Christmas Pageant Sunday
Everyone is invited to Melrose Highlands Congregational Church's Christmas Pageant this morning.
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Share Your Photos With Santa Claus
Melrose Patch would love to share your photos with jolly old St. Nick!
Have you told Santa Claus your Christmas list this year? Did someone photograph the moment you whispered you wanted the new iPad or a cashmere sweater? With all the Santa sightings and photo opportunities, Melrose Patch would like to share your photos for all to see! All photos are welcome! Whether Santa is giving a candy cane to your greyhound or cat, or your best friend's child! Just click the "Upload Photos and Videos" button (videos are welcome too!).
Friday, December 23, 2011
Five Things You Need to Know Today
5 Things You Need To Know Today—Friday, Dec. 23
It's Christmas Eve, um, Eve; full day of school today for Melrose before Winter Break.
Check the traffic out there before heading out the door! Today is Friday, Dec. 23—123 years ago today, Van Gogh cut off his ear—and here are Melrose's five fast facts for the day: 1) Gray skies are gonna clear up: Rain, mainly before 11 a.m. High near 40. North wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. Tonight, a slight chance of rain and snow showers before 7 p.m., then a slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. North wind between 7 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. (Forecast by the National Weather Service.) 2) On a holiday, far away, let's go today: Well, today's not technically a holiday, but with Christmas this weekend, we're taking it easy today at Melrose Patch Headquarters…
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Christmas: What's Open, Closed in Melrose
A round-up of stores that are open this 2011 Christmas weekend.
Here's a quick round-up of what's open and closed this Christmas weekend, emailed to Melrose Patch by Melrose businesses, and the MBTA schedule: OPEN CLOSED OPEN CLOSED Sunday, Dec. 25 Monday, Dec. 26 (Observed)
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Betsey Benagh
6:54 am on Thursday, December 22, 2011
We're wandering off topic, I think, but that said: it's tough to truly take vacations and holidays when employers expect one to stay connected on said vacations and holidays. I recently encountered a situation where someone wanted to call a co-worker who was on their honeymoon. I said I would smash his phone if he did. :) I send emails (to work email addresses, not personal ones) to people who … more ›
Monday, December 19, 2011
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PHOTOS: Santa Visits Pine Banks
Santa visited Pine Banks Park on Saturday and Sunday.
For the 62nd year, Santa Claus made his annual appearance at Pine Banks Park this past weekend. Click through the photos above from his visit. Were you there? Add your own photos and videos to this gallery! It's easy—just sign into your Melrose Patch account (or sign into Melrose Patch using your Facebook account). Click the "Upload Photos and Videos" button beneath the gallery's photos and follow the directions.
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Amanda Kersey
12:01 pm on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
I love the expression on Connor's face. He looks delighted to be standing there with Santa. more ›
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Is Your Store Open Around Christmas or New Year's?
Melrose restauranteurs and shopkeepers: Let us know when you're open around the holidays this month.
Hey Melrose business owners and restauranteurs—is your place open around the holidays this year? In the comments below—or in an email to editor Daniel DeMaina at danield@patch.com—let everyone know if you're open on: Let us know what days your place will be open and what your hours will be. Restauranteurs: If you're having any special menus for Christmas or New Year's, send that information along, too. We'll compile everything into articles that will run next week and the week after.
Daniel DeMaina
10:12 am on Monday, December 19, 2011
Thanks Michael and Lorenzo! Also, if you have store hours, please include those here as well. People will want to know what times your business is open on those days. more ›
Monday, December 5, 2011
Add Photos Of You In Your Ugliest Holiday Sweater!
Ugly sweaters are just part of the fun of the season. Post a shot of you in yours.
People love ugly Christmas sweaters; we throw holiday parties just to wear them, give them as gag gifts and go searching through our families' basements and attics in search of them. Put on that pilling sweater covered in reindeer and tinsel and show us your stuff by adding it to this gallery by clicking the "Submit" button above—because nothing beats a slideshow of your neighbors in their ugliest Christmas knit.
Five Things You Need to Know Today
5 Things You Need To Know Today—Monday, Dec. 5
Toys for Tots drive at Superior Image; aldermen meet tonight; Melrose businesses, tell us if you're open on Christmas and New Year's.
Check the traffic out there before heading out the door! Today is Monday, Dec. 5—66 years ago today, five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers comprising Flight 19 take off from the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station in Florida on a routine three-hour training mission are lost in the Bermuda Triangle—and here are Melrose's five fast facts for the day: 1) This looks like a December day: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Southwest wind between 6 and 9 mph. Tonight, a chance of showers, mainly after 11 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southwest wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. (Forecast by the National Weather Service.) 2) Games, games, here's some games, games that want to get out: Superior Image Barbershop will…
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
Patch Picks
The Best Places To Get a Christmas Tree
For this week's Patch Picks, we asked where in or near Melrose to get the best Christmas tree: whether it be the cheapest, the highest quality or the most pleasant-smelling one.
Christmas trees are the centerpiece of the holiday celebrations for many people, and each year, families go to tree farms to cut down their own evergreen, pick one up from a school sale or dig out their trusty fake from the basement. So for this week's Patch Picks, we asked for the best places in Melrose or nearby to get a Christmas tree. Here's what you told us:
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d. McNulty
2:11 pm on Monday, December 5, 2011
Went to Herrick Tree Farm, pretty picked over (many people tag their trees early). I think that Holiday Tree Farm, Salem St, Topsfield had the largest and best selection of cut your own trees. Great farm, lots of trees $60 any size. Nicely pruned (not over done), family owned. more ›
Friday, November 4, 2011
Which Non-Profits Need Donations This Holiday Season?
For next week's Patch Picks, we're asking you to share with your neighbors where they should bring canned food, coats or other goods.
Food banks across the country are struggling every day to gather enough food to feed the poor, according to NPR, and even more so during the holidays. So we'd like to know which ones, along with soup kitchens and other non-profit organizations, need donations from the community. Just leave your suggestions in the comments section, and we'll compile them into next Thursday's Patch Picks column.
Ron Sen
12:51 pm on Thursday, November 10, 2011
Lots of deserving but the Melrose Emergency Relief Fund (out of City Hall) has done good work. more ›
Daniel DeMaina
9:18 am on Friday, December 23, 2011
Ack! My mistake Michelle, thanks for the catch! I'll correct the article now. more ›