Melrose News

MELROSE — The city’s single-family home sales seem to have cooled a bit in the first quarter of 2025, according to the most recent report from The Warren Group, a leading provider of national real estate and transaction data.

Through the first three months of 2025, 20 single-family homes sold in Melrose for a median…

MELROSE — Stop by Follow Your Art Community Studios (FYACS) on Sunday, April 13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for upstairs/downstairs at the Big Yellow House, Artists in Residence Open Studios and Artist Pop-up Event held at 647 Main St. Upstairs in the Big Yellow House, FYACS Artists in Residence will open their studios…

MALDEN — On Sunday, April 6, Bread of Life hosted a “Just Desserts” fundraiser. The event was held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Bread of Life, 54 Eastern Ave., Malden.

“Just Desserts” was a family-friendly afternoon…

MELROSE DRAMA put on great performances of the musical “Grease” from April 3 to April 6 at the Veterans Memorial Middle School Auditorium. The audience was swept away as Melrose High thespians performed unforgettable songs and dance numbers as the Pink Ladies and T-Birds navigated friendship, love and teen rebellion in the feel-good staging.
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MELROSE — The City of Melrose is sharing the following updates for the upcoming week:

Melrose Public Library reopens April 15
The newly renovated Melrose Public Library building at 69 West Emerson Street reopens to the public on Tuesday, April 15 at 10 a.m. The library will close at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 18…

MELROSE — While Julie Nolan and Stephen Patenaude never met, they have something in common: both are Melrose residents who have had a son attend Hopeful Journeys, a non-profit school dedicated to the excellence of educating children on the autism spectrum.

Julie’s son Danny was the first full time student at…

MELROSE –- More than 40 local and area artists will display and sell their work at the 18^th Annual Melrose Arts Festival, held at Memorial Hall in Melrose on Saturday, April 26 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday…

Important development with choppy financial waters ahead

MELROSE — Mayor Jen Grigoraitis announced Wednesday that her administration has secured one-year extensions to the City’s collective bargaining agreements with the unions representing Melrose Department of Public Works laborers and the City’s clerical workers. 

Closing these contract negotiations marks the first time in at least 10…

MELROSE — Follow Your Art Community Studios (FYACS) invites the community to the Opening Reception of its Annual Student Exhibition on Friday, April 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. at 647 Main St. in Melrose. This event is free and open to all ages.

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MELROSE — Team 2713 Red Hawk Robotics from Melrose High School attended the New England District Greater Boston and Pine Tree events last month and has qualified to attend the District championship in Springfield, MA during the first weekend of April.

Looking to…