Our Medfield neighbor, Scott Delaney, was fired by the Federal government and he then built a much used data based of research projects that have been terminated by the government.
A lawyer-turned-Harvard scientist built what was known as Grant Watch from a Google spreadsheet over a matter of months
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Five years ago tonight, Georgia Representative John Lewis passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 80.
Lewis was a “troublemaker” as a young adult, breaking the laws of his state: he broke the laws upholding racial segregation. He organized voting registration drives and in 1960 was one of the thirteen original Freedom Riders, white and black students traveling together from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans to challenge segregation. “It was very violent. I thought I was going to die. I was left lying at the Greyhound bus station in Montgomery unconscious,” Lewis later recalled.
An adherent of the philosophy of nonviolence, Lewis was beaten by mobs and arrested 45 times. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC (pronounced “snick”), he helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington where the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. told more than 200,000 people gathered at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial that he had a dream. Just 23 years old, Lewis spoke at the event. Two years later, as Lewis and 600 marchers hoping to register African American voters in Alabama stopped to pray at the end of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, mounted police troopers charged the marchers, beating them with clubs and bullwhips. They fractured Lewis’s skull.
To observers in 1965 reading the newspapers, Lewis was simply one of the lawbreaking protesters who were disrupting the “peace” of the South. But what seemed to be fruitless and dangerous protests were, in fact, changing minds. Shortly after the attack in Selma, President Lyndon Baines Johnson honored those changing ideas when he went on TV to support the marchers and call for Congress to pass a national voting rights bill. On August 6, 1965, Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act authorizing federal supervision of voter registration in districts where African Americans were historically underrepresented.
New Black voters helped to elect Lewis to Congress in 1986. He held the seat from then until his death in 2020, winning reelection 16 times.
Before Representative Lewis died, reporter Jonathan Capehart asked him “what he would say to people who feel as though they have already been giving it their all but nothing seems to change.” Lewis answered: “You must be able and prepared to give until you cannot give any more. We must use our time and our space on this little planet that we call Earth to make a lasting contribution, to leave it a little better than we found it, and now that need is greater than ever before.”
“Do not get lost in a sea of despair,” Lewis tweeted almost exactly a year before his death. “Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. We will find a way to make a way out of no way.”
Today, as the storm over the release of the Epstein files became a maelstrom, the American people rallied at more than 1,500 sites nationwide to protest the Trump administration in a day of action to honor Representative Lewis. Organizers of the “Good Trouble Lives On” day of action vowed to “take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, voting rights, and dignity for all.”
“My philosophy is very simple,” Representative Lewis once told an audience. “When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something! Do something! Get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble.”
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Posted onJuly 15, 2025|Comments Off on Standout in Medfield 7/17 – Good Trouble Lives On
From the Democratic Town Committee –
Hope to see many of you this Thursday in Medfield at 5:00!! Bring your best signs and some friends. Let’s make a strong statement by standing out all along Route 109, from Westwood to Medway!
It’s going to be hot, so we will have a cooler with water for those who need it. Intersection of Routes 109 and 27.
As always, this is a peaceful event. Please see attachment for some guidelines to keep in mind.
On Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:21:02 AM EDT, Becca Kornet <becca_kornet@yahoo.com> wrote:
Reminder – join us next Thursday to make some GOOD TROUBLE in Medfield! Please click the link to RSVP if you can – thank you!
On Monday, June 30, 2025 at 10:55:13 AM EDT, Becca Kornet <becca_kornet@yahoo.com> wrote:
The next national day of action (a la Hands off and No Kings) will be Good Trouble Lives On!
Protests will be happening all across the country on July 17th, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’ passing.
Rush hour standouts are planned for several towns along Rte 109. Medfield’s will take place from 5-6:30 at the intersection of Rtes 109 and 27. Bring your best signs!
Click here to RSVP if you can – it will help us easily contact folks in case of any changes (e.g., weather delay): https://mobilize.us/s/z1qByE
More info about the national day of action:
Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people. On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble.
From voter suppression bills like the SAVE Act to the criminalization of protest, the Trump administration is launching a full-scale attack on our civil and human rights. But we know the truth: in America, the power lies with the people, and we’re rising to prove it.
This is more than a protest; it’s a moral reckoning. A continuation of the movement Lewis helped lead, and a new front in the struggle for freedom.
Please note: A core principle behind our Good Trouble Lives On actions is a commitment to nonviolence in all we do. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.
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Due to the decreasing stream flow in the Charles River and lack of rainfall it is the responsibility for compliance with our Water Management Act Permit, the Town of Medfield is instituting a town-wide conservation restriction for nonessential water use beginning immediately. The restriction will be categorized at a Tier 2 level which states the following:
“Tier 2” “Streamflow Triggered Restrictions based on Water Management Act Permit” “Nonessential water use allowed every other day. Even numbered addresses will be allowed to lawn water on even numbered calendar days. Odd numbered addresses will be allowed to lawn water on odd numbered calendar days.” “Lawn watering allowed outside the hours of 9am to 5pm on designated day.”
Residents are asked to visit the town’s website frequently for updates to this restriction.
Information about Water Restrictions:
When elevated restrictions are in place, nonessential outdoor water uses that are subject to mandatory restrictions include:
Irrigation of lawns via sprinklers or automatic irrigation systems;
Washing of vehicles, except in a commercial car wash or as necessary for operator safety;
Washing of exterior building surfaces, parking lots, driveways or sidewalks, except as necessary to apply surface treatments such as paint, preservatives, stucco, pavement or cement.
Water uses not subject to mandatory restrictions are those required:
For health or safety reasons;
By regulation;
For the production of food and fiber;
For the maintenance of livestock;
To meet the core functions of a business (for example, irrigation by plant nurseries as necessary to maintain stock).
Posted onJune 30, 2025|Comments Off on Zullo Gallery has Bought its Building
Press release from the Zullo Gallery –
Signed, sealed, delivered: Zullo Secures Main St. Home
After decades of “some day” hoping to purchase the 454-456A Main St. building, that day finally arrived. On June 24, the Zullo Gallery-Center for the Arts officially secured its permanent home for the arts in downtown Medfield with the sale closing, and Zullo Executive Director Bill Pope proudly receiving the deed. Pope noted the entire journey to purchase the building was complicated, challenging, and even tense at times, but that made it all the more gratifying when everything fell into place at the closing. “First and foremost, we couldn’t have done this without Tom and Lisa Nightingale giving us the opportunity in February to purchase the building from them, and continue our work at the Zullo,” said Pope. “From there, our biggest tasks included raising more than $600,000, forming two different legal entities, and getting bank approval for financing.” Pope noted that in addition to the Nightingales, more than 35 individuals stepped up with donations or other types of funding that helped to make the building purchase possible. Needham Bank also played a critical role in providing financing, with many questions posed and documents required in the final hours before the sale, but with all details falling into place by June 24. In addition to the Zullo Gallery on the second floor of the building, Zullo Gallery Realty LLC now owns the first-floor space rented by Casabella Pizza, Medfield Barbershop and Absi Jewelers. The second legal entity created as part of the building purchase governs investor financing. After the dust settles, Pope plans to pick a date for a celebration of this new chapter of the Zullo Gallery. In the meantime, a new nine-person board is in the process of being confirmed (with a few seats still available), and the Zullo team is working with a consultant on a strategic visioning project funded by a $10,000 Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund grant. Community members interested in learning more about Zullo board opportunities are encouraged to contact Pope at wpope1@mac.com. Pope notes that having board members with legal and/or property management expertise would be especially helpful. For nearly four decades, the Zullo Gallery has fulfilled its mission to advance and support the arts through exhibitions, art education, live music and community events. Donations will be critical for supporting future programming, and can be made online at zullogallery.org/make-adonation/ or mailed to/dropped off at Zullo Gallery, 456A Main St., Medfield, MA 02052. “In addition to the Town House, library and Historical Society, there is now – as there should be — a permanent home for the arts in the heart of downtown Medfield. We can’t thank the community enough for helping to make this Zullo Gallery dream a reality,” said Pope
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