Hinkley land RFP

Posted on October 28, 2019 | Comments Off on Hinkley land RFP

Good article in the Medfield Press this week on the next steps for the proposed senior housing on the former Hinkley land – it starts with a request for proposals (RFP) – see the full article here.

The town purchased about ten acres from the Hinkley family for $1.1 m. and is looking to have private developers bid to build moderately priced senior housing on about half of that land, the southern section abutting Lot 3 and The Center.  The balance of the town’s Hinkley land is off Harding Street is not included in this RFP.

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Medfield seeks Hinkley senior housing

By Mike Gleason
Daily News Staff

Posted Oct 24, 2019 at 8:00 AM
   

MEDFIELD – The town is seeking developer proposals for senior housing on the Ice House Road land known as the Hinkley property.

The Board of Selectmen, at its Oct. 15 meeting, approved a request for proposals on the about 5.5-acre parcel, in the hopes of creating more affordable living options for the town’s seniors. The town had purchased the property in 2000 for $1.1 million.

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Office hours postponed a week, to 11/8

Posted on October 27, 2019 | Comments Off on Office hours postponed a week, to 11/8

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OFFICE HOURS POSTPONED TO 11/8

My monthly select board office hours (usually the first Friday of the month from 9-10 AM at The Center) will be postponed from this coming Friday, November 1, to Friday, November 8, due to a professional conflict.

The office hours on 11/8 will run from 9-10 AM at The Center.

 

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“The Open Door Policy”

Posted on October 27, 2019 | 2 comments

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Medfield TV Documentary on Mike Sullivan

Friday evening I was fortunate to be invited a pre-release showing of the Medfield TV movie, “The Open Door Policy,” a documentary about Mike Sullivan at The Center.  The movie recounts Mike’s career as the long time Town Administrator by means of interviews with those with whom Mike worked.  Former selectman and current town historian, Richard DeSorgher was positioned as the de facto  narrator.  There were also clips of Mike at BoS meetings and at town meetings.

About sixty people attended, more than half were Mike’s family, including many nieces and nephews, and their families, as well as his brother Dennis Sullivan, who had flown up from Virginia to attend.  The balance in attendance were the town employees who had been interviewed for the movie and the Medfield TV staff who had distilled the hours of video interviews to create the movie.  I know that my interview lasted for about an hour, and accounted for only maybe two minutes in the movie.

The world premier of the movie will be this coming Friday at the Medfield High School auditorium.

It was nice to see that my neighbor, Olivia Deval, got credit in the movie for her production assistance work on it.  Olivia interned at Medfield TV while at MHS, graduated last June, and is now at Babson.

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Posted in Events, Medfield TV, People

Styrofoam – a day’s haul

Posted on October 26, 2019 | 1 comment

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Styrofoam Collection Day

Volunteers Hong Le-Bruno, Barbara Myers (shown cleaning a piece of styrofoam), and a third unknown person process some of the seventeen bags of styrofoam that were collected today at the Medfield Transfer Station.  Nancy Irwin and Barbara’s husband Michael Perloff were also assisting.  It will cost the town $600 to recycle the collected styrofoam.

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Styrofoam Saturday

Posted on October 25, 2019 | Comments Off on Styrofoam Saturday

From Medfield Green –

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REMINDER:  STYROFOAM COLLECTION AT THE TRANSFER STATION TOMORROW 9-1

COLLECTION WILL BE AT THE SWAP AREA TENT.  PACKING BLOCKS, FOAM COOLERS AND FOAM SHIPPING CONTAINERS WILL BE COLLECTED FOR RECYCLING.  ONLY CLEAN, WHITE FOAM  WILL BE ACCEPTED.  PLEASE REMOVE ANY CARDBOARD, TAPE, LABELS OR STICKERS. STYROFOAM FOOD CONTAINERS AND PEANUTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 
VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED TO HELP SORT THE STYROFOAM.  PLEASE THINK ABOUT LENDING A HAND FOR AN HOUR OR TWO.  SIGN UP HERE

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MGC’s new website

Posted on October 23, 2019 | Comments Off on MGC’s new website

Would you please let your blog readers know that the Medfield Garden has a new website? Here’s the announcement below from our presidents, Carroll Noel-Mozer and Molly Sliney.

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The Medfield Garden Club is proud to announce the launch of our new website The site, designed by Medfield resident, Diane Borelli, features our club’s history, our annual events and public programming and our four-season civic beautification work welcoming residents and visitors alike as they travel on Medfield’s highways and byways. We are delighted to have the opportunity to share our club’s story with the community on the Medfield Garden Club website. Please visit https://medfieldgardenclub.org/. Enjoy!

 

Carroll Noel-Mozer and Molly Sliney

Co-Presidents, Medfield Garden Club

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TWMPC Public Forum Sunday night

Posted on October 21, 2019 | Comments Off on TWMPC Public Forum Sunday night

The Townwide Master Planning  Committee held its first public forum last night to hear from residents as to what residents feel are our town’s issues.  Over 100 citizens gathered for a community dinner and brainstorming session at the Blake Middle School cafeteria to discuss:

  • our favorite things about Medfield,
  • our least favorite things,
  • what is missing,
  • the issues we see, and
  • what can be done to improve the town.

I included the sheets that Casey compiled of what our table discussed, how we voted, and at the end our tally.  The dots are the five votes each person at the table got to use with respect to each of the three topics on which we voted.

 

Townwide Master Planning Committee

Public Forum

October 20, 2019

Our Table

 

  1. Favorite things – (& # of votes received)
    1. Open spaces 8
    2. Schools 7
    3. Safety 7
    4. Small town 6
    5. Library 6
    6. Rural ambiance 5
    7. SWAP 5
    8. Government participation 4
    9. Engaged citizens 4
    10. Sports (fields) 4
    11. Volunteer opportunities 1

  1. Least favorite
    1. High taxes 12
    2. Lack of empty nester houses 10
    3. Non-existent tax base 9
    4. Traffic 6
    5. Delay & procrastination 5
    6. Lack of sidewalks 5
    7. No indoor sports facility 5
    8. Town meeting 4
    9. Lack of diversity 3
    10. Poor snow removal 3
    11. Stress of kids in schools 1

  1. Missing
    1. Public transportation
    2. Sidewalks
    3. Trader Joe’s
    4. Commercial tax base
    5. Entertainment
    6. Empty nester housing
    7. Senior housing
    8. Indoor sports facility
    9. Well maintained open spaces
    10. Town buildings do not recycle

  1. Important Issues
    1. Opportunities
      1. Medfield State Hospital
      2. Expand commercial base
    2. Challenges
      1. Aging senior population
      2. Growing school age population
      3. Desires versus budgets
      4. Tax base
      5. Senior flight
      6. Senior appreciation
      7. Traffic and parking

  1. Improvements needed (# of vote first)
    1. 15 – Start Medfield State Hospital development
    2. 11 – Balance needs of different demographics (elderly versus school age)
    3. 8 – Reduce traffic congestion
    4. 7 – expand senior center
    5. 7 – rail trail
    6. 4 – more outdoor activities

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Community dinner & conversation about our future – 5PM Sunday

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Posted on October 19, 2019 in Events, Planning

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Sunday at 5PM – plan & dine

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Posted on October 19, 2019 in Uncategorized

$2.1 b per year spent on payments to doctors

Posted on October 18, 2019 | Comments Off on $2.1 b per year spent on payments to doctors

 

Full article here

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