From Chief Guerette:
The Police Department will be conducting a multi-agency training event at the State Hospital grounds on Wednesday, May 22 from 8-3. Do not be alarmed at the increased police activity. If you would like to come to say hello, please remain outside of the designated training area for your safety
From Newton Mayor Fuller’s weekly email – DCAMM gives Newton a better deal than Medfield was offered for the former Medfield State Hospital site –
Posted in Medfield State Hospital, State
I missed the other photo –
Posted in Charity, Entertainment, Medfield State Hospital, Nature, Recreation, Sports
From Todd Dimmick –
Many teams with deep local roots will participate in the New Life 5k Trail Run on May 11. This community-building event offers a morning of both competition and fun at the scenic Medfield State Hospital Grounds while supporting a great cause. Get In Shape for Women, and Greater Neponset Running Club (GNRC) are just two of the participating teams.
For Alexandra Chace of Get In Shape For Women of Westwood (Members are from Westwood, Dover, Norwood, Medfield and Dedham), the New Life 5k Trail Run is perfect for them. “New Life gives people a fresh start, new chance and they make a difference in people’s lives,” she said. “And I think that we have similar values in changing lives and empowering people.” Chace noted that her group supports many other New Life efforts. “New Life is an amazing organization,” she added. Describing last year’s team, she observed that “for more than half of them it was their first 5k. They had such a great sense of accomplishment when they finished that course.”
For Jeff Weidenaar, president of GNRC (with members from Norwood, Walpole, Canton, Sharon, Medfield, Westwood, and Dover), the event is “a 5K with something different about it. The trails made for a new twist that appealed to a lot of people. GNRC participated because we were looking for a fun local race.” He added that the event is “a worthy cause that everyone in the club was proud to support.”
Other teams participating this year include UCC Medfield Trail Blazers, BHHC, Manning Maniacs, Eliot Church XC, Soles of Medfield, Team Grandpa Elwell, Team Kramer, Walk-Ins Welcome, Blue Hills Hiking Club, and Team Infinitri. New teams are welcome. The New Life 5K Trail Run is open to avid runners, walkers and everyone in between. Registration is open at www.newlifefb.org/5ktrailrun, with discounts for teams of four or more. The first 400 registrations will receive a t-shirt on race day thanks to New Balance, an event sponsor.
The New Life 5K Trail Run benefits New Life Furniture Bank of MA and its mission to provide essential home furnishings to those in need.
What will the challenge be this year? Chace of Get In Shape For Women admits that “I have to figure out a way to top last year’s shirts.” (see photo)
To register for the Trail Run or to support the cause with a financial contribution, visit www.newlifefb.org/5ktrailrun. Learn more New Life and how you can help, including volunteering and donating home furnishings, at www.newlifefb.org.
Posted in Charity, Events, Medfield State Hospital, Recreation, Sports
30+ years ago, my Newton dog walker friend went in to the pond by the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln after her golden retriever that had fallen through the ice, and my friend drown.
25+ years ago my golden retriever, Charlotte, went into the Charles on our weekend run one March morning, off the really beautiful trail that goes along the river behind the police firing range, just at the point where the river turns, such that the full current hits the bank where Charlotte went in. Because all the flow hitting at that point, the current was so strong that Charlotte had trouble getting back to the opening, despite paddling as fast as she could. For a few moments as I watched her struggle, I contemplated going in to help her out. Why not, after all, I had gone in the water to “teach her” to swim as a puppy – but that had been summer. Fortunately, Charlotte put on one sustained strong effort and got back to the opening and climbed out, and only one of us went home icy wet, while the other was left with strong memories of what almost happened.
Charlotte always went in the water on our winter runs, unless things were frozen solid.
The whole article is here – https://medfield.wickedlocal.com/news/20190206/medfield-firefighters-rescue-dog-that-had-fallen-through-ice
MEDFIELD – Local emergency personnel rescued a dog that fell through the ice midday Tuesday.
Posted in Animals, Fire Department, Medfield State Hospital
Photo by Phil Tuths
Email today from the Medfield State Hospital Master Planning Committee –
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Posted in Development, Medfield State Hospital, Planning
The Board of Selectmen meeting on Tuesday July 10, 2018 is all about the plans for the former Medfield State Hospital site.
The Medfield State Hospital Master Planning Committee will present its master plan (now 200 pages, down from 500 pages). I have been asked by the MSHMPC to not share its master plan yet. I expect I can share it after our meeting on Tuesday, and will plan to do so.
Medfield Selectman
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