Medford recorded 15 property transfers between Sept. 11 and Oct. 10, but only five carried a sale price so far, ranging from $369,900 to $1,590,000 with a median of $912,000. The month's top sale was 20 Hillside Ave at $1.59 million, bought by Atsuko Polzin from the Mortimer Leo Realty Trust. More
A water main break forced two Medford public schools to close Friday morning without running water. From our own coverage: Energy committee hears warning on rat poison risks; Historical panel takes up two significant demolitions. Also in today's brief (7 items): Water Main Break Forces …
Medford's Conservation Commission cleared a backlog of state recreation filings and approved a new footbridge rebuild in the Middlesex Fells Reservation.
Oak Grove Cemetery trustees lean toward a costlier, curved accessibility path for the World War I Memorial and weigh a tradeoff of hundreds of burial spaces for the Seven Acres expansion.
Run Medford's postponed 5K and 10K will take place later this year after September's storm delay. Also in today's brief (3 items): Run Medford 5K, 10K reset for later this year; Tufts runner Reisner named NESCAC runner of week; Medford volleyball hosts St. Mary's freshman, JV matches.
Medford School Committee holds off on a new elementary reassignment policy amid timeline concerns. Vice Chair Jenny Graham warned that promising families an answer as early as June was unrealistic, saying "no one's going to hear from us in June.