School to Finance Green Energy Projects on Campus, in Medford, Other Communities
Tufts University’s focus on sustainability will go beyond the campus this fall when Tufts students, faculty and staff will have a chance to voluntarily finance green energy projects in Medford and throughout Massachusetts.
Tufts is the first university in the state to sign an agreement […]

CIRCLE to Join Tisch College, Will Study Youth Civic and Political Engagement
In what Tufts University is calling a “perfect civic match,” leading youth research center CIRCLE (the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) has moved to Tufts’ Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, boosting both institutions’ strength in […]

DA: Former Staffers Spent Tufts’ Cash on Fancy Trips, Luxury Items
- Allison Goldsberry
Two former Tufts University employees have been indicted for stealing almost $1 million from the school in two separate schemes.
According to Middlesex County District Attorney Gerry Leone, Josephine “Jodie” Nealley, Director of the University ‘ s Office of Student Activities between 1996 and […]

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

Tufts University Art Gallery First Annual Open House for Medford Residents Sunday, June 29
- Jeanne V. Koles, Tufts Art Gallery Outreach Coordinator
To mark the fifth year of summer exhibition programming focused on the vitality in the arts in Somerville and Medford, Tufts’ host communities, we are pleased to present five site-specific installations by Kyle Larabee, […]

Program Cuts, Layoffs Necessary to Make Ends Meet for Schools
- Allison Goldsberry
After several years of avoiding painful budget cuts, Medford has been forced to make some tough choices for its schools as it faces a large budget shortfall for 2009.
Before school officials could even begin to piece together a budget for the next fiscal year, […]

Community Group Has Donated Summer Readings Books to Schools for Years

For years the Medford Kiwanis have donated summer reading books to each of the city’s four elementary schools. Members of the Kiwanis, including William Wood, state representative Paul Donato, and Kelly Catallo are pictured above with students from the McGlynn Elementary School, principal Pat Buker, […]

Joe Kinch of the Medford Vocational Technical High School’s Automotive Collision Repair department was recently honored as one of the 2007-2008 Outstanding Technology Education Teacher Awards Winners. Kinch was one of 250 teachers selected from 30,000 to receive the award. Each teacher was nominated by his or her students. Kinch is pictured above with his […]