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Melrose residents and elected officials sounded off during a public hearing about the cuts they say disproportionately impact the city.
Melrose launches a housing planning process to identify needs, establish goals and direct decision making.
The deadline to schedule a site evaluation is December 1st
The hospital is bracing for a renewed surge of coronavirus across the region. The changes go into effect Dec. 1.
In total, Melrose has seen 574 coronavirus cases. That's 67 more than how many were reported in the previous week's state update.
The MBTA is holding a public hearing for the area Tuesday, less than a week before the cuts are scheduled to be voted on.
Patch readers considered a wide array of local businesses in response to a recent callout for their favorite this year.
Small Business Saturday — it's on Nov. 28 this year — helps local businesses in Melrose overcome pandemic hardships.
Most city offices and services are closed to give everyone plenty of time to prep for the best meal of the year.
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'Random Acts of Kindness Day' spread the love all across the city, pouring out from the hearts of its own residents.
Patch wants to hear about the businesses that have impacted your life this year in Melrose.
Sen. Jason Lewis's amendment to the Senate budget would force the MBTA to use state or federal funds to restore or prevent service cuts.
The man was working at a business on Route 1 south Wednesday morning when he went out to get a barrel that had blown into the road.
Melrose remained a yellow-designated community in the state's new color coding, but the numbers are alarming.
Home Instead’s Be a Santa to a Senior Program finds new ways to spread cheer.
Getting to school and back home every day is a journey for the more than 100 METCO students. The MBTA cuts would make it that much harder.
Dawn Folopoulos served as the Executive Director of the Melrose Council on Aging since April of 2011.
The 24-year-old Gloucester man was hit Wednesday morning when he went into the road to get a barrel that blew over.
The Melrose Democrat, already the second-highest ranking woman in Congress, is now the fourth-highest ranking member overall.
A portion of this year’s proceeds will go to the Melrose Fire Department Boston University EMS Scholarship Fund.
The city cannot get rid of Columbus Day, but would recognize and celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day if established, the city solicitor said.
Even the MBTA has trouble putting a number on exactly how much shutting down Cedar Park helps bridge a massive budget shortfall.
Superintendent Julie Kukenberger said built-in precautions helped limit the spread after three cases connected in a first-grade classroom.
Think of a few stores, restaurants or businesses that you would miss if they disappeared and plan to spend money there this holiday season.
The city would be in the high-risk red zone if the state hadn't revised its ranking system last week.
The MAAV Walk looked a little different this year, but all of us at MAAV were so thrilled to see how the community turned out in force.
Longer commutes for residents. Less reliable foot traffic for businesses. The proposed MBTA cuts in Melrose would be felt by many.
Widespread service cuts could hit Melrose hard, reducing public transportation options for the commuter-heavy city.
State Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian, of Melrose, won an uncontested race in the 32nd Middlesex District.
Ice rinks reopened Saturday after being shut down for the past two weeks.
The sooner you start planning for retirement, the better off you’ll be
from Florence Shea
In the last decade of his career, the Melrose resident worked as a Latin teacher at Melrose High School.
by Jim Tierney
by Florence Shea
by Shirley Rabb
by Carol Nelson
story and photos by Debbi Collar