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Your Next Car: What's It Going to Be?

I'm hoping to drive my old beater into the ground before we need to get another car, but I'm on the lookout. What's your next car going to be?

My wife and I drive a perfectly good 2002 Nissan Sentra with 127,318 miles on it. "Stella" has four wheels and gets us from Point A to Point B.   We've reached the stage in the life of the car where we don't repair body damage (as you can tell from the accompanying photo). I'm ashamed for my Dad to see it. But hey, it's paid for. Even though I'd love to get 200K miles out of Stella, she has some mechanical problems, like a seized bolt that has left the transmission fluid unchangeable for about eight years. She could conk out any old day. So we've been on the lookout for our next car. I'm paying attention to car commercials, asking friends about their cars. You know the feeling. We're looking for something that gets good gas mileage, and is…

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Local Dog-Lover Goes Pro

Nancy Dow started bow WOW! dog-walking and boarding service earlier this year. Serves Melrose, Wakefield, Lynnfield and Stoneham.

Local resident Nancy Dow has turned a lifelong love of animals into a new business serving area pet owners - The bow WOW! dog walking and boarding service, serving residents of Wakefield, Lynnfield, Melrose and Stoneham. Dow and her husband Alexander are Wakefield residents who own two dogs, one of them a recently rescued labrador retriever, she told Patch.com in a recent phone conversation. "I was the kid that would always play with all the dogs in the neighborhood," said Dow, adding that she got her first dog at age 10 when a cousin went away to college. Dow reports that she has taken a small pet CPR/First Aid course, and her one-person business is bonded and insured. Along with dog walking, she also offers overnight pet sitting services…

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Jobs in the Melrose Region

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Home of the Week: 77 Cochrane St. in Melrose

Check out the Home of the Week in Melrose.

[Editor's note: The following information is courtesy of the New England Moves website.] Here is a look at the Home of the Week on Melrose Patch: 77 Cochrane St. is on sale for $519,000. The three bedroom, 1 1/2 bath house is 2,016 square feet. The Garrison-style Colonial home sits on 0.15 acres. The home, which was built in 1940, features a central staircase, arched doorways with wood trim, hardwood floors and a screened-in porch. Check out the photos attached to take a glimpse of the property.

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Claim Your Melrose Patch Business Directory Listing [VIDEO]

Are you the manager or owner of a Melrose business listed on Melrose Patch? If so, claim your listing and enjoy the added perks.

When Melrose Patch launched a couple years ago, editors and freelancers ventured to local businesses to collect information for our directory. Now, more than a year later, our directory section is a spot where users can find descriptions, hours, accepted payment methods and much more for spots around town. All users can add events taking place at local spots, can rate the business on a scale of one to five stars, and can add a review. But owners of local businesses get extra bonuses when they claim a listing. Owners or managers should search for their business listing and select "claim you listing" in order to make updates to the page. A form will pop up asking for your name, contact information, and proof of ownership. Within a few days, …

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