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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

City Forms Early Childhood Committee

The city of Melrose recently formed an Early Childhood Committee to provide a resource to parents and caregivers with children under 5.

The city of Melrose recently formed an Early Childhood Committee to provide a resource to parents and caregivers with children under the age of 5. "As you may know, this is one of the city's fastest growing demographics, and I believe it is important to provide a centralized location of resources for this group of residents," said Mayor Rob Dolan in a press statement.  The formation of the committee was identified as one of the city's biggest needs during the Our City focus groups, according to the statement. Thanks to the help of Alderman Lavender Bird and resident Gary Romano, goals have been established for the first year of the program which will be led by Melrose parent Andrew Schuyler, the statement notes. During a recent press …

Monday, April 16, 2012

Last Chance: Signup for 'Our City' Forums by April 23

The "Our City" project is holding a series of community forums to give residents the chance to tell the city what you most like about Melrose and what city government can do to improve our quality of life.

Hundreds of events are posted on Melrose Patch each week, but how often does one pass you by that you wish you hadn't missed? Each week Melrose Patch will give you a quick reminder about an event, an important sign-up, or a looming deadline you won't want to forget. The "Our City" project is holding a series of community forums to give residents the chance to tell the city what you most like about Melrose and what city government can do to improve our quality of life. Our City is holding four forums segmented by different lifestyles—you may fall into more than one category, so the city asks you attend the session that you are most excited about participating in. The forums will be two hours in length and you will be asked to stay for the …

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