Melrose Advances $10.3 Million Ell Pond Park Overhaul

MELROSE — The city is moving forward with a proposed $10.3 million improvement project at Ell Pond Park that would add new pickleball courts, and Melrose has rolled out a new online tool meant to make thousands of public documents easier for residents to find.

TOWN HALL City officials are advancing plans to transform Ell Pond Park through the proposed $10.3 million improvement project, which would add new pickleball courts among other upgrades to the park. The project remains in the planning stages, with further details expected as it moves forward.

Separately, the city has launched a new website tool designed to make thousands of public documents easier for residents to access and search. The move is aimed at improving transparency around municipal records that residents have historically had to track down individually.

COMING UP One of Melrose's biggest annual celebrations of local businesses is set to return later this month, bringing an evening of live music and activity to town as the city marks the event's continued run as a summer staple.