Weekly Recap: Peacuddy's Vacancy, Romney Wins and More

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.

Top Three Articles of the Week

This month's "Visions for Vacancies" article asks on Franklin Street. We've gotten suggestion from a kebob restaurant, to an independent bookstore, to a community arts center.

Mitt Romney matched his decisive primary victory in Massachusetts here in Melrose, where he coasted to a .

An inmate serving life without parole in the murder of a Plaistow, N.H. woman born in Melrose was in New Hampshire state prison in Concord, officials said.

Police and Fire

An armed robbery with a hand gun on Main Street and more in .

Government

On Wednesday, March 14 at noon, Melrose Patch will hold its second , who will have other Melrose City Hall officials on hand to provide the answers you're looking for.

Secretary of State William F. Galvin has said he would pressure Bank of America and other national banks with branches in Massachusetts to give children and the elderly free checking accounts.

In light of a recent ruling by Massachusetts judges that concluded that residents who host "bring your own booze" parties should not be held liable if underage guests drive drunk and cause injuries, death, or damage, said that hosts should be responsible for the consequences of underage drinking. Half said they should not be.

MBTA

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) that allows residents to choose how they would make up the MBTA's current shortfall.

The Boston Herald reported that the MBTA police are cracking down on fare evaders. We asked in a poll:

Best of Patch Readers' Choice

In Melrose Patch's Readers' Choice contest, And the winner is ...

Schools

Melrose High School alumna and Emmanuel College senior Meghan Kirwan is our Whiz Kid of the Week for being by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.

The Neighborhood Files

With Thursday's temperatures in the 60s and after an unseasonably warm winter, it feels like spring has already arrived, so we asked you to

Hallmark Health System's Melrose-Wakefield Hospital including Richard Nuzzo, III born at 7:58 a.m., Ava-Lynn Freitas born at 8:57 a.m. and Claire Ceplikas born at 12:57 p.m.

Here's a look at the top headlines from Melrose Patch for the month of February—

with clocks changing at 2 a.m. local time, so make sure you've rolled your clocks forward one hour.

Local Voices

Modern Salon asks if you're .

Ross Capobianco offers healthy tips for seniors on .

Chris Cinella asks: As an investor, what are your goals? You can probably think of quite a few—but over the course of your lifetime,