Wednesday, August 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Join Kate Genovese,author of Two Weeks Since My Last Confession, for a reading and book signing at the Medford Public Library.

The best upbringing in the world doesn’t foolproof one from a terrible life. Two Weeks Since my Last Confession follows Molly O’Brien, daughter of a senator and raised in what seems to be the perfect life. But at thirty, she has a crippling heroin addiction and her life is on the rocks. What went wrong? Two Weeks Since my Last Confession is a moving novel of dealing with one’s past.

Kate Genovese is a member of the National Writer’s Union and also the author of two previous books – Thirty years in September : A Nurses Memoir and Loving Joe Gallucci; : Love and Life with Hepatitis C. Kate is a registered nurse in the community health field and lives in the Boston, Massachusetts area with her family.

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Please join us for a forum presented by Mass. Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD)

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 6:00PM – 7:30PM

Medford City Hall, Howard Alden Council Chambers

Discrimination in; Employment, Housing, & Public Places

Please RSVP to 781-393-2501 or dmcleod@medford.org by July 22, 2010 for attendance, accommodations, and linguistic translators

Sponsored by the Office of Human Diversity & Compliance, the Commission for Persons with Disabilities, & the Medford Human Rights Commission

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Golden Rule Honey

The Medford Farmers’ Market opened its fourth season in a new location- the parking lot of Whole Foods on Route 16. The market will run June through October from 3pm-7pm on Thursdays. For events and vendor updates please visit www.medfordsquaremarket.org.

Picture courtesy of InsideMedford.com

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Be a Parent Not a Pal Presentation April 12^th

By Penelope Bruce

On Monday April 12^th from 7pm-9pm, Medford Board of Health and Medford Health Matters Substance Abuse Task will be hosting a presentation for parents at the Caron Theater, Medford High School.

Be a parent not a pal is a presentation created by Richard P. Campbell and the law firm of Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy to educate students, parents, teachers and members of the community about the Social Host Law, and to illustrate the legal consequences of allowing those under the age of 21 to possess alcoholic beverages. The presentation will tell the stories of victims of the consequences of underage drinking as well as of the hosts who have been prosecuted under the Social Host Law. They show what happens when good kids make bad decisions and well-meaning parents who think that they are providing safe havens for their children and children’s friends painfully discover that these havens are not safe after all. They discuss the liability of social hosts when civil actions with millions of dollars at stake rapidly follow criminal prosecutions. They give new perspectives on the question, “Mom, Dad, can I have a party here at the house? Some of my friends will be drinking, but since I’ll collect all of the car keys, we’ll be safe, and everything will be all right.”

This program is for all parents with teens 6th to 12th grade but the program content is geared toward parents with teens in High School.

Admission is free and refreshments will be served, please RSVP at Medford Board of Health 781-393-2560 or at pbruce@medford.org