Melrose News

Published in the February 23, 2018 edition

MELROSE — The Residence at Melrose Station (www.residencemelrosestation.com), owned…

Published in the February 23, 2018 edition

MELROSE — The Melrose Cultural Council announces the award of 25 Local Cultural Council (LCC) grants totaling $9,400 for events and programs that will take place in Melrose during the 2018 calendar year. Thirty-six applications were submitted. The deadline for submission was October 15, 2017.

Grants have been…

Published in the February 23, 2018 edition

There are a hundred or so reasons why Melrosians call a great city home. It has beautiful parks, awesome restaurants, tree-lined streets and an involved citizenry. Melrose’s business community cares about its customers and puts on important events throughout the year to show it. Kids get a good education here,…

Published in the February 23, 2018 edition

By WILLIAM F. RYAN, Jr., CLU, ChFC
Owner of WFR Financial Planning and Insurance

To best answer that question you will need to ask yourself, “Can I handle the day to day stock market gyrations when they occur?”  When I experience account losses can I honestly tell myself to…

Published in the February 16, 2018 edition

Published in the February 16, 2018 edition

MELROSE — School officials are getting down to the difficult task of coming up with a spending plan for next year that reflects the values they have set for a quality Melrose education.

In a budget message delivered last month to the School Committee, Supt. of Schools Cyndy Taymore…

Published in the February 16, 2018 edition

MELROSE — Mayor Gail Infurna and the Melrose Health Department are working together to raise awareness of women’s heart health, as part of the American Heart…

Published in the February 16, 2018 edition

Published in the February 16, 2018 edition

MELROSE — The Melrose Adult Trivia Bee will be held Saturday March 24, at Memorial Hall. The Trivia Bee is held annually as a fundraiser for The Bridge: A School/Community Partnership. At this very popular city-wide event, citizens, city officials, business owners, teachers, club members and non-profit leaders…

Published in the February 9, 2018 edition

MELROSE — It took quite awhile, but the city’s 22nd mayor finally is a woman.

Gail M. Infurna, the 20-year representative of Ward 5 on the Board of Aldermen, took the oath of office Monday morning and will serve just under two years as the city’s chief executive…

Published in the February 9, 2018 edition

MELROSE — Heywood Avenue’s Robert J. Dolan took hold of the municipal reins in Lynnfield Monday as the new town administrator.

Before he left, the now private Melrose citizen reflected on the past 16 years as mayor of the city, a job Gail M. Infurna will be doing…