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WEEK IN REVIEW: Whole Foods in Town, and More

PLUS: A high school volleyball player breaks a record and over 100 cycle through Melrose.

Whole Foods to Purchase Johnnie’s Foodmaster in Melrose: Whole Foods Market will be purchasing leases for six Johnnie's Foodmaster locations, including the one in Melrose, according to press statements released by both companies Friday morning.

We've all gotten the emails or the phone calls: a Nigerian prince wants to cut you in on a multi-million dollar diamond deal, a Middle Eastern oil company just found out you have stock in their business, or a Chinese textile company shows that you are the new heir to its vast, centuries-old fortune.

“If it sounds too good to be true,” said Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, warning a room full of Melrose seniors at the Fuller House Thursday morning, “it probably is” responded Koutoujian and the crowd in unison.

VIDEO: MHS Volleyball Player Brooke Bell Sets School Assists Record: On Monday, Melrose High School senior Brooke Bell set the school's girls' volleyball assist record, according to a VideojamProductions video report on YouTube.

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Bell broke the record previously held by Colleen Hanscom who set it back in 2009, according to the report.


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