TV3, the Public Access station in Medford has been audited, and the results aren’t pretty. For years the management of TV3 has tried to sweep the fiscal health, community outreach, and membership problems under the rug. The vibrancy that is Public Access across the country is a closed shop in Medford.
Actually a “closed shop” […]

The following Medford High School seniors received special M-Club awards. The athletes were honored at a banquet on Tuesday, May 26, 2009:
Francis N. Pelosi Memorial Soccer Award
Anna Guigli (Soccer)
MHS Cheering Alumni
Christine Cardone
Mark Comfort Memorial Scholarship
Katherine Picarde (Cross-Country, Indoor Track, Lacrosse)
Ken Cooper Memorial Scholarship
Chris Vaudo (Soccer) and Phil Laguerre (Football, Basketball)
Bud Stillman Soccer Award
Destin Pierrot (Soccer)
Friends […]

Annual Event Helps Fish Reach Breeding Ground in Upper Mystic Lake
Volunteers will descend upon the Mystic Lakes on Friday and Saturday, May 29 and 30, to help herring get across the dam to reach the Upper Mystic Lake to lay their eggs during the 5th Annual Herring Bucket Brigade, sponsored by the Medford Boat Club. […]

Medford Football Hosts Community Event
New Head Coach Rico Dello Iacono and the Medford Mustang football team have invited the community to a special event this weekend to get them pumped for the upcoming season.
The Mustang Stampede will take place from 12:30PM-4PM at the home of the Mustangs, Hormel Stadium. There will be plenty to […]

4 Seniors to Ivy League, 6 to Tufts
Graduating Medford High School seniors are heading to several top colleges and universities.
Two students, Matt Cipollone and Philip Galebach, plan to attend Harvard University while Vanessa Latson and Susan Trinh will head to Brown University.
Six students will plan on staying local and becoming Jumbos: Matthew Connor, Alexis Donnaruma, […]

MHS Cheerleaders Fall Team Tryouts!
Come and be a part of one of the most successful programs at Medford High School!
Everyone makes a team! No experience is necessary. You will be taught everything you need to know!
Tryouts are Tuesday, June 16 and Wednesday, June 17 from 4PM-6PM at the Medford High School gym. Medford High School […]

The Boston Globe has posted a list of the top 100 highest-paid public employees in Medford.
The highest paid city employee in 2008 was Police Captain Alan Doherty, who earned $165,880.19. According to the Globe’s analysis, seventy-seven of the top 100 highest-paid employees earned more than $100,000, and forty-seven of the seventy-seven were police officers.
Police […]

Farmers’ Market Every Thursday June 4-October 8

The Medford Square Market will open its third season on Thursday, June 4.  The market is every Thursday from noon to 7PM on River Street in Medford Square. According to Market Manager Nikole Torres, many of the market’s vendors from last year will be back again, including When Pigs […]

Crown Vic Made Over for Special Police
Vocational students in the Automotive Collision Repair program recently gave a 1985 Ford Crown Victoria a much-needed makeover.
Three sophomore students, Andrew Demora, Oscar Lopez, and Anthony Meyers took the car, which had been sitting around for years, and made it into a police car for the Special Police Division. […]

- Allison Goldsberry
Boston.com has branched out its new community websites to three north of Boston communities- Medford, Malden, and Melrose.
The sites are part of several that the Boston Globe and its online affiliate, boston.com, have launched since late last year as part of a network of community coverage called Your Town. Medford’s site is […]

Mustangs Fall to Acton-Boxborough Thursday Night
Story Updated 9:50PM, Thursday, May 28, 2009
The Medford varsity baseball team headed to Acton-Boxborough in the first round of the North Division 1 state tournament and unfortunately came home with a 9-4 loss on Thursday night.
The Mustangs finished the regular season 11-9 (.550) and were the 19th of 22 seeds […]

Mustangs Split Tourney, Finish 3rd
- Allison Goldsberry
It’s the end of the road for the Mustang varsity softball team, as the girls wrapped up the season with a Memorial Day tournament and fell just shy of qualifying for states.
The Medford Lady Mustangs finished 3rd in the first Memorial Day softball tournament hosted by Arlington High School […]

8 Week-Long Sessions from July 7th through August 28th
The Boys and Girls Club of Middlesex County is now accepting enrollments for its summer camp.
The club is offering eight week-long sessions beginning July 7 and running through August 28. The camp runs from 9AM to 4PM daily and costs $120 per week. Early drop-off or late […]

- Meqdes Mesfin, Medford resident and Parent
On May 1, 2009, there was a story whose sole source of information was the Medford Police Department, although the incident took place at the Medford Boys and Girls Club’s Gene Mack Clubhouse. As a parent whose young children greatly benefit from the safety and structure provided by the […]

Medford observed Memorial Day with a special ceremony at Oak Grove cemetery. Below are a few pictures from the event. Click here to view more photos.
Mayor Michael McGlynn delivers his Memorial Day address.

Staff Sergeant Patrick L. Percefull, United States Army & Iraq War Veteran, helps a Women’s Auxiliary member decorate a veteran’s grave.

Flags […]

Teams Earns 13-3 Record

The junior varsity baseball team is pictured above with head coach Vin Macone.
- Allison Goldsberry
“There’s definitely a bright future for Mustang baseball.”
Junior Varsity Head Coach Vin Macone and Varsity Head Coach Nick Tucci both agree that the future indeed looks very good. The junior varsity team wrapped up the season with a […]