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Lebanon St. roadway reconstruction begins Monday

 

MELROSE — The roadway phase of the reconstruction of Lebanon Street will begin on Monday, April 6.

This is a state project, run by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. City officials have met with state officials, and they have given the town a project calendar with 100 percent completion by October 2015.

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Brick sale benefits new Franklin playground

 

MELROSE — The Melrose Franklin School/ Early Childhood Center is coordinating a fundraiser to revamp and renew the current playground through a brick sale. These bricks can be engraved with residents’ own special message, dedication or business name and will be placed in the playground entrance.

Purchasing a brick for the ECC playground means…

 

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Upham Street man charged after fight with brother

 

MELROSE — Police dealt with a variety of reports between March 23 and March 30, including one where they had to arrest a 22-year-old Upham Street man for assault and battery after he and his brother allegedly got into a fight over a box of cereal.

Police said Jesse J. McCallum, 47 Upham St…

 

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PHOTO: A dream in blue

THE RENOVATED COMMON playground has proven popular since the day it opened. This young man takes a particularly liking to the new blue swing. (Donna Larsson Photo)
THE RENOVATED COMMON playground has proven popular since the day it opened. This young man takes a particularly liking to the new blue swing. (Donna Larsson Photo)

 

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PHOTO: Rolling into spring

THESE HOCKEY ENTHUSIASTS had a great time recently on the Common. (Donna Larsson Photo)
THESE HOCKEY ENTHUSIASTS had a great time recently on the Common. (Donna Larsson Photo)

 

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City getting $79G in extra road funds

BOSTON – State Senator Jason Lewis and Representative Paul Brodeur announced last week that the City of Melrose has been awarded $79,353 in state road and bridge repair assistance as part of the Winter Recovery Assistance Program (WRAP) through the Massachusetts Governor’s Office.

A total of $30 million has been allocated through WRAP to assist…

 

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Woman rescued from burning apartment

 

MELROSE — An elderly woman was taken to Mass. General Hospital Monday night, March 23, after firefighters rescued her from a burning apartment in the Levi-Gould complex at 200 West Foster St.

Six other residents of the sixth floor of the six-story, 104-unit facility were taken to the lobby and to safety as smoke…

 

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Dolan peddles MHS upgrades

 

MELROSE — With the first day of spring here and the long winter of 2014-15 hopefully behind us, the impact of an ambitious educational plan is starting to rouse residents’ attention.

School administrators are proposing a spending package for the 2015-16 educational year that is about 11 percent more than the current allocation. In…

 

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PHOTO: Eastern Boston Savings Bank sponsors Melrose Trivia Bee

ERIC HEATH, senior vice president (left) and John Carroll, chief operating officer (right) at East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB), present a check for $2,000 to Melisaa Ripley (second from the left), president of the Board of Directors of The Bridge: A School Community Partnership, and Jennifer McAllister, The Bridge’s coordinator of volunteers. EBSB’s support allows all monies raised at the annual Adult Trivia Bee to go to The Bridge’s volunteer program in the Melrose Public Schools. The Bee will be held at Memorial Hall on Saturday, March 28, at 7 p.m. For information call 781-979-2299.
ERIC HEATH, senior vice president (left) and John Carroll, chief operating officer (right) at East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB), present a check for $2,000 to Melisaa Ripley (second from the left), president of the Board of Directors of The Bridge: A School Community Partnership, and Jennifer McAllister, The Bridge’s coordinator of volunteers. EBSB’s support allows

 

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FCC solar is city’s largest non-commercial array

ATTENDING THE March 5 ribbon cutting ceremony at the First Congregational Church were (left to right): Ani Krishnan, MAPC; Kimberly Le, EnergySage; Martha Grover, Melrose energy efficiency manager; Nancy Brincheiro, Senior Deacon, FCC; Rev. Dominic Taranowski; Mayor Rob Dolan; Ward 6 Alderman Peter Mortimer; Lori Timmermann, Melrose solar coach; Bob Clarke, 621 Energy; Lisa Oosterman, capital campaign committee co-chair; and Jim Oosterman (capital campaign committee co-chair).
ATTENDING THE March 5 ribbon cutting ceremony at the First Congregational Church were (left to right): Ani Krishnan, MAPC; Kimberly Le, EnergySage; Martha Grover, Melrose energy efficiency manager; Nancy Brincheiro, Senior Deacon, FCC; Rev. Dominic Taranowski; Mayor Rob Dolan; Ward 6 Alderman Peter Mortimer; Lori Timmermann, Melrose solar coach; Bob Clarke, 621 Energy; Lisa Oosterman,

 

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Veterans Memory Project fundraiser Sunday

MELROSE — Organizers of the Melrose Veterans Memory Project will be hosting a dinner on Sunday, March 22, from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Sgt. Harold O. Young VFW Post on Chipman Avenue.

Tickets are $20 and include dinner, entertainment from members of the MHS Honors Chorus, presentations by MHS students who are part…

 

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128 down to two lanes tomorrow

 

roadworkahead_webWAKEFIELD — The going may be a little slow tomorrow on Route 128 in Wakefield and Lynnfield.

According to the Mass. Department of Transportation, two lanes will be closed on I-95 northbound and southbound in Lynnfield and Wakefield between Exit 43 (Walnut Street) and Exit 38 (Route 28) between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m…

 

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