- Allison Goldsberry
Kathleen McGlynn, daughter of Mayor Michael McGlynn and former chief of staff for John Edwards’ presidential campaign, will become the deputy chief of staff for Barack Obama’s number two.
Although it has not yet been announced who will serve as Obama’s vice-presidential candidate, staff is already in place for that candidate, including John Kerry’s […]

Blumsack Honored with City Hall Ceremony Tuesday
- Allison Goldsberry
From left to right, Bob Blumsack, City Clerk Ed Finn, and Assistant City Solicitors Mark Rumley and Anthony Santoro. Photo courtesy City of Medford.
Anyone who can get friends, family, and colleagues to sing “I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts” has to have been a special […]

Medford Health Matters Receives $100,000 Federal Grant
Medford Health Matters, a local non-profit organization that promotes health and wellness, has received a $100,000 federal grant to fight drug abuse.
Senators John Kerry and Edward Kennedy today announced that 29 Massachusetts organizations will receive a total of $2,837,743 in federal funding through the Drug Free Communities Support Program […]

The Medford City Council will hold the first of their summer monthly meetings on Tuesday, July 15 at 7PM in the Howard Alden Memorial Chambers.
Items on the agenda include a resolution by Council Vice President Breanna Lungo-Koehn directing the city to paint lane lines on Salem Street in Medford Square to separate the three lines […]

The Medford City Council will be conducting Council Meetings on the following summer dates and times:
Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 7:00 PM
Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 7:00 PM
Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 7:00 PM
Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 7:00 PM
All meetings take place in the Howard Alden Memorial Chambers, 2nd Floor, City Hall.
For further information, please contact the City […]

Council Approves $600,000 Loan to Construct Wind Mill
The School Committee approved plans for wind turbine similar to this one at the McGlynn School. The wind turbine pictured at left belongs to the IBEW Local 103 in Dorchester. Courtesy photo.
- Allison Goldsberry
After three years of planning, Medford’s first wind turbine will be constructed […]

79.9% of the entire school budget is for salaries and 20.19% is for expenses. With a projected enrollment of 4,753 students for the 2008-2009 school year, the proposed budget of $44,840,000 represents an average of $9,434 per student.
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Schools Face Tough Budget for 2009

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After years of avoiding painful school budget cuts since experiencing a decrease in local aid from the state in 2002, Medford has been forced to make some tough choices for fiscal year 2009.
For the seventh consecutive year Medford has received less state aid than it did in 2002, actually receiving $814,236 less this year according […]

Story Updated 11:27AM Friday, June 27, 2008
The Medford City Council met Tuesday night to continue with budget deliberations for fiscal year 2009 and unanimously voted for a $132 million budget.
Below is a preliminary budget presented to the Council from Mayor Michael McGlynn. Updated numbers will be available on InsideMedford.com on Wednesday.
The city managed to […]