Due to a water main break near 266 Main St and Rolling Lane, water service will be temporarily shut off to isolate and repair the break. We are working diligently to resolve the isssue.
Once water service is restored, we recommend running a cold tap to flush out any brown water that may occur.
If you have any questions or need further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us at 508-906-3003.
We are currently experiencing water-related issues in town, including a drop in water pressure and discolored water. Our team is actively investigating the situation and working on resolving it as quickly as possible.
As soon as we identify the issue, we will provide an update.
We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time. Please check back for further updates.
Posted onMarch 6, 2025|Comments Off on Monthly Office Hours Friday
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).
Posted onMarch 4, 2025|Comments Off on School Construction Costs up 31% in last 5 Years
Boston Globe article this week on increases in school construction costs – we will now pay 31% more to build the Dale Street School replacement.
I read to the students in Ms. Sager’s class today as part of Read Across America, and talked with Stephen Grenham, the Principal, afterwards. He reminded me that the failed new school proposal would have opened in September 2024. Which would have allowed us to turn Dale over to the Medfield Park & Recreation Commission last summer.
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Posted onFebruary 28, 2025|Comments Off on Callum Borchers on WGBH’s Boston Public Radio today
So interested to hear, as I ate my lunch today listening to WGBH’s Boston Public Radio show with Jim & Margery, one of the two guests called “Callum,” as I only know one Callum, Callum Borchers from Medfield, who formerly worked and reported for the Washington Post and now works and reports for the Wall Street Journal. Last I heard, Callum still lived in Medfield.
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Per the following email just received, a 40B application has been filed for a 24 unit development at 86 Plain Street –
NEW Comprehensive Permit Application: 86 Plain St – 30 DAYS TO COMMENT
Dear Boards and Staff Members,
As is required by G.L. c.40B §21, and 760 CMR 56.05(3), I am hereby sending notice of a new Comprehensive Permit Application the Zoning Board received on February 28, 2025. 86 Plain Street, LLC and Benjamin Virga (the Applicant) have proposed to build twenty-four (24)
homeownership units on approximately 14.86 acres of land located at 86 Plain Street. Six of these units will be affordable to those making 80% or less of the AMI.
The hearing will be scheduled for April 2, 2024, at 6 pm, most likely in person. The remote hearing provision is set to expire at the end or March, and it may or may not be extended by the time I need to post the legal ad. The most likely scenario here is an in-person meeting. I’ll notify you when we’ve agreed on a space.
The agenda will be posted on the website soon.
Since the ZBA acts in place of municipal boards whose local regulations would normally apply, obtaining comments from you is critical for the ZBA to reach an informed decision and craft appropriate conditions of approval. The following boards, commissions, and departments are receiving a copy of the comprehensive permit application and are asked to attend the public hearing in addition to providing written comments (as outlined on Page 18 of the Ch 40B Handbook):
-Planning Board
-Conservation Commission (Finn, I believe this will also come your way as an NOI)
-Board of Health (Nancy, can you please forward to the Board?)
-Affordable Housing Trust
-Board of Water or Sewer Commissioners (Moe/Sarah, can you please forward to the Board?)
-Department of Public Works
-Police Department
-Fire Department
-Building Commissioner (Dana, can you please forward this to the Historic Commission?)
and, in addition to the Handbook’s requirements, I’m also sending a copy to the Select Board, as they’re included in the request for waivers list.
Please note the attached list of waivers and let me know if these are not acceptable to you and your Board/Department. If we do not hear from you, the ZBA has the authority to grant any and all waivers they consider reasonable. The list of waivers can be found here. Finn, please note that many of these waiver requests are wetlands related— please flag this with the Commission accordingly.
Please review the attached application and plans and provide written comments to us before the hearing on April 2nd. I strongly encourage you to attend the hearing if you have any comments/feedback for the Zoning Board.
Thank you, everyone!
Maria De La Fuente Medfield Director of Land Use and Planning 459 Main Street Medfield, MA 02052 (508) 906-3027 mdelafuente@medfield.net
Posted onFebruary 28, 2025|Comments Off on Boston Magazine says we are #8
Medfield came in #8 on Boston Magazine’s 2025 list of best places to live in Boston. Medfield ranked highest on our housing, then our safety, then our education, then our employment. To me not the usual expected names above us.
This fits with my idea that one way we lower our real estate taxes is by building housing without municipal costs, like Old Village Square (maybe $600K positive to town in revenue over costs per year), because people do want to live in Medfield.
I started this blog to share the interesting and useful information that I saw while doing my job as a Medfield select board member. I thought that my fellow Medfield residents would also find that information interesting and useful as well. This blog is my effort to assist in creating a system to push the information out from the Town House to residents. Let me know if you have any thoughts on how it can be done better.
For information on my other job as an attorney (personal injury, civil litigation, estate planning and administration, and real estate), please feel free to contact me at 617-969-1500 or Osler.Peterson@OslerPeterson.com.
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