Melrose News

Published May 3, 2019

MELROSE — Healthy Melrose is back. Come on down to the Melrose High School Athletic Complex on Saturday, May 11, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Over 50 vendors will be there with healthy, sustainable products and activities. The whole family is welcome.

You’ll find:

• Pop-up Melrose Farmers Market

• Yoga…

Published May 3, 2019

MELROSE — The Melrose Symphony will present the May Pops season finale on Saturday, May 4 at 8 p.m. at Memorial Hall, Melrose. Join us for a fun evening out and support your local symphony orchestra. 

Violin virtuoso Irina Muresanu joins the orchestra for Sarasate’s exciting showpiece based on famous tunes from Bizet’s “Carmen”…

Published May 3, 2019

MELROSE — Come join Melrose Drama as we proudly present Melrose High School’s spring musical, the smash Broadway hit “Mamma Mia!” The show will be performed on May 3, 4, 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. with matinees on May 5 and 11 at 2 p.m. All performances will be at…

Published May 3, 2019

Published April 26, 2019

By GAIL LOWE

MELROSE — On Tuesday, April 23, four members of a robotics team from Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School left Melrose for Louisville, Ky. to compete in a World Championship after being named winner of the Southern New England Middle School Regional (robotics) Championship.

They are Adam Abdow, Adam…

Published April 26, 2019

MELROSE — As it faced some criticism about the document’s lack of detail, the School Department was successful in getting its spending plan passed Tuesday night for the 2019-20 educational year.

The approved total is $36,141,650, thanks mostly to the April 2 success of a $5.18 million override of Proposition 2…

Published April 26, 2019

MELROSE — You will soon notice some new markings on city streets as officials work to make it easier — and safer — for bicyclists to co-exist with motorists.

Scheduled to begin around the first of May, the painted markings will help establish two distinct bike routes between the Wakefield line in Greenwood and…

Published April 26, 2019

MELROSE — A Melrose comedy event hosted by Melrose’s own Kevin Quigley will be held tonight, April 26, at the Knights of Columbus.  Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and show begins at 8 p.m.  The headliner is Laura Severse.  Also appearing will be Janet McNamara, Big D, Tyler Swain and Shyam…

Published April 19, 2019

MELROSE — Ward 5 Alderman Shawn MacMaster is pushing for the City of Melrose to regulate the retail sale of CBD products. MacMaster, a career public safety official who replaced Mayor Gail Infurna on the Board of Aldermen over a year ago, became aware of a regulatory gap in state law which…

Published April 19, 2019

MELROSE — Say goodbye to the Board of Aldermen.

Say hello to the Melrose City Council.

This week, the aldermen voted to ask the Legislature for approval to change its name to get more in-tune with the current age of gender neutrality.

Three years after supporters of a new name saw a…