Community Corner
Year in Review: What a Year It's Been, Medfield!
Lord's, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Medfield State Hospital, missing teen, retirements and newcomers, and more.
This has been an eventful year in Medfield. Here are some of the top stories from 2013.
- Lord's Department Store closed after 73 years in business
- Ann Thompson retired from the Medfield Board of Selectmen after 30 years in service
- Funding approved and construction begins on a new Department of Public Works building
- Richard DeSorgher returned to the Board of Selectmen after a 30-year hiatus
- Park Street Books moved from Park Street to Main Street
- Former Mobile gas station was converted to a Starbucks
- Former Friendly's restaurant was converted to a Dunkin Donuts
- Medfield Public School Superintendent Bob Maguire Retires
- Dr. Jeffrey Marsden assumes the helm of the Medfield Public School District
- Medfield teen missing from Medfield Public Library; she was later found safe in Rhode Island
- Residents voted to purchase 30 acres of Red Gate Farm
- Town Historian Richard DeSorgher releases book on Medfield History
- Introduction of public art onto downtown utility boxes
- Roche Bros. signed lease to open first "Brothers Marketplace" in old Lord's building
- State and Town move forward with plans to cleanup contaminated areas of Medfield State Hospital
TELL US: What do you consider the top story of the year?
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