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News Nearby: Fire Damages Somerville Bakery

Check out some of the stories making headlines in the Melrose region this week.

Here are some of the stories making headlines in the Melrose region this week:

Somerville

  • Union Square Fire Causes at Least $35K in Damage: A Wednesday night fire at a bakery in Union Square caused at least $35,000 in damage, probably more, and three firefighters were injured fighting the blaze.

Winchester

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  • The Essex County Grand Jury returned indictments late on Friday, Dec. 28 charging two Winchester men and a Revere woman with conspiracy and misleading investigators in connection to the Jan. 5, 2007 hit-and-run deaths of Tina Tello and Christopher Zullo. Michael S. Tranchita, Jr., 33, of 63 Harvard St., Winchester, is charged with leaving the scene of a death, conspiracy, and 2 counts of misleading a potential witness. His father, Michael S. Tranchita, Sr., 55, of 69 Harvard St., Winchester, is charged with conspiracy, misleading a potential witness and misleading an investigator. Lisa Cutting, 39, of 263 Bradstreet Ave., Revere is charged with conspiracy, misleading an investigator and accessory after the fact.

Reading

  • Several car break-ins and an arrest are reported in this police log. 

Stoneham

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  • Stoneham Man's Baby First Born at Winchester Hospital in 2013: Hunter Joseph was born to Melissa Parziale of Arlington and Michael Sampson of Stoneham at 2:15 a.m. on Tuesday. He weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces and was 21 ½ inches long.


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