Medway, Massachusetts
Community Organizations
A library you elect the trustees of, a historical society older than the automobile, a farm on land the town bought, and a cable station that will teach you to run a camera. Every organization on this page takes volunteers, and several of them are how a resident with no title at all ends up in the room.
Community Organizations
| Organization | What they do & contact |
|---|---|
| Medway Public Library | The town library at 26 High Street, with a catalogue shared across the Minuteman network, a makerspace, museum passes and a Library of Things. Its Board of Library Trustees is elected by Medway voters, so this is a board you can run for. |
| Medway Historical Society | Founded in 1902 and still preserving the history of Medway from 223 Main Street, with house history research, genealogy, maps and the historic house plaque programme. (508) 533-7222. |
| Medway Community Farm | A working farm on town land. Town Meeting bought the Winthrop Street parcel with Community Preservation Act money and the town leases seven acres of it, and a parcel on Adams Street, to the farm. |
| Medway Cable Access | The town’s community and government access television. It streams and archives Select Board, School Committee, Conservation Commission and Planning and Economic Development Board meetings, and it trains residents who want to make their own programming. |
| Medway Cultural Council | The town’s local cultural council. It awards Massachusetts Cultural Council grants to artists, performances and school programmes in Medway, and it publishes an artist spotlight for people working in the town. |
| Medway Business Council | A membership association of Medway businesses, more than three decades old, which runs the business directory the town links from its own site. |
Open Space, and Who Looks After It
Medway keeps a standing Open Space Committee whose own mission statement is to preserve the town’s rural character through the permanent protection of undeveloped land, wetlands and surface water, farmland, viewsheds, historic sites and recreation land. It maintains the trail network, publishes the town’s open space brochure and trail etiquette, and it takes a report of a blocked trail from any resident at medwaytrails@medwayma.gov or (508) 533-3291.
- Idylbrook Conservation Area is the site of the town’s Miyawaki Forest, a 3,000 square foot native forest funded outright by the Conservation Commission and planted by volunteers of every age, with planting days set for September 26, September 30 and October 3, 2026.
- Choate Park and Choate Pond sit on the mill dam Cephas Thayer built on Chicken Brook, next to the Thayer Homestead.
- Adams Street Conservation Area carries the Adams Street Meadow fully accessible trail and has its own ecological management plan.
- Oakland Park was rebuilt with Community Preservation Act money, alongside Choate Park and the Middle School tennis courts.
Town Services You Can Use Today
| Service | Notes |
|---|---|
| Council on Aging | The senior centre at 76 Oakland Street, with outreach, transportation, fuel assistance and SHINE health insurance counselling. Director Cathy Cebrowski. (508) 533-3210. |
| Parks and Recreation | Youth and family programmes and the town’s parks and fields. Director Julie Harrington. (508) 321-4740. |
| Veterans’ Services | Benefits, claims and services for Medway veterans and their families, with hours at the Medway Senior Center on Thursday afternoons. Director Kathleen Lang. (508) 429-0629. |
| Thayer Homestead | The town’s own restored 1850s homestead at 2B Oak Street, beside Choate Park, available to residents for events. (508) 533-3264. |
For current hours and the full list of departments, see medwayma.gov/departments.