Melrose News

Published February 14, 2020

MELROSE — School officials are asking for $38 million next year to run a system that needs to deal with rising enrollment, handle a 5 percent Special Education tuition increase, fund a nearly 50 percent hike in the cost of transporting local kids to out-of-city Special Education programs and meet over $600,000…

Published February 14, 2020

MELROSE — The City of Melrose will hold early voting for the Presidential Primary and State Representative General Election.

Early voting is available February 24-28 in Melrose City Hall during regular city hall hours (8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. and 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on Friday).

Evening voting hours are…

Published February 14, 2020

MELROSE — Chief Michael L. Lyle and the Melrose Police Department would like to remind residents of the upcoming hands-free law for drivers.

On Feb. 23, An Act Requiring the Hands-Free Use of Mobile Telephones While Driving will go into effect prohibiting drivers from using cellphones and other hand-held devices while…

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Posted on: Wednesday, February 5, 2020

By MARK SARDELLA

MELROSE — An aggressive, lightning-quick campaign waged by City Councilor-at-Large Kate Lipper-Garabedian led to an easy victory Tuesday in the Special Democratic Primary Election over her two party opponents.

Lipper-Garabedian, of Mystic Avenue, handily dispatched Wakefield Town Councilor Ann McGonigle Santos and Malden’s Mathew Helman in…

Published February 6, 2020

MELROSE — The ability to work details again helped members of the Melrose Police Department take the majority of spots on the list of the top paid city employees last year.

A lot of members of the department continue to benefit from the availability of work details which require their presence…

Published February 6, 2020

MELROSE — The Melrose Cultural Council announces the award of 21 local Cultural Council grants totaling $12,400 for events and programs that will take place in Melrose during 2020. Thirty-four applications were submitted. The deadline for submission was October 15, 2019.

Grants have been awarded to first time applicants and long-established arts…

Published February 7, 2020

State Representative hopefuls address priorities

Posted on: Monday, February 3, 2020

By MARK SARDELLA

MELROSE – The Daily Item asked the candidates in tomorrow’s Special Primary Election for 32nd Middlesex District State Representative to talk about what they see as the most important issue facing the district and how they would address it if elected.…