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The cool sounds of Jazz Fest 2025

THANKS to a generous grant from the Melrose Cultural Council, Melrose Jazz Fest was held on Sunday, May 4 at Follow Your Art Community Studios, 647 Main St. This event was free, family friendly, open to everyone and produced some awfully good music. (Photos by Dan Murphy, murphymediagroup.org)

 

 

 

 

 

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Come and enjoy the First Congregational Church Yard and Bake sale

READY FOR THIS weekend’s bake and yard sale Saturday, May 10 at the First Congregational Church.

 

MELROSE — First Congregational Church is holding Annual Spring Indoor Yard and Bake Sale on Saturday, May 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be small furniture, dishware, kitchen items, glassware, linens, athletic equipment, tools, decorative…

 

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Project Bread’s 57th Walk for Hunger raises over $1M

BOSTON – On Sunday, May 4, thousands gathered on Boston Common and tuned in from around the world for Project Bread’s 57th Annual Walk for Hunger, a beloved Massachusetts tradition and the nation’s oldest continual pledge walk. This year, more than 4,500 participants, both in-person and virtual walkers across 20 states and 3 countries, united…

 

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Scenes from Melrose’s 175th birthday

KRIS RODOLICO (right) of Follow Your Art Community Studios helped organize some of the city’s 175th birthday events, as did the office of Mayor Jen Grigoraitis. (Photo by Raj Das, edphotos.com)

 

 

CITY COUNCILORS helped celebrate Melrose’s 175th anniversary Saturday. From the left are Ward 6’s Cal Finocchiaro, council President Leila Migliorelli and Ward

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Celebrate Bay State Bike Month with these safety reminders

 

THE HORACE MANN “bike bus” which rides to school together every other Friday. (Colleen Conway Photo).

 

MELROSE — Every May, Massachusetts celebrates Bay State Bike Month, a month-long series of events held from the Berkshires to the Cape to raise awareness for safe cycling across the Commonwealth. Here in Melrose, we enjoy a…

 

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‘Live from Living Room’ returns to FYACS

MELROSE — Follow Your Art Community Studios (FYACS) announces the return of its “Live from the Living Room” concert series.

The next concert with songwriter, producer and performer Anju will be held on Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m. at 647 Main St. Anju’s work has been highlighted by NPR’s “All Songs Considered,” Rolling Stone…

 

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Melrose girl hits the ring

PICTURED ON THE left is Stefana Bagerella, sign holder for MMA events being held at Melrose Memorial Hall in Melrose.

 

MELROSE — Stefana Bageralla is a sign holder for Majay Thai and MMA fights. She grew up and went to school in Melrose. At a young age she wanted to be a model and…

 

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Front Page: May 9, 2025

 

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Masked crusaders

THESE TWO were ready to participate in the Cygnet Parade, just one of the activities celebrating the city’s 175th birthday last Saturday. (Photos by Raj Das, edphotos.com)

 

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Austerity abounds in mayor’s spending plan

MELROSE — One of the most austere municipal spending packages in recent memory was submitted to the City Council this week by Mayor Jen Grigoraitis, who told a joint meeting of the council and the School Committee she is hardly proud of it but there’s not much financial firepower left at her disposal.

While the…

 

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City among first group of Climate Leader Communities

BOSTON – The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced last week the Department of Energy Resources (DOER)’s certification of the first group of Climate Leader Communities (CLCs). 

Acton, Amherst, Arlington, Ashfield, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Easthampton, Lexington, Melrose, Natick, Pelham, Salem, Somerville, Stow, Swampscott, Truro, Watertown and Wellesley applied for and met the requirements to become CLCs. …

 

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In bloom

THE WEEPING CHERRY TREE in front of this Bellevue Avenue adds brilliance as spring marches on. (Photo by Raj Das, edphotos.com)

 

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