Melrose News

Published July 5, 2019

MELROSE — The Melrose Music Festival (formerly the Four Corners Music Festival) returns on Saturday, July 27 from 2-7 p.m. at 360 Lynn Fells Parkway. The MMF is a family-friendly, outdoor event which will feature two stages of local musicians from all age groups, highlighted by the Peter Parcek Trio.

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Another in a series of “Around Town” articles featuring Melrose residents.

Published July 5, 2019

MELROSE — This July 4th week will mark the 156th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1 – 3, 1863). Two Melrosians, Don Lehman and his son Adam, are Civil War re-enactors who have traveled to Gettysburg and have…

Published July 5, 2019

Published June 28, 2019

Published June 28, 2019

MELROSE — Four homes were deemed uninhabitable after a serious mishap Thursday morning, June 20, on Brazil Street caused raw sewage to back up and come spewing from residents’ toilets, covering floors and walls.

Around 10:30 a.m. police were asked to help the DPW with a broken sewer line in which…

Published June 28, 2019

MELROSE — Please join in Melrose’s 4th of July Celebration.

The festivities are open to all ages and will be held on Thursday, July 4 at Common Park. There is no cost to participate. The program will run from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Come join Uncle Sam (on stilts) and the Rec Dept. for…

Published June 28, 2019

The Mt. Hood Park Association is sponsoring its 34th  Annual July 4th Concert in front of the clubhouse at Mount Hood Memorial Park, 100 Slayton Road, Melrose. This concert is being paid in part by a grant from the Melrose Arts Council.

Festivities will begin Thursday, July 4th, at 6:45…

Published June 21, 2019

MELROSE — The academic year that wrapped up last week was the first one in Melrose where the high school and middle school began later.

Both schools began the day at 8:15 and ended about 2:40 in the afternoon.

Supt. Cyndy Taymore wrote a memo to the School Committee reviewing the time…

Another in a series of “Around Town” columns.

Published June 21, 2019

MELROSE — The Middlesex Fells reservation has been aptly described as a unique flourishing urban forest of 3,400 acres. Managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, this “gem” in our back yard was created in 1894 and supported for over a quarter…