Editing Melrose, Massachusetts (section)

==Media==
[[File:MelroseMASSBANK.JPG|thumb|Former [[Eastern Bank|MassBank]] building downtown which was used for a bank scene in the movie ''[[The Town (2010 film)|The Town]]'' (2010)]]
Melrose has a weekly newspaper, the ''Melrose Weekly News'', while there was formerly a second print newspaper, the ''Melrose Free Press'', which after a brief stint as the online-only ''Melrose Free Press Observer'', merged with the ''Saugus Advertizer'' to become ''The Free Press & Advertizer'' in 2022. There is also a daily online news site, Melrose [[Patch (website)|Patch]]. Melrose Massachusetts Television (MMTV) is a [[Public-access television]] [[cable TV]] station available to all customers and broadcasts [[Government-access television]] (GATV) community notices as well as resident produced [[Public-access television]] [[cable TV]] content.

In the fall of 2009, the [[Ben Affleck]] movie ''[[The Town (2010 film)|The Town]]'' captured many key scenes in a historic bank on Main Street downtown,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/melrose/fun/entertainment/arts/x366050607/Melrose-Lights-cameras-action-in-city-as-Ben-Affleck-movie-shoots-locally-this-month|title=Melrose: 'Lights, cameras, action' in city as Ben Affleck movie shoots locally this month|last=DeMaina|first=Daniel|date=October 9, 2009|work=Melrose Free Press|publisher=[[GateHouse Media]]|access-date=2009-10-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131231417/http://www.wickedlocal.com/melrose/fun/entertainment/arts/x366050607/Melrose-Lights-cameras-action-in-city-as-Ben-Affleck-movie-shoots-locally-this-month|archive-date=January 31, 2012}}</ref> while around the same time, [[Cameron Diaz]] and [[Tom Cruise]]'s movie ''[[Knight & Day]]'' shot scenes on the Fellsway.<ref name="diaz_and_scopes">{{cite web|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/melrose/fun/entertainment/arts/x665153617/Melrose-s-Hollywood-streak-continues-with-Tom-Cruise-filming-on-Friday|title=Melrose's Hollywood streak continues with Tom Cruise filming on Friday|last=Staff reports|date=October 28, 2009|work=Melrose Free Press|publisher=[[GateHouse Media]]|access-date=October 28, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610220225/http://www.wickedlocal.com/melrose/fun/entertainment/arts/x665153617/Melrose-s-Hollywood-streak-continues-with-Tom-Cruise-filming-on-Friday|archive-date=June 10, 2010}}</ref> The same month, a documentary for [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] about the [[Scopes Trial]] was also shot in the Aldermanic Chamber of Melrose City Hall.<ref name="diaz_and_scopes" /> In 2022, the [[Apple TV+]] movie ''[[Spirited (film)|Spirited]]'', featuring [[Ryan Reynolds]] and [[Will Ferrell]], had scenes filmed in Melrose.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/melrose/appletv-movie-filmed-melrose-starts-streaming-soon|title=AppleTV+ Movie Filmed In Melrose Starts Streaming Friday|date=17 November 2022 |access-date=2022-12-29|archive-date=2022-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229215708/https://patch.com/massachusetts/melrose/appletv-movie-filmed-melrose-starts-streaming-soon|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, the [[Warner Bros.]] film ''[[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice]]'', directed by [[Tim Burton]], also filmed scenes in Melrose.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcboston.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/production-of-beetlejuice-sequel-resumes-in-melrose/3192416/ |title=Production of 'Beetlejuice' sequel resumes in Melrose |website=[[NBC Boston]] |first=Darren |last=Botelho |date=November 15, 2023 |access-date=November 16, 2023}}</ref>

On September 22, 2016, Melrose was again named one of the "hottest zip codes" in the nation by [[Realtor.com]]. It had been number one in the nation in 2015 before falling to number seven in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/property/blog/2016/09/22/melrose-hottest-zip-code|title=Melrose was named one of the nation's hottest zip codes|last=Bilis|first=Madeline|date=September 22, 2016|work=Boston Magazine|publisher=[[Metro Corp.]]|access-date=2016-12-12|archive-date=2016-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929185904/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/property/blog/2016/09/22/melrose-hottest-zip-code/|url-status=live}}</ref> Also, as of December 2023, CartoChrome rated Melrose to have one of the top 13 percent of ZIP Codes (02176) in the United States for a resident living in the area to access health care, because of its hospital system, physician density, and ease of patients accessing a doctor from travel distance. The average distance a patient travels to a doctor is 0.93 miles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cartochrome.com/healthscore/overall-health-score/MA/02176/|title=02176, Melrose, Massachusetts|access-date=2023-12-15}}</ref>

On October 3, 2023, [[WalletHub]] placed Melrose eighth on their list ''2023's Best Small Cities in America''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/melrose/melrose-named-one-americas-best-small-cities-wallethub|title=Melrose Named One Of America's Best Small Cities By WalletHub|access-date=2023-10-04}}</ref>