Before the Nov. 3 general election this year, Medford voters will narrow down the field of CIty Council candidates in a Sept. 1 preliminary, according to a Wicked Local report .

Sixteen council candidates officially filed their nomination papers with the city by Tuesday's deadline, the report stated. A City Council preliminary election is triggered when the ballot reaches 15 candidates.

The candidates running for the seven council seats up for election include:

Richard Caraviello

Brian Chamberlain

Mark Crowley

Christopher D'Aveta

Leonore Eforo

John Falco Jr.

Adam Knight

Breanna Lungo-Koehn

Michael Marks

Mario Martin

Neal McSweeney

William O'Keefe Jr.

Neil Osborne

Michael Ruggiero

Frederick Dello Russo

George Scarpelli

Voters will eliminate two candidates during the September preliminary and have until July 30 to drop out of the election.