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Beyond Lowell Mason: Celebrating Another Medfield Music Luminary

Oct 1, 2024   This article was inspired by former Medfield resident Agnes Hungerford, who was also a Medfield music supporter and friend of the Allan family. Hungerford recently visited the Dwight-Derby House to unveil a new DDH display panel donated by her family, and spent some time talking about the Allan musical legacy. Future issues […]

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In Memory of Sandra Munsey, First Medfield Selectwoman

Oct 1, 2024   It was the 1970s, at the height of the women’s liberation movement, with Gloria Steinem at the forefront fighting for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. With two children in high school, and having recently earned her master’s in public administration, 39-year-old Medfield resident Sandra “Sandy” Munsey ran for selectwoman in 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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Award-winning Author Discusses Writing of Jane Bosfield Globe Piece

Feb 1, 2024   A little over a year ago, Globe Magazine featured an in-depth article by award-winning author Dick Lehr about Jane Bosfield, a Black woman sporadically employed between 1915 to 1917 at the former Medfield State Hospital, and the media storm that resulted from her discrimination case. Lehr took some time to discuss his

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