Medfield Officials Praise Town Departments for Response to Storm
Medfield police and fire received 62 storm related calls from last weekend's Nor'easter. On Tuesday, Medfield town officials commended the work of its safety and public works departments for the response and work that’s been done in the aftermath of the
Medfield Town Administrator Michael Sullivan said at Tuesday’s Board of Selectmen meeting there were “a lot of crisis moments” in town during last weekend’s surprise snowstorm that left many residents without power for days. “We did have some problems [with the storm] and the police and fire were particularly hampered by the storm because their telephone systems were offline for quite a bit of that time,” Sullivan said. “We also had the water treatment plant [lose] its power and was on emergency generator. At one point, none of our wells were working. The only one that has a generator, I believe, is well No. 6. The batteries went [out] on that [but] our DPW mechanic was able to use a generator.” Sullivan thanked the efforts of Hank Marcell…
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