Melrose DPW Day This Week

MELROSE, MA — Melrose's 15th Annual DPW Day will be held this Thursday, June 15 (with a rain date of Friday) from 8:30 a.m. - noon at the Tremont Street Operations Facility. It will be a field trip for students in K-3, but Melrose residents are invited to bring their kids - ages 8 and younger - to join any time after 9:30 a.m.

Reminder that the City Yard will be closed to trash/recyclable drop offs that day. Tremont Street will be closed in front of the DPW building.

The following is from the City:

"The DPW is hard at work preparing this fun and educational day for the children and residents of Melrose. Our theme this year is DPW STRONG! This year the event will feature a select group of 4th grade students from each school giving interactive presentations from a stage at home plate of Lewis Monk field from 9:30am-10:30am. The 4th grade projects will focus on sustainability, energy and environmental advancements made in the City of Melrose over the past 15 years, and ways that Melrosians young and old can help make their community clean and green. From solar power to single stream recycling, LED lighting, stormwater runoff, water conservation and the sewer system – you won’t want to miss this part of the day!
In honor of this 15th anniversary, DPW Day will feature historical photographs and items from Melrose over the past century (courtesy of Scott Macaulay). The event will also take a look into the future, with renderings of the new school additions and development projects elsewhere in the community. In addition to seeing the vehicles and workers that help keep Melrose’s streets safe and clear year-round, new exhibits, demonstrations and activities will engage kids in the DPW world of engineering, water, trash and recycling. Students will learn where their tap water comes from while designing their own gravity water system with the engineering department, practice their recycling sorting skills through a game made with upcycled materials, and consider the impact of using plastic bags on the environment while posing as a sea turtle in a photo booth made by the Melrose Reycling Committee.

DPW would also like to invite everyone to stop by the popular “Ducks in a Pond” game to thank our Water and Sewer Foreman, Matty Hickey, who will be retiring at the end of June after 45 years working for Melrose DPW.

For more information about this and other events, please visit the Melrose Recycles blog at melroserecycles.wordpress.com or call Sadie Brown at 781-665-0142."