FREE
Walk-In Flu Clinic
Tues. Feb. 27, 4-7 p.m.
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
East Lobby
2014 Washington St, Newton
Have you gotten your flu shot this season? Take advantage of this free walk-in flu clinic! Open to adults 18 or older. For more information, please visit NWH.org/flu or call 617-243-5900.
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Do you know someone in Medfield who volunteers countless hours and limitless time and energy to a worthy community cause or initiative? If so, now is your chance to recognize that person as part of the Medfield Foundation Volunteer Awards.
Anyone interested in submitting a nomination for one of the 2018 Medfield Foundation Volunteer Awards should use our online form at www.MedfieldFoundation.org/volunteer-awards. Forms must be submitted no later than February 28, 2018.
Photo of the 2017 nominees
Rear: Tracey Rogers, Tracy Fedak, Anne Phipps, Nancy Irwin, and Mary Pat McSharry
Front: Jim & Patti Schwartz, Jean Mineo, and Lily Doctoroff
(photo courtesy of Colleen Sullivan)
| The Medfield Foundation, Inc. also invites you to join us as we celebrate the nominated volunteers at a special reception in their honor. The Volunteer Awards Sunday April 8, 2108 The Center at Medfield 1 Ice House Road 3:00-5:00 PM To date, the Medfield Foundation, a volunteer-run private nonprofit, tax deductible 501(c)(3) corporation created in 2001 to raises private monies for public purposes in the Town of Medfield, has raised over $1,800,000.00 for our community and celebrated over one hundred volunteers. For more information, please visit our website. We look forward to celebrating your volunteers in 2018. Thank you. The Medfield Foundation Board of Directors Evan Weisenfeld, President P.S. Please share this email with those you know in town who may be interested in nominating someone. |
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When Medfield became a green community last year, DOER gave the town a $148K grant to spend on energy reduction projects. The Medfield Energy Committee, with Facilities Manger, Jerry McCarty’s lead, identified exterior lighting upgrades (to LED’s) at the schools as a good solution to spend some of that grant money.
The MEC just circulated the RISE Engineering analysis of costs and benefits. Total cost is $118K, Eversource incentive money is $52K, so net cost to town is $65K. The lighting upgrades are all at schools, and four of five involve ROI pay backs of less than two years (the smallest $7K project at Wheelock had a six year pay back, but still a 16% annual ROI).
Jerry is also looking to upgrade the HVAC controls at both the Medfield High School and Blake Middle School as well.
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This from Susan Maritan –
New Life Furniture Bank is excited to announce its 1st Annual New Life 5K Trail Run. This fundraising event will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, May 5th at the scenic Medfield State Hospital grounds in Medfield, MA.
Come out for a day of competition and fun in the fresh air at a beautiful and natural venue for the area’s most avid runners, walkers and everyone in between. (Pets welcome too!) The New Life 5K Trail Run is open to the public, and all ages are encouraged to run, jog or walk in what promises to be an annual family event not to be missed!
Registration is open now! The first 200 registrants will receive a free t-shirt. To register or for additional information, go to www.newlifefb.org/5ktrailrun.
New Life Furniture Bank is a 501(c)3 non-profit that collects high-quality gently-used furniture and household essentials and makes them available at no cost to individuals and families in extraordinary need.
New Life has made a difference in the lives of thousands of people transitioning from a homeless environment, victims of fire, military veterans and refugees, among others. Visit us at newlifefb.org.
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This today from School Committee member Anna Mae OShea Brooke –
The Medfield SC is pleased to announce “office hours”. We will start hosting these monthly to provide an opportunity for one or two members at a time to engage with the community. All residents welcome.
Thursday, Feb. 15, 9-10am: Blake Middle School, LMC (please sign-in in the main office first)
Thursday, March 29, 7-8pm: Medfield Public Library, Meeting Room
Wednesday, April 25, 9-10am: Dale Street School
Tuesday, May 22, 7-8pm, Medfield Public Library, Meeting Room
We need to plan for the changes autonomous vehicles will make in town, and to new developments, such as at the former MSH site. I think this will be a boon to older residents who are no longer driving themselves, and also as a way to network various parts of town to the downtown and to one another, and, also, to link us to regional transportation hubs. This article is from Efficient Government –
They are not the future, in some cities, driverless taxis are taking riders now. Auto manufacturers are also ramping up orders and requesting Federal approvals for autonomous level four vehicle production.
Driverless taxis are already on the road in Pittsburgh, and GeekWire is covering all the details of what’s happening at the facility where 200 Volvos, equipped with LIDAR cameras, drive themselves in and out. According to Uber’s website, the test drives are collecting data with real passengers excited to take their self-driving selfiies:
We’re piloting a program now where you can get matched up with a self-driving Uber when you request uberX. When you do, you get a glimpse of the future AND access to the selfie machine. Mind. Blown.
But it’s not just Uber, and it’s not just Pittsburgh. Driverless taxis are operating in Phoenix, Arizona, and coming to Greenville County, South Carolina, and at least to the seven states that have already authorized autonomous vehicle operation.
According to the Greenville News, the Federal Highway Administration awarded the county $4 million to develop a public automated taxi system that would be the first of its kind in the nation.
These funds will help Greenville County lead the nation into a future with more driverless vehicles, which will improve mobility for some and reduce traffic congestion for all,” Acting Federal Highway Administrator Brandye L. Hendrickson said.
According to ArsTechnica, Waymo, the company conducting the first U.S. public trial of self-driving cars in Phoenix, just placed an order for an overwhelming number of Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans. The Google-spawned company suggested it is moving beyond self-driving tests in Phoenix, Michigan and Atlanta and scaling up for wider autonomous vehicle operations.
With the world’s first fleet of fully self-driving vehicles on the road, we’ve moved from research and development, to operations and deployment,” said John Krafcik, CEO of Waymo.
According to NBC News, General Motors (GM) plans is asking to sweep seven states with driverless taxis by 2019.
GM asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for waivers covering 16 regulations, said Kyle Vogt, the CEO of Cruise Automation, an autonomous technology company owned by GM. With Federal and state approvals, the company said it would produce 2,500 driverless Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles per year.
In addition to driverless taxis, cities like Las Vegas are testing driverless shuttles.
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2015 nominees: Rear: Emily Zona, Chris McCue Potts, Susan Maritan, Binit Shah, Rose O’Reilly. Front: Jeanne Bastanier Sullivan, Mike and Caroline Standley
The Medfield Foundation (MFi) annually fetes at its Volunteer Awards those individuals, suggested by fellow residents, whose extraordinary efforts and activities have made a special marked difference in the quality of life in Medfield.
At a reception at 3PM on April 8 at The Center the town will celebrate all the individual nominated this year, and the MFi will name its Volunteer of the Year, Youth Volunteer of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.
The Volunteers Awards are based entirely on nominations submitted by the public, and solely on the information submitted. Give recognition to your special volunteer by submitting your nomination before February 28 on the form found at www.medfieldfoundation.org.
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Medfield emergency alert follows. Sign up to get these at town website.
February 08, 2018 02:56 PM
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See the article in the Hometown Weekly today –
Do you know someone in Medfield who volunteers countless time and energy to a worthy community cause or initiative? If so, now is your chance to recognize that person as part of the Medfield Foundation (MFi) volunteer awards.
Anyone interested in submitting a nomination for one of the 2018 Medfield Foundation volunteer awards can complete the form online at http://www.MedfieldFoundation.org. Completed forms must be submitted by February 28.
The MFi’s 2018 volunteer recognition reception is scheduled for 3 -5 p.m. on Sunday, April 8. The public is invited, and assured to be moved by the volunteers’ stories of what they do. Since 2008, almost over 100 residents have been nominated for recognition by their fellow residents.
The Medfield Foundation, Inc. is a volunteer-run private nonprofit, tax deductible 501(c)(3) corporation created in 2001 to raises private monies for public purposes in the Town of Medfield. The MFi allows donors to designate their donations for particular purposes. The MFi also allows motivated groups to raise monies for Medfield purposes under the rubric of the Medfield Foundation. To date, the MFi has raised over $1,800,000.00 for the Town of Medfield, recently started an endowed fund (the MFi Legacy Fund), and celebrated over one hundred volunteers.
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