Melrose News

Published in the May 5, 2017 edition

By GAIL LOWE

MELROSE — At the end of a performance review, is it legal for a supervisor to ask an employee when he or she plans to retire?

A panel of three professional women responded to this and other work-related questions Thursday evening, April 27, inside the…

Published in the May 5, 2017 edition

MELROSE — Come join Melrose Drama as they transport you back to the Roaring Twenties in the classic, Tony Award winning musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie.”

Boasting a cast and crew of over 50 students and a live orchestra,  “Thoroughly Modern Millie”  will be performed at the Melrose Performing…

Published in the April 28, 2017 edition

MELROSE — The 12^th Annual Melrose Arts Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday in Memorial Hall.

On Saturday, April 29, the festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

On Sunday, April 30, it will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Published in the April 28, 2017 edition

MELROSE — Chief Michael Lyle says that the Melrose Police Department saw a more than 55 percent drop in major crimes in the first quarter of 2017.

Known as FBI “Part 1 Incidents,” these crimes include murder/manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, arson and motor vehicle theft…

Published in the April 28, 2017 edition

Posted on Friday, April 21, 2017

WOBURN – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan has announced that John Hughes, 71, of Revere, pled guilty yesterday in Middlesex Superior Court to five counts of larceny over $250 and receiving outside compensation by a municipal employee in connection with a scheme to sell unused cemetery burial plots, owned…

Published in the April 21, 2017 edition

Published in the April 21, 2017 edition

This is the first of a series promoting the annual Healthy Melrose fair to be held Saturday, May 13, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Middle School athletic complex.

MELROSE — According to Kara Showers of the Health Department’s Mass in Motion program, it…

Published in the April 21, 2017 edition

MELROSE — On Saturday, May 6, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, the Ell Pond Improvement Council, in collaboration with the Melrose Unitarian Church, will sponsor its annual cleanup and restoration day at the memorial knoll shoreline across from the middle school.

Volunteers can assist in shrub planting…

Published in the April 21, 2017 edition

MELROSE — On Friday night, April 21, It’s All Beatles All Night with New England’s best Beatles band, BeatleJuice, at the Melrose Veterans Memorial Hall, 590 Main St., Melrose.

The Knights of Columbus is proud to be sponsoring this event to benefit The Knights of Columbus Food For…

Drew Maguire’s new lease on life results in fundraising bonanza

Published in the April 14, 2017 edition

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