Melrose News

Published in the June 15, 2018 edition

MELROSE — Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian addressed the Melrose Rotary Club on Thursday, June 7, at Memorial Hall, discussing innovative initiatives the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office has launched for incarcerated military Veterans…

Published in the June 15, 2018 edition

MELROSE — At its meeting this week, the School Committee heard a brief update about the future plans of members of Melrose High’s Class of 2018.

Of the nearly 230 graduates, 187 of them are going to four-year U.S. colleges or universities and 16 will attend two-year schools. Five…

Published in the June 15, 2018 edition

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Senate has passed its version of the Fiscal Year 2019 state budget, and Senator Jason Lewis is pleased to announce the passage of a budget amendment for vital repairs to Melrose’s Memorial Hall.

Senator Lewis secured a budget amendment for $100,000 in funding to…

Published in the June 8, 2018 edition

MELROSE — From Omar Wacime Abbas to Ellen Vonyee Zinnah, the Class of 2018 walked away from Melrose High on Friday night, June 1, and into its future.

With sometimes-threatening clouds over Fred Green Memorial Field, nearly 230 seniors received diplomas during a ceremony long on reflection of the…

Published in the June 8, 2018 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

MELROSE — Memorial Hall in Melrose was “All Shook Up” last Saturday night  as the Polymnia Choral Society presented its “Tribute to Elvis, the King of Rock.”

Polymnia and the King share a historical timeline. 

Polymnia was founded in Wakefield in 1953, the year Elvis recorded…

Published in the June 8, 2018 edition

MELROSE — The 16th Annual DPW Day will be held on Thursday, June 14 (rain date June 15) from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, at the Tremont Street Operations Facility, 72 Tremont Street. Students in grades K-2 of the Melrose Public Schools will attend the event as a field…

Published in the June 1, 2018 edition

MELROSE — A man who had just had blood drawn at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital drove through the front door of an East Emerson Street home Wednesday morning after having a medical episode and apparently blacking out.

No one was seriously injured, officials said.

The Ford sedan drove over a…

Published in the June 1, 2018 edition

MELROSE — On Tuesday, a concerned citizen reported a scam involving Publisher’s Clearinghouse.

The man called the Weekly News saying he was contacted by someone claiming to be from the company, and that the man had won $2.5 million.

All he had to do was go to the…

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