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The Ups and Down of Medfield Football – And Memories of a Magical Year

1960s, Medfield football / David Temple / Tim Flaherty / Richard DeSorgher

December 29, 2024 Over the last 20 years, Medfield High School’s football record stands at 113-119-1. This season ended with a 35-0 shutout win over their traditional Thanksgiving rival, Dover-Sherborn. Football was established in Medfield in 1897, with high school principal Walter Van Kleek serving as coach. Town historian Richard DeSorgher is continuing to research the […]

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The Wise Fools: How the Football Players of 1962 Sophomore Class at Medfield High School Remember Their First Winning Season

1960s, Football, Medfield High School / Tim Flaherty

Nov 1, 2024 In 1962, there was a lot of optimism in Medfield over the high school football team’s prospects. Practically the whole team from the 1961 squad was back and ready to play. The freshmen of last season were now about to enter our sophomore year, but before classes began the Medfield Warriors were

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Mrs. Jack – Art Collector, Muse, Mentor, and Mascot: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Boston Red Sox

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s / Jay Hurd

Nov 1, 2024 On a Saturday evening in December of 1912, Dr. Karl Muck, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, awaited the arrival of a most important patron. He had learned during his tenure that he could not commence the evening’s program until Mrs. Isabella Stewart Gardner occupied her customary seat. Even Dr. Muck,

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One Shining Day for Unsung Heros

1960s, Medfield football, Medfield High School / Tim Flaherty

Oct 1, 2024 It was the summer of 1961, and I was sitting comfortably at the top of the huge apple tree that was in the back yard of my family’s home on Pleasant Street. I even put a small cushion at the top where several branches converged. It was summertime, and the living was

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Beatlemania in Medfield in the 1960s

1960s, Medfield / Tim Flaherty

Mar 1, 2024 It was December 1963, and the most listened to song on AM radio was I Want to Hold Your Hand by the Beatles, a not-yet-famous British rock group. That recording had a lasting effect on American music history. Everyone has their favorite Beatles song, but I Want to Hold Your Hand got

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Hitchhiking to Medfield and Beyond

1900s, 1960s, 1970s, Flaherty, Medfield / Tim Flaherty

Oct 1, 2023 While most Americans today can’t fathom the thought of hitchhiking, many people at an earlier time would routinely stick out their thumbs on the side of the road. There were many different reasons that led people to hitchhike and why hitchhiking became acceptable. Hitchhiking was once a common form of getting

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There Was Once a Place Called Lord’s

1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s / Tim Flaherty

Jul 31, 2023 Once cosmopolitans who thought themselves sophisticated, might have asked, “Medfield? Where’s that? What’s that?” And many of the young people living in Medfield were chagrined by the frequent snide remarks about Medfield being Deadfield or Mudfield. Times change. Gradually the transplanted city people came to recognize a bustling community after driving down

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Joe Marcionette – Living to See Change

1950s, 1960s, Civil Rights, Marcionette, Martin Luther King / Tim Flaherty

Jan 1, 2023 My grandfather, Joe Marcionette (1901-1991) gave us memories of the way things used to be! He was an incredible man and larger than life figure. Joe was a town selectman in the 50s and 60s, and he enjoyed the office and position immensely. He also owned the Jenny gas station, now the

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The Palumbo Family of Medfield

1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1960s, Medfield, Palumbo / Tim Flaherty

July 11, 2022 Welcome to Frairy Street, running from North Street, past Baker’s (Meetinghouse) Pond, underneath a small railroad bridge, through the first Italian-American neighborhood in the town of Medfield, and ending at Dale Street. Walking there a century ago you might well have seen men from the old country gathered on their front doorsteps

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Gone Fishing, Like You, Like Me

1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Kingsbury Pond, Medfield, Vine Lake / Tim Flaherty

Apr 1, 2022 It might be hard for some people to imagine, with all the attention on social media, that going fishing in the waters of Medfield is still a fun adventure for the young and the young at heart. So, for a while, forget about the pandemic and let your mind float downstream! Fishing

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