1890s

Grange Gatherings: Medfield’s Summer Social Scene

July 15, 2025   Imagine a local park with all these amenities: a pavilion, fountain and pool, separate lawns for picnicking and flowers, pergola, bowling green, multiple track facilities, plus tennis courts, and football and baseball fields. That is what “The New Athletic Field and Grange Park” on Pleasant Street would have looked like if the […]

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Sound Engineer Johnny Dalton Presents History of Sound Recording

Apr 1, 2024   Some 60 people turned out on March 4 to hear an entertaining and engaged Johnny Dalton, sound engineer, show and tell about key developments in the 166-year history of sound recording. Dalton graduated from Medfield High School in 2013 and established KungPow! Recording and Mastering in 2017. Johnny introduced his subject by

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Medfield “Suffragists’ Picnic” Bolstered Women’s Movement

Mar 1, 2024   On a 70-degree, late-summer day, under fair skies in 1875, Medfield hosted a “Woman Suffragists’ Picnic” in Curtis Grove, which was once a popular day resort located at the north end of Adams Street and current West Mill Street.   The picnic served as a convening of suffragettes from towns in the

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