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How many selectmen does it take to cut a ribbon?  Two, because . . . (please submit your answers).

The full and accurate story on the library centennial below from Colleen Sullivan –

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Hi Pete,

So glad you enjoyed the Centennial Celebration!  This was truly a group effort and the Library Centennial Committee consisted of Library Director, Kris Chin, Board of Trustees, Maura McNicholas, Lauren Feeney,  Geena Matuson and myself, as well as Library staff member, Terri Wickham, and Friends of the bookstore President, Carol Wasserman.

Each of us took on a task to make yesterday’s event, memorable and fun!  We are so thankful to those who participated, like yourself and Selectman Marcucci, as well as having our Town Historian, Richard DeSorgher return to recite many interesting facts regarding life in 1917.

In wanting this celebration to encompass all ages of the Medfield community, we were thrilled to show a wonderful Medfield TV production, created by Brett Poirier of previous Library Staff and long time residents of Medfield as they were interviewed by Director Chin, as well as offering a Children’s program with well known and beloved storyteller, Kurt Jackson.

As a community, we have so many talented and kind people here in Medfield, and having the acting skills of Steve Small as “Granville Dailey” and Cynthia Small as his elder daughter “May Belle Dailey” added greatly to the entire event.

We are thankful to all who attended and enjoyed this very special 100 year celebration of our town’s library.

Best,

Colleen

Re-enactment yesterday of the town selectmen accepting the key to the Medfield Memorial Library in 1917 from Granville Dailey and his oldest daughter, Maebelle.

I learned from Richard DeSorgher’s remarks that (1) Mr. Dailey gave $74,000 to the town for the library, which must have been a huge sum at that time, and (2) that the Medfield Memorial Library was built only 24 years after the Boston Public Library.  Impressive facts for what was then a town with 1,700 residents (and 1,900 patients at the Medfield State Hospital).

Photo by Colleen Sullivan.  Re-enactment event by Colleen Sullivan and her library 100th committee.  In the photo are Cynthia Small and Steve Small as the Dailey’s and Mike Marcucci and me as the selectmen.  This was my email to Colleen Sullivan this morning –

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Colleen,

Congratulations to the Medfield Memorial Library and to you for a great event.

Long ago I concluded that our quality of life in Town of Medfield is composed of the sum of the many such events as you orchestrated Sunday, so thank you for making Medfield a better place for all of us!

Best,  Pete

NB – CORRECTION = I believe it was Gus who talked about the Medfield State Hospital Master Planning Committee disbanding after the special town meeting (STM), but I know it was not me.

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The Medfield Park & Recreation Commission has obtained and is presenting to the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday evening a feasibility study that MPRC commissioned about a potential new community recreation center facility.  That study can be accessed here.

The floor plan above is of the basic building, but there is also an option with an attached indoor soccer field, as shown below.

To recreate the time 100 years ago when the Medfield Memorial Library was dedicated, the town will reenact that event on Sunday at 2PM on the original building’s steps facing Rte. 109, and to make it more realistic, cars will be banned from in front of the library.  This from Colleen Sullivan of the library committee orchestrating the event –

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This Sunday, Oct 1st from 2pm – 5pm, the Medfield Memorial Public Library is having a BIG Celebration!  The Library is 100 years old and we will be holding a reenactment of the 1917 Dedication of the Library on the front steps (facing Main St) at 2pm!

Granville Dailey, the NYC investor, and part owner of the Straw Hat Factory was the man who hired famed architect Wm G. Perry to design the Library and Dailey dedicated the building to his deceased wife and daughter (hence the words “Memorial Public Library” on the top of the portico) in 1917 on the same front steps that we see today.

“Granville” will be joining us to hand the “key” to the Library to our Selectmen, and a ribbon cutting.  Because there is very little space on the sidewalk, Medfield Police Chief, Bob Meaney, directed by our Selectmen, have agreed to re-route/detour traffic on Rt 109 for a short period of time, beginning at 1:30pm – approximately 2:15 or 2:30pm.  Traffic on North St will not be impacted, and traffic on 109 will be directed around this small area in front of the Library for that 45min – 1hr time frame only.

We appreciate your cooperation during this very special event celebrating 100 years of our Public Library and “Granville”, the man who made it all happen.

If you have a moment, please stop by to watch the reenactment, or come inside for refreshments, giveaways, and view the 1917-2017 timeline and much more.

Thank you,

Colleen Sullivan

Library Board of Trustees

Library Centennial Committee

Changes by the Attorney General to the regulations about the Open Meeting Law:

• allow for posting of meetings at the town website,
• suggestion that minutes get approved at the next meeting

This is from a Massachusetts Bar Association listserv –

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The Attorney General’s Office has updated OML materials to reflect the regulatory changes. The materials linked below will replace the existing resources on the OML website on October 6, 2017.  Please continue to check the website for additional updated educational and training materials.

www.mass.gov/service-details/…

If you have any questions about the new regulations, please contact the Attorney General’s Division of Open Government at (617) 963-2540 or OpenMeeting@State.MA.US.

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The Moderator has appointed Thomas F. Mulvoy, Jr. to the vacant slot on the Warrant Committee created by the resignation of Tim Nugent.  I recently heard Tom described on the radio (either WGBH or WBUR) as the “unofficial historian” of the Boston Globe.  This email this afternoon from the moderator:

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Good afternoon all:

I am very pleased to appoint Thomas Mulvoy to the Warrant Committee.  Tom (bio below) will succeed Tim Nugent and fill the remainder of Tim’s term.   Tom will bring his good judgment, professional experience, and commitment to Medfield to the work of the committee.    I want to thank Tim for his service on the Warrant Committee;  and also express the Town’s appreciation for his many long-standing contributions to our community.   Please see my letter to the Town Clerk (attached).

Very best regards,

SCOTT

Scott F. McDermott

scott@nhpllc.com

781.799.1285

Tom Mulvoy, who lives on Donnelly Drive, is a 17-year resident of Medfield. A widower (his wife died in 2006), he is the father of four boys aged 30 to 18 – Stephen, Michael, Nicholas, and Benjamin. Tom was born in Dorchester and was educated in his parish school (St. Mark’s), at Boston College High School, and at Boston College. He also spent a year as a professional journalism fellow at Stanford University in California.

Tom has been a newspaper professional his entire adult life, beginning with a two-year stint as a general assignment reporter at radio station WPLM in Plymouth, Mass., from which position he joined the staff of The Boston Globe in late 1966. He retired from the paper as its managing editor for news operations in December 2000. He then taught for six years at Boston College as an adjunct professor in the Communication Department. While working at BC, he signed on as a part-time editor at the Dorchester Reporter, a weekly, and he still puts in three-four days a week there as an associate editor. He is the managing editor of the Boston Irish Reporter, a monthly sister paper to the weekly edition.

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