Melissa Russell has been a journalist for more than 20 years, serving as editor for several community news publications including the Winchester Star, the Reading Advocate, the Burlington Union and the Waltham News-Tribune. She is the winner of multiple New England Newspaper & Press Association Awards.
After leaving Gannett New England in 2022, where she led teams of journalists producing content for Wicked Local newspapers and websites, she was a freelance editor and writer, contributing to local newspapers and magazines.
Ahead of Special Town Meeting, Planning Board members continue to press the developer behind Reserve Weston, the senior housing proposal planned for 300 Wellesley St.
Weston Native and New York Times editor Eric Athas has written “Say No to New: Why New Things Are Stealing Your Time, Money and Happiness and How to Take Back Your Life."