respecting schedules and time demands, we legislate in one-evening (usually). By charter, we gather on the first Monday of May. We come together live and in-person. We speak directly with one another. Every Medfield voter is invited, and every attendee participates as a legislator with a voice and a vote.

Please join us. We continue a heritage of direct, open, democratic, participatory self-government. We hear from our Warrant Committee. Our executive branch of government faces the community. Our collective judgement sets the budget and town objectives for fiscal year 2024. Our collective determinations set the course for Medfield’s future.

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Let’s go!

It would be great to see you at the high school on May 1. Be well.

Respectfully,

Scott F. McDermott

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Posted in Events, Town Meeting

Lions Golf Ball Drop – benefits Ukraine

Posted on April 11, 2023 | Comments Off on Lions Golf Ball Drop – benefits Ukraine

From Colleen Sullivan –

Medfield Lions Golf Ball Drop To Be Held on April 23rd

12 days until the 2nd Golf Ball Drop – Please Consider buying golf ball(s) as ALL PROCEEDS will be donated to benefit the people of Ukraine.

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Posted Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 9:29 am ETReply

2022 Medfield Lions Fire Truck Golf Ball Drop
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MEDFIELD Fire Department and MEDFIELD Lions Club GOLF BALL DROP, April 23rd at 1pm

Please consider buying Golf Balls (at $5 each) and you do not need to be at the event to win the prizes for Closest to the Pin and Farthest from the Pin!

All PROCEEDS will benefit the people of UKRAINE.

Easy as scanning the Lions Venmo QR Code to pay or contact Lion John Carey, Lion Alison Brown or Lion Colleen Sullivan (contact info on flyer), if you’d like to pay via CASH or Check.

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Posted in Charity, Entertainment, Events

Poynton, England’s $4m fix could hold solutions for Medfield’s Rte. 109

Posted on April 7, 2023 | 4 comments

From the Charles River Chamber of Commerce newsletter – a cheap $4 m. transformation –

Proakis and Speck returning to Harvard  

Finally this morning, when urban planner Jeff Speck spoke at our annual Fall Business Breakfast last November, he shared a quick sketch he made showing one way to make Watertown Square a calmer, more efficient, and inviting place.   “I took one hour, off the clock, to investigate the worst part of Watertown,” Speck said.   Speck said his idea was based on a similar design challenge in Poynton, England. (There’s an eye-opening video exploring that transformation: Don’t miss the part where all the naysayers at the beginning, later admit they were wrong.)   That sketch, is particularly interesting now as Watertown prepares to embark on a reimagining Watertown Square as part of the city’s updated Comprehensive Plan.   It’s also interesting because Speck has had a long-time collaboration with Watertown City Manager George Proakis, which dates back to when Proakis worked in Somerville and he was a featured speaker at a highly regarded two-day class Speck teaches at Harvard.   Proakis will be back in front of the classroom when Speck’s The Walkable City class returns in June.  

You can view Speck’s full presentation to the chamber here, followed by a panel discussion featuring Proakis as well as our municipal managers from Newton, Needham and Wellesley.   

And order Speck’s book here.

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Select Board Office Hours – 9-10 AM tomorrow

Posted on April 6, 2023 | Comments Off on Select Board Office Hours – 9-10 AM tomorrow

Select Office Hours this Friday

I hold regular monthly Select Board 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).

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Schools Solar Survey & Go Solar, Medfield!

Posted on April 6, 2023 | 1 comment

Email from Megan Sullivan –

Schools Solar Survey

The Medfield Energy Committee, along with the School Committee, is exploring the possibility of adding solar arrays to the schools’ parking lots and/or roofs. We would greatly appreciate it if you could take a minute to take this quick survey to inform us of the community’s current feelings on these potential solar projects.

https://tinyurl.com/Spring2023MedfieldSolarSurvey

Don’t miss the upcoming program, Go Solar, Medfield!  Offered April 10th & April 11th.

Learn Why Solar? Details on projects the Town & Schools are considering and How you can go solar at home.   


Go Solar, Medfield!

Megan B. Sullivan

We are in a moment of urgency.  But we can only move at the pace of community. 
~ Nora Elmarzouky

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Posted in Climate, Energy Committee, Green, Schools