Posted onApril 24, 2024|Comments Off on MEA’s EV Car Show Sunday 1-3 – test drives & ice cream!
From Chris Gordon, Medfield Energy Committee.
I just wanted to give you our latest flyer that has updated information, including we will have EV BMWs for test drives, and what my kids are most excited about, an ice cream truck.
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Posted onApril 13, 2024|Comments Off on Climate Week 4/27 – 5/5
From Helen Dewey –
Medfield Environment Action is excited to announce Medfield’s second annual Climate Week from Saturday, April 27th – Sunday, May 5th. A variety of unique events for all ages are taking place throughout the week at various locations around town. The goal is to have fun, spread awareness, educate, and network with neighbors. The full schedule of events can be found at MEAMedfield.org. Any questions please email meamedfield@gmail.com.
MEA is excited to announce Medfield’s second annual Climate Week from Saturday, April 27th – Sunday, May 5th. A variety of unique events are taking place throughout the week at various locations around town. The goal is to have fun, spread awareness, educate, and network with neighbors. Any questions please email meamedfield@gmail.com.
Look for the MEA leaf at each of the Climate Week events!
Look for this sign at all participating Medfield businesses!
Events Ongoing Throughout the Entire Week
Children’s Climate Book Display at Medfield Library 468 Main St.
Butterfly Tree Shop
505 Main St.
Special discounts on sustainable and eco-friendly products/gifts
Park Street Books 504 Main St. Climate Books on Display
Larkin’s Liquor Store
20 North St.
All during climate week, stop in at Larkins to enjoy 20% off any 3 or more bottles of organic or sustainable grown wine. A great selection of both red and white wines are available for this special sale.
Juice On Main 479 Main St. 10% discount during Climate week to anyone who does any of the following sustainable actions: 1. Shares a picture on social media and tags @juiceonmain for how they have reduced their carbon footprint.
2. Walks or bikes to Juice on Main and shares a picture of themselves and tags @juiceonmain
3. Brings their own smoothie cup and shares a picture of themselves and tags @juiceonmain
Medfield House of Pizza 10 North St. Come in all week and take advantage of our meatless pizza special! Large 16″ cheese pizza only $10.
Take a walk or ride your bike along the new Rail Trail Begins at Ice House Road. 1.3 mile multi-use trail, parking available across from the entrance(Friends of the Medfield Rail Trail)
Saturday, April 27th
Friends of Medfield Seniors, Inc FOSI Yard Sale to Benefit Council on Aging
8 – 2 pm, Center at Medfield One Ice House Rd.
This is a major fundraiser for the COA. Furniture, glassware, toys, books and much more – includes a bake sale and a book sale. Donations of gently used items are welcome except no computer, printers or clothing. Donations for the yard sale will be accepted from Monday, April 22 – Friday, April 26. Hours for collection during those days are during our regular business hours or until the space is full. Any questions contact the Medfield Council on Aging (508) 359-3665. Reusing our ‘stuff’ and combating throw-away consumerism is vital to sustainability.
Fairy Walk at Bellforge 10 – 3 pm, 45 Hospital Rd.
Explore a world of magical fairy houses (fairy residences are known for having the lightest carbon footprint ever!) Fairy Walk at Bellforge
Sustainable Colonial Vegetable Garden
11 – 2 pm, Peak House, 347 Main St.
A sustainable Colonial vegetable garden with herbs and medicinal plants is to be planted next door to the Peak House. Come to the Peak House Heritage Center to see the new growth and find out more about volunteering as a gardener by growing Colonial vegetables which were vital to early Medfield families. You’ll have a small plot of your own, and can select from a Colonial seed list! Seeds and water resources are provided at no cost, as well as deer and rabbit protection. Throughout the growing season, you may harvest your own crops or donate them.
Household Hazardous Waste Day
9 – 1 pm, Highway Garage Building 55 North Meadows Rd.
Drive up, pop your trunk and we will unload the items to be discarded. Acceptable items include automotive based chemicals, oil based paint, cleaning chemicals, fertilizer and pesticides, car batteries, fluorescent bulbs and propane tanks 1 lb and 20 lb. Any questions, call DPW at (508) 906-3003.
Sunday, April 28th
Hike Up Noon Hill
Meet at 8:30 am, meet at the Noon Hill Reservation parking lot on Noon Hill Ave.
Enjoy a 3 mile walk in the Noon Hill area, exploring some new and recently improved trails along the Charles River. Led by Blanche Teyssier in partnership with Friends of Medfield Forests and Trails FMFT. Expected duration is 2 hours. Wear comfortable shoes.
Solar Shingle Roof Open House
11 – 1 pm, 17 Loeffler Lane
My roof shingles are solar panels! Come view the roof shingle array from the outside and the system equipment from the inside – also includes explanation of the Inverter and Sunny Portal logins which show real time solar production (to the point where if a cloud goes over or moves away you easily see the changes) and production graphs from recent days – view David Baime’s detailed data from several years on production, % of total electricity, total cost/savings and average price of electricity each year – info on US cities and their average annual hours of sunshine – multiple electric bills “no payment due.”
Sustainable Colonial Vegetable Garden
11 – 2 pm, Peak House, 347 Main St.
A sustainable Colonial vegetable garden with herbs and medicinal plants is to be planted next door to the Peak House. Come to the Peak House Heritage Center to see the new growth and find out more about volunteering as a gardener by growing Colonial vegetables which were vital to early Medfield families. You’ll have a small plot of your own, and can select from a Colonial seed list! Seeds and water resources are provided at no cost, as well as deer and rabbit protection. Throughout the growing season, you may harvest your own crops or donate them.
Adorable grazing baby Goats, Robot Mowers, Chickens and family friendly activities! 1 – 3 pm, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 26 North St.
‘Goats of Dover’ – Bring the whole family to see the friendly goats in action! Having the ‘Goats of Dover’ visit your property is an effective, environmentally friendly way to eradicate poison ivy and unwanted brush- and it’s super fun! Goats of Dover is committed to cleaning up and greening up our planet. Our services include goatscaping, goat yoga, baby goat visits, and cocktails with goats. Learn lots more at Goats of Dover
Robotic lawn mowers and other sustainable tools for yards and fields. Automated Outdoor Solutions of New England will be featuring robotic lawn mowers, a robotic snowblower, a leaf-blower, a variety of battery-powered handheld tools and more! All tools are practical alternatives to noisy gas and oil-powered lawn maintenance tools. Come see and try them out! AOS contact newenglandaos@gmail.com
Meet some friendly local chickens and learn if backyard chicken keeping is for you!
Kids craft project using recycled materials
Jenga Blocks for Extinct Species
1 – 3 pm, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 26 North St. Sponsored by Extinction Rebellion Check out an oversized game of “Extinction Jenga” and playfully learn about biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse with the endangered species Jenga Blocks. As species become extinct (they are removed from the tower) the tower becomes less stable.
A Climate-Themed Interfaith Labyrinth Walk
3 – 5 pm, Church of the Advent 28 Pleasant St. Walkers may arrive anytime between 3-5 pm
See flyer at adventmedfield.org
You are invited to:
Come as you are and bring your thirst for stillness in this candle-lit labyrinth walk.
Come experience this ancient symbol for personal reflection, peace, world healing, and transformation.
Come and share our interconnectedness; walk, pray, and share the burden of sorrow for all those affected by climate change, both human and non-human.
Hosted by Church of the Advent Creation Care Ministry Team. Contact: Jill Seiler-Moon (508) 241-5796, Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator and Lay Eucharistic Minister
Visit a Diverse and Naturally Landscaped Lawn and Enjoy a Fiddle Concert
7 pm, 84 Bridge St.
Come by to see Andy Costello’s yard with almost no grass (ground covering, trees and shrubs instead) and enjoy an outdoor fiddle concert at the same time. WEATHER PERMITTING
Monday, April 29th
Ground Source Heat Pump Conversation 7:30 pm via Zoom
Good for the ‘Burbs: Our Ground-Source Heatpump Systems (Geothermal)
Medfield residents will chat about their respective homes’ high-efficiency ground-source heatpump, aka geothermal, systems. Providing both heating and cooling, they run clean and green. Kirsten and Glen Dabate will share their recent experience installing a Geothermal HVAC system to replace their aging gas furnace. For Fred and Lucinda Davis, it’s now been three heating seasons since they said goodbye to their oil system.
GSHP technology makes sense for Medfielders who anticipate needing to replace their oil or gas furnaces with a comfortable, all-electric, zero-carbon HVAC system. We’ll also mention how every Medfielder can now profitably opt-up to 100%-clean electricity. Here is the link to the Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4165522763?omn=83858241993
Tuesday, April 30th
Beginner Mountain Bike Ride
5:00 pm, Bellforge Cultural Center front lawn
Rain date Wed. May 1
Beginner mountain bike ride along Charles River in Medfield Charles River Reservation. Meet at Medfield State Hospital Bellforge Cultural Center front lawn. Led by George Lester in partnership with the SE Mass chapter of New England Mountain Bike Association
Solar Power and the Value of Your Home
6:30 pm, Medfield Library, Meeting Room in the lower level
Have you thought about adding Solar panels to your home? Is there always a financial outlay required right up front? Worried about the return on investment time frame, and what if you decided to move? What will Solar panels do for the value of your home someday when you do sell? In this presentation, David Derian of Berkshire Hathaway Page Realty offers an overview of Solar installation options, and gives answers to these and other questions.Please email davidderian@bhhspagerealty.com if you’re interested in attending so we can plan refreshments.
Wednesday, May 1st
Swap Opens
9 – 3, Transfer Station
Come see what’s happening this season to save our planet! The purpose of the Swap Area is to divert items from going into the waste stream. The SWAP AREA is a convenient drop-off spot for unwanted items or a unique “shopping experience” at a bargain price, it is FREE! Items are NOT disposed of at the end of the day (as was done in the past), items generally remain at the SWAP for a few weeks to give them a chance to be seen and taken before recycled/repurposed.
The Swap is open to Medfield residents who have a Transfer Station sticker. It is open through late September every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday 9-3. Some items when requested go to New Life, The Center, the Animal Shelter, High School Theater Group, All Night Graduation Party, and Hinkley Playground. The area is decluttered daily and packed up items go to Big Brother/Big Sister, MADD or St. Vincent de Paul.
Medfield Community Electricity
10:30 am, Center at Medfield, One Ice House Rd.
A community meeting to learn about Medfield Community Electricity, a town-run program launching in June of 2024 that seeks to offer new electricity supply options that provide more renewable energy and stable prices for all Medfield residents and businesses. Committee members will be on hand to answer any questions.
Demo/Display of Temperature Blanket (knit and crochet) 2 – 3 pm, Medfield Library
The Temperature Blanket originated with the Tempestry Project to represent global warming – a way to visualize temperature change in fiber Art. This is a knitted or crocheted blanket that uses different colors of yarn to record each day’s temperature over the course of a year. It is a visual representation of climate change. Come hear how the Tempestry Project began as a data art movement. Donna Luft will talk about the project and show how to start a blanket of your own. History and instructions will be shared. A knitted and a crocheted blanket – both in progress will be on display.
Solar Panel and Electric Vehicle Charging Open House 4:30 – 7:00 pm, 3 Hospital Rd.
Come chat with Heidi and Tripp Johnson if you’re considering solar, an EV or heat pumps and would like to ask any questions about the benefits of each or to see 7 years’ worth of $0 electric bills! Check out the 45 solar panels on our roof and the corresponding net meter equipment for the electric company reading as well as the Solar Edge data collection dashboard. Also see our Tesla Y with installed Tesla charger in our garage and an additional 240V outlet that we also installed to help charge our daughter’s Chevy Bolt when she visits. We also can speak to our heat pump heating/cooling solution at our paneled house in Maine.
Talk Tesla
5:30 – 6:30 pm, 36 Whichita Rd.
Come kick the tires (not literally!) of a 2022 Tesla Model Y. Have an up-close look at the electric vehicle and check out the frunk. Megan Sullivan will share her charging set-up and personal experience driving to and from Florida.
Thursday, May 2nd
Walk or Bike to School Day – Dale Street School
Meet at Hinkley Pond at 7:30 am
Raindate: Friday, May 3rd
Participating students will be entered in a raffle to win tokens for the school’s new book vending machine! Students are welcome to meet at Hinkley Pond at 7:30 am to join a “bike train” which will proceed to the school. Sign up by April 30th (see flyer Climate Week flyers for QR code or email medfieldbike2school@gmail.com). Bus transportation will still be available and follow the normal route and schedule.
Children’s Library Storytime
10:40 – 11:00 am Medfield Public Library Children’s Room
Storytime for ages 18 months – 5 years with a caregiver. Join Miss Andrea for songs, stories, handplays & movement activities with an Environmental theme for Medfield Climate Week. This is a great opportunity for caregivers to model singing, playing & sharing the early literacy experience with their littles! Caregivers should plan to sit with their child and participate. There will also be an Earth Month Display of books.
Fabric Scrap Wreath Workshop for Adults
6 – 8 pm Medfield Public Library
Celebrate Medfield Climate Week by helping the librarians use up their fabric scraps! Sign up to make a fun and colorful wreath made of scraps leftover from library sewing classes – or bring your own scraps from home!
Supplies are limited. Please visit the May Events page at MedfieldPublicLibrary.org/EVENTS starting April 16th to register.
Friday, May 3rd
Children’s Library Storytime
10:40 – 11:00 am, Medfield Public Library Children’s Room
Storytime for ages 18 months – 5 years with a caregiver. Join Miss Andrea for songs, stories, handplays & movement activities with an Environmental theme for Medfield Climate Week. This is a great opportunity for caregivers to model singing, playing & sharing the early literacy experience with their littles! Caregivers should plan to sit with their child and participate. There will also be an Earth Month Display of books.
Swap Is Open
9 – 3 pm, Transfer Station
Come see what’s happening this season to save our planet! The purpose of the Swap Area is to divert items from going into the waste stream. The SWAP AREA is a convenient drop-off spot for unwanted items or a unique “shopping experience” at a bargain price, it is FREE! Items are NOT disposed of at the end of the day (as was done in the past), items generally remain at the SWAP for a few weeks to give them a chance to be seen and taken before recycled/repurposed.
The Swap is open to Medfield residents who have a Transfer Station sticker. It is open through late September every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday 9-3. Some items when requested go to New Life, The Center, the Animal Shelter, High School Theater Group, All Night Graduation Party, and Hinkley Playground. The area is decluttered daily and packed up items go to Big Brother/Big Sister, MADD or St. Vincent de Paul.
Saturday, May 4th
Swap Is Open
9 – 3 pm, Transfer Station
Come see what’s happening this season to save our planet! The purpose of the Swap Area is to divert items from going into the waste stream. The SWAP AREA is a convenient drop-off spot for unwanted items or a unique “shopping experience” at a bargain price, it is FREE! Items are NOT disposed of at the end of the day (as was done in the past), items generally remain at the SWAP for a few weeks to give them a chance to be seen and taken before recycled/repurposed.
The Swap is open to Medfield residents who have a Transfer Station sticker. It is open through late September every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday 9-3. Some items when requested go to New Life, The Center, the Animal Shelter, High School Theater Group, All Night Graduation Party, and Hinkley Playground. The area is decluttered daily and packed up items go to Big Brother/Big Sister, MADD or St. Vincent de Paul.
Electronics Recycling
9 – 12 pm, Church of the Advent, 28 Pleasant St. Donation based Electronics Recycling Event in Partnership with Data Recycling New England. See flyer at adventmedfield.org for details.
Demo/Display of Temperature Blanket (knit and crochet) 10 – 10:45 am Medfield Library
The Temperature Blanket originated with the Tempestry Project to represent global warming – a way to visualize temperature change in fiber Art. This is a knitted or crocheted blanket that uses different colors of yarn to record each day’s temperature over the course of a year. It is a visual representation of climate change. Come hear how the Tempestry Project began as a data art movement. Donna Luft talks about the project and shows how to start a blanket of your own. History and instructions will be shared. A knitted and a crocheted blanket – both in progress will be on display. Complete Guide to Making Temperature Blankets
Spring Dance Party at Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse 7 – 10 pm, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 26 North St. Join us for International Folk Dancing with The Larger Circle Band and professional dance caller Jacob Bloom. Complimentary desserts, coffee & tea. Share a song, story, or poem in the open mic. Learn to do international folk dances! Join in the fun! Adults, teens, and children welcome. Tickets in advance: $10. Tickets at door: $12. Children $5. Funds collected will go to an environmental justice organization.
Sunday, May 5th
Electric Vehicle Car and Truck Show, Kids Craft, and Rail Trail Ride or Walk
1 – 3 pm, Sunday, The Center at Medfield parking lot – One Ice House Rd. Medfield Energy Committee, Medfield Park and Recreation, and Sustainable Medfield
Join fellow drivers and learn about their experiences with their electric cars and trucks. We have an assortment of vehicles including battery-only and hybrid models. Have you checked out the versatile Lightning pickup truck? Come on by!
The kids can create a gel leaf imprint, learn about nature and have a fun craft to take home.
Walk or ride the Rail Trail while you are there. Entrance is on Ice House Rd.
Textile and Sewing Machine Mending Clinic
1 – 4 pm, Medfield Public Library
Extend the life of your clothing and household textiles!Bring your ripped, torn, stained, and deteriorated clothes, cushions, and linens to the Mending Clinic at the library to work with a volunteer Mender for some hands-on assistance. We’ll also have folks available to look at that old sewing machine you’ve got gathering dust in your attic. We’ll help you fix it if we can and show you how to maintain it going forward. Drop in anytime to visit the Button Station to find and sew on replacement buttons. Don’t know how to sew on a button? We’ll teach you!
Registration for Mender Appointments is required. Click the links below to reserve your spot!
Children’s Clothing Swap at Medfield Children’s Center
Jenga Blocks for Extinct Species 4 – 6 grade MAP
Other Climate Awareness Activities
Annual Medfield Clean-Up Days
Sat/Sun April 20 and 21, 8 – 3 pm Call Medfield DPW to volunteer (508) 906-3003.
The Bellforge Arts Center (Bellforge) in partnership with local State Rep Marcus Vaughn is planning a sustainability fair in Medfield, MA on April 20 (10am-2pm). This event will be part-recycling drive and part-environmental and social action fair. The Green Team in partnership with Eversource will be on site hosting a recycling drive for unusual items like dehumidifiers, mattresses, etc.
The goal of this event is to raise awareness in our community about ways to get involved in social and environmental action.
There will be music and other family-friendly entertainment, food, lawn games and lots of fun!
Holistic Wellness Center
18 North Meadows Rd.
The shop employs numerous sustainable practices every week of the year. They use paper or reusable gift bags. They serve water from a 5 gal jug in compostable cups and use the same cups for lotions during treatments. Sustainable needles are used for acupuncture and mylar blankets are used and saved for each client to cut back on the need for laundry. They sell certified Fair Trade products. They have insulation made from recycled blue jeans and most lighting is LED.
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Thanks for your interest and support of Medfield’s Second Annual Climate Week!
Look for the MEA leaf at each of the Climate Week events!
Posted onFebruary 1, 2024|Comments Off on DPU approves town’s CCA
This week the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Department of Public Utilities (DPU) gave final approval to the Town of Medfield’s Community Choice Aggregation (CCA). The DPU had previously given its conditional approval on December 22, 20323, which opinion had telegraphed that final approval was not far behind.
Next steps include selecting the electricity provider for the town residents. Once operational, residents should save by getting electricity at a lower price as a result of leveraging the buying power of contracting for all town residents together, with options for residents to select even greener electricity.
Per the town website – “On the Medfield Community Electricity (MCE) website – electricity.medfield.net – you can read more in-depth information about the program and follow the program development timeline.”
Huge thanks should go to Bob Winograd, the Chair of the Medfield Community Choice Aggregation Committee for steering the town through the lengthy DPU process (a process designed for much larger projects), and to the Medfield Energy Committee for initiating the CCA idea.
In response to Sustainable Medfield featuring Low Impact Yard Care, Deb and I are submitting some information about our new clover ground cover (replacing/supplementing half our lawn) to share our low-impact yard care.
Our clover was planted in the late fall of 2022 after half of our grass died because of the drought and near-total watering ban during the summer of 2022. We paid attention to the weather and took advantage of rainy days to sow the clover seeds. We may have had one or two instances of watering small sections with a hand-held hose, but not more than that. Once planted (and lucky with weather), the clover was on its own. It germinated and grew maybe only an inch before winter, but survived the winter and really took off in the spring.
While we didn’t need to replace all of the lawn (and have not yet done so), we can report that the area that is now clover resulted in a lot less mowing – that section of the yard was mowed only once last summer. The remainder of the yard (about half of the former “lawn” area) is sprinkled with clover, was mowed a few times (not regularly) and ultimately reassured us that the clover, after mowing, comes right back.
We do have an irrigation system that was installed years ago with the idea that it would reduce our work in restoring the lawn after the several times we lost large sections during dry and hot summers. The good news is we didn’t really use the irrigation system at all last summer as far as we can recall. Instead, we relied on rain and acknowledge that we were lucky with the weather that helped promote the growth of the clover.
We’ve been excited to find that the clover really does invite more pollinators to your yard (noting that some might not want more pollinators with little ones who want to run through a yard). What we found last summer, though, is that the clover (and clover mixed with unmown grasses) provided a habitat that welcomed greater biodiversity than we had contemplated, including a fair number of Northern Leopard Frogs. Was it the clover, clover mixed with tall grasses, the rain or some combination that brought so many different species to the yard? We don’t know, but we’re looking forward to this spring, summer, and fall.
With our yard experiment we used White Dutch Clover for the most part, but did try some White Mini Clover in the mix. The White Dutch Clover grew to about 6-8 inches tall, could be cut, and grew nicely. The Mini Clover was much more expensive to buy and is not really visible in our yard because the White Dutch Clover is that much taller. If you look closely, though, you’ll see the Mini Clover.
After first planting the clover in the late fall of 2022 (and aided by the rain) we decided to move into spring by adopting a “No Mow May” approach to lawn care. Leaving the clover section of the yard to fend for itself, we resisted the urge to mow and waited to see what we would get. Tall weeds were hand pulled. We did pay some attention to the area that remained predominantly grass and did mow that a few times, but not with any regularity. In the fall, we did one yard wide mowing to get winter ready.
As noted, we found a lot of visitors to our yard that we had not noticed before and some of our regular visitors appeared more often especially focused on snacking on the clover.
This coming summer will be our second season with clover. We’ll probably seed again as it seems clover should be re-seeded every several years. We are learning as we grow, but it has been really remarkable to see the increased biodiversity and wonderful to see the deer eating the clover instead of the hemlock.
This family of four deer were often in our clover.
Posted onDecember 22, 2023|Comments Off on We’ll be aggregating! DPU provides approval
Thanks to the work of Medfield Energy Committee members Bob Winograd and Megan Sullivan, the DPU has approved Medfield’s application to engage in community choice aggregation to have the whole town bundle its electricity buying together to get everyone a better rate and more green energy.
ANNOIUNCEMENT EMAIL TODAY FROM THE DPU –
This email below is thanks to the kindness of Fred Davis, the former Chair of the Medfield Energy Committee –
Good morning – I’d like to alert you to an Order issued by the Department of Public Utilities today in the Town of Medfield’s municipal aggregation plan. Please see attached.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Sincerely,
Andrew
Andrew Strumfels (he/his)
Director of Government Relations & Public Affairs
Department of Public Utilities
The ruling is 53 pages, but this is the summary:
VI. CONCLUSION Consistent with the discussion above, the Department finds that each Municipality’s proposed Plan, with all modifications required herein, satisfies the procedural and substantive requirements contained in G.L. c. 164, § 134(a). In addition, the Department finds that each Municipality’s proposed Plan, as further amended consistent with the directives contained herein, meets the requirements established by the Department concerning aggregated service. Accordingly, the Department approves each Municipality’s Plan, as amended consistent with the directives contained herein. Failure of either Municipality to launch its Program within two years of the date of final Department approval of the Plan (i.e., Department approval of the compliance filing) shall result in revocation of the approval of the Plan without further notice or other action by the Department.
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Posted onMay 6, 2023|Comments Off on EV car show tomorrow 1-3 at The Center
From Catherine White –
There will be about a dozen different vehicles including the Lucid Air (the man bringing it says you can take it for a spin), a Ford Lightning, Tesla, Nissan Leaf, Mach E Mustang, and others. Afterwards you might want to walk or ride the Medfield Rail Trail, right behind the building.
May 7th, 1 Ice House Rd. 1-3 PM.
We hope you can make it!
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Posted onApril 15, 2023|Comments Off on TSARC newsletter is not to be missed – Subscribe today
You should subscribe today to get your own copy of the TSARC newsletters – MedfieldTSARC@gmail.com. Your copy will look much prettier than my copied and pasted version.
Also, be sure to NAME THE COMPACTORS! I think Compactor #2 is way cuter, don’t you agree? She should be “Susie Squeeze!”
Updates from the Transfer Station and Recycling Committee
April TSARC Edition
Please attend Town MeetingMay 1 at 7 PM at the High School Auditorium
SWAP Opening and Setup
The SWAP Area will be opening up on May 3rd at 9 AMWe need volunteers to help get the tents ready for Opening Day. Please email Nancy if you are able to help. The possible setup days (depending upon weather) are:Sunday, April 23Wednesday, April 26Saturday, April 29Sunday April 30medfieldswapshop@gmail.com
Medfield town Clean-up days – April 22 and 23You can help clean the town up for Earth DayVisit the DPW Office at the Town Hall for Trash bags andClean-up locationsYou can make a difference!
Climate Week is April 29 – May 7 Please join in for some Informational and Fun events.
There’s still time to recycle your old crayons!The collection box is in the Children’s room at the Medfield Public Library. This collection will be ongoing until the end of June. We are hoping to get a large number to send in for recycling.All sizes and shapes of crayons are accepted. Little stubby ones are just as welcome as the big hardly used ones.
TSARC Recycling Tips
TIP 67
It’s easy to pop frozen food in the microwave for a quick meal or snack. It’s equally easy to dispose of the frozen food boxes properly – toss them quickly in the trash.Why? Frozen Food boxes have a thin layer of plastic sprayed onto the paper to prevent freezer burn. Recycling only works if like materials are together. So the thin “polycoat” that prevents food from spoiling also prevents the paper fiber from breaking up in the recycling process.
TIP 68
Spring is a popular season for graduations, weddings, showers and other celebrations. If you’re a lucky gift recipient, though, keep in mind that most gift wrap cannot be recycled. Wrapping paper is often dyed, laminated and/or contains non-paper additives such as gold and silver shapes, glitter, plastics and more which cannot be recycled. If you’re a gift giver, consider creative alternatives to wrapping paper. Wrap a budding journalist’s gift in a newspaper, consider magazine pages for a fashionista’s gift, brown paper bags tied with twine give packages a rustic farmhouse charm, and comics, of course, are always a fun option – no matter what the age of the recipient! And, gift bags which can be reused, are also an earth-friendly choice.Not sure what to do? Go to https://recyclesmartma.org
Reuse instead of buying new!
More items from the Library of Things at the Medfield Public Library
You only need a library card to borrow any of these items!Need a small laptop?Thinking about purchasing one but would like to try before you buy, or maybe you need it for a specific short-term task.This Chromebook would be great Movie night and you want something other than Microwave Popcorn? This Popcorn maker will make enough for the whole family and then some.
Need to put in a fence or replace your mailbox post?Borrow the pole digger so you don’t need to buy one for a one time need.
Purchase a backyard Compost Bin!
A limited number remain!The Transfer Station and Recycling Committee seeks to know how many residents would like to buy a compost bin at the Mass DEP subsidized price of $25 (+ $1.56 state tax). The minimum order for the Town would be 20 compost bins. Please contact Barb Meyer if you are interested in purchasing a compost bin with subject line: “compost bin”.bwmp2052@verizon.net
Name the Compactors!
Don’t you think our compactors need names? They look rather forlorn just sitting there with no personalities.Contest is open to all ages!
Email your first & last name& your ideas to:MedfieldTSARC@gmail.comLimit 4 names per personContest runs: 5/5-6/5Names will be selectedbased on creativityBe silly, be serious, buthave FUN!Two winners will get a $10 Park Street Bookgift card, a picture in Hometown Weeklyand a spotlight video on Medfield TV ! 0 Compactor #1
Compactor #2
Transfer Station Hours
AprilWednesday 9 AM – 4 PMFriday 9 AM – 4 PMSaturday 9 AM – 4 PMSunday 9 AM – 4 PMMayWednesday 9 AM – 4 PMFriday 7:30 AM – 4 PMSaturday 9 AM – 4 PM
Transfer Station StickersTransfer Station Stickers will be expiring on June 30, 2023.The new stickers will be available starting May 1, 2023 at the DPW office in Town Hall.The applications will also be distributed with thewater and sewer bills.
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