Medford News

Medford High's foreign language teachers have started a Change.org petition urging the superintendent to increase their department's budget.

Stoneham firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire that broke out at a Highland Avenue home Monday night.

With defendant James "Whitey" Bulger sitting less than eight feet away and staring straight ahead, a star government witness in the case against Bulger explained Monday why he turned against the man he long counted among "my partners in crime, my best friends."

U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey, who has boasted in his U.S. Senate campaign about bringing high-tech jobs to Massachusetts, backed one of the biggest telecom busts in his own hometown, funneling $35 million in taxpayer dough to a 17-year project that's failed to create a single Internet job.

The walk will take place at the track from 6:00AM-6:00PM. Participants can walk or run as much as they want.

Mayor Michael McGlynn said the city is developing a casino mitigation plan in the event a major casino is developed in either Everett or East Boston.

The television personality lent a festive air as she attended the Saturday christening of her friend's baby girl in Athens on the beautiful island of Greece.

Medford Mayor Michael McGlynn said a casino in neighboring Everett would cause headaches for the city and seeks mitigation if the proposal becomes a reality.

After a particularly tough year for the West Nile virus in 2012, Massachusetts health officials are bracing for what could be another busy summer for the mosquito-borne illness.

The city is starting a raised-crosswalk pilot program, according to a Thursday release .

The meeting is taking place on Thursday, June 20 from 6:00-8:00PM at St. Clement School, 579 Boston Avenue, Medford.

A walk on Sunday, June 23, will help raise money for the newly established Krystle M. Campbell Scholarship Fund.

Fathers teach you values, how to ride a bike and their love of the Red Sox. Patch spoke with people in Medford and Arlington to find out what they learned from their fathers.

Psychic Denise Fix, known as the "East Coast Medium", will be appearing at Carroll's Restaurant, 21 Main Street, Medford, on Saturday, June 29 from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. Fix will be doing psychic readings at an open audience show fundraiser sponsored by the Medford Arts Center, Inc. .

China's decision to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions should help to alleviate the dangerously high levels of air pollution in the country.

The Royall House and Slave Quarters received the 2013 Massachusetts History Commendation at Mass Humanities' annual Mass History Conference in June.

Today is Tuesday, June 11. Here are five things you need to know. 1.) There is a Summer Reading Book Fair starting at 5:30 p.m. this evening at Andrews Middle School .

Malden Police Chief Kevin Molis credited "tremendous police work" and an "informed, alert citizen" for the Sunday morning arrest of an armed man suspected in two gunpoint ATM robberies in Malden and Medford last month .

Thanks to the keen eye of a female shopper, an alleged shoplifter was stopped on June 7 in Sudbury before taking offer with more than $200 worth of items.

2.) Overfilled trash barrels a problem in Medford? 3.) "The Art Forger" author, Barbara Shapiro, will be at Bestsellers Cafe at 6:30 p.m. this evening.