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The City Hall update

MELROSE — The City of Melrose is sharing the following updates for the upcoming week:

Upcoming holidays

Melrose Public Schools’ April break begins on Friday, April 18 at 12 noon. Schools will be closed during the week of April 21. City Hall is open for regular hours on Friday, April 18, but some offices may…

 

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Keep Melrose Beautiful: Help out at April 26 cleanup!

MELROSE — The Keep Melrose Beautiful community-wide cleanup happens Saturday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

Keep Melrose Beautiful is a volunteer-led organization that is working to clean up and green up our city. KMB partners with Mayor Jen Grigoraitis, Melrose DPW, and other groups such as Zero Waste Melrose and the Ell…

 

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Remembering and honoring the Armenian Genocide 

Note: The writer is a sophomore at Melrose High.

By PAIGE TRENOUTH

Bedros Bahadourian recalls, as a 12 year old boy, the sight of dead bloated bodies afloat in the river. Haig Baronian remembers the sight of his grandmother being stabbed in front of him. Sam Kadorian can still feel the weight of dead bodies…

 

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What’s hop-ening?

SUNDAY is Easter and kids around the city await a very special visitor. (Photo by Raj Das, edphotos.com)

 

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Front Page: April 18, 2025

 

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Renovated library is back in business

FROM THE LEFT ARE State Senator Jason Lewis, Mayor Jen Grigoraitis, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioner Jessica Vilas Novas, Linda Gardener, Library director, Denise Gaffey, State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Cathie Mercier, chair, Library Board of Trustees. (Cari Roche Photo)

MELROSE — Mayor Jen Grigoraitis, Melrose Public Library Director Linda Gardener, Massachusetts Library Commissioner Jessica…

 

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Single-family home sales down in 2025

MELROSE — The city’s single-family home sales seem to have cooled a bit in the first quarter of 2025, according to the most recent report from The Warren Group, a leading provider of national real estate and transaction data.

Through the first three months of 2025, 20 single-family homes sold in Melrose for a median…

 

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FYACS hosts Artist Open Studios and Artist Pop-up

MELROSE — Stop by Follow Your Art Community Studios (FYACS) on Sunday, April 13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for upstairs/downstairs at the Big Yellow House, Artists in Residence Open Studios and Artist Pop-up Event held at 647 Main St. Upstairs in the Big Yellow House, FYACS Artists in Residence will open their studios…

 

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All aboard the Horace Mann Bike Bus!

THE HORACE MANN Bike Bus continues to attract students.

 

MELROSE — The Horace Mann Bike Bus has had a strong start to the spring season. After taking a break during the months of January and February, the bike bus started back up in March. A second route has been added for families that live…

 

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Bread of Life’s ‘Just Desserts’ was a delicious fundraiser

MELROSE’S Whole Foods Market provided scrumptious muffins and cookies.

 

THIS IS A MOUTH-WATERING table too!

 

MALDEN — On Sunday, April 6, Bread of Life hosted a “Just Desserts” fundraiser. The event was held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Bread of Life, 54 Eastern Ave., Malden.

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Grease is the Word

MELROSE DRAMA put on great performances of the musical “Grease” from April 3 to April 6 at the Veterans Memorial Middle School Auditorium. The audience was swept away as Melrose High thespians performed unforgettable songs and dance numbers as the Pink Ladies and T-Birds navigated friendship, love and teen rebellion in the feel-good staging.
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Updates from City Hall

MELROSE — The City of Melrose is sharing the following updates for the upcoming week:

Melrose Public Library reopens April 15
The newly renovated Melrose Public Library building at 69 West Emerson Street reopens to the public on Tuesday, April 15 at 10 a.m. The library will close at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 18…

 

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