Melrose Coach England Basketball Hall of Fame

Ellis Lane, who started coaching at Wakefield High School in 1970, went on to a storied career in the region.

A coaching legend who spent time at Melrose High School will reportedly be inducted next month into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame.  According to the SeaCoastOnline.com website in Southern New Hampshire, Ellis Lane’s upcoming induction will be his seventh into a hall of fame, with others including Wakefield and Stoneham High Schools, plus the Massachusetts State Coaches Hall of Fame and the Intercity Baseball League Hall of Fame. More recently in his career, he was also apparently a coach in York, Maine. The report also noted that former Senator Scott Brown is a former player of Lane’s at Wakefield and that he will be inducted to the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in June as well. Brown was inducted into the Wakefield High …

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Five Things You Need to Know Today

Melrose High School Softball Team's Carwash is Saturday

Find out what is happening May 11-12 in Melrose.

Here are 5 Things to know for the weekend of May 11-12 in Melrose: 1. Car wash: The Melrose High School softball team will be having a carwash at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the high school. 2. Sales galore: There will be a yard sale at 9 a.m. Saturday at First Congregational Church, UCC. 3. Clean-up time! A spring clean-up day will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday at Melrose Dog Park at Ell Pond. The park is located in the area of 330-360 Lynn Fells Parkway. 4. Film viewing: "The 11th Hour" will be shown at 7 p.m. Saturday at Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church. 5. Open houses: Check out a sampling of open houses slated for Sunday in Melrose. Here are some ways you can make the most of your visits to Melrose Patch:

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Melrose Woman to Ride in Tour de Cure

Melrose resident Jennifer Linnane will be participating in The American Diabetes Association’s movement to Stop Diabetes® by riding in the annual Tour de Cure®.

Melrose Tripped Up by Belmont, Falling 12-1

Red Raiders fall below .500 at 5-6.

It was a rough Friday for the Melrose High School baseball team, as Belmont tallied three runs in the first and eight in the second leading to a 12-1 loss on Friday at Brandon Grant Field in Belmont. Melrose falls just below the tournament line at 5-6 while Belmont goes over the .500 mark at 6-5. The afternoon started on a perfect note for the Marauders as the first three batters singled and scored on Marauders' clean-up hitter and pitcher Mike Richardson's double clearing the bases.  Red Raider Jon Botelho's double in the fifth scored Melrose's only run of the evening. 

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2013 Boston Marathon Results: Melrose Runners

A complete list of the 40 Melrose runners and their 2013 Boston Marathon results

Before the tragic events that unfolded Monday afternoon at the 2013 Boston Marathon, some Melrosians were able to finish the race. A pair of explosives detonated shortly before 3 p.m. Monday, killing three people and injuring up to 125 near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. Here is a complete list of the 40 Melrose runners and their 2013 Boston Marathon results: [Editor's note: Information from the Boston Athletic Association website was used in this report.]

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UPDATE: 14 Melrose Runners at Boston Marathon are Safe

We'll post any additional updates we receive about the dozens of Melrose residents that were participating in the 2013 Boston Marathon on Monday prior to the tragic explosions that brought the annual event to a halt.

Updated at 12 p.m. Wednesday In an email to Melrose Patch, reader Chris Vander Rhodes wrote, "Josh Iverson and family are safe. Josh's group was stopped at 25.3 miles" of the Boston Marathon route. Fourteen of 40 Melrose runners have been reported safe. We'll continue to provide updates as we receive them. Updated at 5:55 a.m. Wednesday In an email to Melrose Patch late Tuesday night, Melrose runner Kevin Reddall wrote, "I finished the marathon safely. Thanks for your concern." Thirteen of 40 local runners that were supposed to run the Boston Marathon are reportedly safe. Check the list of runners below and if you have made contact with any of them, email Editor Mark Ouellette at mark.ouellette@patch.com this information (Note: Your name …

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2013 Boston Marathon: Melrose Runners

There are 40 Melrose residents signed up to run in the 2013 Boston Marathon on Patriots' Day, according to the Boston Athletic Association.

Wondering who is running the 2013 Boston Marathon from Melrose? If so, check out the list of 40 Melrose residents participating in the marathon, according to the Boston Athletic Association website:

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Melrose Man Runs Boston Marathon for Samaritans

Peter Mongeau, longtime resident of Melrose, will run in the 117th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15. Mongeau will be running to support suicide prevention programs.

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When Will Melrose's Golf Courses Open This Spring?

Find out when Melrose golf courses open this spring in our latest You Ask, Patch Answers column.

With several snowstorms hitting the city this winter, Melrose golf courses are opening about a month later than last year.  Mount Hood Golf Course Opened Wednesday With temperatures rising and conditions at the course looking good, Mount Hood Golf Course opened on Wednesday, according to Joan Bell, superintendent of Mount Hood and Public Open Space. "With the snow and the water we had to deal with afterwards with the soft greens and soft grass, we had to wait until we could handle having carts and equipment out there," Bell said. "But now that the ground has firmed up, we have the crews out there cleaning and tee markers are in and we're going." Due to the delayed opening, Bell estimated the projected lost revenue to be roughly $30,000, …

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