Melrose News

MELROSE — The aldermen’s Appropriations Committee Monday made a change to a plan to bring more restaurants to the city, a move that will limit the number of licenses to sell any kind of liquor.
Discovering that state rules would allow Melrose to have as many as 28 all-liquor licenses, the Appropriations Committee decided to…

MELROSE — The School Committee will vote on a $25 million spending plan for next year at a meeting on May 5.
The 2015-16 public schools’ balanced budget request is $800,000 more than the current allocation, representing a 3.28 percent increase. School finance overseers are using about $2.9 million in offsets to arrive at the…

MELROSE — Police and Internal Revenue Service representatives continue to urge people to do what they can to secure their personal information after a rash of identity theft reports in the area this tax filing season.

The Melrose Police field about three or four calls a week from residents who receive notice from the…

MEDFORD — Hallmark Health System, in collaboration with Cambridge Health Alliance, Mystic Valley Elder Services and Somerville Cambridge Elder Services, is among the top performers in an innovative national pilot program aimed at reducing hospital re-admission rates.

The four organizations, known collectively as the Mystic Valley Community-Based Organization, joined 47 other community-based organizations (CBOs…

BOSTON — On Customer Appreciation Day, Friday, April 24, all MBTA services will be free of charge all day.

A total of 16 MBTA partners are also contributing to Customer Appreciation Day on Friday, by providing T customers with one-day offers and discounts when they show a CharlieCard or CharlieTicket. The partners include cultural…

MELROSE — At its meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, the School Committee will hold a public hearing on the School Department’s fiscal year 2016 budget.

The public is invited to attend.

The public hearing will begin at 7 p.m. in the Aldermanic Chambers at Melrose City Hall.

MELROSE — Police Chief Michael L. Lyle is pleased to report that three Melrose High School Seniors students are spending their last semester at the police station.

MHS Seniors Michael Roscigno…

MELROSE — The aldermen Monday night unanimously backed a request from city officials to borrow $5.3 million to renovate Melrose’s flagship public school.

Mayor Robert J. Dolan and others this year are pushing for more money for the city’s schools, and the multi-million request for Melrose High would be used to transform the former…