Office Hours Postponed to 7/11

Posted on July 4, 2025 | Comments Off on Office Hours Postponed to 7/11

HAPPY 4th! OFFICE HOURS WILL BE NEXT FRIDAY, 7/11

At The Center from 9 – 10 AM.

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We Are in a Tier 2 Water Restriction

Posted on July 3, 2025 | Comments Off on We Are in a Tier 2 Water Restriction

From DPW alert –

July 03, 2025

Water Restriction – Tier 2

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).

View it on website

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MEC Info Session on Specialized Energy Code in 10 minutes

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Posted on June 30, 2025 in Energy Committee

Zullo Gallery has Bought its Building

Posted on June 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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State Flush with $, but not Sharing

Posted on June 7, 2025 | Comments Off on State Flush with $, but not Sharing

From the Statehouse News Service Weekly Roundup (that former Medfield resident John Nunnari faithfully continues to share with me weekly, despite being gone 5+ years) –

“State tax collections continue to cruise, putting the total haul with just one month left in the fiscal year more than $2.8 billion ahead of last year’s pace”

Yet the state is not sharing so much with Medfield this year. Current Cherry Sheet estimated increases for state revenue sharing with towns over last year are modest.

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Town Data

Posted on June 6, 2025 | Comments Off on Town Data

From the 495/Metrowest Partnership –

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Sustainable Yard & Garden Tour – Sunday, 6/22, 3–5:30 pm

Posted on June 6, 2025 | Comments Off on Sustainable Yard & Garden Tour – Sunday, 6/22, 3–5:30 pm

From Helen Dewey, of Medfield Environment Action –

Sustainable Yard and Garden Tour

Medfield Environment Action will be hosting another Sustainable Yard and Garden Tour on Sunday, June 22, from 3 – 5:30 pm. Attendees will travel to four different gardens in Medfield. The homeowners will walk attendees through the yard and provide an overview of their garden and what makes it sustainable. Homeowners will discuss what they have planted, how they maintain it and any equipment that they use. The garden on Pine St and the one on Stagecoach Rd. were featured in the last tour in September, 2024. Come see the gardens in full bloom in June! It will be set up like a crawl in which folks move from garden to garden, at specific times, providing their own transportation. Car-pooling is encouraged!  There is no cost to attend, and all are welcome. Register ahead of time at tinyurl.com/SustainableGardenTour-2025 to receive more information about each garden and any weather related updates.

Why would one want to strive for a yard that has a low impact on the environment? Conventional yard care can be time consuming, is destructive to the eco-system and harmful to an entire food web. For example: poison the grubs, birds are harmed by eating the grubs, use chemicals to achieve green grass, storm water becomes contaminated, moreover turf offers nothing in the way of food for nature. In addition, children and pets can be harmed when exposed to grass and yards with a lot of chemicals.

The homeowners on the tour will show how a sustainable, low impact yard is a work in progress but the benefits include lower maintenance costs, cleaner air to breath, (no gas powered leaf blowers), improved visual appeal, no secondary poisoning through the food web, re-use or composting of leaf materials on-site, conserving water, supporting biodiversity, “the living earth”, precious time available to focus on other activities and a sense of helping rather than harming, everybody wins.

Whether you are an avid gardener interested in learning some sustainable practices that you can implement or just curious as to what it is all about, join us on Sunday, June 22 to take a walk around some beautiful, thoughtful and eco-friendly gardens in Medfield. The flyer with the addresses of the gardens is posted on the MEA website, meamedfield.org. Any questions please email meamedfield@gmail.com

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Medfield TV Survey – corrected link

Posted on June 4, 2025 | Comments Off on Medfield TV Survey – corrected link

NB – Apologies for the fact that the prior post had an incorrect link to the Medfield TV Community Survey, which has now been corrected

From Katie Duval, Executive Director, Medfield TV –

We are hoping to get feedback from as many residents as possible. Please consider helping us by sending the survey to your friends, neighbors, and local networks. The more feedback we receive, the better we’ll be able to plan for Medfield TV’s future.

Medfield TV Community Survey


Thank you again,

Katie Duval

She/her/hers

Executive Director

Medfield TV

katie@medfield.tv

508-359-8888 

www.medfield.tv

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Medfield TV Survey

Posted on June 4, 2025 | Comments Off on Medfield TV Survey

From Katie Duval, Executive Director, Medfield TV –

We are hoping to get feedback from as many residents as possible. Please consider helping us by sending the survey to your friends, neighbors, and local networks. The more feedback we receive, the better we’ll be able to plan for Medfield TV’s future.

Medfield TV Community Survey


Thank you again,

Katie Duval

She/her/hers

Executive Director

Medfield TV

katie@medfield.tv

508-359-8888 

www.medfield.tv

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Memorial Day Photos by Colleen Sullivan

Posted on June 3, 2025 | Comments Off on Memorial Day Photos by Colleen Sullivan

From Patch Mayor Colleen Sullivan, who is also our town photographer expert –

PHOTO GALLERY: Medfield Memorial Day Services 2025

https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/321386/20250526/100923/styles/patch_image/public/img-2018___26220713911.jpgMemorial Address given by State Representative, Josh Tarsky (Photo by Colleen Sullivan)

https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/321386/20250526/100923/styles/patch_image/public/img-1999___26220829906.jpgCo-Chair, Memorial Day Committee: Michelle Doucette (Photo by Colleen Sullivan)

Medfield’s Memorial Day Services 2025

Memorial Exercises at Baxter Park

(Revolutionary, Mexican, Civil, Spanish American, WWI, WWII, Korean and Vietnam Memorials)

“Star Spangled Banner” – MHS Choral Student Julie Karam

Invocation – Hunter Guthrie, First Parish Church

Introductions – Co-Chair, Memorial Day Committee: Michelle Doucette

Gettysburg Address – Blake Middle School 8th Grade Student Brielle Dhaiti

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