Article: TOWN MEETING CONTRADICTS REUSE COMMITTEE DECISION VOTERS SUPPORT GOLF COURSE OPTION

A controversial proposal to build a golf course on the Commonwealth-owned Medfield State Hospital property got a huge boost last week when Town Meeting voted to support it.

Town Meeting was following the advice of the Board of Selectmen and the Warrant Committee, both of which voted to support the golf course plan as the alternative to the first choice put forward by the Medfield State Hospital Reuse Committee: Finding a developer to build about 300 housing units surrounded by 80 acres of open space.

The Reuse Committee had earlier rejected listing the golf course even as a second choice in the recommendation it will soon forward to the state.

Although the state will ultimately decide what ...

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