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Select Board Office Hours this Friday

I hold regular monthly office hours at The Center on the first Friday of every month from 9:00 to 10:00 AM. 
Residents are welcome to stop by to talk in person about any town matters.
Residents can also have coffee and see the Council on Aging in action (a vibrant organization with lots going on).

Let’s join together as Medfield residents in collectively educating our young residents to leave the political and other lawn signs of our fellow residents alone.

I can only imagine that our young residents think that they are engaging in a harmless fun prank when they take lawn signs from other residents. However, what the kids may think is a harmless fun prank is received by the sign owner as an impingement of our most precious American constitutionally protected First Amendment freedom of expression. The act of the kids denying others their cherished freedom is neither fun nor funny for the sign owner. Those owners are likely left feeling an unsettling afront to their freedoms and a sense of disquiet that an unknown neighbor would intentionally hurt them by taking from them.

Let’s collectively help our young Medfield residents practice tolerance and respect for the freedom of others to express whatever political beliefs they may wish.

If any young sign stealers want to have their beliefs expressed, I invite them to submit something to me to post on my blog where their views can be seen by our community.

Maybe if we can help our young residents stop hurting others in Medfield, what civility we accomplish might even spread.

The first woman Medfield Select Board member, Sandra Munsey, has died.

When I was on the Zoning Board of Appeals, I used to see decisions that she had participated in, so she too must have been on both the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Select Board.

Sandra Goss Munsey, 87, of Forestdale, MA, died September 3, 2024.

She was born to the late Robert B. & Frances L.D. Goss in Portsmouth, NH. Sandy graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1955 and received a BA in Government from the University of NH in 1959. She received a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Northeastern University in 1976. She married the late Donald T. Munsey Jr in 1959 and lived in NH, Medfield and Norfolk MA before moving to Forestdale in 1998.

Sandy’s work careers included Public Administration, Revenue Officer, grade school and collegiate teacher, Rye NH Police & Fire Dispatcher, & clerk at Saunder’s Lobster Pound. Sandra was active in local government and was the first woman selectman in Medfield. She was active with Norfolk County 4-H with her 4-H club The Eager Beavers, Medfield Music Boosters, life member of Kappa Delta, Locke Family Association, American Society for Public Administrators, League of Women Voters, International Order of Rainbow, Order of Eastern Star, founding member of Rhododendron Quilters, New England Quilter’s Guild, American Quilt Study Group, & Narragansett Bay Quilters Association. She had a special appreciation for antique, red work and Hawaiian quilts.

Sandy is survived by her siblings, Sarah, Corrine, Marilyn, & Joseph, her daughters, Suzanne & Carol, and granddaughters, Leah & Sarah.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made to The Goss Farm, c/o the Rye Conservation Commission, Rye Town Hall, 10 Central Rd, Rye, NH 03870.

Graveside services and a reception will be held at the Rye Central Cemetery sometime in 2025.

Where in town is this place that wants no fun stuff happening?

WGBH is advertising that Jared Bowen will be doing a story on the Bellforge Arts Center and interviewing Jean Mineo today. Based on the just shared introduction, it sounded like Jean will be at the end. they listed 4-5 stories.

Email from Michael Taylor who lives at 243 North Street –

North Street between School Street and Farm Street is now closed.  Stolen car hit telephone pole, which will have to be replaced. Occupant(s) missing. Considered a crime scene.  A Canine unit searched the area. Happened  just before 5 am. 

From Town of Medfield alerts –

Cooling Center Open

The Public Safety Building, 112 North Street, will be open as a cooling center from 8am-4pm June 17-June 21. In addition, the CENTER at Medfield, 1 Ice House Road, and Medfield Public Library, 468 Main Street, will be open during regular business hours.

Select Board Office Hours this Friday

I hold regular monthly office hours at The Center on the first Friday of every month from 9:00 to 10:00 AM. 
Residents are welcome to stop by to talk in person about any town matters.
Residents can also have coffee and see the Council on Aging in action (a vibrant organization with lots going on).