Weekly Recap: Candy Castle Closes, Trash Goes Private

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.

To see your neighbors' news, check out our Announcements section under News, and read Local Voices bloggers' latest posts.

A look back at Melrose's top stories of the week.

Top Three Articles of the Week

on Friday, Feb. 24, as owners Vita and Tom Bugden of Medford have decided to retire after owning the store since 1985.

JRM Hauling & Recycling will , but residents shouldn't notice any change in their service according to the company's officials and Melrose City Engineer John Scenna.

Bootstrap Compost is the brainchild of Andy Brooks. In January 2011, the longtime Jamaica Plain resident launched the service, which will pick up discarded food waste at your home, and turn your garbage into rich garden compost, .

Police and Fire

A $125K federal grant awarded to the Melrose Police Department will allow the department to r.

An arrest at Petrone's, a patient versus patient assault at the hospital and .

Schools

Melrose Patch would like to know, especially from people who frequent the building, .

Melrose High School is proud to announce that senior Joshua Yee has been named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist, .

Opinion

For this week's Patch Picks column, Melrose Patch asked you , whether it was nominated for an Oscar or not.

in the U.S. Senate race according to our poll.

Sports

Steve Langton of Melrose and Steven Holcomb of Park City, Utah claimed in the 2012 contest for the crown.

The Melrose U10-1 Girls Hockey team with big wins over Reading and Medford.

The first place Middlesex Yankee Conference League Melrose U12 girls' hockey team .

Local Voices Bloggers

In his first Melrose Patch blog post, Joe Ingemi reminds Melrosians to save the date of Saturday, April 28 for the .

Arnie Fertig offers during an initial screening call.

Chris Cinella says as an investor, you may sometimes feel frustrated. After all, your portfolio seems to be at the mercy of the financial markets, whose volatility is beyond anyone’s control. So, .