Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line:Firehouse Foul! Firefighter Promotional Exam Canceled

Dear Billy T and Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line,

Just sharing. Not diverse enough so they put a hold on it. Not sure. What it does it’s screws a lot of people that have been studying for months.

End of promotional exams as we know it. Now it will be an assessment center. You sit down with a bunch of people picked by city hall they ask you questions. Like on sexual harassment racial harassment. What do you do about it. Not a damn thing about fighting fire. Then they pick who they want. Not 1 out of top 3. Anyone who applied from people taking the test.

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Somerville/Medford Remembering Pasquale Fiorenzio

Pasquale Fiorenzio, age 87, of Somerville passed away on Tuesday, November 8th in Mt. Auburn Hospital of Cambridge. Born and raised in Gaeta, Latina, Italy, he was the son of the late Ugo and Luigia (Socorsso) Fiorenzio. Pasquale immigrated to the U.S. in 1970, settling in Somerville and working as a machinist. He also had a home in Wareham, and loved to spend time on his boat fishing, or working in his garden. Continue reading Somerville/Medford Remembering Pasquale Fiorenzio