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Published the first Friday of each month by the SilverStringers of Melrose, Massachusetts -- February 3, 2012
This is the vista Melrosians see from the 12th fairway of our Mount Hood Municipal Golf Course -- a towering piece of rugged, rocky landscape that was carved out by the last ice age. The peak of "The Hood" is a lofty 270 feet above sea level, providing magnificent views of Boston, the Blue Hills beyond, the South Shore and the Atlantic Ocean, four miles to the east. In the sprawling suburbia of eastern Massachusetts, Melrose remains a quiet, residential community, still referred to as "the bedroom of Boston".
... 300mm telephoto by Don Norris
Mount Hood Course revenue lowest since 2005 -- but still tops $2 million
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by Joe Sullivan
... 64 rainy days and sluggish economy adversely affect numbers for 2011
Valentine's Day
by Florence Shea
... St. Valentine and romance
Creative Swedish Weaving Classes
by Joan Alcala
... Kathy Bowen, the Swedish weaving instructor at the Milano Center in Melrose
loves Swedish weaving.
January on the beach
by Casa
... I had it almost to myself
First in the Nation
by Russ Priestley
... the 'me first' generation
Permissible swear words
by Dorothy O'Connor
... some swear words are acceptable
Postcards provide scenes from a century ago
by Don Norris, Len Dalton and a string of people from a century ago
... the way Melrose and Malden appeared in 1900s
I can handle this
from Charles Coombs
... all part of growing up
Origami Class at the Senior Center
by Betty Rossi
... Cut. Fold. Fold. Fold.
Did you know?
by Florence Shea
... coat hangers, metrophobia,candy hearts
Why, it's Valentine's Day ...
Why, in this year of depression and trials, do we continue to live life as if nothing has changed. Perhaps it is good to celebrate those things dear to us, like Christmas, the Fourth of July -- and of course, Valentine's Day. Above all, love seems to be the most enduring of all our feelings, and so, under impetus provided by Melrosian Candis Jan Stout, we put together a collection of stories of life itself -- of life, as it has been on Valentine's Day. Ms. Stout will produce the program on February 14th, in song and readings, at the Milano Center on West Foster Street.
This program is supported in part by a grant from Melrose Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
by Ed Boyd
... it was for real!
From Ralph and Angie
... a couple of shoemakers tie the knot
from Judy and Clark
... but he was so much older.
by Don and Lorry Norris
... I knew that she was the one I would marry
from Richard and Phyllis Gorman
... and 300 came to the wedding
from Frank and Marion
... and they just keep on dancing ...
by Russ Priestley
... I was a winner... the Red Sox? I don't remember.
by Ann Robbins Talbot
... sadly this is not about me
from Phyllis and Bob Blacklock
... philosophically, this pair are softies
from Sheila and Jim
... 52 years and counting ...
from Sheila and Jim
... handsome sailor and his 'out-going' date
by Dorothy O'Connor
... an auto-biography turns into a fairy tale
from Peter and Marion Gianino
... it happened at Mosely's in 1954
By Candis Jan Stout
... to love a place ...
By Candis Jan Stout
... the lyrics fit the occasion