Melrose News

By JEFF SOMERS

MELROSE — Student assessment and testing were the main topics of discussion at Tuesday’s School Committee meeting.

The Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning of Melrose Public Schools, Dr. Margaret Adams, spoke to the committee at length on how Melrose schools can more effectively cater to particularly gifted students, as well as…

MELROSE — On Saturday, Nov. 15, there will be a paper shredding recycling drop off event. Residents can bring one box for free and five dollars for each additional box (checks only). It will be held at the Recycling Center at 72 Tremont St. from 8 a.m. to noon.

The items collected at all events…

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MELROSE — The city continues to get greener and greener.

The aldermen this week were asked to let Mayor Robert J. Dolan spend $30,000 in state funds on an electric vehicle and a charger after Melrose was approved to participate in a Mass. Department of Environmental Protection grant program.

Just about a year ago, city…

MELROSE — The City of Melrose and Mayor Rob Dolan will host a Veteran Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, November 18, at 7 p.m. at the Melrose Elks Lodge on Myrtle Street. The meeting is open to all Melrose veterans, their families and their supporters.

The goal of the meeting is to receive input from…

MELROSE — A 19-year-old Pleasant Street man was charged with burning a motor vehicle next to the Melrose Police station Monday, Nov. 3.

Following up on a couple of calls about a man hiding behind cars in a nearby lot and acting suspiciously around 5 p.m. police found Dancun Kariuki of 105 Pleasant St. near…

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By DAN TOMASELLO

MELROSE — In a surprising turn of events, Republican state Senate candidate Monica Medeiros failed to win her home city in the state election Tuesday.

State Senator Jason Lewis (D-Winchester) defeated Medeiros, an Alderman at-Large, with 48.41 percent (5,714) of the vote compared to Medeiros’ 45.72 percent (5,396). Lewis carried Ward 1…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Some marriages, it seems, were made in heaven. How else to explain the love and endurance these couples demonstrate.

But there’s another kind of marriage that also may…

MELROSE — Mayor Rob Dolan and other city and state officials announced this week that Melrose has received $500,000 through the MassWorks Infrastructure Program for improvements to the Essex Street Corridor.

The proposed scope of work for the estimated $750,000 project will include Essex Street, beginning at Main Street and continuing to the intersection of…

MELROSE — The four people running to represent us on Beacon Hill were asked the following question: What is the November 4 election about? Here are their answers.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

32nd MIDDLESEX DISTRICT

Incumbent Paul Brodeur of Melrose is being challenged by Greenwood Republican John Lock.

PAUL BRODEUR

Next week’s election is about the quality…