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The City Hall update

June 13, 2025

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

Last day of school is June 13

Summer vacation is almost here for Melrose Public Schools students: the last day of school is Friday, June 13 (12 p.m. dismissal). Have a safe and fun summer!

City Hall Juneteenth Flag Raising…

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Free July 4th concert at Mount Hood Memorial Park & Golf Course

June 13, 2025

LAST YEAR’S JULY 4th concert. (Myron Dittmer Jr. Photo)

MELROSE — The Mt. Hood Park Association is sponsoring its annual July 4th concert in front of the clubhouse at Mount Hood Memorial Park & Golf Course, 100 Slayton Rd., Melrose. This concert is being supported in part by a grant from the Melrose Cultural…

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The Food Drive receives $120K grant from Cummings Foundation

June 13, 2025

VOLUNTEERS FROM THE Food Drive at their annual Volunteer Celebration.

MELROSE — Melrose-based hunger relief and food rescue nonprofit The Food Drive is one of 150 local nonprofits that will share in $30 million through Cummings Foundation’s major annual grants program. The organization was selected from among 703 applications during a competitive review process…

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ZWM sponsored the annual Swap Day

June 13, 2025

A BIG SHOUT out to the volunteers who make this day possible!

MELROSE — Saturday, June 7 saw hundreds of Melrose residents turn out for the 11th annual Swap Day. Sponsored by Zero Waste Melrose, Swap Day is an event where neighbors bring their reusable items for other neighbors to take for free! It’s…

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Stickel-Bumstead Quartet will be performing this month

June 13, 2025

STICKEL-BUMSTEAD QUARTET pictured from the left: John Bumstead, Peter Stickel, Lisa Kempskie and Valerie Callahan.

WAKEFIELD — Re-experiencing the music of our childhood arouses meaningful memories, often evoking whole scenarios from the most impressionable time of our lives. Join us at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 22 at the Courtyard of the Melrose…

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‘The best things in life come when you refuse to give up’

June 12, 2025

By MICHAEL MURPHY, Senior Class President

Good evening, families, teachers, administration and, most of all, the Class of 2025! I’d like to take this moment to express my gratitude on behalf of the class toward everyone that has gotten us to this point. From elementary school teachers to high school principals, and most importantly…

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‘We have exciting futures ahead of us’

June 12, 2025

By RACHEL LIM, Valedictorian

Hello, everyone. I’m Rachel Lim, and I’m incredibly honored to be up here today addressing my fellow members of the Class of 2025, as well as our teachers, mentors, families and friends.

First, of course, to our teachers: On behalf of the graduating class, thank you so much for…