Melrose News

By BOB BURGESS

MELROSE — In a wide-ranging discussion before the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday morning, Mayor Robert J. Dolan said Melrose faces a lot of challenges, not the least of which is “building a community built to last.”

During his annual breakfast meeting appearance in Windsor at Oak Grove, Dolan rallied business leaders and…

By BOB BURGESS

MELROSE — Supt. of Schools Cyndy Taymore on Tuesday presented her educational budget proposal for next year, a $27,065,941 spending plan that brings the city a little closer to meeting the challenges it faces.

Taymore’s budget proposal, like any other education budget in any other year, is subject to change.

On March…

The March 10 Author’s Corner with Bob Ryan scheduled for the Melrose Public Library has been canceled.

WOBURN — A Middlesex grand jury this week indicted the former owner of RD’s Deli on Franklin Street for allegedly trying to dupe a mentally challenged woman out of Lottery winners.

Chang Cho, of Churchill Circle in Winchester, was indicted a charge of larceny over $250 against a disabled person. He will be arraigned sometime…

By BOB BURGESS

MELROSE — The winter of 2014-15 was already a record breaker before the city saw another 15 inches of snow fall Valentine’s Day night and Sunday, February 15. It now may be a bank breaker too.

The city will spend at least $1.5 million on snow and ice removal this winter, according…

MELROSE — Every dog has his day but after an eye problem started to affect his vision, K-9 Jony has reached the day of his bittersweet retirement from the department.

“For the past eight years, Jony has been an invaluable part of the Melrose Police…

By BOB BURGESS

MELROSE — Hallmark Health officials who run Melrose-Wakefield Hospital are staying the course as they seek a company merger with Partners HealthCare.

Partners announced Tuesday it would not pursue a plan to acquire Weymouth’s South Shore Hospital but would remain steadfast in its intention to merge with Hallmark Health, which also operates…

MELROSE — The city was basically shut down again at the beginning of the week as yet another significant winter storm raged through the region, dumping 16 more inches of snow on Melrose.

Since January 24, according to city records, 71 inches have fallen here, making it about the snowiest 18-day period in record-keeping history…

MELROSE — Due to the recent snowstorms and in anticipation of more this week, Superintendent of Schools Cyndy Taymore is rescheduling the site visits by the two finalists for the position of principal of the Lincoln School.

The district will be hosting each candidate individually for a site visit to the Lincoln School on Feb…