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The Life and Times of Honey Bear Babcock

Dec 1, 2023 There used to be a sign at the shack at the old Medfield town dump listing a few rules and regulations. At the bottom it said, “Per Order of Honey Bear Babcock, Dump Commissioner.” Fifty years ago, Medfield’s town dump was located off Grove Street. The site of that dump is the […]

Medfield Stone Walls — With a Surprise at the End

1600s, 1700s, 1800s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Medfield, Nyren / Tim Flaherty / David Temple

July 24, 2021 As the Laurentide Ice Sheet gradually receded 15-30,000 years ago, in the American Midwest, the retreating glaciers easily ground up the soft limestone underneath, leaving the farmer-friendly soil of the Great Plains. But in New England, granite, rather than limestone, was underneath the ice sheets. So, when the ice melted, our forebear

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