Attorney Victor Garo in his Medford office.
Medford Attorney Victor Garo will speak at tonight’s Chamber of Commerce Dinner at 6PM at Century Bank.  After a thirty-year fight, Garo recently won the  largest judgment for wrongful imprisonment in US history for his client, Joseph Salvati, and his family.  His dramatic story will soon be the subject […]

- Allison Goldsberry
A Boston Business Journal story recently ranked Century Bank, the largest family-controlled bank in New England, among the top charitable givers in the state based upon both company and employee contributions to charitable causes and organization.
The Boston Business Journal made the announcement today at its second annual Corporate Philanthropy Summit.
“After the second year of […]

The Wild Oats supermarket on Route 16 will soon become a Whole Foods Market.
Story updated 11:24AM Sunday, September 16, 2007
- Allison Goldsberry
Whole Foods Market confirmed today that Medford’s Wild Oats store will remain open as a Whole Foods Market.
Fred Shank, a spokesman for the market, said all of the current employees will be offered jobs […]

A team of Medford residents is raising $3,000 to participate in an Autism Awareness Walk and Papa Gino’s is helping them toward that goal by donating 20% of pre-tax sales between 4PM and 9PM Thursday, September 13.
Simply print out this flyer and bring it to Papa Gino’s at the designated time to help support Medford’s […]

Nearly 3,000 plastic yellow ducks “raced” down the Mystic River this morning in Medford’s first-ever duck race, organized by the Chamber of Commerce.  Though no one won the grand prize, a brand new Saturn Sky Roadster, the winning duck snagged a 50-inch plasma TV for its owner, Mary Pat Lohse.

Nearly 3,000 plastic yellow ducks are dumped into […]

This print of a Fenway painting by Thomas Lynch is one of several raffle prizes offered by the Chevalier Theater Organ Society and other groups during Saturday’s Duck Race and Arts Festival. Photo courtesy Ken Krause.
From sports to wine to plastic yellow ducks in the Mystic River, here’s what’s happening in Medford this weekend:
Saturday, September […]

Story updated 9:30AM Wednesday, September 5, 2007
- Allison Goldsberry
According to Salem Street Business Association President Betsy Lister, the SSBA will merge with the Medford Chamber of Commerce at the beginning of the year.
The SSBA will take a final vote on the proposal at its September 26 meeting.  The idea for the merger was first floated […]

- Allison Goldsberry
Cars are out, and walking and biking are in; at least as far as the Medford Chamber of Commerce is concerned.
The Chamber, taking its cue from neighbors Somerville and Cambridge, has started a Green Streets initiative to promote Medford’s businesses and clean energy.
The goal is to get increased foot-traffic (literally) into businesses that […]

A rendering of the view from the Malden River of one of the proposed office buildings at River’s Edge.  Photo courtesy Gensler.

A partially submerged barge was one of many environmental hazards that had to be removed from the old industrial site.  Photo courtesy Gensler.

Tons of tires- 175 tons, to be exact- once littered the river’s edge, along […]