Neil Zolot / medford@wickedlocal.com
Ever heard of Thomas Brooks Farm? Few Medford residents have. But that s about to change.
The Medford City Council tentatively approved appropriations for the Community Preservation Commission to implement early phases of a Master Plan for Thomas Brooks Farm at a Jan. 26 meeting.
A formal vote will take place Feb. 2 because the item was not on the official agenda for Jan. 26. The matter was discussed during a Committee of the Whole meeting and spilled into the formal council meeting at 7 p.m.
Members are amenable to the request for $200,000 restoration of a 1,000 foot Field Stone Wall; $50,000 for restoration of the red-brick Pomp’s Wall or the Old Slave Wall and $50,000 for an archeological dig on the site, which the Historical Commission’s Project Overview describes as a “six acre wooded landscape bordered by the Lowell Branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail tracks. It is currently a passive recreation area and a rich history that is greatly
And then the coronavirus crisis struck and the country went into lockdown. Immediately voluntary groups began providing help for those who could not work and the elderly who were having to self-isolate. The council urged residents not to panic buy goods after a van was stopped near the Blackwall Tunnel and found to be more than a ton overweight because the driver had stockpiled so much toilet roll.
April
Restaurants and bars that had to close because of the pandemic began giving out their leftover food for free to NHS workers who were spending all their hours at hospitals caring for the sick. Liam Tolan and David Burgess, who ran Fugitive Motel bar and kitchen in Bethnal Green, gave away food boxes of fresh fruit, vegetables and bread after posting a notice on social media. They took the rest to staff at the Royal London Hospital.