
Medfield Patch readers are very observant.
Yesterday, one reader contacted Patch with a question:
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Q: Any word on why a helicopter has been circling over town for much of the morning?
A: Yes, we have word.
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Town officials say the two blue and yellow helicopters are part of the mosquito spraying application done by Norfolk County Mosquito Control District.
"They are spraying all over Norfolk County," said Police Chief Bob Meaney Jr. "Locations differ from day to day depending upon the weather and how much they have gotten done in each town."
An advisory posted on the town's website on Thursday said,
The low-lying helicopter you see over Medfield today is the Norfolk County Mosquito Control. They are scheduled between April 16 and April 26 for an aerial larval control for mosquitoes.
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