Melrose News

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…

MELROSE — The Board of Aldermen this week placed on hold requests from Mayor Robert J. Dolan, the Liquor License Commission and Dolan’s Liquor Licensing Advisory Committee to make some changes to city rules allowing for more restaurants to get the right to sell beer, wine and liquor.

The aldermen’s Appropriations Committee is scheduled…

MELROSE – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced this week that federal disaster aid has been made available to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to supplement commonwealth, tribal and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe winter storm, snowstorm and flooding during the period of Jan…

MELROSE — The following Melrose High School students made the honor roll for the second marking period of the 2014-15 academic year.

CLASS OF 2015

Excellence: Bourque, Serena; Costa, Derek; Crovo, Stephanie; Dempster, Rowan; Driscoll, Claire; Goar, Noah; Haldeman, Claire; Ilia, Katherine; Lovett, Keith; Russell, Serena; Shu, Amanda; Zimmerman, Abraham.

High Honors: Busshaus, Josephine; Feeley…

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MELROSE — Dr. Michael Thompson, renowned author, psychologist, and lecturer, is coming to Melrose to present a lecture entitled “The Pressured Student: Helping Your Child Find Success in School and Life.” Parents, educators, and community members are invited to attend this free event on Thursday, May 7, 2015, 7 p.m. at the Melrose Veterans…

MELROSE — With golfers champing at the bit after a tough winter, the people who run Mt. Hood Golf Course said they planned to open for the 2015 season this weekend.

Some parts of the course still had snow visible on Wednesday, according to professional Michael Farrell. He said he had walked the first…