Osler ”Pete” Peterson
Medfield Select Board member
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.
Recent Comments
Amy Cohen on Delineator Flexposts – t… Zach on Warrant Committee’s slid… Donna Knott on Reading for “Read Across… Lester Cohen on Town’s Buildings Require… Select Board member… on Black Out at Budget Works…
BoS on 5/23
Comments Off on BoS on 5/23
Kingsbury Pond Grist Mill Memorial Bench Dedication 6/3
Grist Mill Memorial Bench Dedication
On Saturday June 3rd, the Kingsbury Pond Grist Mill Committee will host a ceremony to dedicate a memorial bench to Medfield citizens who were lost while serving our country in armed conflicts and remain “missing in action”. The granite bench is located at the grist mill site on Spring Street (Route 27) in Medfield. Design and installation of the bench, and preparation of the site, were done by Tyler Hatch of Boy Scout Troop 89 as part of his Eagle Scout project. The bench site, which overlooks Kingsbury Pond, commemorates two Medfield residents who served during World War II.
Richard Werner lived at 67 Harding Street and graduated from Medfield High School in 1941. He joined the Army Air Force in 1943 and advanced to the rank of staff sergeant, manning a turret gun aboard a B24 Liberator. On May 22nd 1944 while on a bombing mission in southern Italy, his plane developed engine trouble and departed its squadron’s formation, presumably to attempt an emergency landing. Neither the plane nor its crew were ever seen again. Richard Werner was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. The square at the intersection of Harding and West Mill streets was dedicated to him in 1994.
Douglas MacKeachie moved to Medfield from New Jersey during the 1930’s and resided at 72 Elm Street. He was Vice President in charge of purchasing for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P. In 1940 he went to Washington to serve as Deputy Director for Procurement and Distribution at the War Department. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was made a colonel in the Army and put in charge of the General Purchasing Board to handle war supplies. This position was based in Great Britain. Military flights from the U.S. to Europe routinely used the route with the shortest distance over water, between Brazil and West Africa. Colonel MacKeachie boarded such a flight on a B-87 Liberator, January 17th, 1943 along with 12 fellow U.S. military personnel and 13 members of the Royal Air Force. The plane was reported missing three days later on January 20th having gone down 800 miles off the coast of Brazil. On February 4th a life raft was found by the USS Kearney with the remains of a body later identified as the pilot. The next day a second raft washed up on a beach in Brazil, also with the remains of a single body along with six life preservers. Several items belonging to Colonel MacKeachie were found on that raft though the remains were not his. It was presumed that all aboard the flight succumbed to hunger and thirst. Colonel MacKeachie left a widow and daughter back in Medfield. He was 42 years old when he was lost. The bridge on Elm Street near his former home will be dedicated to him in the near future. Both the Werner and MacKeachie families have been invited to attend the dedication.
The ceremony will begin with a procession from the parking lot of St. Edward the Confessor church to the Kingsbury Pond Mill. Transportation will be available for those not able to make the walk (which is about 100 yards.) The public is invited to attend. The procession will begin promptly at 3:00pm on Saturday, June 3rd. Those planning to join, are requested to gather at the church parking lot no later than 2:45. The ceremony is expected to last approximately 45 minutes and will conclude back in the church parking lot.
George Dealy gdealy@gmail.com
Schedule of Events for Kingsbury Pond Grist Mill Memorial Bench Dedication
June 3rd, 2017
2:30 – 3:00: Gather at St. Edward the Confessor Parking Lot to assemble for procession
3:00 – 3:15: Procession from St. Edward to Grist Mill
3:15 – 3:20: Welcome & Introductions (George Dealy}
3:20 – 3:25: Blessing (Father Culloty)
3:25 – 3:30: America the Beautiful (Medfield High Vocalist) & Presentation of Flag (Boy Scouts)
3:30 – 3:35: Tribute to Richard Werner
3:35 – 3:45: Tribute to Douglas MacKeachie
3:45 – 3:50: Taps & Dismissal
3:50 – 4:05: Procession back to St. Edward
Eagle Scout John Messina. Jr.
Today John Messina, Jr. receiving his Eagle Scout award at the UCC, with the other scouts in front demonstrating the other BSA award levels.
Comments Off on Eagle Scout John Messina. Jr.
Posted in Uncategorized
Styrofoam Saturday
This from Medfield Green –
This Saturday is the third week of Medfield Green Month
9-1 at the Transfer Station
Styrofoam – Have you been stockpiling Styrofoam? We thank you and this Saturday is the day to bring it to the Transfer Station.
We will accept packing blocks, foam coolers, clean WHITE produce and meat trays, take out containers, hot cups such as Dunkin’ Donuts , Honey Dew and Cumberland Farms (without paper or cardboard infused), clean, WHITE foam egg cartons and trays. Please clean all food/beverage containers and remove any labels or stickers. No peanuts or bubble wrap. Next Styrofoam collection planned for October, 2017. Details to follow.
NEW: Unfortunately, we can’t accept colored foam trays because the vendor no longer accepts them due to difficulty in spotting out pieces contaminated by food as opposed to white foam – however, the art teachers at the elementary schools would love to take the clean, colored foam trays and Colleen Sullivan has very generously offered to transport them to the schools. If you do have colored trays, please clean them well and either drop them at Memorial, Dale or Wheelock or bring them on Saturday.
Please take clean, reusable Styrofoam peanuts to Express Business Center (258A Main St., Medfield), Postal Center (14 Milliston Rd, Millis, MA) or the UPS Store (689 Main St., Rt 1A Marketplace, Walpole). Fully popped bubble wrap and packing pillows can be recycled every week with plastic bags in the bins at the front of the single stream recycling compactors.
The Friends of Medfield Library will be collecting books, CDs and DVDs (no encyclopedias) to help stock their new and improved space at the library. The Grand Opening will be on May 30th.
See you at the Transfer Station – the place to be in May
Comments Off on Styrofoam Saturday
Posted in Green, Recycling & Solid Waste
MMA on Senate’s budget
This was from the Massachusetts Municipal Association on the Senate’s version of the state budget –
|
Comments Off on MMA on Senate’s budget
Posted in Budgets, Financial, Legislature, State
MSH workshop 5/24 at 7PM
From Gil Rodgers of the Medfield State Hospital Master Planning Committee –
Master Planning Committee Holding Workshop on Hospital Reuse Alternatives
The Medfield State Hospital Master Planning Committee (MSHMPC) is pleased to announce a Public Meeting and Workshop at the Blake Middle School Gymnasium on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 from 7pm to 9:30pm.
As part on the ongoing master planning process the MSHMP Committee has narrowed down the alternative scenarios and seeks public feedback at this critical juncture. Kathy McCabe and her team from McCabe Enterprises Consultants will present two scenarios that are the result of a collaborative process that includes input from three key sources: (1) MSHMPC, (2) public input through meetings and surveys, and (3) the expertise of McCabe Enterprises. The presentation will also incorporate analyses of external market forces that impact the property such as historic tax credits, regional housing needs, and business opportunities.
The focus will be on:
- potential uses of the properties,
- market priorities,
- building and land assessments,
- infrastructure considerations, and
- financial analyses.
Feedback from the public is sought to help develop a preferred development scenario — which may be a combination or modification of the two alternatives presented — and also be used to identify priority features and elements for inclusion in the final development and implementation plans.
The format will be somewhat different than the February workshop held in the Medfield High School Cafeteria. The agenda will begin with short presentations being made by MSHMPC and McCabe Enterprise consultants presenting overview and summary of the two scenarios and analyses of their impacts and implications. Attendees will break into small “round-table” discussion groups facilitated by MSHMPC members. As a new technique for gathering feedback, hand-held, electronic polling devices will be employed to obtain individual responses to a few key questions allowing for instant tabulation of responses. Finally, using all of these steps and information a closing presentation will summarize the conclusions.
MSHMPC encourages participation in this meeting and workshop as one of the most important decisions ever faced by Medfield that will have enduring implications for this community and neighboring communities.
MSHMPC Communications Subcommittee
Comments Off on MSH workshop 5/24 at 7PM
Posted in Medfield State Hospital, Uncategorized
Texting & driving
When you drive, please just drive – don’t try to text and drive – it is just too dangerous
https://www.facebook.com/news.com.au/videos/1402985913062111/?pnref=story
Comments Off on Texting & driving
Posted in Safety, Uncategorized
BoS agenda for 5/16
The back up materials for the May 16 meeting of the Board of Selectmen are available here 20170516-Agenda and the agenda is listed below.
NB – I had reported last week that at this coming Tuesday’s meeting the Board of Selectmen we would be appointing both the ALS Study Committee and the Affordable Housing Trust, but I had to wrong two groups. We are appointing the ALS Study Committee and the Fire Chief Search Committee. The Affordable Housing Trust members will be appointed at a later time, so those interested in serving on the Affordable Housing Trust still have time to express their interest. At our last meeting a couple of weeks ago I mistakenly wrote down the Affordable Housing Trust instead of the Fire Chief Selection Committee, and I am sorry for then blogging my error.
These These
Comments Off on BoS agenda for 5/16
Posted in Select Board matters, Uncategorized
6/5/17 ballot to fund the AHT
At the annual town meeting (ATM) we voted to create an Affordable Housing Trust and to fund it with $1m. by means of a bond. Where that funding is a Proposition 2 1/2 override, it also needs to be approved by an election ballot. That special election will be held on June 5, 2017, and this is the ballot.
Comments Off on 6/5/17 ballot to fund the AHT
Posted in Affordable housing / 40B, Elections
Medfield02052's Blog 