Massachusetts Middlesex County
Melrose
A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts — population 27,790 as of 2020.
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Storefront Art Projects announced the upcoming conversation with a photographer and the director of a Massachusetts museum. Storefront Art Projects is pleased to host Paul Cary Goldberg, Photographer, and Jessica Roscio, Director and Curator of the Danforth Museum in Framingham,…
Creatives & Arts
Cambridge Day
September 30Grabbing a Bite with Cambridge Day: Simon Stansbury
The AI governance pioneer and robotics strategist on ecstatic dance, virtue ethics, and why sci-fi is no longer fiction — over Brussels sprouts at Veggie Galaxy.
Creatives & Arts
Cambridge Day
September 30“Bouncers” is back in Boston
After the 2013 marathon bombing cut a Cambridge production short, the iconic English play is back
Creatives & Arts
A jazz legend shaped generations of drummers from his Lexington basement
Students serious about drumming all received the same advice: Go see Alan Dawson. And they would — making the pilgrimage by car, bus and even plane for weekly lessons.
Creatives & Arts
Cambridge Day
September 29Student crochet club donates handmade roses to Cambridge Health Alliance
The club members have put their handicraft skills and creativity to good use, donating pieces to a handful other organizations
Community Groups & OrganizationsThe Watertown Boys & Girls Club will offer a new program for children ages 6 months to 4+ years called Club Kid Academy. See more details from the WBGC, below. NEW for 2026! Introducing our new “CLUB KID ACADEMY.” Child & Caregiver enrichment programs for ages 6 months – 4+ yrs…
Community Groups & OrganizationsIn and around Melrose
See & do
- 0600 Conditioning
- 209 Pleasant St Pool House
- 368 Collective
- Bellevue Golf Club
- Corey 10 Luxury Apartments
Eat, drink & stay
- Absolutely Fabulous
- Bangkok Bar Shi
- Alfredos Italian Kitchen
- Big Fin Poké - Melrose
- Bobby C's Ristorante
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Melrose by the numbers
- Area
- 4.68 sq mi (12.13 km²), 0.08 sq mi water
- Median age
- 43.6
- Households
- 12,401
- Persons per household
- 2.4
- Median household income
- $133,953
- Median house value
- $822,900
- Office
- MAYOR
- Address
- 562 MAIN ST, MELROSE, MA 02176