Melrose News

MELROSE — As the holiday season begins, Mayor Rob Dolan is once again making the annual appeal for donations to the Melrose Emergency Fund. The members of the Temple Beth Shalom Sisterhood were…

MELROSE — Melrose High School is going to the Super Bowl on December 6 and this great accomplishment is an opportunity to showcase all of the great achievements of the city’s football team, its band, cheerleaders, student body and staff and to celebrate all of Melrose schools and the great things that are happening every…

MELROSE — Two students are being credited with alerting administrators to a bomb threat Tuesday morning, November 18, at Melrose High. Police investigated and after a thorough search determined no lives were ever in danger.

Principal Marianne Farrell, in a Connect Ed statement to parents later in the day, explained that “at 10:17 two students…

By JEFF SOMERS

MELROSE — Student assessment and testing were the main topics of discussion at Tuesday’s School Committee meeting.

The Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning of Melrose Public Schools, Dr. Margaret Adams, spoke to the committee at length on how Melrose schools can more effectively cater to particularly gifted students, as well as…

MELROSE — On Saturday, Nov. 15, there will be a paper shredding recycling drop off event. Residents can bring one box for free and five dollars for each additional box (checks only). It will be held at the Recycling Center at 72 Tremont St. from 8 a.m. to noon.

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MELROSE — The city continues to get greener and greener.

The aldermen this week were asked to let Mayor Robert J. Dolan spend $30,000 in state funds on an electric vehicle and a charger after Melrose was approved to participate in a Mass. Department of Environmental Protection grant program.

Just about a year ago, city…

MELROSE — The City of Melrose and Mayor Rob Dolan will host a Veteran Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, November 18, at 7 p.m. at the Melrose Elks Lodge on Myrtle Street. The meeting is open to all Melrose veterans, their families and their supporters.

The goal of the meeting is to receive input from…

MELROSE — A 19-year-old Pleasant Street man was charged with burning a motor vehicle next to the Melrose Police station Monday, Nov. 3.

Following up on a couple of calls about a man hiding behind cars in a nearby lot and acting suspiciously around 5 p.m. police found Dancun Kariuki of 105 Pleasant St. near…

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