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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northeast Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. Settled in 1630, it is the seat of Tufts University (chartered 1852).
  • A city of southwest Oregon south of the Rogue River. It grew as a shipping point in a fruit and lumber area.

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  • noun a town in southwestern Oregon; a summer resort
  • noun town in northeastern Massachusetts; residential suburb of Boston

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  • MEDFORD -- A federal judge in Medford has halted work on removing Gold Ray Dam on the Rogue

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  • MEDFORD - South Jersey residents and restaurateurs will be able to add local flavors to their dishes this summer, thanks to the opening of a new farmers market in Medford

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  • MEDFORD - Burlington County Central Dispatch wants to create more emergency backup sites, while officials discuss Medford joining central dispatch.

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  • MEDFORD - A local contractor began work this week on the replacement of a historic cornerstone that burned at Main and Union streets in Medford in 2008.

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  • MEDFORD - As 78-year-old John Vousden drives the streets of Medford to take his wife to a medical appointment, he's understandably nervous.

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  • MEDFORD - Police believe the "Zombie Bandit" who robbed more than a dozen banks in the Midwest in the 1990s struck in Medford last week.

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  • MEDFORD - A failed trip to the Oregon Vortex and an unusual car race on stage at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater amused Ford Motor Co. officials enough to extend the title of "agents" to Medford residents Brad Nelson and Emma Frankland for the company's

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  • MEDFORD (AP) - Freezing temperatures in Southern Oregon are suspected in the death of a 70-year-old Medford man.

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  • MEDFORD (AP) - Medford police say a 79-year-old man who built an Oregon grocery chain is in the hospital and his 80-year-old wife is dead of knife wounds.

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  • MEDFORD - The 125 bus drivers who transport students to Medford public schools will vote Friday on whether to unionize.

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