In 2005, nearly 10,000 voters headed to the polls, or 30.49% of registered voters.
In 2007, only 21% of Medford’s 32, 914 registered voters cast a ballot.
Here’s a look at voter turnout, broken down by ward and precinct:
Ward 1 Precinct 1 - Andrews Middle School, 3000 Mystic Valley Parkway- 16.7%
Ward 1 Precinct 2- Fire […]

Lt. Colonel Anthony Santoro, Medford’s Assistant City Solicitor, talks to students about his military experience on Thursday morning at Elisabetta Daneu’s US History class at Medford High School. Santoro, a JAG lawyer since 1989, was one of twenty-four veterans and active duty military personnel that visited the school in a special Veterans’ Day program […]

The demolition of the former Central Artery in February 2004. Photo courtesy Alexander Svirsky, MassRoads.com.
Boston Globe reporter Sean P. Murphy will speak tonight at 7PM at the Medford Public Library about the nation’s most expensive highway project to date- the Big Dig.
Murphy is an award-winning investigative reporter and editor and has spent twenty years […]

State Representative Carl Sciortino (D-Medford) is holding office hours from 6PM-7PM on Thursday, November 8 at the Danish Pastry House, 330 Boston Avenue.
Sciortino can also be contacted on any day at his State House office, Room 23, by calling 617-722-2140 or via email at Carl.Sciortino@state.ma.us.
Rep. Sciortino’s “Buffer Zone” bill, aimed at strengthening buffer zones around […]