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While the Advisory Committee to Rename the Columbus School agreed on three names to present the School Committee, some are now calling the process flawed.

The Advisory Committee to Rename the Columbus Elementary School has picked finalists for a new name for the Hicks Avenue building.

What are the Medford City Councils powers when it comes to the budget? Thats what the council wants to clarify.

Neil Zolot / Special to the Medford Transcript Uniform regulations and enforcement for parking across the city? Seems like a common sense first step in easing parking issues — and thats a point parking official want to make clear. The suggestion came from Jim Silva, co-chair of the Commission on Parking Policy and Enforcement, in video-conference City Council Committee of the Whole workshop meeting Wednesday, May 12.  “There needs to be consistency in policy, enforcement and signage,” Si...

Kinga Borondy / Special to the Medford Transcript Medford Police are still investigating an April 1 incident involving City Councilor Adam Knight in the lobby of the Bank of America building on Mystic Avenue that resulted in smashed glass and a broken door frame. The incident, according to Knight, was “just an accident. There’s not much of a news story.” A Medford native, Knight currently serves as the vice president of the City Council. He was elected to the council in 2013 and has been ...

Commission would give Medfords youth a voice in city Neil Zolot / Special to the Medford Transcript Medfords youth could soon have a say in their city. And city officials are in support of the idea. City Councilors expressed support for a proposal made by Councilor Adam Knight to start a process to establish a Youth Commission, during their meeting on May 4. “We have commissions for everything but don’t have one for our youth,” he said. “This is an opportunity to create a mechanism to h...

Amanda Vitello / Special to the Medford Transcript In a time of so much turmoil due to COVID-19, one ambitious duo chose to view the pandemic as an opportunity rather than a roadblock. In March 2020, Gregory and Karina Kagramanov, a father and daughter team, decided to go back to their Azerbaijan roots and open Medford Shoe Repair at 16 Harvard Ave. Karina is a 22-year-old UMass Amherst graduate who majored in integrated business and communications for marketing. “I am first-generation in Ame...

Mark Rumley / Special to the Medford Transcript Our country today, indeed our world, is filled with deafening shouts. Shouts from those who do not seek any more than what others have but stand in refusal to accept less. Their voices say “my life is sacred, do not take it”; “that empty seat at the table is mine, it’s time that I take my rightful place”. Their voices say “do more than hear me…listen to me… join with me…let us find freedom.”  Invoking the memory and spirit of ...

Neil Zolot / Special to the Medford Transcript The results of a citywide survey on parking and other policies are in — and there are 21 recommendations to go along with it. The Commission on Parking Policy and Enforcement has completed its report "following a months-long series of public meetings, data collection and analysis," city administrators said in a released statement. "In the nearly 60-page report, Commission members provide detailed information about their work, data analysis, and e...

Medford Police are using the statewide Text911 to urge victims of abuse to call for help while isolated.