Medford Bytes

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More information about Shannon's music and her podcast "Irish Music Stories" can be found at https://shannonheatonmusic.com/ More information and updates about Medford Brewing can be found at https://medfordbrew.com/ as well as @medfordbrewing on instagram. For more music from Max Heinegg check out https://maxheinegg.bandcamp.com/  If you have any feedback about this episode or ideas for future episodes, you can email [email protected]  You can also subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Today's episode includes an interview with Sam Sednek and information about the new Medford Public Library. Information about the new library can be found at https://medfordlibrary.org/. The temporary library space will close on Saturday, December 4th at 5 pm and reopen on January 3rd, resuming regular business hours. 

Also on this episode was Melanie Raelin, owner of Book Wonder and organizer of the Free Diverse Library. More information about Book Wonder can be found at https://book-wonder.business.site/ as well as @bebookwonder on Facebook and Instagram.

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This episode includes interviews with members of Walk Medford (http://www.walkmedford.org  and https://www.facebook.com/WalkMedford) Medford Bicycle Advisory Commission (http://www.medfordbikes.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/medfordbikes) and the Safe Roads Alliance (https://www.saferoadsalliance.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/SafeRoadsAlliance) 

For more information about the legislation mentioned by Emily and Safe Road Alliance you can visit https://www.saferoadsalliance.org/support_road_safety_legislation

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More information about Loving Little Minds can be found at https://lovinglittleminds.org/

You also heard an ad for Reimagym's Black Friday Sale. For info about this can be found at https://reimagym.com/

To donate to Divya's work with the Medford Housing Authority and the Community Calendar, please check out https://gofund.me/6e7ef5be

Today's episode features Aoife Merry, coach for Girls on the Run. More information can be found at https://www.girlsontherun.org/ and for the local chapter https://www.girlsontherunboston.org/ and your can still sign up to help out at their 5k on November 20th at Hormel Stadium. To register or for more details about the event, visit https://www.girlsontherunboston.org/5K.

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The first interview on today's episode is with Alicia Hunt, Director of Planning, Development, and Sustainability. In her interview, she references the website http://medfordenergy.org/gogreen/ and she also describes newsletters that pertain to the Community Preservation Act, Medford's Comprehensive Plan, Medford Businesses, and the Office of Planning, Development and Sustainability that can be subscribed to by going to http://medfordenergy.org/gogreen/newsletter-sign-up/

To access more information and to access surveys about the parks at https://medfordenergy.org/parks you can also email [email protected]

This episode is an interview of Melanie Perkins-McLaughlin, a candidate who is running for her second term on the School Committee. Information referenced in this episode came from https://www.melanie4medford.net/about-melanie  If you want to give feedback about the podcast please email [email protected]

This episode is an interview with City Councilor and candidate for Mayor, John Falco. Information in this episode was taken from https://patch.com/massachusetts/medford/candidate-profile-john-falco-medford-mayor and https://www.johnfalco.org/. For questions or feedback about the podcast email [email protected]

This episode is an interview with Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn. Information in this episode was taken from https://www.medfordma.org/mayor2/about-medford-mayor/ and https://www.breanna4mayor.com/. For questions or feedback about the podcast email [email protected]

This episode is an interview with City Council candidate David Todisco. Information in this episode was taken from https://www.davidtodisco.com/. For questions or feedback about the podcast email [email protected]