MHS Reaccreditation, A New Principal and a Bakery

Our top stories of the week:

has earned reaccreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), but has also been placed on due to concerns regarding the lack of a curriculum alignment plan, crowded classrooms and the aging building's condition.

Next up, Mary Alise Herrera has been named the for the in Melrose, Superintendent Joe Casey announced in a press release on Wednesday morning.

And finally, D’Amici’s Bakery in Melrose after the business set up a new addition in the city's downtown last month. 

Here are a few other notables from the past week…

Schools

The class of 2011 , giving a fond farewell to the school at which they spent a long four years – five, if you count eight grade.

Additionally, you can catch the video highlights from the graduation , complete with speeches and songs from the Friday ceremony.

Government

The Melrose Board of Aldermen Monday night a revised redistricting map for the city's wards and precincts that will now go back to the state for further approval.

Also, service problems on the Orange and Red lines have indicating that aging trains are at fault and will cost $1 billion to replace.

Melrose, southeast Middlesex County and most of eastern Massachusetts last week as temperatures and humidity levels skyrocketed, events predicted the National Weather Service (NWS).

The Lloyd Memorial Pool in Melrose was not scheduled to open until June 25, but in response to high temperatures and humidity last week, the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and lifeguard services at various DCR beaches, spray decks and wading pools.

The Neighborhood Files

Melrosian Nancy Dean is in the for her 11th Against The Tide’ swim, a cancer research fundraiser to honor her mother and to encourage families to talk openly about the disease.

Melrose Department of Public Works to the City Yard where kids learned about DPW while having fun. 

Business

 Melrose single-family home sales compared to the same month last year—like single-family home sales across the state—but the drop is due to the home buyer tax credit that expired last year, according to the head of The Warren Group.

Sports

One hit is all it took to turn a nailbiter into a as a fifth-inning grand slam by North Andover’s Rick O’Conner turned a tied game into a four-run rout en route to a 10-3 Knight win over the Red Raiders yesterday in a Division 2 North quarterfinal game.

The girls’ tennis team’s bid for a second straight upset in the MIAA North Division 2 section at Concord-Carlisle High School on Monday afternoon.

The Massachusetts Women’s Open golf tournament this year.The 2011 edition, scheduled for June 27 and 28, will be contested at in Melrose—the same course that hosted the inaugural tournament back in 1990, and each one through 1994.

Police and Fire

The manager of an apartment building on West Wyoming Avenue told police he from the building's basement.

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