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Third Avenue Festival

Thousands of people came out in the heat yesterday to enjoy the Third Avenue Festival…

Melrose Murals

Located on Melrose Avenue between East 162nd and 163rd Streets.Good Times!  More on the location…

Boricua College Update

Things are now moving very quickly at Boricua College in the new Boricua Village complex. …

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Residents Invited to Register for Free Cell Phone Program for Low Income Families

Assurance Wireless, a new cell phone service operating under the Sprint Prepaid division, will be on hand tomorrow at the “The Shops at Gateway” at the Gateway Center Mall offering low income individuals the opportunity to have a cell phone with 200 free minutes a month.  Andrew de Lara, with Corporate Communications/PR at Sprint Nextel…

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Coqui Mexicano Makes It To the New York Times!

What can our Melrose community do for you? Well for starters if one of our own is in trouble we can all get together, make some ruckus and help save them!  That’s exactly what we did when we found out that Coqui Mexicano was served with an eviction notice.  Thanks to all who rallied the…

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Melrose Just Got Greener – El Jardin De Selene Is Officially Open

One of the most long awaited developments in Melrose, El Jardine de Selene is now officially open.  The LEED-Gold (certification pending and was originally designed to achieve a Silver certification but they since bumped it up) development is a mixed-use, mixed-income affordable housing development with a healthy mix of 84 units ranging from studios to…

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NY Daily News Picks Up A Welcome2Melrose Exclusive!

Welcome2Melrose first told you about our beloved Coqui Mexicano being served with eviction papers a few weeks ago. Since then, the story was picked up by numerous local and citywide outlets including our great friends at the BoogieDowner, The New York Times and now the Daily News!  Let’s keep up the great work, Melrose, in…

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