Melrose News

Published in the October 28, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — After two motor vehicle related fatalities in three days, officials want to do something — anything, really — to slow traffic down in Melrose.

Monday night, the aldermen’s Legal and Legislative Committee dealt with an order filed by Ward 3 Alderman Frank Wright calling for 25…

Published in the October 28, 2016 edition

MELROSE — People are flocking into downtown Melrose from all over the North Shore, according to Mayor Rob Dolan, and as a result, the city needs to make space available for them to park.

Part of the solution, city planners and others believe, is by having employees of…

Published in the October 28, 2016 edition

Published in the October 28, 2016 edition

The Chamber of Commerce and local merchants hold their annual trick or treating Friday at businesses on Main Street, Essex Street, West Foster Street, West Wyoming Avenue, West Emerson Street and Franklin Street, among other areas. Main Street from Upham Street to Grove Street will be closed between…

Published in the October 28, 2016 edition

MELROSE — Members of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American pilots trained by the U.S. Army during World War II, will be speaking in Melrose on Monday, Nov. 7.

The presentation will take place at the Melrose High School Learning Commons, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

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Published in the October 21, 2016 edition

MELROSE — The city has come to contractual terms with its firefighters, officials announced this week.

A new three-year agreement has been reached which calls for a 1 percent cost of living adjustment in each of the years covered in the contract, and for another 1 percent step…

Published in the October 21, 2016 edition

MELROSE — The effort to deal with a growing school population moved forward this week when the aldermen approved borrowing $400,000 for designing and planning modular classroom space at the Winthrop and Hoover schools and renovating the Horace Mann School.

The elementary school crunch is being felt at…

Published in the October 21, 2016 edition

MELROSE — The annual Melrose Chamber of Commerce Trick or Treat at Melrose Businesses will be on Friday, Oct. 28 from 3:30-5 p.m.

Sponsored by AFC Urgent Care Saugus, Malden and Stoneham, businesses on Main Street, Essex Street, West Foster Street, West Wyoming Avenue, West Emerson Street, Franklin…

Published in the October 21, 2016 edition

MELROSE — Police Chief Michael L. Lyle and the Melrose Police Department would like to advise the community that the MBTA will be replacing the train tracks on West Wyoming Avenue this week.

The MBTA will be on site beginning Friday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 a.m. Traffic will…

Published in the October 21, 2016 edition

Published in the October 14, 2016 edition

Published in the October 14, 2016 edition

By GAIL LOWE

MELROSE — What would you do if you noticed that a loved one was becoming more and more forgetful? Would you go into denial? Confront the loved one head on, insisting that he or she see a doctor right away?

A…