Melrose News

Published March 13, 2020

MELROSE — As the coronavirus continues its global march, city officials are keeping the public abreast of all the latest developments.

For one, all school field trips out-of-state and abroad have been canceled for the foreseeable future.

Mayor Paul Brodeur and Superintendent of Schools Cyndy Taymore say they are continuing to…

Published March 13, 2020

MELROSE — Mayor Paul Brodeur wants Elena Proakis Ellis to be the first woman to lead the city’s public works department.

Brodeur has forwarded Ellis’ name to the City Council, which moved the request into its Appropriations Committee earlier this week. The order Brodeur sent to councilors states that she would…

Published March 13, 2020

MELROSE — Maya Jamaleddine is the newest member of the City Council.

The Melrose Street resident took Kate Lipper-Garabedian’s place as one of four at-large councilors at Monday’s meeting, less than a week after Lipper-Garabedian was elected to the state House of Representatives.

Jamaleddine ran as an at-large councilor candidate back in November,…

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Posted on: Thursday, March 12, 2020

The Melrose School Committee is pleased to announce the scheduling of school district visits and interviews for its finalists for the position of Superintendent of Schools.

Dr. Josh Vadala, currently serving as Assistant Superintendent for the Revere Public Schools, will be visiting our school district on Monday, March 16th…

Posted on: Monday, March 9, 2020

MELROSE — The Melrose School Committee is pleased to announce that the Superintendent Search Screening Committee (Screening Committee) has forwarded the names of three finalists for the Superintendent of Schools vacancy.

After the application deadline of February 20, 33 applications were forwarded to the Screening Committee and on February 27,…

Posted on: Friday, March 6, 2020

MELROSE — Melrose Public School’s annual Band Night will take place on Thursday, March 19 from 7 – 8:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School Auditorium.

Don’t miss upcoming performances by the Youth Band, 6th Grade Band, MVMMS Band, and MHS Concert and Jazz…

Posted on: Friday, March 6, 2020

MELROSE — As the new virus known as COVID-19 continues to spread widely, the City of Melrose is making preparations to deal with a variety of possible future scenarios.

With the situation changing rapidly, Mayor Paul Brodeur emphasized that the only truly reliable sources for scientific information about the disease…

Published March 6, 2020

Published March 6, 2020

MELROSE — At-Large City Councilor Kate Lipper-Garabedian is headed to Beacon Hill.

The Mystic Avenue lawyer and mother of two scored an impressive victory Tuesday over Republican opponent Brandon Reid in the special election for the open 32nd Middlesex District seat in the state House of Representatives.…

Published March 6, 2020

MELROSE — Over 50 percent of the city’s 20,454 registered voters turned out Tuesday to choose Democrat Joseph R. Biden and Republican Donald J. Trump as their party preferences in the 2020 state presidential primary elections.

Former Vice President Biden carried Melrose with 3,105 votes cast in the Democratic presidential…