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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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
It's easy to upload your photos. Just click the "Add" link below the photo gallery and follow the directions.
You know you took photos of the snow in Medford this morning—so share them and let's create a gallery of how the town looks in this morning's winter wonderland. Use the photos you already took this morning, or take your camera or cellphone, stick it out a window or doorway and take a photo or a video. Then upload it to this article. You can sign in with your Medford Patch account or your Facebook account. It's easy, just click the "Upload Photos and Videos" button and follow the directions. Be sure to include a caption for your photo that lets others know where the photo was taken. The more specific you are the better, but simply mentioning the roadway in Medford is fine too. Let's have some fun with this and see what we can create …
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
You ask, Patch answers. When can we expect longer days?
Winter can be tough on the emotions. The cold weather can be difficult to deal with, snow can be a pain (though also fun) but what really seems to get people down is the short days. There is something about the sun going down before most people get out of work that is depressing. So when can we expect longer days? The days will begin to get longer after the Winter Solstice, which is the shortest day of the year. According to timeanddate.com the December solstice occurs when the sun reaches its most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees is normally on Dec. 21, but the actual shortest day can be between Dec. 20 and 23 depending on the year. According to sunrisesunset.com, the shortest day of the year in this area will be on Dec. 22. On …
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1:14 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
New England needs its own time zone. Being on the east side of a vast eastern time zone the sun rises way to early and set way too early every day of the year. more ›