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Hi Medford! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How scammers are targeting Medford residents with fake arrest warrants
  • What really happened during the reported disturbance at Medford's Fells Plaza?
  • Regional students earn honors, including Tufts University graduates in Medford

Also on today's calendar: Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!) and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 86 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 79, low: 64.
  • Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 74 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Medford PD, Middlesex Sheriff Warn Of Law Enforcement Impersonation Scam (iheart.com) — Medford police and the Middlesex Sheriff are warning residents about scammers posing as law enforcement and demanding Bitcoin payments for fake arrest warrants and missed jury duty. One Medford resident recently lost $7,500 in this scheme. Officials stress they will never request payment by phone or in cryptocurrency and urge anyone suspicious to hang up and call police directly.
   

2. Medford: Man Arrested After Disturbance at Fells Plaza (thesomervillenewsweekly.blog subscription) — Medford officers responded to Fells Plaza Wednesday evening after reports of a man chasing people near BioLife Plasma Services and possible gunfire, quickly detaining a suspect and determining no firearm was involved. A thrown glass bottle slightly injured a nearby child, and a Washington, D.C. man now faces assault charges after being arraigned in Somerville District Court.
   

3. School News, Aug. 28, 2026 (keenesentinel.com) — Two local students from Vermont communities recently graduated from Tufts University in Medford earning dean's list honors for the spring 2026 semester. The roundup also highlights numerous New England students recognized on dean's and president's lists or earning degrees from colleges across the region, showcasing a wide range of academic accomplishments.
   

4. Somerville's Out of the Blue art gallery is on the move back to Allston - Cambridge (csindie.com) — Medford gets a brief spotlight as the former home base for Out of the Blue Art Gallery, which once operated out of owner Parama Chattopadhyay's Medford residence between Cambridge and Allston stops. The long-running, eclectic gallery is now leaving Somerville's Armory after a city takeover and relocating performances and visual art to the Jackson Mann Community Center in Allston, with some works headed to storage in Medford.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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