The longtime locally owned bank is now officially a Cambridge Savings Bank.
A prominent theme of the Small Business Task Force's plan to jolt the local economy is creating more space for residents and businesses.
The Northeast School of Ballet has made it through a lot in 49 years in Melrose and Reading. Now it's asking for help to get to a 50th year.
The city will be delivering tens of thousands of masks a day later than expected.
Erika Stanton has made about 100 masks and given them out to community members in need during the coronavirus pandemic.
Rebecca and Gene Beraldi have been selling adult beverages in Melrose since it was legal to. The pandemic hasn't changed that.
Local business owners know it's an impossible situation, but some still think more can be done to help their chances of surviving.
Mayor Brodeur's office released some details about the Economic Development Task Force, days after a Councilor requested more information.
The 141-unit apartment building, which will have retail and gallery space on the first floor, would inhabit the bones of Marty's Furniture.
We asked local businesses to update their status and created a handy guide from their responses.
We’re publishing a simple Open-or-Closed Directory for Melrose Businesses. Here’s how to get listed.
Here are the updated hours of the stores still selling freshly brewed coffee in Melrose.
The owner of a local business talks about why she thinks her business should be considered essential during these trying times.
See the businesses that are still open and how to support each.
Simon Properties, which owns the mall, is closing all of its shopping centers in the U.S. in an effort to help slow the spread.
Many people's favorite restaurants may not survive the economic catastrophe that is almost certain to come.
Right next to the dino, you’ll find a donut-lover’s paradise. Welcome to the still-new Kane’s Donuts location.
Melrose Bancorp, Inc., which owns the local 129-year-old bank, announced it will be acquired by Cambridge Financial Group.
Sandy St. Louis to serve as the charitable nonprofit organization's Senior Director of Marketing and Membership.
The previous owners said the business was "thriving," leaving many to ask how the popular bakery went downhill so fast under new ownership.
The downtown bakery ended its Melrose run with a handwritten note in its door.
The Saugus Friendly's was the latest location to close. It has been a brutal decade for the once-ubiquitous family restaurant chain.
The market will have options aplenty for food, vendors, kids activities and more.
Garden Remedies, which now runs a medical marijuana operation, said its customer base could triple when it adds recreational sales.
The restaurant said it didn't have enough employees to staff the full day, though it said it had been cleared to reopen.
Opening where the old Honey Dew was, this traditional ice cream shop will have some things setting it apart, one of the folks in charge said
Forbes made the announcement Monday night, allowing ample time for Ward 7 residents to start running to succeed him.
A soft reopening at its new spot will be followed by a lengthy kickoff celebration in Buckalew's new location on Main St.
The windows of the Melrose restaurant have been papered up the past few days.
The move confirms a poorly kept secret and welcomes back a former downtown business.
A once vibrant part of the city's downtown, the old Caruso building has long been dormant. That could be about to change.
Melrose's only marijuana business, Garden Remedies, is on the Newburyport Turnpike. Officials restricted future pot shops to that area.
Patch went to the new Kane's Donuts on Route 1 so you don't have to. But, goodness gracious, you really should.
Six other locations across Massachusetts and one in New Hampshire were among the most recent closings.
The big orange dinosaur will overlook doughnut holes - not golf holes - starting next week.
Patch spoke with the franchisee, who was sorry for how it ended but hopes to see her customers again real soon.
Lower Washington Street was withdrawn after a neighborhood outcry, but the Planning Board still wants a second recreational pot shop.
The coffee competition on this one block of downtown just got a whole lot stiffer.
The former site of the Moynihan Plaza will be rebuilt as 530 Main St., and it already has a tenant in the bag.
Patch caught up with owner Tim LaPrade who got us up to speed on the changes.