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Come enjoy a seriously fun Holiday Concert with Polymnia Choral Society!

MELROSE — For 70 years, Polymnia Choral Society has been delivering great performances to acknowledge and honor the important times in our lives. Every year people in our area look forward to starting off their holiday season with the Polymnia winter concert. We can promise a fun, festive and surprising choral concert for your family…

 

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Be Kind on November 20: give back to those who need it most for Random Acts of Kindness Day 

MELROSE — In celebration of MelroseKind’s Random Acts of Kindness Day on Monday, November 20, the City of Melrose is asking residents to consider the following three ways of being kind: Donating to the Melrose Emergency Fund; “adopting” an older adult in Melrose; and/or donating cranberry sauce to a MelroseKind Porch by November 17. 
 
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Registration now open for Melrose Parent University

MELROSE — Melrose Education Foundation’s annual Parent University is a morning of workshops for parents, caregivers and community members focused on education, parenting, community engagement and related topics. Parent U will be held in the Melrose High School Learning Commons, 360 Lynn Fells Parkway on Saturday, November 18 from 8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. All…

 

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MHC celebrates 50 years with vintage posters

THIS BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO shows the Stearns & Hill drug store. (Courtesy Photo)

 

By GAIL LOWE

MELROSE—In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Melrose Historical Commission (MHC) has turned beautiful pictures of vintage buildings throughout the city into posters, and they are now on display in store windows for the month of…

 

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Front Page: November 17, 2023

 

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On a trip to India

OUR GOOD FRIEND and colleague, the talented photographer Raj Das, is at the Gateway to India in Mumbai, India as he prepares to visit his father’s birth village in Rajnandgaon. (Photo submitted by Raj Das)

 

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Scott Macaulay does it again

MELROSE — Scott Macaulay is up to his old Thanksgiving tricks, with help from J. Pace & Sons of Saugus.

The two are again combining forces to offer a free Thanksgiving meal to anyone who is going to be alone on the holiday.

This is the 38th year Scott has done this, generously donating his…

 

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Melrose Middle School drama puts on The SpongeBob Musical

MELROSE — Tickets are now on sale for the Melrose Middle School fall musical, The SpongeBob Musical. Join Melrose Drama for this family-friendly romp through Bikini Bottom. Performances are Friday, November 17 at 7 p.m., Saturday, November 18 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, November 19 at 1 p.m. at the Melrose Middle School Auditorium…

 

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Melrose Historical Commission turns 50 and creates self-guided history scavenger hunt

CORNER OF UPHAM and Main Streets (circa 1940s), which looks very different today.

MELROSE — The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Melrose Historical Commission (MHC), established on October 29, 1973, after local author and historian Mary Stetson Clarke petitioned Melrose leaders to create a commission that identifies, evaluates and protects historical and…

 

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Four are supt. finalists

MELROSE — The School Committee announced that the Superintendent Search Screening Committee has forwarded the names of four finalists for the position of Superintendent of Schools beginning in July 2024.

After the application deadline of October 13, 11 applications were forwarded to the Screening Committee and on October 17, after a thorough review of written…

 

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Statement from Mayor-elect Grigoraitis

JEN GRIGORAITIS and members of her supportive family.

 

 

MELROSE — The following is a statement from Mayor-elect Jennifer Grigoraitis. She won an impressive victory in Tuesday’s City Election over Monica Medeiros Solano and will succeed Paul Brodeur in January.

“Thank you, Melrose! I am honored to be your Mayor-elect.

“As I said on…

 

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Front Page: November 10. 2023

 

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