Monday, May 13, 2013
Medford City Council approved a total of $2.4 million for the reconstruction in 2012.
The Medford City Council will receive an update Tuesday on the status of the reconstruction of the Medford High School indoor pool. The update will take place during a committee of the whole meeting at 6 p.m. in room 207 of Medford City Hall. Here is what they have on tap for the whole evening, including their regular meeting at 7 p.m. in the Howard F. Alden Auditorium. The council has invited Mayor Michael McGlynn, Budget Director Stephanie Muccini Burke, owners project manager John Buckley and Medford Public School Superintendent Roy Belson to discuss the reconstruction. A total of $2.4 million was approved by the council in early 2012 for the pool, which has been closed since 2008. The funding was approved in two votes, one for a $1.9 …
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Bob FitzPatrick is a former Chief of Staff for state Sen. Pat Jehlen.
Medford Heights resident Bob FitzPatrick is announcing his candidacy for the November Medford City Council election this week. He'll be holding an announcement on his candidacy at Salvatore's Restaurant at 55 High St. in Medford from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday. “I am running as an advocate for clean energy, environmental issues and public investment in infrastructure and education,” FitzPatrick said in an e-mail to Patch. “I believe these are the investments we need to make now to move Medford and the entire state forward into a future that will offer our children and grandchildren economic opportunities and a livable environment.” FitzPatrick is the former Chief of Staff for state Sen. Pat Jehlen until August of last year when he left to become…
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Concerns abound that some Medford taxi operators are going to other communities to pick up fares.
The Medford City Council will begin the process of updating the city's ordinance on taxi cabs that hasn't seen many changes in around 20 years. At Tuesday night's committee of the whole meeting, the council discussed a wide range of issues surrounding taxi operations in the community. Chief among the concerns of councilors in the perception, and in some cases the reality, that some taxi operators with Medford licenses are taking their cabs to surrounding cities and towns and soliciting fares. "I just want to have something that provides some real clarity to the cab owners for what they can and cannot do," said City Clerk Ed Finn, who has seen a major influx of applications for cab licenses in Medford in the last year. City Councilor …
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Busy evening ahead for Medford's councilors.
The Medford City Council has a busy evening ahead of them as they hold committee of the whole and regular meetings tonight. The committee of the whole meeting is set for 6 p.m. in room 207 of Medford City Hall. The subject of the meeting will be to discuss the city's taxi ordinance. At 7 p.m., the council will hold the regular meeting. The notice for the 6 p.m. meeting and the agenda for the 7 p.m. meeting can be seen here. During the regular meeting, the council will issue citations to thank and honor grantees of the Medford Arts Council. According to the agenda, the council awards about $15,000 in state funding for several dozen arts and culture projects throughout the city. Councilor Robert Penta has several resolutions on the agenda, …
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Monday, May 6, 2013
After the public comment period was extended, state determines that development near Medford won't need review.
The commonwealth of Massachusetts will not require an environmental impact report (EIR) for the controversial Stoneham-based re-development project on Woodland Road very close to the city line of Medford. The decision not to require the EIR came from the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Richard K. Sullivan on April 19. You can read the full nine-page document including the decision here. The project, known as Langwood Commons, is in the middle of the Middlesex Fells, not far from the north part of Medford. While the property is privately owned, the Fells is managed by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). Friends of the Middlesex Fells Reservation, as well as concerned residents and …
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Friday, May 3, 2013
Smart911 program will allow public safety to have specific information about residences in case of emergency.
The City of Medford will be implementing a new 911 information system aimed at better helping public safety personnel responses to emergencies. Medford Mayor Michael McGlynn said at a press conference last week the system will allow individuals to "put together their own profile so when police and fire are responding, they will know the needs of that individual." McGlynn said a similar system had been used in the past but they included forms that needed to be filled out and entered manually. "This process will be much smoother," he said. McGlynn said Medford will be the first city in the state to implement the program from Framingham-based Smart911. Jessica Olson, community marketing manager for Smart911, said the system will allow …
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
New school security system being also implemented.
Equipment upgrades are on the way for Medford Police and Fire personnel, according to Mayor Michael McGlynn. The city is planning to purchase five new police cruisers for the Medford Police Department and three new command vehicles for the Medford Fire Department, McGlynn said recently. New cruisers will cost the city and initial payment of about $50,000, while the first payment on the new fire command vehicles will cost about $35,000. McGlynn said the fire deparment currently has several command vehicles that are "somewhat aged." McGlynn also added the city is in the process of implementing the new security system for Medford's schools. The system will have streaming video and will be hooked in to the city's 911 center. The cost of that …
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Accessibility changes coming to Hickey and Morrison Parks while softball field improvements are coming to Columbus Park.
A federal grant of approximately $830,000 will pay for improvements in the coming months at three Medford parks: Columbus Park, Morrison Park and Hickey Park. Plans for the improvements were discussed at a Friday press conference by Medford Mayor Michael McGlynn along with Office of Community Development Director Lauren DiLorenzo and landscape architect Pam Shadley. DiLorenzo said the ongoing improvements at Columbus Park will continue with work at the softball fields "to really have a versatile softball facility" there. Accessibility improvements are the ones coming to Morrison and Hickey Parks, according to DiLorenzo. "Some of these plans don't address every concern that everybody has, but I think they're good projects and the end result…
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Last Tuesday is Medford Mayor Michael McGlynn's birthday.
In light of recent events, Medford Patch reader Ken Krause sent along an idea Monday for a post that we felt might create a bit of a fun diversion. Krause pointed out to us that according to the city website, Mayor Michael McGlynn's birthday was Tuesday, April 23. McGlynn is the longest-serving mayor in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, having served since January 1988, according to the city. So, if you could give the mayor a gift for his (belated) birthday, what would you give him? Some of Krause's possible suggestions included: a new DPW yard, more local aid, parking improvements in Medford Square, among others. How about something like the battery-powered bike he's riding in the picture to the right? What's your belated birthday …
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Friday, April 26, 2013
McGlynn says his goal will be to eliminate the debt instead of carrying it over to next year.
An historically harsh winter has put Medford in the red. At a press conference Friday, Medford Mayor Michael McGlynn announced the city has a $732,000 deficit in its winter operations budget for the current fiscal year. "That's probably an average figure for most of the communities of our size around us," McGlynn said. It's due to what McGlynn said was the fifth-most severe winter in terms of overall snowfall for Medford since 1892, the first year it was recorded. McGlynn said the city originally budgeted around $300,000 for winter operations, and the city was over budget even before the massive February blizzard that dropped two feet of snow on the city. The deficit comes from labor and contract costs, oil, gas, sand, salt, repairs and …
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Arthur DeLuca
1:29 am on Saturday, May 18, 2013
Welcome to the race, Bob. Although yours will be a fresh face in this year's elections, you already bring a wealth of experience to the voters in the election booth. Allow me to be the first to congratulate you on what will undoubtedly be a win for you in securing one of the seven City Council seats. I have always said that to revitalize Medford Square one must first revitalize the City Council. … more ›