Melrose News

Published September 25, 2020

MELROSE — MAAV’s Annual Walk & Candlelight Vigil will look a little different this year, but one tradition will remain the same: the presentation of the Annual Advocacy in Action Award.

Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan has been selected as the recipient of this award, which…

Published September 25, 2020

MELROSE — Melrose Arts, along with the Chamber of Commerce, is pleased to announce its 13th Annual Window Art Walk Oct. 3-19 in Melrose. Each year, local Melrose artists team up with downtown merchants to present a beautiful display of art. Residents can stroll the downtown area and see work in…

Published September 25, 2020

Published September 18, 2020

MELROSE — COVID-19 has presented significant challenges to many small businesses, and several have struggled to remain open during this pandemic. To provide support to local business owners, Mayor Paul Brodeur worked with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to apply for a state and federally funded micro-enterprise grant program.

Melrose has…

Published September 18, 2020

MELROSE — Long a force for positive change, the Ell Pond Improvement Council, Inc. celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Formed originally in 1970 as the Activity, Beauty and Conservation (ABC) Committee, EPIC is a non-profit 501(c)3 whose mission is to expand and improve the pond’s shoreline greenways and walking paths and…

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Published September 18, 2020

MELROSE — October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

In our effort to raise awareness of the disease and, especially, highlight the hope of remission and recovery, we are asking the following of our readers:

• Do you have a personal story to share or know someone…

Published September 11, 2020

MELROSE — Next week is a big one for the city’s educators, students, parents and other caregivers as the 2020-21 academic year begins amid the on-going coronavirus pandemic.

While school officials have backed a one-week-in-school, one-week-remote return to instruction plan, a lot of kids will only learn from home for at…

Published September 11, 2020

MELROSE — MAAV’s 25th Annual Walk and Candlelight Vigil: “Lighting the Way Together” will look a little different this year due to COVID-19. We’re planning a combination of virtual and socially-distanced, in-person events as we mark our 25th year in Melrose.

Our Candlelight Vigil will be live streamed online on Sunday, October…

Published September 11, 2020

MELROSE — Melrose Arts and Crafts announces the cancellation of the rest of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be no meetings in September, October, November and December. Our Annual Exhibit, normally held in October, has been cancelled as well. Co-Presidents Joanne Runne and Sue Camberlain are…