Emily Welch, Jacqueline Pellecchia, Allison Caloggero and Kaleigh Finigan, all of Medford, recently competed in the Bay State Games for the Metro Team, which won the silver medal in softball. Courtesy photo. The Bay State Metro Team captured the silver medal in softball at the Bay State Games held July 7-10 at Regis College in [...]

The Special Joint Committee on Redistricting will hold a public hearing on Monday, July 11, 2011 at 3:00 PM in the Gardner Auditorium at the State House in Boston. The Committee will solicit testimony on the division of the Commonwealth into: (a) Congressional districts under the United States Constitution; (b) 40 senatorial and 8 councillor [...]

On June 28th the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW MA) honored Representative Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. (D-Medford) as the 2011 Legislator of the Year. Representative Sciortino works closely with NASW on legislation and policies that are important to social workers and those they work with, including social worker safety in [...]