🌱 Patch AM: Melrose Police Warning Residents About Phone Scam

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• Melrose police alert residents to new phone scam targeting finances

Also on today's calendar: Family Festival Faith & Fun and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the man leave his watch in the bank? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

• Melrose Police Warning Residents About Phone Scam (patch.com) — Melrose residents are being warned about scam phone calls from someone falsely claiming to be a local police officer and asking for bank and Social Security information. Police stress they will never request such details by phone and urge anyone receiving similar calls to hang up and notify the department. The reminder aims to protect the community from financial fraud.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Melrose

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22
• Family Festival Faith & Fun →
  Stoneham Town Common, 340 Main St, Stoneham
  10:00 am
Thursday August 27
• Austin Prep: Summer Preview →
  Austin Preparatory School, 101 Willow St, Reading
  5:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• RSM Winchester classes are enrolling for 2026-27 academic year →
  50 Cross St, Winchester
  9:00 am
Wednesday September 2
• Energy Bill Clinic →
  Melrose Public Library,
  10:30 am

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Other local events

Wednesday August 19
• Literacy Lovers (12 months and up)
  Melrose Public Library Youth Services Program Room (Upper Level)
  10:00 am
• Wacky Wednesdays (ages 2-5)
  Melrose Public Library Youth Services Program Room (Upper Level)
  11:00 am
• Significant Short Fiction Discussion Group (Adults)
  Melrose Public Library Meeting Room (Lower Level) , 69 W. Emerson
  2:00 pm
Thursday August 20
• IN PERSON: Beach Blanket Book Club (for adults)
  Melrose Public Library Meeting Room (Lower Level) , 69 W. Emerson
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• The North Star Invitational →
  Melrose High School Auditorium, 360 Lynn Fells Pkwy, Melrose
  1:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• VIRTUAL Beach Blanket Book Club (for adults)
  Melrose Public Library Online VIRTUAL, , , , MA, 02176
  7:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Peter Sheridan Music (kids/families of all ages)
  Melrose Public Library Library Lawn , 69 W. Emerson Street, Melro
  10:30 am
Saturday August 29
• Wakefield Porchfest 2026 →
  60 locations around Wakefield
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Senator Lewis and Mass. Senate Vote to Increase Legislative Transparency —Jason Lewis Read on Patch

• I am looking for someone to put in a simple concrete pad.
  In Melrose. Roughly 10' x 20' feet in my back yard. How much does something like this typically cost? (Nextdoor Cedar Park/Tremont Essex)

• Colwen Hotels posted a job opening for Housekeeper - AC Hotel Medford in Medford. Apply here.
• Wegmans posted a job opening for Overnight Stocker in Medford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Melrose here.

🗞 Nearby News

Malden

• Lynn woman wins $2 million on Powerball ticket (boston25news.com)
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• Despite need for immigrant mental health support, Mass. lacks resources (nenc.news)

Medford

• Tufts Launches Innovation Hub for New Technologies in Food and Materials (tufts.edu)
• Kevin A. Grossklaus (mit.edu)

Somerville

• Korean-Inspired Cafe Coming Soon To Somerville (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he could save time! (Thank you Lorraine S. for sending it in!)
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