Medford Chamber Awards Tonight

SONG OF THE DAY: "Closer" by Jimmy Eat World

Good morning, Medford! Here are five things you need to know today, Thursday, April 4.

1. CHAMBER AWARDS: The Medford Chamber of Commerce is holding their annual awards banquet tonight at Montvale Plaza in Stoneham. Among the honorees will be .

2. COMMUNITY CELEBRATION: Medford Health Matters is holding a community celebration today starting at 6 p.m. at Medford City Hall. More information available here.

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4. THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Just after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The civil rights leader was in Memphis to support a sanitation workers' strike and was on his way to dinner when a bullet struck him in the jaw and severed his spinal cord. King was pronounced dead after his arrival at a Memphis hospital. He was 39 years old. Information courtesy of History.com.

5. TODAY'S FORECAST: Warmer, sunny with a high around 55. Partly cloudy tonight with a low of 36.