Government & development in Melrose
Government & development in Melrose, updated every morning from the Melrose brief.
Get the Melrose brief every morning, free. Everything happening in Melrose in one two-minute email: town hall, schools, road work, openings, and what is coming up. Sign up. Know a newsletter, official, or group we should be reading? Tell us.
Last 14 days
- Melrose 2026 Election Results: Polls Close, Votes Being Counted. Patch's election-night page followed the vote count in Melrose after polls closed Tuesday, with races for governor, U.S. Senate and state legislative seats on the ballot. Source: Patch.Melrose Patch
- October home sales ranged $530,000 to $1.3 million. Melrose News reviewed October's closed home sales across town, finding a wide spread of prices as the local market continued to shift through the fall season.Melrose News
- Home sales ranged $530k to $1.3m in October. Melrose's October real estate market saw recorded sales prices spanning from $530,000 to $1.3 million, according to the town's monthly roundup of transactions.Melrose News
- Town's weekly roundup covers election day and street work. Melrose's weekly newsletter walks through Election Day voting and rides to the polls, Halloween happenings, yard waste pickup, fall street sweeping and ongoing work on West Wyoming Avenue through Nov. 6.Melrose News
- Weekly roundup covers election week, Halloween, street work. Melrose's weekly newsletter lays out what's ahead this week, from Tuesday's Election Day voting and rides to the polls to Halloween happenings, yard waste pickup, the start of fall street sweeping and lingering work on W. Wyoming Avenue.Melrose News
- Melrose publishes weekly obituary notices. This week's notices list one Melrose resident, Rosa Mignacca, who died Saturday, Oct. 24, with service details not yet published, according to Robinson Funeral Home.Melrose News
- Assessors open preliminary FY2027 value review. The Melrose Board of Assessors has completed its state-mandated revaluation of all city property for fiscal 2027, with residents able to review the new preliminary assessments before they are certified.Melrose News
- Obituary notices for the week of Oct. 19-25. One Melrose obituary was published this week: Rosa Mignacca, who died Saturday, Oct. 24, according to a notice from Robinson Funeral Home of Melrose posted via Legacy.com; service details had not yet been published.Melrose News
- October deed roundup led by $1.5 million sale. Melrose's monthly roundup of recorded property deeds found a $1.5 million trust sale topping the list among 18 transactions logged by the registry this month.Melrose News
- Final fall flu clinic set for Oct. 27. Melrose's Health and Human Services Department says Oct. 27 will bring the final flu clinic of the fall, at Memorial Hall and open only to residents 65 and older.Melrose News
- Preliminary FY2027 property values released. Melrose's Board of Assessors has completed its state-required revaluation of every property for fiscal 2027, setting up new assessments that will shape what residents owe next tax year.Melrose News
- Trust sale leads month of 18 recorded deeds. Melrose's monthly real estate roundup found a $1.5 million trust sale leading a month of 18 recorded property deeds across town.Melrose News
- Flu clinic for seniors set for Oct. 27. Melrose's Health and Human Services Department says its last flu clinic of the fall is Oct. 27 at Memorial Hall, open only to residents 65 and older as part of the Melrose Senior Resource Fair.Melrose News
- Assessors release preliminary FY2027 property values. The Melrose Board of Assessors has completed its state-required revaluation of all property for fiscal 2027, and residents could review preliminary assessments Oct. 19 through Oct. 23.Melrose News
- Campaign launches for ranked choice voting. Proponents have launched a campaign to replace Melrose's municipal voting system with ranked choice voting, according to the Melrose Messenger.Melrose News
Coming up
- Mon, Nov 9, 6:30 p.m.: Affordable Housing Trust meets Monday. The Affordable Housing Trust meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9.City of Melrose
- Tue, Nov 10, 6 p.m.: Zoning reevaluation kickoff open house at library. The city holds an open house to kick off its zoning reevaluation from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Melrose Public Library, 69 W. Emerson St.City of Melrose
- Tue, Nov 10, 7:30 p.m.: Housing Authority meets Tuesday, Nov. 10. The Melrose Housing Authority meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10.City of Melrose
Updated daily from the Melrose morning brief.