Melrose News

Published April 2, 2021

MELROSE — Health Director Ruth Clay is retiring.

The longtime public health official has for the past year been on the front line of the COVID pandemic, giving residents in both Melrose and Wakefield timely information and guidance as the world fought to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. She…

Published April 2, 2021

MELROSE —Even as more residents become vaccinated, Melrose is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, in step with the rest of Massachusetts and the nation. Mayor Paul Brodeur joins Health Director Ruth Clay and Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian in encouraging residents to continue doing their part in curbing the spread of the…

Published April 2, 2021

MELROSE — The City Council named Kristin Foote the new City Clerk this week.

At a special remote meeting Monday, council members chose their current Clerk of Committees as the successor to Amy Kamosa.

A notary public and an attorney, Foote has served as the main resource for the 11-member City Council…

Published April 2, 2021

Published March 26, 2021

MELROSE —  Massachusetts single-family homes and condominiums continued to set records in February as buyer demand showed no sign of slowing down, according to a new report from The Warren Group, a leading provider of real estate and transaction data.

In Melrose, things were no different. The Warren Group said 13 single-family homes were…

Published March 26, 2021

By GAIL LOWE

MELROSE—How sweet it is for Kyle Block and his family to have not one, but four maple trees in their Hillside Avenue backyard. One is a sugar maple while the others are Norway maples, and they have this is common: each tree can be tapped for syrup.

According…

Published March 26, 2021

MELROSE — The First Baptist Church of Melrose welcomes Rev. Terron Tuckett as their pastor. Rev. Tuckett came to Boston from Texas in 2000 to attend the Boston University School of Theology. He holds a Master of Sacred Theology from BU and the same degree from Andover Newton Theological School in…

Published March 19, 2021

By MATT MURPHY

State House News Service

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The ink is barely dry on a $1.9 trillion stimulus package that includes hundreds of millions of dollars for Massachusetts child care providers, but U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark says the child care system needs more attention to be able to do…