Melrose News

Between the pings of the monitoring equipment and the general hum of activity in the emergency room at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, bits of conversation between the staff drift in and out across the nurses' desk.

The budget for the fiscal year beginning Wednesday will force eight teacher layoffs in Medford, Police Department cuts, and belt-tightening at the city's Department of Public Works, among other lowlights.

Two weeks ago, a four-year-old girl was killed by an 88-year-old driver in Stoughton.

An 86-year-old driver struck and severely injured an elderly pedestrian on Main Street yesterday morning, police said, the fourth serious high-profile accident in Massachusetts involving an older driver this month.

Police say that a man was seriously injured when he was struck by a car driven by an 86-year-old woman.

The citizen's group Melrose Cares is planning to start a petition drive early next week to oust YMCA vice president Nancy Madden.

Richard Whitworth has announced his resignation as president of the Melrose YMCA, in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal that has enraged parents in the community north of Boston.

The mayors of Melrose and Medford, joined by a group of citizens, are suing state environmental officials, seeking to overturn a recent decision that would allow construction of an office and residential development adjacent to the Middlesex Fells Reservation without a full environmental review.

The town soon will begin the search for new police and fire chiefs. Police Chief Francis Hart and Fire Chief Lee Callahan are both retiring next year, Hart in March and Callahan in July.

Melrose Dodge in Melrose, Mass., had cleared out its main showroom by Friday. The dealership was among hundreds that will lose their franchise agreements Tuesday.

Bruce Alexander, 88, of Friends Village in Pilesgrove, New Jersey, died Friday, June 5, 2009.

In many ways it is so sad and maddening what has happened to the nation's mainline churches -- that is, their seemingly complete lack of focus on the Gospels and great traditions of the Protestant movement.

In this May 26. 2009 photo, liquidation signs fill the windshields of new cars in the showroom of the Timberline Dodge dealership in Portland, Ore.

Anyone have any recs for a European style coffee bar where I can sit and have good espresso? I live in Wakefield and would like someplace in Medford, Malden, Melrose, Saugus or Wakefield.

Things haven't been great with that roommate of yours, The one that drools, and sheds, and walks on all fours.

Twenty-three city employees earned $100,000 or more last year, with police officers dominating the ranks, along with a handful of school department administrators, according to a Globe review of public payroll records.

Boston.com has branched out its new community websites to three north of Boston communities- Medford, Malden, and Melrose.

Two finalists for Souhegan High School principal have been chosen. On Wednesday, May 27, Sue M. Gee and Joseph P. Dillon will be interviewed by groups of students, parents, faculty and administrators throughout the day at the high school.

The annual Town Meeting has approved a $95.5 million spending plan for fiscal 2010.

In thousands of households in Revere, Everett, Malden, Medford and Melrose, alarm clocks lost their minds and started blinking "12:00," Channel 4 reports .