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New tax rate is $12.96 for homeowners

MELROSE — Residential property tax owners will be paying a rate of $12.96 for each $1,000 of value in the coming year. The aldermen agreed Monday night to set a shift factor of 1.42, which now means the “average” homeowner will be paying $5,549 in property taxes in the year ahead, up from $5,383.

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Tuesday’s flooding kept public safety crews busy

MELROSE — Tuesday’s nasty nor’easter dumped plenty of rain on the city, causing streets to flood and about 2,200 National Grid customers to lose electricity during parts of the storm

Between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. the city saw all manner of localized street flooding, the major ones being at the corner of Lebanon and…

 

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PHOTO: A special guest at Home for the Holidays

THE CHAMBER, THE CITY AND HALLMARK HEALTH sponsored the 2014 Home for the Holidays activities on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5 and 6. On Friday night, Santa Claus made his way to the city and was welcomed by hundreds of well-wishers lining Main Street. (Donna Larsson Photo)
THE CHAMBER, THE CITY AND HALLMARK HEALTH sponsored the 2014 Home for the Holidays activities on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5 and 6. On Friday night, Santa Claus made his way to the city and was welcomed by hundreds of well-wishers lining Main Street. (Donna Larsson Photo)

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PHOTO: Weather alert

ASHLEY AND TYLER BELLANDI seem to have a keen sense of winter as they stepped outdoors recently. (Katie Bellandi Photo)
ASHLEY AND TYLER BELLANDI seem to have a keen sense of winter as they stepped outdoors recently. (Katie Bellandi Photo)

 

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Superbowl trips are a family affair

32 years after 4 Raiders charged to Foxboro, their sons return

HISTORY IS remade as two generations of Melrose High School Red Raiders take the trip to Foxboro for Super Bowl. Members of the last MHS football team to go to Super Bowl in 1982 will see five of their sons make the trip this Saturday. They are: (pictured from left) John Mercer and son Zack, John McLaughlin and son Brian, Chris Hickey and son Jack, and George Karelas and sons Jake (l) and Luke (r). Melrose will take on Dartmouth on Sat. at 6:00 p.m. at Gillette Stadium and hope to earn their first Super Bowl victory. (Donna Larsson photo) 
HISTORY IS remade as two generations of Melrose High School Red Raiders take the trip to Foxboro for Super Bowl. Members of the last MHS football team to go to Super Bowl in 1982 will see five of their sons make the trip this

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Whatever aldermen decide, taxes are going up

MELROSE — While the aldermen plan to discuss property tax issues Monday night, it seems safe to say your taxes will be going up this year.

During the annual tax classification hearing with the assessors this week, the aldermen were given plenty of information to ponder. They scheduled a special meeting for December 8 at…

 

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Another squatter living on Mt. Hood Golf Course

MELROSE — Police continue to deal with at least one man who is living in the woods of Mt. Hood Park and Golf Course.

On Tuesday, November 25, police were called around 10:55 a.m. to an heard not far from the green of the 17th hole at the end of the parking lot to handle…

 

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PHOTO: A healthy way to spend a holiday

MEMBERS OF THE Melrose Running Club take time out after their annual Thanksgiving Day Fun Run around Spot Pond to catch up on local news. Missing from the photo are Henry and Janet Murphy. The running club meets every Tuesday 7 p.m. at the Melrose Knights of Columbus on West Foster Street. All levels are welcome.
MEMBERS OF THE Melrose Running Club take time out after their annual Thanksgiving Day Fun Run around Spot Pond to catch up on local news. Missing from the photo are Henry and Janet Murphy. The running club meets every Tuesday 7 p.m. at the Melrose Knights of Columbus on West Foster Street. All levels are

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City accepting donations to Emergency Fund

FROM THE LEFT ARE Nancy Kukura, Paula Emelock and Dorothy Travis of the Temple Beth Shalom Sisterhood and Mayor Robert J. Dolan.
FROM THE LEFT ARE Nancy Kukura, Paula Emelock and Dorothy Travis of the Temple Beth Shalom Sisterhood and Mayor Robert J. Dolan.

MELROSE — As the holiday season begins, Mayor Rob Dolan is once again making the annual appeal for donations to the Melrose Emergency Fund. The members of the Temple Beth Shalom Sisterhood were…

 

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City declares Dec. 1-6 Red Raiders Week

Red-Raider-logo_webMELROSE — Melrose High School is going to the Super Bowl on December 6 and this great accomplishment is an opportunity to showcase all of the great achievements of the city’s football team, its band, cheerleaders, student body and staff and to celebrate all of Melrose schools and the great things that are happening every…

 

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PHOTO: Melrose dancers to perform in ‘The Nutcracker’

MORE THAN 60 Melrose kids are in this year's Melrose Youth Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker." Here are about 40 of them. The show runs Dec. 5 to 7.
MORE THAN 60 Melrose kids are in this year’s Melrose Youth Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker.” Here are about 40 of them. The show runs Dec. 5 to 7.

 

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MHS bomb threat probed

MELROSE — Two students are being credited with alerting administrators to a bomb threat Tuesday morning, November 18, at Melrose High. Police investigated and after a thorough search determined no lives were ever in danger.

Principal Marianne Farrell, in a Connect Ed statement to parents later in the day, explained that “at 10:17 two students…

 

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