Rising Costs, Unexpected Expenses Make for Tough Budget Season
The city will tackle putting together a budget in the next couple of weeks before fiscal year 2009 begins on July 1. 
Rising energy and health insurance costs, combined with unexpected expenses such as a fire at the high school last summer, have left the city scrambling to […]

- Susan Altman, 2007 Market Manager
The Medford Square Market opens Thursday, June 19. We’ll be on River Street in Medford Square (same spot as last year) every Thursday 1PM-7PM into October.
The Medford Square Market has teamed up with Massachusetts vendors to provide you with the freshest produce, breads, herbs, cheeses, pastries, prepared foods, and more! […]

Francis N. Pelosi Memorial Soccer Award
Emma MacNamee
Mustang Cheerleading Scholarship
Brittany Medeiros
Mark Comfort Memorial Scholarship
John Beckshaw, Cross-Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track
Ken Cooper Memorial Scholarship
Mike Agostino, Football, Lacrosse, Paige McGlynn, Cheerleading, Lacrosse
Bud Stillman Soccer Award
Eric Annable
Friends of MHS Award
Michela Pothier, Gymnastics, Lacrosse
Friends of Angel Torres Award
Christelle Mundele, Soccer, Basketball, Outdoor Track
The Tony Lucci Golden Mustang Award
Jack Dempsey, Video […]

Two Men Plead Guilty to Second Degree Murder Charge
Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone announced today that two men have pleaded guilty to second degree murder in connection with the 2005 beating death of John Doyle, 24, of Medford.
Joshua Dudley, 20, and Nicholas Harrell, 19, pleaded guilty late Friday afternoon in Middlesex Superior Court to charges […]

Community Group Has Donated Summer Readings Books to Schools for Years

For years the Medford Kiwanis have donated summer reading books to each of the city’s four elementary schools. Members of the Kiwanis, including William Wood, state representative Paul Donato, and Kelly Catallo are pictured above with students from the McGlynn Elementary School, principal Pat Buker, […]

Drug Arrest is Second in Less than Week
Medford Police have nabbed another suspect for allegedly dealing drugs, the second arrest in less than one week.
Police arrested Angel Ruiz, 19, of Roslindale, for allegedly dealing heroin in the Bow Street area.
Ruiz was arrested on Thursday after Medford Police Narcotics Detectives Sergeant David Montana and Detective Kevin […]

Support for Route 16 Terminus Grows Online, in Neighborhoods

The above map, created by Medford Green Line Neighborhood Alliance member Doug Carr, shows the walking radius around a proposed Green Line station at Route 16 on the Medford/Somerville line. Courtesy photo.
- Allison Goldsberry
In a little over one week nearly 1,000 local residents have signed a petition […]

“I-Cubed” Bill to Create Jobs through Funding Public Infrastructure Projects
Medford’s State House delegation got behind a bill this week they say will help create thousands of jobs by helping communities and developers fund work on streets, sidewalks, water and sewer lines, and street lights, which are all essential to successful economic development.
The Infrastructure Investment Incentive […]

2004, 2007 Sox Trophies will Visit Little Leaguers at Hormel
The 2004 and 2007 Red Sox World Series trophies are coming to Medford and are ready for their close-up.
The twin championship trophies will visit Medford’s Little League teams on Sunday, June 22, from 9AM to 11AM at the Little League fields at Hormel Stadium.
Mayor Michael McGlynn […]

The following announcement is from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA):
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority has begun mailing its Annual Water Quality Report to every household in its service area. The report is required by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and updates consumers on last year’s water quality test results.
MWRA and the local water […]

The Medford High School crew team closed out its first year with a great showing at the Massachusetts Public School State Championships on the Merrimac River in Lowell May 25.
The Mustangs held their own against 24 other schools, with the Boys Second Novice 4+ (pictured at right) coming in 3rd in the finals, beating crews […]

Joe Kinch of the Medford Vocational Technical High School’s Automotive Collision Repair department was recently honored as one of the 2007-2008 Outstanding Technology Education Teacher Awards Winners. Kinch was one of 250 teachers selected from 30,000 to receive the award. Each teacher was nominated by his or her students. Kinch is pictured above with his […]

The second annual Medford Fit for Life 5K Run/Walk this past Sunday drew nearly two hundred runners and walkers despite the 90 degree heat.  The race is in honor of Medford Police Officer Patrick Fahey and all proceeds will be donated in his loving memory to help deserving children attend the Medford summer camp program.
Watch […]

For the first time ever, gas prices have topped $4 per gallon in Massachusetts, and US Representative Edward Markey (D-Malden) wants Congress to take action.
Markey, Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, will hold a hearing this Wednesday on the oil crisis to discuss how bad prices, production, and consumer […]

State Senator Pat Jehlen (D-Somerville) and volunteers from her office recently lent a hand in planting trees and building houses for birds and bats during the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Park Serve Day. The crew helped build two houses for bats, whose appetite for mosquitoes help control the population, near Bellevue Pond in Medford […]

After being accused of sexually assaulting up to four women and being arrested for the alleged assault of one of those women, State Senator Jim Marzilli (D-Arlington) has dropped his bid for re-election and checked himself into McLean Hospital. Sen. Marzilli represented Medford and Arlington residents for nearly two decades in the state house of […]

Medford Police, working with Cambridge and Everett Police in a multi-city drug raid, arrested a Medford man on Friday morning for allegedly trafficking drugs.
Sean Walker, 40, of 45 Medford Street was placed under arrest after police, armed with search warrants, conducted a search of Walker and his home. The search yielded several thousand dollars as […]

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Emma Rose MacNamee
Matthew Richard MacNeill
Erin Ann Mahoney
Jared Michael Malave
Michael Fintan Maloney- Class Vice President
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Marie Elienne Mamouzette
Rebecca Elizabeth Marc
Renaldy Dede Marcelin
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Ashley Elizabeth Martignetti
Pedro Martinez
Jeffrey Alexander Martins
Jalisa Mateo
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Jenna Adele McCabe
David James McCarron
Julia Rose McCart
Rhea Kathleen McCullough
Donielle Denise McDade
Paige Leigh McGlynn- Class Treasurer
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Brittany Lyn Medeiros
Chanel Marie Medeiros
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Ryan Michigan
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Members of Medford’s Forestry Division work on a tree. Photo courtesy City of Medford.
Tree Warden Has Been Recognized by State Group with Award
- Allison Goldsberry
City Hall will recognize one of its own for winning an award by with a tree-planting ceremony on Wednesday.
Arthur Jeselonis, Medford’s Tree Warden for nearly fifteen years, has been named Massachusetts […]