News Nearby: 'Project X' Party Ends in Stabbing

Each Saturday, Melrose Patch will run a round-up with links to stories from surrounding communities that are of interest to Melrosians.

MALDEN—An official from  said a party organizer lied to temple members about who he was and the type of party he intended to throw Saturday night. A Malden teenager was stabbed outside the temple at the conclusion of the party.

The 67-year-old man with dementia on Monday afternoon was located by Haverhill Police on Tuesday evening at a bus stop in Haverhill.

Wakefield Police received a tip on Tuesday afternoon that Joseph Doucette, who was reported missing from the Sunbridge Wakefield Care and Rehab on Bathol Street around 3 p.m. on Monday afternoon, had visited a friend that day in Haverhill, MA.

MEDFORD—A proposed $2.3 million bond would turn the Shepherd Brooks Estate into a place where events like weddings could be held and community meetings could take place, according to members of its land-trust association. But the bond has drawn scrutiny from some, who want the city to address infrastructure needs before undertaking a historic restoration project.

The $107.7 million North Reading high school/middle school building project passed at Special Town Meeting with a two-thirds majority vote. The Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee and School Committee unanimously recommended the project.