Traffic Commission bans parking near two tight fire-truck corners
From Medford News
- Housing trust closes zoning bonus loophole, advances linkage fee. The Affordable Housing Trust adopted a multiplier-based zoning bonus formula tying extra height to real unit gains, sent a linkage fee nexus study to ordinance drafting, and endorsed Megan Kelly for its open seat pending City Council confirmation.Medford News
- Community board approves Lincoln Road infill home 6-0. The Community Development Board voted 6-0 to grant a special permit for a second single-family home on a 13,277-square-foot Lincoln Road lot, then split 4-2 over a disputed height zone in the pending Boston Avenue rezoning package.Medford News
- Traffic panel bans parking near tight fire-truck corners. Medford's Traffic Commission voted 4-0 to ban parking near tight bends on Metcalfe and Elliott streets after a fire lieutenant said crews had to abandon trucks and walk to calls, and made the last block of Quincy Street permit-only.Medford News
- Tree ordinance advances to City Council for a vote. Medford's Energy and Environment Committee heard a revised public tree ordinance could reach a City Council vote, discussed a possible rodenticide ban, and noted Trees Medford is giving away free trees to high-heat neighborhoods through September 20.Medford News
- Historical panel splits on demolition reviews, advances three properties. The Historical Commission voted 71 Mystic Avenue and 73 Surrey Street significant, sending both to an October 5 hearing, while a member urged steering the VFW away from demolishing 321 Winthrop Street after crews found buried headstones at Cross Street Cemetery.Medford News
- School Committee approves superintendent's goals, CTE honors pilot. The School Committee unanimously approved Superintendent Galussi's 2026-27 goals, including getting 80 percent of kindergartners and first graders to reading benchmarks by June 2027, and a new Career Technical Education honors track for juniors and seniors.Medford News
- Board of Health splits tobacco suspension for two stores. The Board of Health let McSheffrey's Mobile and NK Convenience serve $2,000 fines and seven-day tobacco suspensions on non-consecutive days after second-offense sales to a minor, and heard a Tufts and BioLabs biosafety lab permit request for 200 Boston Ave.Medford News
- Council committee keeps noise ordinance rewrite in committee. A City Council committee approved its summer newsletter and reviewed noise-ordinance models from Somerville, Cambridge and Brookline, citing weak after-hours enforcement; the rewrite stays in committee with draft language expected after the September 23 Ward 1 meeting.Medford News
- Conservation Commission approves shell lighting, trail drainage projects. The Conservation Commission cleared dark-sky-compliant lighting upgrades at the Condon Shell and a state drainage fix on the Mustang Loop Trail near Medford High School, both proceeding without a full Notice of Intent.Medford News
- Medford home sales top out at $1.1 million. Medford's latest recorded deeds show home sales topping out at $1.1 million for the week, with trust transfers making up a large share of the recorded transactions.Medford News
- Free trees for high-heat neighborhoods offer ends today. Trees Medford is offering free trees to residents in the city's high-heat neighborhoods through September 20, part of a push toward roughly 300 total plantings, the Energy and Environment Committee heard this month.Medford News
- Ward 1 meeting Wednesday to shape noise ordinance rewrite. Medford's Ward 1 meeting is set for September 23, after which councilors expect draft language for a rewritten noise ordinance following complaints about weak after-hours enforcement.Medford News
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