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Melrosians right at home in soccer shrine

THE MELROSE OVER 55 Soccer Team pose with a copy of the Weekly News at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, home of Real Madrid in Madrid, Spain.

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium is home to the legendary Spanish football club Real Madrid, and the Melrose Over 55 Soccer Team recently paid a visit to this world-class venue. The local…

 

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Local girl is ambassador for ‘Help Cure Childhood Cancer’

CORA, AGE 5, is shown with her mother and father, Teena and Craig, and her older sister Ella. Little Cora was chosen to become ambassador for Stop & Shop’s “Help Cure Childhood Cancer” campaign. (Courtesy Photo)

Editor’s note: At the family’s request, we are not using their last names in this article.

By GAIL LOWE

 

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Upstairs Downstairs at the Big Yellow House: FYACS Open Studios and Artist Pop Ups

MICHELLE TRAMMEL’S pieces of art

 

MELROSE — The community is invited to an Open Studio and Artist Pop Up event by 21 artists this Sunday, March 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Follow Your Art Community Studios (FYACS).

The downstairs gallery and studios will feature works by 10 visiting local artists in…

 

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Community freezer is open

THE MELROSE COMMUNITY freezer is helping feed neighbors at a time when residents struggle with food insecurity.

 

MELROSE — The weekly Sunday Free Meals Program at First United Methodist Church Melrose at 645 Main St. will offer meals on both Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday and is open every Sunday year-round from 11:30 a.m…

 

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Lewis leads charge in passage of Early Ed. Act in state Senate

STATE SEN. JASON LEWIS speaking at an EARLY ED Act rally on the State House steps immediately before Senate debate. He is standing alongside other lawmakers, and early education and care providers and advocates.

 

 

BOSTON — State Senator Jason Lewis, the Senate chair of the Joint Committee on Education, led his colleagues in…

 

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A new community resource for Melrose

DRAWING OF THE layout for The Patio at Follow Your Art.

MELROSE — Follow Your Art Community Studios (FYACS) is excited to partner with Tony Colella Landscaping this spring to create a new outdoor venue for classes, performances and community gatherings behind The Big Yellow House at 647 Main St. The updated backyard space will…

 

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Schools’ budget hearing is Tuesday

MELROSE — At their meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 26 and in accordance with Massachusetts General Law Chapter 71, Section 38N, the Melrose School Committee will hold a public hearing on the Melrose Public Schools administrative team FY25 proposed school budget.

Administrators propose spending just under $51 million in the year beginning July 1.

The…

 

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February housing report is out

MELROSE — During the first two months of 2024, 18 single-family homes sold in Melrose for a median price of $757,000, according to a new report from The Warren Group, a leading provider of real estate and transaction data.

Of the 18 sold so far this year, seven single-families were purchased in February for a…

 

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Front Page: March 22, 2024

 

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Fire chief placed on leave

CHIEF ED COLLINA announced his retirement last month.

MELROSE — As an outside law firm investigates an alleged violation of some unspecified city policy, Fire Chief Ed Collina has been placed on leave.

Just weeks away from his April retirement after 38 years as a city firefighter, Collina was placed on leave Friday, March 15…

 

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Northeast District Junior Music Festival

THESE MVMMS AND MHS students (from the left) were selected to perform out of hundreds who auditioned for the Northeast District Junior Music Festival held in Wakefield last weekend: Meadon Backroktsang, Gr. 7 Chorus; Jenevieve Tully, Gr. 8 Orchestra; Chloe Dimmick, Gr. 7 Orchestra; Amelie Christner, Gr. 9 Chorus; and Paige Trenouth, Gr. 9 Chorus. Congratulations

 

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A little St. Patrick’s Day history

THE SITE OF the city’s first St. Patrick’s Day celebration. (Photo courtesy of the Melrose Historical Commission)

MELROSE — St. Patrick’s Day was Sunday across the globe, with people of Irish descent and others celebrating on the observed birthday of the foremost patron saint of Ireland. 

Sunday was also an occasion to reflect on…

 

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