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Sixteenth Week - Saturday's "Medfield Historical Minute"

A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.

Medfield Transfer Station
Medfield Transfer Station (Courtesy of Medfield Historical Society)

A Medfield Historical Minute...

This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.

"In 1899 town meeting voted to purchase 4 ½ acres of land on Grove Street for use as the public dump. This area remained the town’s public dump until 1986, when the transfer station was built on North Meadows Road (RT 27)."

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