Also, Kirby’s Mill announced it will be open during July and August.
A night at the movies
Local families made their way to Freedom Park on Tuesday, July 18 for the second iteration of Medford’s Movies in the Park nights, planned to run every Tuesday at dusk until Aug. 22. The movie of the night was “Trolls.”
The event is put on by Camp Dark Waters, a coed overnight summer camp for children ages 7–14.
“Years ago, the township used to put on Movies in the Park every year, and the Rec Department went away a few years ago and in the process of all of that, they asked if we’d be willing to do it for them. And so we worked it out,” the camp’s Executive Director Travis Simmons said. “This is our fourth year doing it. Every week during the summer, we come out, put the screen up and sell a little popcorn and snow cones and put on a movie.”
Medford Town Council approves three new EMS members
Town Council approved one new volunteer EMS member, Frank Menaquale, and two new junior volunteer EMS members at its meeting last week.
Additionally, council approved two raffle licenses: one for Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. and another for St. Mary of the Lakes Church on Dec. 10 at 4:30 p.m.
The lone topic up for discussion was a request written to council by Vincent DiStefano Jr. for a park bench and a tree to placed in Freedom Park in honor of Distefano’s father, Vincent DiStefano Sr, who was a Korean War veteran and who recently passed away on June 27. Freedom Park sits on top of the former site of the DiStefano family’s farmstead property, which spanned 140 acres. The township acquired the property from the DiStefanos using state Green Acres funds in 1991.
Kirby’s Mill to be open during July and August
Kirby’s Mill & Museum will be open to the public on Sunday afternoons during the months of July and August from 1–4 p.m. The Mill, which dates from 1778, is included on the National Register of Historic Places and is a restoration project of the Medford Historical Society. Visitors will be able to tour the Mill which houses the Society’s collection of local memorabilia, period costumes, told and farm implements. Admission is free. For more information please call 609–654–7767.
