Weekly Recap: Bullying Prevention, Farmer's Market Move, and Anti-Drug Abuse Grant

Here are some of the highlights from Melrose Patch's news coverage this past week. This is only a small sample—to see all the coverage, click on the News tab on the navigation bar.

Top Three Articles of the Week

After working for more than a decade to educate Melrose residents about bullying, domestic violence and abusive teen relationships, the Melrose Alliance Against Violence (MAAV) will offer workshops about those issues in Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk counties through its new .

After spending 16 years in the City Hall parking lot and the past year in front of the First United Methodist Church, the Sally Frank Farmers' Market finally has a new venue, as the Melrose Park Commission unanimously

Melrose officials announced that the city's at a total of $625,000—a renewal they weren't expecting due to budget cuts at the federal level.

Government

Breaking of rules in the 2,600-acre Middlesex Fells Reservation , who are more interested in focusing on the behavior of others than educating their members on Fells rules, Curt Rudge, Chief Ranger for the Department of Conservation and Recreation, said in a public hearing.

With a lack of unified opposition on Beacon Hill, the latest reincarnation of the casino bill easily passed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives last night, with Rep. Paul Brodeur, D-Melrose, voting for the bill. .

Twelve Massachusetts mayors and municipal leaders, including Melrose Mayor Rob Dolan, expressed their .

Schools

A wide-ranging round table discussion was held by the Melrose School Committee in the Melrose High School resource center, as the committee begins the process of that would address how technology has shifted communication from one-way broadcasting by the schools to two-way communication and networking between school faculty and the public.

on Thursday morning, when Melrose City Clerk Mary Rita O'Shea swore him in at City Hall. The former and once-again committee member fills the vacancy left by J.D. LaRock, who officially stepped down from the committee on Wednesday to accept a job offer in Paris.

The Neighborhood Files

Melrosians and people from around the region gathered up and down Main Street on Sunday to celebrate the 31st Annual Victorian Fair put on by Melrose Chamber of Commerce. Melrose Patch .

For this week's Patch Picks, we asked: What are five great meals in Melrose for under $25? .

Volunteers in the News

A seven-year-old Melrose girl joined the ranks of Sen. Ted Kennedy, Elizabeth Edwards and others known for their philanthropy. in June at "the one hundred," Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center’s annual fundraiser that honors 100 individuals and groups for their contributions in the fight against cancer.

9/11

Melrose Fire Capt. Jim Winslow and Firefighter Daryl MacLeod shared their memories on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, helping to remove debris, finding voids in the rubble, checking for survivors after the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

On Sunday, the Melrose Victorian Fair officially opened with a , a Melrose native who died in the Twin Towers during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.