- Allison Goldsberry The Medford School Committee unanimously approved a $47,483,000 budget for fiscal year 2013 on Tuesday night. Several items that were considered for being cut or reduced, as discussed at Monday night’s 6-hour long budget meeting, were restored, including kindergarten aides, math and science textbooks, and middle school foreign language. Proposed cuts to [...]

- Allison Goldsberry An assistant principal at a Revere middle school has been selected as Medford High School’s new headmaster. John Perella, assistant principal at the Garfield Middle School in Revere since 2010, will take over for current headmaster Dr. Krueger, who is retiring after fourteen years at the helm. Before his position at Garfield [...]

Pitcher John Lavoie – Allison Goldsberry The Medford Post 45 Legion baseball team won their first game of the season with a 5-1 road victory over Malden on Monday. Medford High’s John Lavoie pitched a complete game six hitter, striking out eight, according to head coach Ryan Kozul. Arlington Catholic’s Jon Byrne was 2-4 with [...]

Governor Signs HIV Testing Bill into Law Recently Governor Deval Patrick signed a bill into law that will expand HIV testing in Massachusetts. The bill, sponsored by Senator Patricia Jehlen, makes testing easier by removing burdensome written consent testing requirements while still retaining all of the patient privacy protections currently in the law. The law [...]