MEDFORD

Back-to-school shopping now includes plenty of masks and hand sanitizer, but one student in Medford, Massachusetts, is buying supplies for more than just herself. Delilah Putnam, a seventh-grader at Andrews Middle School in Medford, spent the summer raising money and collecting donations to make COVID-19 prevention kits for classrooms. The boxes include items like paper towels, disinfectant spray and protective…

A seventh-grader is buying supplies for more than just herself, carrying out a mission to help every classroom stay safe.

Several wildfires continue to burn out of control across Oregon, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes.

An attempted thief who allegedly hurled himself through the window of an elderly women’s home in Medford Friday afternoon and attempted to prevent her from alerting authorities has been arrested, according to Medford police. The woman in the home told officers she had been sitting in the first floor of her house when she heard a crash. Upon checking...

Former New York City Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has through his charitable organization donated $3 million toward construction of a new public library in his Massachusetts hometown, officials said Tuesday. The library, scheduled to open next year, will be named the Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library in honor of Bloomberg’s parents, who lived in the…

Tufts University plans to allow students back on campus starting in August, a decision that has sparked concerns from the public as well as the mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts. The university, which is spread between the cities of Medford and Somerville, announced on Wednesday that it will allow students to return on a staggering basis starting on Aug. 16. Students…

Move-in day will be more like move-in month at Tufts University.

Crews are cleaning up a mess in Medford, Massachusetts, where police say the driver of a car smashed into several vehicles before going through the front of a nail salon Tuesday morning. The incident happened at about 10:30 a.m. in a parking lot on Middlesex Avenue. Police said a driver struck five cars and then the Bellagio Nails & Spa….

Video shows a vehicle crashing through the wall of a nail salon Tuesday.

The driver of a car was hospitalized Tuesday after crashing into five vehicles and then a nail salon in Medford, Massachusetts, police said.

A Massachusetts mother and her 3-year-old daughter were rescued from the second floor of their Medford home early Monday morning when a 2-alarm fire broke out.

A Massachusetts mother and her 3-year-old daughter were rescued early Monday morning after fire trapped them inside their Medford home. A call was received at about 2 a.m. for the blaze on Brookings Street, Medford fire said. When crews arrived, fire officials said a woman and her child were trapped on the second floor of the home. Megan Lantanowich told…

Police in Massachusetts are searching for suspects involved in a shooting after an apparent car crash Sunday afternoon, Medford police said in a statement. The Medford Police Department responded Sunday to reports of shots fired in the vicinity of Shepherd Road. Responding officers found two vehicles that appeared to have been damaged in a crash. They also found shell casings…

The Medford Police Department responded Sunday to a report of shots fired in the vicinity of Shepherd Road.

The number of bald eagles in Massachusetts continues to grow, with nine new nests confirmed in the state this year, including the first on Cape Cod in more than a century. The state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife said more than 70 active eagles’ nests have been documented around the state in 2020, including new nests in Fitchburg, Wenham, Concord,…

A man has died and a woman is hospitalized with serious injuries after a motorcycle crash in Medford Thursday night, according to Massachusetts State Police. Enzo Vnicius, 29, of Malden, was driving a 2008 Kawasaki motorcycle when the front tire popped off on the road. Vnicius lost control and hit the back right corner of a parked van, ejecting him…

More then 50 residents at the Courtyard Nursing Care Center in Medford, Massachusetts, have died within the past month and over 100 have tested positive for coronavirus, according to the facility’s medical officer.

Since the coronavirus outbreak hit New England, officials have voiced concerns about the lack of testing for people who may have been exposed to the virus, but are not showing symptoms.

A nurse practitioner with Physician One Urgent Care says it’s really important to screen essential personnel so we protect the entire community.

Essential workers are now able to receive tests at a drive-through location in Medford.