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REMEMBERING A BRAINTREE LEGEND: LAURIE MELCHIONDA

Over 1,000 gather for vigil to honor a nurse. Laurie Melchionda spent her career as a nurse, according to her obituary. She served for the last two years as the Weston school district’s director of nursing. Prior to that, she worked as a school nurse for the Braintree district, and at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Paul Mullen, a longtime family friend, holds up a sign he created for the candlelight vigil outside Braintree Town Hall, honoring Laurie Melchionda. —Matthew J Lee/Globe Staff

You can read the full story, honoring one of the great, here.