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SHARE: Upload Your Melrose Storm Photos

How much snow did you get at your home?

What's Open and Closed in Melrose on New Year's Day?

Here's a handy list for your holiday needs. If we missed a location, let us know in the comments.

Melrose Police Officers Visit Terminally Ill Child in Virginia

Melrose Police officers were among the more than 250 officers that recently traveled to Virigina to meet a terminally ill child, according to a police press statement.

Melrose Police officers were among the more than 250 officers that recently traveled to Virigina to meet a terminally ill child, according to a police press statement. On Dec. 19 members of the Melrose Police Department Honor Guard drove to Rustburg, Va. along with nearly 100 other police departments to meet with 5-year-old Virginian Nathan Norman, who has terminal brain cancer and has a love of law enforcement and Christmas, according to the statement. "The convoy drove single file with blue lights on (during) the 12-hour trip, picking up other agencies along the route from throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (for) a three-mile-long line of holiday greeting," reads the statement. Nathan was surprised the …

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What is Open, Closed on Christmas in Melrose

Schools and municipal buildings will be closed on Dec. 25.

Here's a look at what will be open and closed for Christmas in Melrose: Christmas (Tuesday, Dec. 25):

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Looking For Grocery Deals?

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New Smart Phone App To Help Melrose

App will allow residents to report quality of life issues instantly.

Reporting quality of life issues will be just a finger-tap away in the city of Melrose, thanks to a new smart phone app expected to launch in the spring of 2013. The app—Commonwealth Connect—by company SeeClickFix, will give residents the ability to report "quality of life" issues in Melrose by taking photos and submitting them, along with information, through the app. What issues fall under quality of life? With the app, residents will be able to track the progress of the "work order," which is submitted to the appropriate city department. The app has been in use in the city of Boston under the name CitizensConnect since 2009. “I am a strong believer that government is here to help people,” said Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino in a …

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Red Cross Blood Drive at Melrose VFW

The American Red Cross will be having a blood drive from 2-7 p.m. at the VFW Post 1506, Lt. Norman Prince Post, 428 Main St., Melrose.

Week in Review: Melrose College Student Killed in Framingham Accident

Check out some of the top posts for Melrose this week.

Here are some of the top posts for Melrose this week:

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