• Jarret Bencks, Patch Staff Verified Patch Staff Badge

  • Medford, MA

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.

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Governor Signs Off on Jehlen-Sponsored Alimony Bill

“I have heard too many stories of families hurt by the alimony system. This balanced approach takes account of changes in society and the workplace in order to make the alimony system fairer for all.” -Sen. Patricia Jehlen

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Governor Signs Off on Jehlen-Sponsored Alimony Bill
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Medford School Officials Talk MCAS Results

"We have a society that’s crazy about rankings…Because they rank people, they’ve created this craze that somehow you can score this (standardized scores) like a baseball game.” - Medford Superintendent Roy Belson

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Medford School Officials Talk MCAS Results
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Bloomberg References Medford in Education Summit Remarks

"If my teachers back in Medford, Massachusetts a long, long time ago would have been told that some day Mike Bloomberg would be speaking at a national education summit, they probably would not have believed their ears." -NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg

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