Posted onApril 15, 2023|Comments Off on TSARC newsletter is not to be missed – Subscribe today
You should subscribe today to get your own copy of the TSARC newsletters – MedfieldTSARC@gmail.com. Your copy will look much prettier than my copied and pasted version.
Also, be sure to NAME THE COMPACTORS! I think Compactor #2 is way cuter, don’t you agree? She should be “Susie Squeeze!”
Updates from the Transfer Station and Recycling Committee
April TSARC Edition
Please attend Town MeetingMay 1 at 7 PM at the High School Auditorium
SWAP Opening and Setup
The SWAP Area will be opening up on May 3rd at 9 AMWe need volunteers to help get the tents ready for Opening Day. Please email Nancy if you are able to help. The possible setup days (depending upon weather) are:Sunday, April 23Wednesday, April 26Saturday, April 29Sunday April 30medfieldswapshop@gmail.com
Medfield town Clean-up days – April 22 and 23You can help clean the town up for Earth DayVisit the DPW Office at the Town Hall for Trash bags andClean-up locationsYou can make a difference!
Climate Week is April 29 – May 7 Please join in for some Informational and Fun events.
There’s still time to recycle your old crayons!The collection box is in the Children’s room at the Medfield Public Library. This collection will be ongoing until the end of June. We are hoping to get a large number to send in for recycling.All sizes and shapes of crayons are accepted. Little stubby ones are just as welcome as the big hardly used ones.
TSARC Recycling Tips
TIP 67
It’s easy to pop frozen food in the microwave for a quick meal or snack. It’s equally easy to dispose of the frozen food boxes properly – toss them quickly in the trash.Why? Frozen Food boxes have a thin layer of plastic sprayed onto the paper to prevent freezer burn. Recycling only works if like materials are together. So the thin “polycoat” that prevents food from spoiling also prevents the paper fiber from breaking up in the recycling process.
TIP 68
Spring is a popular season for graduations, weddings, showers and other celebrations. If you’re a lucky gift recipient, though, keep in mind that most gift wrap cannot be recycled. Wrapping paper is often dyed, laminated and/or contains non-paper additives such as gold and silver shapes, glitter, plastics and more which cannot be recycled. If you’re a gift giver, consider creative alternatives to wrapping paper. Wrap a budding journalist’s gift in a newspaper, consider magazine pages for a fashionista’s gift, brown paper bags tied with twine give packages a rustic farmhouse charm, and comics, of course, are always a fun option – no matter what the age of the recipient! And, gift bags which can be reused, are also an earth-friendly choice.Not sure what to do? Go to https://recyclesmartma.org
Reuse instead of buying new!
More items from the Library of Things at the Medfield Public Library
You only need a library card to borrow any of these items!Need a small laptop?Thinking about purchasing one but would like to try before you buy, or maybe you need it for a specific short-term task.This Chromebook would be great Movie night and you want something other than Microwave Popcorn? This Popcorn maker will make enough for the whole family and then some.
Need to put in a fence or replace your mailbox post?Borrow the pole digger so you don’t need to buy one for a one time need.
Purchase a backyard Compost Bin!
A limited number remain!The Transfer Station and Recycling Committee seeks to know how many residents would like to buy a compost bin at the Mass DEP subsidized price of $25 (+ $1.56 state tax). The minimum order for the Town would be 20 compost bins. Please contact Barb Meyer if you are interested in purchasing a compost bin with subject line: “compost bin”.bwmp2052@verizon.net
Name the Compactors!
Don’t you think our compactors need names? They look rather forlorn just sitting there with no personalities.Contest is open to all ages!
Email your first & last name& your ideas to:MedfieldTSARC@gmail.comLimit 4 names per personContest runs: 5/5-6/5Names will be selectedbased on creativityBe silly, be serious, buthave FUN!Two winners will get a $10 Park Street Bookgift card, a picture in Hometown Weeklyand a spotlight video on Medfield TV ! 0 Compactor #1
Compactor #2
Transfer Station Hours
AprilWednesday 9 AM – 4 PMFriday 9 AM – 4 PMSaturday 9 AM – 4 PMSunday 9 AM – 4 PMMayWednesday 9 AM – 4 PMFriday 7:30 AM – 4 PMSaturday 9 AM – 4 PM
Transfer Station StickersTransfer Station Stickers will be expiring on June 30, 2023.The new stickers will be available starting May 1, 2023 at the DPW office in Town Hall.The applications will also be distributed with thewater and sewer bills.
Spring is here. Delightfully unfolding all around us in Medfield. We have a wonderful place to call home as April turns towards May. And in the spring, I have the pleasure and privilege of inviting you to attend our Annual Town Meeting on Monday evening, May 1, 2023 at 7:00pm. We come together as a legislative body. We conduct the business of the town as citizen legislators. And we do it as friends and neighbors.
Please join us. We discuss, debate, deliberate, and decide. We focus on the important matters described in the town’s 2023 Warrant Report. We have 32 Articles to consider this spring, including budgets and local laws and regulations.
Please join us. The home of the town meeting is the Amos Clark Kingsbury High School gymnasium. Respecting schedules and time demands, we legislate in one-evening (usually). By charter, we gather on the first Monday of May. We come together live and in-person. We speak directly with one another. Every Medfield voter is invited, and every attendee participates as a legislator with a voice and a vote.
Please join us. We continue a heritage of direct, open, democratic, participatory self-government. We hear from our Warrant Committee. Our executive branch of government faces the community. Our collective judgement sets the budget and town objectives for fiscal year 2024. Our collective determinations set the course for Medfield’s future.
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Let’s go!
It would be great to see you at the high school on May 1. Be well.
Respectfully,
Scott F. McDermott
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2022 Medfield Lions Fire Truck Golf Ball Drop (Courtesy Image)
MEDFIELD Fire Department and MEDFIELD Lions Club GOLF BALL DROP, April 23rd at 1pm
Please consider buying Golf Balls (at $5 each) and you do not need to be at the event to win the prizes for Closest to the Pin and Farthest from the Pin!
All PROCEEDS will benefit the people of UKRAINE.
Easy as scanning the Lions Venmo QR Code to pay or contact Lion John Carey, Lion Alison Brown or Lion Colleen Sullivan (contact info on flyer), if you’d like to pay via CASH or Check.
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From the Charles River Chamber of Commerce newsletter – a cheap $4 m. transformation –
Proakis and Speck returning to Harvard
Finally this morning, when urban planner Jeff Speck spoke at our annual Fall Business Breakfast last November, he shared a quick sketch he made showing one way to make Watertown Square a calmer, more efficient, and inviting place. “I took one hour, off the clock, to investigate the worst part of Watertown,” Speck said. Speck said his idea was based on a similar design challenge in Poynton, England. (There’s an eye-opening videoexploring that transformation: Don’t miss the part where all the naysayers at the beginning, later admit they were wrong.) That sketch, is particularly interesting now as Watertown prepares to embark on a reimagining Watertown Square as part of the city’s updated Comprehensive Plan. It’s also interesting because Speck has had a long-time collaboration with Watertown City Manager George Proakis, which dates back to when Proakis worked in Somerville and he was a featured speaker at a highly regarded two-day class Speck teaches at Harvard. Proakis will be back in front of the classroom when Speck’s The Walkable City class returns in June.
The Medfield Energy Committee, along with the School Committee, is exploring the possibility of adding solar arrays to the schools’ parking lots and/or roofs. We would greatly appreciate it if you could take a minute to take this quick survey to inform us of the community’s current feelings on these potential solar projects.
Gov. Maura Healey this afternoon signed a supplemental 2023 budget bill that includes a majority of her proposed “immediate needs” bond bill as well as extensions of pandemic-related authorizations related to public meetings and outdoor dining.
The final compromise bill was enacted by the House and Senate on March 23.
The new law extends to pandemic-related authorizations that were set to expire on March 31 and April 1, thereby: • Allowing remote and hybrid meeting options for public bodies through March 31, 2025 • Allowing remote and hybrid participation options for representative town meetings through March 31, 2025 • Permitting reduced quorums for open town meetings through March 31, 2025 • Extending the expedited outdoor dining permit process and allowing restaurants to offer to-go cocktails through April 1, 2024
Posted onMarch 28, 2023|Comments Off on MHS victim of “swatting”
Email this morning from the Superintendent and Police Chief to school families –
Dear Medfield Families,
The Medfield Police Department received a phone call this morning that referred to a possible violent act at Medfield High School. The Medfield Police responded immediately, assessed the situation, and determined it was a hoax. All of our students and staff are safe. Many area communities received the same “swatting call” this morning. The purpose of these phone calls is to disrupt the school day with threats of violence while tying up local law enforcement. The Medfield Police did not recommend a “lockdown” at Medfield High School based on the information from multiple area police departments that received this same swatting call earlier than Medfield.
The Medfield Police and Medfield Public Schools are always in constant communication and have a collaborative approach to ensure the safety and well-being of all students and staff. We remain committed to working together to provide a safe, secure, and comfortable learning environment for all students.
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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