The Board of Selectmen met with the police chief and fire chief last week to discuss their proposed FY14 budgets.
The Board of Selectmen met on Tuesday to discuss the Blizzard of 2013, the closing of Lord's Department Store, and the following agenda items: To watch the meeting on Medfield TV, click here.
Medfield could get another 6 to 10 inches of snow.
UPDATED: 2/21/13 at 10pm Snow, snow, and, yes, more snow! Yet another snowstorm is headed our way this weekend, starting Saturday night and going into Sunday during which Medfield could see nearly a foot of new snow. On his blog, WHDH meteorologist Pete Bouchard says snow will start up on Saturday afternoon. "After midnight, the storm will get a little meatier. Snow intensity will increase into Sunday morning. Heavy snow through Sunday morning. Tapering to flurries by mid afternoon on Sunday," Bouchard writes. That could be bad news for folks coming home from February vacation. As of now (and this could change), forecasts call for anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of new snow in the Medfield area. If you're planning to stock up for the storm, …
Medfield residents, how well did the town handle the snowstorm?
Is your street clear? Are you still buried? Is your mailbox still standing? On Friday and Saturday, Medfield experienced a snowstorm it will not soon forget. As the piles of snow remain, we want to know how you grade the town's response (or state's) to the Blizzard of 2013. What grade would you give the town, an A? B? C? F? What do you say? Tell us in the Comments section. Please mention if you live on a main street or a side street.
Here's a look at last week's headlines.
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Medfield Schools have two-hour delay today, Feb. 11. No AM Kindergarten or Preschool.
Schools will start two hours later on Feb. 11.
Medfield Public Schools will have a two-hour delayed start on Monday, Feb. 11, according to the district website. There will be no morning Kindergarten or preschool classes.
Light, fluffy snow on rooftops can act as a sponge for rain, which is in the forecast for Monday. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency offers these tips.
With rain and snow in Medfield's forecast for Monday, the Blizzard of '13 may not be finished wreaking havoc in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) warns that fluffy snow piled high on roofs can act as a sponge, absorbing rain and adding additional stress to structures. Relatively flat roofs are particularly vulnerable, MEMA says. In other cases, roof ice dams have formed causing water build-up, leading to interior damage. These conditions can accelerate the snowmelt. To minimize the risk of over-stressing a building roof due to accumulated or drifting snow: Information from a release by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) was used in this report.
Police say Scott Friedman was located in another town.
Scott Friedman has been found safe in another town. Residents of Medfield received another "reverse 911" call shortly before noon saying that, Scott Friedman has been located in another town and is safe. We appreciate the concern expressed by the community and the offers of help. At 9:15 p.m. Friday night, Medfield Police Chief Robert Meaney Jr. issued a "reverse 911" call to alert residents that Scott Friedman, 21, of Nauset Street, was missing. On Friday night into Saturday morning, the Medfield Fire and Police Departments, along with family and friends, spent many hours searching the trails of the Noon Hill Reservation, by foot and by Fire Department snowmobile, but could not find the man. TheMassachusetts Emergency Management Agency …
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Scott Friedman was found safely earlier today "in another town," according to Medfield PD.
UPDATE- Medfield Police issued another "reverse 911 call" this afternoon stating that Scott Friedman has been found safe in another town. MEDFIELD, MA -- After an hours-long search of Noon Hill Reservation that spanned Friday night into Saturday morning, a Medfield man is still missing. At 9:15 p.m. Friday night, Medfield Police issued a "reverse 911" call to alert residents that Scott Friedman, 21, of Nauset Street, was missing. Here is a transcript of the "reverse 911" call issued on Feb. 8: At approximately 6:10 this evening a family reported their son overdue from a walk in a reservation near his house. Scott Friedman is 21 years old and is described as a white male, approximately 6 feet tall, 180 pounds with black hair. He was last …
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3:03 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
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Browse your neighbors' photos, and add your own.
When the snow started falling Friday, we began collecting photos from the storm. Let's build on our gallery of photos that show how the blizzard impacted Medfield! If you snapped some pictures or shot some videos, share them here. Just click the "upload photos and videos," button above.
Tom Curl
8:01 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
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