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Photo from Vic today – detail of fire alarm at Medfield State Hospital.

Beautiful muted sunset light on bricks at MSH. Saw a beaver in the river from the overlook. Very cool view.

Registration now open as Angel Run celebrates 10 years

The fall season is in full swing here in Medfield and that means it is time to register for the MFi Angel Run. This year’s race on Sunday, December 6th will be the 10^th running of the much loved family run/walk through the winding 5k route around South, Elm and Philip streets and surrounding neighborhoods. Registration is exclusively online at the Medfield Foundation’s website, medfieldfoundation.org. Register by the October 31^st deadline for early bird pricing and the ever-popular commemorative t-shirt. New this year is an opportunity to purchase a 10^th anniversary keepsake when you register.

“We are pleased to introduce bib chip timing for the race in 2015. The timing chips which are embedded into the runners’ bibs will give participants highly accurate finish times and alleviate some of the finish line congestion, ” said Rose Colleran, event co-chair.

Also new this year in honor of the 10^th anniversary of the Angel Run is a poster contest open to all Medfield public school students. Poster making party events will be running after school during the month of October. Winners will be chosen for special recognition and all entries will be used to decorate the course.

“Our student volunteers are a big part of the MFi Angel Run and we wanted to give them a special role in helping to commemorate the 10^th running this year. Course decorations give such a personal touch to the event every year so the poster contest seemed a natural fit,” said Susan Weisenfeld, co-chair.

As always the MFi Angel Run is a family friendly community event and participants of all paces are welcome including strollers and dog walkers. Local businesses have been quick to sign on with sponsorship and in kind donations.

“It really is an opportunity to ‘Give Where You Live’ here in Medfield,” said Evan Weisenfeld, Medfield Foundation president echoing the organization’s mission statement of Building A Stronger Medfield. All proceeds from the MFi Angel Run are used to help Medfield residents in need.

After October 31^st registration for the Sunday, December 6^th 2pm run/walk will only be available on race day with no option for a t-shirt purchase. Visit the Medfield Foundation website at medfieldfoundation.org to be part of the tradition.

Do you know where in Medfield this wonderful terrace is?

Medfield.TV dedicated its Edward P. Doherty Memorial Garden at the end of Baker’s Pond this afternoon. In this photo is the granite bench in Ed’s honor, the garden, and the Medfield.TV brain trust. A sundial is still to come.

The Dohertys moved to Medfield on the late 1980s and Ed became involved in many community things. I met him when he co-chaired the 30th celebration committee.

Ed had his own show on Medfield.TV.

Medfield.TV dedicated its Edward P. Doherty Memorial Garden at the end of Baker’s Pond this afternoon. In this photo is the granite bench in Ed’s honor, the garden, and the Medfield.TV brain trust. A sundial is still to come.

The Dohertys moved to Medfield on the late 1980s and Ed became involved in many community things. I met him when he co-chaired the 30th celebration committee.

Ed had his own show on Medfield.TV.

I checked on the beaver dam and the two new beaver deceiver pipes installed by TTOR at its Fork Factory site this morning. The prior 6″ pipe is visible in the photo.

The total water level behind the dam was down slightly from my visit from before all the rain, and the pipes had a good amount of flow.

I disturbed and saw fly both a great blue heron and three ducks. Jewell’s Pond appeared OK from my drive by.

Our rain gauge this morning held 3 3/4″ of water.  To me our grass already looked happier than on Sunday.

The pool at the Kingsbury Club has water in it now and looks to being close to done. It is reportedly just a couple of weeks from opening.

This is what the town’s new water tower looks like today, after a summer of construction work, mainly by welders from all over the eastern seaboard.  The water tank is constructed of steel panels that are welded together, and that is the big bulging thing that sits on the ground still.  What remains to be done is to add on the flat top made out of pie shaped wedges of steel, lift the whole thing into place at the top of the cement column, attach it to those protruding braces, and insert the steel column in the center that will allow one to climb to the top through the middle of the tank.  The cement column is actually hollow, and never contains any water.

The tank was recently painted “tower white,” per Mike Sullivan, a color they chose at the town house.  To me the color looks much like the old water tower’s color, which my eyes had always seen as a light blue.  The construction crew told one walker from my home that they  could have made the water tower any shape or color the town wanted – perhaps we missed an opportunity to have an iconic shaped water tower.  What is the proper water tower shape for Medfield?  I do not know, but I wish that we had run a contest to collect ideas, and see what surfaced.