Five Things You Need To Know Today, March 4

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Notable Events:

▪ It's storytime today at Walpole's Barnes and Nobles (82 Providence Hwy) and the featured book is Thomas the Tank Engine's Railway Rhymes at 10:30 a.m.

▪  Remember to take your photos of Vine Lake Cemetery and submit them in the photo contest: "Frozen in Time" by March 21.

Medfield Real Estate Statistics Revealed in Boston Magazine's "Best Places to Live": As part of Boston magazine’s “Best Places to Live” issue hitting newsstands in March, the magazine revealed real median home prices, as well as year to year growth.  The following is the statistics revealed for Medfield:

•  2010 Median price of a single family home: $573,500
• 2009 Median price of s single family home: $547,500
• One year difference: +5 percent
• 2005 Median price of a single family home: $617,500

Real Estate and Restaurant Review: In the market for a new home? Check out our weekly feature today, House Hunt, which profiles the open houses around town this weekend. If you're not looking for a new home but are interested in trying out a new restaurant this weekend, be sure to catch our Best Bites feature later today. 

Check Back Today: Richard DeSorgher wrote a great historical column on the Medfield State Hospital in "Uniquely Medfield," which hits cyberspace every Friday morning. ... The Medfield High School hockey teams split in the state tournament Thursday. There will be recaps of the girls' 3-2 overtime loss to Urusline Academy and the boys' big win, 4-2, over rival Medway. 

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