Melrose News

Published March 22, 2019

MELROSE — The city’s firefighters battled a couple of blazes to begin their week, one that they believe began in a garage on Cumner Avenue and the other an attic fire on Cranmore Lane.

A significant malfunction in a motor vehicle may be to blame for the Cumner Avenue fire Monday afternoon.

According to fire…

Published March 22, 2019

MELROSE — Cyndy S. Taymore, Superintendent of Schools, has announced that at their meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 9, the Melrose School Committee will hold a public hearing on the School Department’s FY20 budget.

The public is invited to attend. The public hearing will begin at 7 p.m. in the Aldermanic…

Published March 22, 2019

MELROSE — Come and Cheer!  Forty teams are expected to compete in the 18th Annual Melrose Adult Trivia Bee at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 23 at Memorial Hall. This highly-anticipated community event will feature local notables, a multi-team trivia competition, raffles, and food and drink. Last year more than 300 people…

Posted on: Thursday, March 14, 2019

MELROSE — The City of Melrose has received a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Complete Streets Program to implement two bike routes connecting the northern end of Melrose (at the Wakefield line) to just beyond downtown, at the intersection of Main Street and West Wyoming Avenue…

Published March 15, 2019

MELROSE — The painting of a bleak landscape without money raised through an override of Proposition 2 1/2 continued this week before the School Committee, as members heard that freshman sports would be eliminated, three junior varsity coaching posts would be axed, software and technology spending would be slashed 20 percent, and both the middle…

Published March 15, 2019

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — For those who like music spiced with a bit of history – or vice versa – last Saturday’s Polymnia Choral Society production of Franz Josef Haydn’s The Creation was a doubly rewarding experience.

The sanctuary of Wakefield’s First Parish Congregational Church was a fitting venue in…

Published March 15, 2019

MELROSE — Brendan Carroll is throwing an Irish party at Memorial Hall and everyone is invited.

On Saturday, March 16, at 3 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m., the longtime Melrose resident, County Tipperary native and noted tenor will co-host “An Irish Celebration” along with The Friends of Memorial Hall. 

Brendan, whose…

Published March 15, 2019

Published March 8, 2019

MELROSE — Even though we have had a relatively mild winter, the return of potholes is an annual spring event. Here’s a quick guide to what causes potholes and what to do about them.

Potholes are created when water from rain and melting snow gets into cracks in the roadway on…

Published March 8, 2019

MELROSE — Mayor Gail Infurna will host a question-and-answer session regarding the FY 2020 budget from 7-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, at the Learning Commons at Melrose High School. City department heads will be part of the panel as well.

“We are doing this as one more way to open…