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The Polar Express

Commuter train heading south on Tuesday from Wedgemere Station in Winchester to West Medford.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Kwanzaa to everyone. May we all enjoy the blessings of the season and resolve to work for a better world in 2025.

A Taste of West Medford

Music, food and beer — what more could you want? Sponsored by the Medford Chamber of Commerce.

Wednesday might have been the best day of the spring to see the flowering Bradford pear trees along Boston Avenue in West Medford and the Hillside neighborhood, which also happens to be the route that I walk occasionally to the Medford/Tufts Green Line Station. The Green Line takes me directly to Northeastern, and I learned something that had escaped me before — the trolley platform is also lined with Bradford pears.

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The view from West Medford

Around West Medford

It’s the first snowstorm of 2023-’24. I just got back from a bit of tramping around. I immediately got a question on Facebook: What is the Slave Wall? So here you go.

Venus and Jupiter

Overhead in West Medford at 6:30 p.m. — the most striking conjunction of Venus and Jupiter that we’ll see until 2039.

Walking around the Brooks Estate

I took an easy two-and-a-half-mile walk through the Brooks Estate on Saturday, which was officially Day One of my COVID quarantine. I felt fine and kept my distance from the few people I encountered. Here is some background on the property, which, sadly, is in pretty rough shape. Click on any of the images for a larger view.