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Train club hosts Home for the Holidays
On Saturday Dec. 5, it will be Home for the Holidays in Melrose. Santa Claus will be arriving by train at noon at Cedar Park.
Boston Globe, 11/30/09
Obituary
John Witkowski, Korean and Vietnam war veteran
John Witkowski passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Wednesday, November 25, 2009. He was 76. Gately Funeral Home, 11/30/09
Alderman William Forbes could see pooches in this part of Pine Banks Park.
Group scouting dog park locations
The Melrose Dog Society is working with the city to find a spot for a fenced-in dog park, after the Board of Aldermen last week approved it in principal. Boston Globe, 11/25/09
Richard Tisei greets supporter Kathy Richard of Melrose at a gathering in Wakefield.
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Baker introduces Tisei as his running mateRepublican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker, sending an early signal about the fiscally conservative, socially moderate administration he hopes to build, selected as his running mate yesterday Senate minority leader Richard R. Tisei, a veteran lawmaker who is also openly gay. Boston Globe, 11/24/09 |
Obituary
Alan Dary, popular host of Boston radio shows; at 89
Alan Dary, who interviewed many luminaries during his lengthy broadcast career, died Oct. 2 at a New Hampshire hospice. He was 89 and formerly lived in Melrose. Boston Globe, 11/24/09
Melrose mayor Dolan is backing CapuanoMayor Robert Dolan endorsed Congressman Michael E. Capuano on Sunday in the race to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in the upper chamber, calling the six-term congressman a lawmaker who takes clear stances on the issues that matter to his constituents. Boston Globe, 11/23/09 |
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Sportswriter to speak at library
The Melrose Public Library will host sportswriter, WEEI commentator, and author Steve Buckley on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m. Boston Globe, 11/19/09
Firms deliver only pain, immigrants say
Zulamar Acordi, 42, of Melrose, is among scores of Massachusetts immigrants who say they paid a string of companies thousands of dollars to ship boxes to Brazil that were never delivered. Many companies have since closed, leaving the immigrants incensed and authorities in Massachusetts struggling to track down the firms and find out what happened.
Boston Globe, 11/17/09
Lawyer disbarred for stealing money from clients
Daniel S. Boyce of Melrose, who ran a firm called North Shore Legal Associates in Salem, was ordered to shut down his law practice last month by the Supreme Judicial Court. Salem News, 11/10/09
Happy 100th birthday James Milano
It was only right and fitting that St. Mary's should throw a party for Jim Milano on his 100th birthday. Melrose Mirror, 11/6/09
- Related: Timeline of a life well-spent Melrose Mirror, 11/6/09