Melrose News

Published November 9, 2018

MELROSE — Gail Infurna has been talking about an override of Proposition 2 1/2 since she became the mayor earlier this year. Thursday night, she planned to make official a $5.18 million request, all for the schools, to be put on a special election ballot on April 2.

The mayor and…

Published November 9, 2018

MELROSE — Melrose Alderman-at-Large Monica Medeiros has submitted an appeal to the Supervisor of Records for failure to receive a response to her request for documents related to projected demographics and school enrollment as well as the city’s financial forecasts.

“As Mayor Infurna knows from our meeting on August 16, 2018 when…

Published November 9, 2018

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 22, we will have early editorial and advertising deadlines for the November 23 edition of the Weekly News.

The deadline to submit press releases and other editorial copy is Friday, November 16, at noon. The deadline to submit advertisements is 3 p.m. the…

Published November 9, 2018

Published November 2, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

MELROSE — After months of enduring an onslaught of campaigning and relentless political advertisements, voters will finally make their voices heard when they head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

You can vote from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and cast ballots at the following locations:

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Published November 2, 2018

MELROSE — Rabbi Artie Fertig wrote about the need for community this week after a historic Jewish neighborhood in Pittsburgh was torn apart Saturday when 11 congregants died at the hands of a twisted, hate-filled gunman inside Tree of Life Synagogue.

The religious leader of Melrose’s Temple Beth Shalom on East…

Published November 2, 2018

MELROSE — Please join us this Sunday, November 4 from 1-5 p.m. for the 11th annual Melrose Kitchen Tour. Make your way on a self-guided tour through 10 recently renovated kitchens and be inspired by their design and décor. Enjoy tasty treats from many of our local restaurants. If you’re considering a…

Published November 2, 2018

WOBURN — A fundraiser will be held Saturday, November 3, at the Woburn Moose Lodge to help our friend and fellow member Paul Zanowski, who went into cardiac arrest earlier this year and suffered two strokes that left him paraplegic.

The Helping Paul Stand benefit will run from 7 p.m. to…

Published November…

Published in the October 26, 2018 edition