A look back at Melrose’s top stories of the week. 

A car driven by an elderly Everett man crashed through the wall of the Rite Aid in Melrose on Tuesday afternoon, injuring three pharmacy employees.

After a man pulled over by a Melrose Policedetective allegedly hit the detective and sped away in his car, he came to a stop on a home's lawn and discovered by the Melrose Police K-9 unit hiding in the bushes at a Conrad Road home, according to Melrose Police Lt. Mark DeCroteau.

Melrose Police sent out a precautionary message to residents in the Horace Mann School area on Wednesday due to the discovery of what appeared to be heroin following a manhunt and subsequent arrest on Tuesday.

Up until recently, the Parker family of Fairmount Street in Melrose was like many New England clans: They kept problems close to home and faced challenges with little fanfare. This was no small feat, as Rick and Patty Parker are the parents of a severely disabled child. A new documentary tells their story. 

Schools 

Roger Nadeau prevailed in a field of forty 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders to win this year’s Lincoln School Geography Bee. The contest, which is in its second year, was a spelling bee-style face off between the students who scored highest at their grade level on the National Geography Competition Test.

Government

A resurrected ordinance that would require criminal background checks of ice cream truck drivers that are licensed by the Melrose Health Department quietly died on Monday night.

The Melrose Board of Aldermen passed the water and sewer rate increases for next year as originally proposed on Monday night, after attempts to cut from the budget to lower the rate increases quickly went nowhere.

Local

Melrose resident Joanne King was honored along with 31 other cancer survivors and Pan-Massachusetts Challenge cyclists as part of PMC Day at Fenway Park prior to Saturday night’s interleague showdown between theBoston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers. King and the other cyclists rode around the warning track in a pre-game ceremony to honor their commitment to raising money for cancer care and research.

Useful Information You Need To Know

Melrose Patch's regular features (and don't forget to start your day with Good Morning Melrose's 5 Things You Need to Know Today) are scheduled as follows:

Our family-friendly features:

• Frugal Family: Our round-up of five great deals in the area runs Mondays at 8 a.m.
  
• Grab & Go Kids Planner: Family-friendly events in and around Melrose, runs Tuesdays at 3 p.m.
• Moms Talk: The weekly conversation on the hot parenting topic of the day runs on Wednesdays at noon.
• Great Escape: Suggestions for moms' me-time runs on Wednesdays at 3 p.m.
• Whiz Kid: Our profile of awesome Melrose kids runs on Fridays at 3 p.m. 
  

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• View Finder: A photo gallery from recent Melrose events and happenings that runs Mondays at noon.
  
• Where Is It In Melrose? Our popular mystery photo contest runs  Mondays at 3 p.m.
• Get Out: Plan out your weekend with this compilation of events in the area that runs Thursdays at 11 a.m.
• Sold! Curious if you have new neighbors? Our round-up of the week's home sales runsThursdays at noon.
• House Hunt, our round-up of open houses during the coming weekend, runs on Fridays at noon.
• Blog Posts of the Week, our round-up of our favorite Melrose Patch blog posts from the past week, runs Fridays at 1:30 p.m.
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