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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Melrose DPW to Begin Search For a New City Engineer Next Week

The Melrose Department of Public Works will begin advertising for the city engineer position next week, according to DPW Director John Scenna.

With the recent announcement that City Engineer Robert Beshara will be retiring in March, the Department of Public Works will begin its search for his replacement starting next week, according to DPW Director John Scenna. "As part of our restructuring over the past year, we knew this would come sooner or later," Scenna confessed. "Bob, as an individual, is going to be very, very difficult to replace. I’ve worked side-by-side with Bob for more than 10 years and his retirement will probably be missed most by me." Mayor Announces Beshara's Plan to Retire In a letter to the Melrose Board of Aldermen, Mayor Rob Dolan informed the board of Beshara's plan to retire.  "...Bob will go down as one of the great DPW directors and engineers in the …

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Mayor: Beshara to Retire After 40 Years as Engineer

After four decades as a professional engineer, City Engineer Robert Beshara will be retiring this year, according to a letter from Mayor Rob Dolan to the Melrose Board of Aldermen.

After four decades as a professional engineer, City Engineer Robert Beshara will be retiring this year, according to a letter from Mayor Rob Dolan to the Melrose Board of Aldermen.  Dolan said that he was informed by Beshara that he will be retiring in March. Beshara previously served as the city's director of public works and currently works as a city engineer. "...Bob will go down as one of the great DPW directors and engineers in the history of Melrose," wrote Dolan. "He took on 100-year-old problems that most thought could never be solved and had resigned themselves to putting up with as part of living in Melrose. He inherited a DPW in which fire protection was a constant question mark. Our infrastructure was rotting, and we were …

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