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Sixth Annual Public Safety Day Connects Police Officers, Firefighters with Community

October 17, 2024 NeighborhoodView 1

By Emma Siebold Despite the multiple fire trucks gathered at Linden School Park, the only smoke came from homemade pizza and hot dogs. The sixth annual Malden Public Safety Day was held on Sunday, Oct. 6 and featured members of Malden’s Public Safety Department, local businesses and initiatives, free food and family-friendly activities. “It’s nice to meet people and put names to faces,” Malden Police Officer Kevin Russell said. “We’re not always meeting people for fun reasons, so a setting like this helps.” Police officers and firefighters walked around the event, engaging with the kids and introducing themselves to residents. “We have some great officers in Malden,” Officer Conor Cloherty said. “It’s nice for the community and officers to work together.” Russell and Cloherty worked at tables where they gave out goodie bags to kids and talked about their role in the community, equipment and answered questions from residents. Local initiatives and organizations manned tables to inform citizens about their role in the community. The Bridge Recovery Center that opened in 2020 focuses on substance […]

Education

From the Streets to the River – Litter’s Effect on Malden

August 8, 2024 MHS Eco-Club 1

By Merari Flores and Nora Hounain One of the biggest problems in today’s society is acknowledging environmental issues without taking any action to address them. Walking down the street, it is easy to spot trash; however, not much is being done in order to clean it up or, at the very least, prevent the amount of litter present.  In the United States alone, according to Keep America Beautiful, there are about 50 billion pieces of trash along waterways and roadways. In Malden, Massachusetts, the problem of litter is no exception. 124568 In April 2023, Friends of the Malden River (FoMR), held a clean-up event where they were able to fill up 70 bags plus miscellaneous materials like mattress springs, bicycles, and UFO’s with riverside waste.  In 2024 alone, 4,390 pounds of trash has been collected in the Malden River Watershed as well as 4,124 pounds from trash clean-up events.  Friends of the Malden River is one of many organizations in Malden that actively push and advocate to keep the environment clean. They focus on problem-solving and […]

Business

Building Community Momentum: The future of Maplewood Square

May 9, 2024 Joy Pearson 2

By Joy Pearson Plans have begun to make improvements to the historic Maplewood business district in Malden. A Maplewood Square Committee of Ward 5 and Ward 6 residents has been following up on the research done in spring 2023 by the ‘Initiative on Cities,’ a capstone project for Master’s students of the Boston University Metropolitan College in City Planning and Urban Affairs. Maplewood Square is 1.5 miles east of Malden Center down Salem Street. Its name dates back to 1853 when Joshua Webster who, as surveyor, connected the Saugus railroad line to the Boston and Maine railroad.  In the mid-nineteenth century, Webster sought to establish a community in the area including 200 maple trees.  And so it was done.  Businesses grew; changes occurred.  Ten years ago, the old Saugus railroad was transformed and made into a bike and pedestrian path that crosses Maplewood Street.  Since then, the path has been part of the Northern Strand Bike Path through the Bike to the Sea organization.  It is well-used by locals and by New England bicyclists. Then and now, […]