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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Introducing Small Business Patch
The newly launched site offers tips, info and digital know-how for small business owners.
Patch has launched a new site to educate and empower small businesses with the digital tools, social media strategies and marketing know-how needed to ensure long-term growth. Readers will have access to exclusive interviews with well-known founders and CEOs and small business industry experts who share their experiences, advice and tips for success. One of the latest articles features an exclusive interview with successful real estate entrepreneur, Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group. In this Q&A, Corcoran discusses the how to take advantage of the size of a small businesses, and why making big “mistakes” made all the difference in her success. Click here to read about the tactics Corcoran used to grow her business. …
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Saturday, May 18, 2013
New Homes for Sale in Melrose This Week
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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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Developer to Build Housing Complex Just Outside Melrose
John M. Corcoran and Company, a Braintree-based developer, will purchase the 26-acre Weiss Farm property in Stoneham for a planned apartment complex with an affordable housing component. Will it affect traffic here?
A Braintree-based developer will purchase the 26-acre Weiss Farm property for a planned apartment complex with an affordable housing component, according to a report by The Stoneham Independent. The farm is located at 170 Franklin St. - just a quarter mile over the town line - and could have implications for local traffic. The newspaper reportedly obtained a letter from Weiss Farm owner Donna Weiss to the community, stating that she has reached an agreement with John M. Corcoran and Company, of Braintree, to sell her parcel of land for a development that could include upwards of 300 apartment units. "I have been holding on to the farm primarily to preserve and honor the Weiss family legacy; however, I find that I can no longer shoulder …
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Peter Maher
9:40 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013
If we have to lose the Farm, Then, 1. I hope the complex is Union Built. 2. that there be a cut through to Spring St. To avoid the traffic at the High School. more ›
FOR SALE: Check Out This $517K 3-Bedroom on Glendale Avenue
Find homes for sale in Melrose on this page every week, courtesy of our partners at Zillow.
Find out what open houses are happening in Melrose this week. More Melrose Real Estate Listings >> For more real estate information, visit the Real Estate section on Melrose Patch.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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…
Monday, May 13, 2013
Jobs in the Melrose Region
Browse the Jobs section to find out what types of jobs are available in the Melrose area.
Mike G.
4:48 am on Saturday, May 18, 2013
UGH, yet another AOL-imposed blogspam crappost. I wonder which marketing genius thought this up. more ›