PHOTO: Decked out for the 4th

SPORTS: Melrose U11’s beat Medford for District 12 championship

Melrose Bank armed robbery case is cracked

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Published July 12, 2019 MELROSE — Due to some diligent detective work, a 41-year-old Lynn man will be summonsed to court for the December 2017 armed robbery of Melrose Bank. Police Chief Mike Lyle credited Detective Dan Ehlers with much determination in cracking the case. The suspect was charged Tuesday, July 2, with armed and masked robbery. The Weekly...

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Scenna is Lynnfield water supt. finalist

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Published July 12, 2019 By DAN TOMASELLO LYNNFIELD — The city’s DPW director was interviewed this week for an opening as water superintendent by the The Lynnfield Center Water District (LCWD) Board of Water Commissioners. Melrose DPW Director John Scenna, a Lynnfield resident, and Danvers DPW Vernon C. Russell Treatment Plant Manager Jason McCarthy are the two finalists vying to...

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Milk Depot opens at Baby Cafe

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Published July 12, 2019 MELROSE — Lucia Jenkins is a strong advocate of the benefits of breast milk. Studies show it reduces the chances of ovarian cancer, breast cancer and rheumatoid arthritis in mothers and does the same for the chances of asthma and all manner of respiratory ailments, among other afflictions, in babies. Also, breast milk makes the brain work...

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Melrose U11’s beat Medford for District 12 championship

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Published July 12, 2019 MEDFORD — Melrose defeated Medford 10-0 to win the second game of a three-game playoff series to determine the District 12 11-Year-Old Champions. Medford took the first game with a thrilling 11-10 victory. Game two was played at Gillis Park in Medford on a sunny and very hot afternoon. The game was a pitchers duel...

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Melrose Youth Soccer has a weekend to remember at Commissioner’s Cup

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Published July 12, 2019 LANCASTER — Let’s just say Melrose was well-represented at the Middlesex Youth Soccer League’s Commissioner’s Cup on the weekend of June 22. Melrose Youth Soccer sent eight teams to the tournament and brought home plenty of highlights along with two championship trophies. The girls’ 3rd/4th grade Team Five and the girls’ 7th/8th grade Team Two both...

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Melrose U10’s move on to sectionals after beating Somerville in District 12 final

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Published July 12, 2019 MEDFORD — Melrose defeated Medford 7-1 in a rain shortened game in what was their first game of District 12 play at the 10-Year-old level at Gillis Field in Medford. Melrose got out of the gates quickly with four runs in the top of the first with Liam O’Brien and Brody MacMaster starting off the...

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June Raymond, 89

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Published July 12, 2019 MELROSE — June Raymond, 89, musician, nurse, seamstress, gardener, cook, golfer, mother, grandmother, and friend, died on June 27, 2019. Born and raised in Endicott, N.Y. with proud southern roots, she graduated from Union Endicott High School where she played the trumpet, oboe, and bassoon. She was also a gifted pianist, organist, and vocalist. June...

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Ellen J. Cabral, 62

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Published July 12, 2019 MALDEN — Ellen J. (Jacobs) Cabral, 62, of Malden, died at the Tufts Medical Center in Boston on July 3, 2019. Ellen was born and raised in Malden and a graduate of Malden High School. She went on to attend Salem State College and was a lifelong Malden resident. Ellen was a homemaker and enjoyed...

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H. Loraine Campbell, 92

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Published July 12, 2019 MELROSE — On Friday, July 5, 2019, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother H. Loraine Campbell passed away at the age of 92. Loraine was born at the Boston Lying-In Hospital to parents Helen (Murphy) and William Gregoire on September 4, 1926. She lived a happy childhood on Orchard Street in Medford where she met...

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