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Medford to Hire 8 New Firefighters
$1.47 million grant will fund eight new positions for two years.

After graduating from the University of New Hampshire in 2008, I had a summer internship with The Eagle-Tribune newspaper, where I covered Southern New Hampshire. After the internship, I stayed there two years as a reporter before coming to Medford to work for Patch in August 2010.
$1.47 million grant will fund eight new positions for two years.

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