Video Update for May 29
This is Mayor Paul Brodeur
Happy Friday to one and all. The weather keeps improving, and we are in the midst of phase one of the reopening of Massachusetts. Here’s what that means for our small businesses. Restaurants are not open for table seating yet, but the take-out available in Melrose is amazing. For many of our barbers, hair salons and retail shops, phase 1 means they can start to offer goods and services again, but with restrictions. Retail stores can’t let customers inside yet, but they can fulfill orders and offer touchless curbside pickup. Call ahead or check out their websites and social media to learn more about how they are operating! Hair salons and barbers have limited seating and limited service. All patrons must book appointments ahead of time as no walk-ins are allowed. Please eat, drink, shop and groom local!
If you are a senior at Melrose High School, today is a very important day as it is the day you would have walked across Fred Green Field to get your diploma and officially call yourself a graduate of the Melrose Public Schools. While graduation has been postponed until August 7 and will still be different than a traditional graduation, tonight is your night Class of 2020. And the city is dedicating tonight’s Clap Because We Care to this extraordinary class. So let’s have every resident get outside at 7 pm and make some noise in honor of our seniors and play Queen’s “We Are The Champions” at top volume.
Also tonight, my office and the Melrose Human Rights Commission is hosting a virtual vigil at 8 pm to honor the memory George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis. To join the vigil by zoom, please use the Meeting ID: 821 9047 3129 and Password: 060642 that appear on the screen.
Tomorrow, Melrose will be honoring retiring Melrose Public Library children’s librarian Marianne Stanton. If you want to take part in the car parade honoring Mrs. Stanton, please arrive at the Memorial Hall parking lot at 12:45. It is a fitting honor for someone who has helped generations of our young people develop a life-long love of reading.
Let’s keep up our great progress on public health by keeping our distance, using face coverings, and washing those hands. That is how together, we will get through this.