Sept 1, 2020 Medfield began in 1651 as a farming community, although the climate was colder, and the growing season shorter than today. But farms have been extinct in Medfield for decades, with one notable exception: the Medfield Community Gardens, originally on Dale Street and now on Plain Street, with 75 plots, totaling more than […]
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May 30, 2020 The Coronavirus pandemic is far from the only deadly phenomenon that the town of Medfield has had to deal with throughout the years. Many longtime residents remember Hurricane Carol that hit New England back in the late summer of 1954, some 16 years after the sneak attack Hurricane of 1938 (Category 5!)
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Mar 31, 2020 “What’s the buzz, tell me what’s happening?” It feels as if these lines from the musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, apply to the deadly corona virus. We don’t know the origin of this virus. Some have suggested a zoonic process, where the virus may have jumped from an animal to human. Did it
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Feb 24, 2020 Fast Times at Medfield High School – Part II In 1963 at Medfield High School two distinctive groups of teens showed their separate ideas of our culture as related to education, music, fashion, and legacy – the college-bound Collegiates versus the blue-collar trade-bound Greasers. Some of the culture was shaped by rebellious
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Jan 20, 2020 Fast Times at Medfield High School – Part I In 1963 at Medfield High School two distinctive groups of teens showed their separate ideas of our culture as related to education, music, fashion, and legacy – the college-bound Collegiates versus the blue-collar trade-bound Greasers. A somewhat similar split between the Mods and
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Mar 27, 2019 How the Vietnam War Changed America We are now nearly 50 years beyond the end of the Vietnam War and continue to celebrate the lives of young soldiers who gave their lives and to those who returned to Medfield. This story calls attention to those brave patriots who served honorably in the
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Jan 26, 2019 What could be more beautiful than a sunrise? A majestic favorite tree, perhaps, reaching skyward? To some, the branches reaching upward seem like tendrils, delicate and intricate extensions of the plant stretching upward to the universe. A few trees have been mythologized as being earthly treasures. One of these treasures grows at
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Oct 3, 2018 Our town of Medfield in early 1951 celebrated a special time when many people started shopping for their first black and white televisions, just becoming popular in American homes. A family could all sit together after supper and watch the news or the popular shows at that time: singer Kate Smith’s show,
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May 31, 2018 On June 17th we celebrate Father’s Day. For many men, we will one day become the striking image through our personal qualities of that very man who helped bring us into the world, even if there isn’t a strong physical resemblance. It might be the way fathers hold a steering wheel of
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Apr 30, 2018 We all know that Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring the mother of our family, as well as motherhood, and maternal bonds of mothers in society. Mothers are the most important women ever to influence our lives. Everyone born into this world has a natural and immediate bond with their mom. Growing
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