Melrose News

MELROSE — The City of Melrose is entering into new contracts for trash and recycling collection and disposal, beginning on July 1, 2024. The new program will include automated pickup from the city’s new hauler, Casella Waste Systems. 

Due to the city’s last contract having been negotiated over eight years ago, prices have changed…

Towns have shared same $200M allocation for more than a decade

By CHRIS LISINSKI

State House News Service

BOSTON — The House’s point person on transportation did not even need to hear from a single city…

MELROSE — The University of New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra and Chamber singers will be providing workshops to The Melrose High School Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on Tuesday, January 30. The UNH ensembles will provide a performance, open to the public, which will also feature a collaborative piece with MHS Students in an evening concert…

MELROSE — As costs continue to climb, school administrators presented their first draft of a fiscal year 2025 spending plan this week.

There is still a long way to go until a final budget for the next academic year is approved, but interim Superintendent of Schools John Macero and Director of Finance and Administrative Affairs…

BOSTON — State Senator Jason Lewis and State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian recently announced that Melrose is receiving $250,267 from the state to fund local transportation and infrastructure improvements. This funding comes from the new Fair Share Amendment revenue that the state began receiving this year.

In November 2022, Massachusetts voters approved the Fair Share Amendment…