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Third Avenue Festival

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

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Boricua College Update

Things are now moving very quickly at Boricua College in the new Boricua Village complex.  Lettering has been placed on the building as well as a banner for enrollment.More to come on this soon!

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Former Melrose Person of The Year In This Week's Crain's!

Dr. Richard Izquierdo (not to be confused by the embattled Richard Izquierdo Arroyo – grand son of New York State Assemblywoman Carmen E. Arroyo and nephew of City Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo) was the feature of a Crain’s New York article today on the realization of his dream to create a charter school to…

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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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