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Dear Ward 1 Neighbors,
Here is the latest from around the neighborhood and city:
UPCOMING WARD AND CITYWIDE EVENTS:
* Every Thursday throughout October, the Heritage Apartments, 195 Pleasant Street (next to City Hall) will host a Farmer's Market and Yard Sale in the parking lot from 10 am - 7 pm. For more information, please call 781-321-3485.
* 59 Green Street's Annual Flea Market will be held this Saturday, October 4th from 9 am - 4 pm in the community room and gazebo. Please stop by as proceeds will go back into residential programs in the building.
* The First Joe Croken 5K walk/run will be held this Saturday, October 4th starting at Anthony's at 10 am. Joe was the Clerk Magistrate for Malden District Court and he did so much for our community.
* The Annual Bread of Life "Walk for Bread" will be held this Sunday, October 5th from 1-3 pm at Pine Banks Park. For more information about the walk or to make a donation, please call the Bread of Life at 781-397-0404.
* The Malden Planning Board will be meeting next Wednesday, October 8th at 7 pm in City Hall, Council Chamber. There are two items on the docket that affect Ward 1. Both items pertain to the 188 Commercial Street plaza. First, Super 88 will be looking to sell limited alcoholic beverages and the second item has to do with the Social Security Administration relocating from City Hall to the plaza. These items were tabled at the September 10th meeting.
* Halloween Craft Time will be held at the Malden Public Library, Children's Program Room on Saturday, October 11th from 2-4 pm. For more information, please call the libary at 781-324-0218.
* The Ferryway School PTO will be having its monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 14th beginning at 6:30 pm in the school library.
* Malden Senior Action Council will be hosting a fundraiser at the Dockside Restaurant, 229 Centre Street on Tuesday, October 23rd from 4-8 pm. 10 percent of all purchases will go back to this great organization.
* You are invited to crash CladdaghBing, the original Irish Italian Comedy Wedding on Friday, October 24th from 7-10 pm at Anthony's. The cost for a ticket is $45 and the proceeds will be dedicated to the Malden Holiday Parade which will be held on Saturday, November 22nd at 4:30 pm. For more information, please visit www.claddaghBing.com or contact Meghan Drummey at 781-974-2345.
* Malden Public Library's Annual Book and Bake Sale will take place on Saturday, October 25th from 10-4 pm. For more information, please call the libary at 781-324-0218.
* The Annual Friends of Oak Grove (FOOGI) 5K Haunt Jaunt will take place on Sunday, October 26th beginning at 10 am at 6 Grove Street (Oak Grove Community Building). For more information about this fun-filled event, please visit www.friendsofoakgrove.org.
* Mayor Howard's Hunter Moon Dinner Dance for Malden's seniors will take place on Thursday, October 30th from 5-9 pm at the Irish-American Hall.
* The Malden Chamber of Commerce Annual Trick or Treat with Malden businesses will take place in Malden Square on Thursday, October 31st from 3:30-5 pm.
CITY COUNCIL NEWS:
The Ordinance Committee voted to amend city council rules to require a public hearing before we adopt our budget. I recommended this change along with a number of my colleagues...On my recommendation, the Malden Traffic Commission has increased the fine for parking cars on sidewalks from $50 to $75...City job postings are now online and can be found on the city's website by looking under "Human Resources"...As a result of our meetings on the city's switch from a quarterly to a monthly billing cycle for all water bills, the city will be abating ratepayers who were bumped up to another step due to the extending billing cycle. You should see a credit on an upcoming water bill...Don't forget that "pay-as-you-throw" starts in Ward 1 this Monday, October 6th. Bags are now on sale and attached are two memorandums regarding the new program. Enforcement will begin a few weeks after October 6th with fines starting at $50 for non-compliance. Also, the DPW has received an order of 5,000 new recycle bins. Everyone who does not have a bin is entitled to one for free. If you want additional bins, the DPW is selling them for $5. The DPW also had stickers printed (one says co-mingled and the other says paper/cardboard). These stickers are free and can be used to convert existing trash barrels or containers into recycling bins. The hotline for residents who have questions about the "pay-as-you-throw" program is 781-397-7186...Curbside yard waste pick-up schedule will be weekly in October and November. For more information, please contact the DPW at 781-397-7160...The city is looking to hire 3 temporary/part-time winter parking enforcement officers. The positions will work between Nov. 1st through April 1st between 11 pm and 4 am (15 hours per week and weekends are a must). The salary is $11.72 per hour and duties are to enforce parking regulations throughout the city. You need a valid MA drivers license and an excellent driving and clean criminal record. For more information, please contact Mary Lewis of the Malden Traffic Commission at 781-397-7190 or mlewis@cityofmalden.org...A neighbor asked that I let you know that a busy holistic office offering chiropractic and nutritional health is looking to hire a position. Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, answering phones, collecting co-pays, verifying insurance benefits, and bringing patients to treatment rooms. They are looking for a candidate that is detailed oriented, able to multi task and friendly to our patients. This position is 28 to 32 hours per week. Experience in an alternative health care office preferred, but they will consider other healthcare backgroundsor educational certificates. Please fax your resume to 781-324-6836. They are looking to hire immediately...Don't forget that October 15th is the last day to register to vote for the upcoming presidential election to be held on Tuesday, November 4th. For more information, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 781-397-7116 or cityclerk@cityofmalden.org...The School Committee recently voted that to competitively bid cleaning services on certain shifts at Malden High School and the Ferryway School. The City Council will be looking at this issue in the near future...2008 MCAS results for Malden can be found at http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/results.html...I sponsored a resolve that the Malden Police Department post its daily police logs online...Don't forget that the Winter Parking Ban begins on Saturday, November 1...The Park at Riverʼs Edge is now open to the public. Hours, for now, are 10 am - 4 pm, Monday through Friday. The entrance is on the path near the Citizens Bank building at the Wellington Business Center. There are also several parking spaces there for the public.
WARD 1 NEWS:
Our 8th Annual Back-to-School Bowling Party was a great success. Thank you to Peg Crowe and the Ferryway School PTO on another fun-filled event for the kids...Thank you to the Regent Road residents led by Jimmy Nash for recently having me over for coffee. We had a good meeting and covered alot of issues...Condolences to the Decourcy family on the passing of Don...I met with a few neighbors about the Green, Medford, and Bell Rock Street intersection. A study suggests closing off Bell Rock Street. The neighbors and I are meeting again this Thursday, October 2nd at 6 pm at Dunkin Donuts, 54 Eastern Avenue to further review the proposal...The wall at the Converse Street entrance of Bell Rock Cemetery is going to be repaired this fiscal year...Congratulations to the Ferryway School for an award by the George Lucas Foundation for integrating technology with lessons on history, science, and language...Recent Ward 1 foreclosures occurred at 61 Walnut Street, 34-36 Judson Street, and 12 Fairmont Terrace...The final phase of repairing Belmont Street between Walnut and Ferry Street will happen before the winter sets in...Asahi America has added additional lighting at their own expense to help at night...17 Wilson Avenue has been taken under receivership by the Malden Redevelopment Authority meaning that the property will be fixed up and resold...We had another productive neighborhood crime watch meeting. Thank you to all who participated and there will be another meeting in the future...Police incidents involving Ward 1 residents showed Bart Rosher, 11 Berry Street, being arrested on Friday, August 29th on a charge of breaking and entering a motor vehicle and Paul Bey, 27 Howard Street, for driving a car with a suspended license and reckless operation...Thank you to Ellen O'Leary and Deb Gelzenes who joined me in cleaning up the Green Street Park area...Kudos also go out to everyone who helped with the summer concert at Bell Rock Memorial Park...MATV's Neighborhood Dish led by Ward 1 residents Paula Spizziri and Karen Yates was recently awarded for the best new show on MATV although we'll see if that changes once my cooking skills are televised! Paula is also to be congratulated for winning the election to become MATV's newest board member...The Green Street Park rehab of the basketball courts has just a few punch list items left...I attended the following meetings and events on behalf of Ward 1 during the past month: Irish-American Road Race; Annual Senior Citizens' Cookout; Pay-as-you-throw forum; Housing Families Networking Night; Bread of Life Board meeting; River's Edge Commission meeting; MATV annual meeting; Ferryway School Open House; Malden Pop Warner Comedy Night; Malden High School Flea Market; Bread of Life Yard Sale; Sacred Hearts Parish Church Festival; Harvest Moon Festival; Window Arts Malden 2008 Reception; "Run for Wednesday's Child;" and the MBTA's 2009 Service Plan meeting...Please continue to report any street light outages, graffiti issues, and/or abandoned shopping carts to me as soon as possible...Peg, Loretta Sullivan, and I continue to call BINGO at 59 Green Street on Monday nights so please stop by and say hello. All games start at 7 pm and are held in the Community Room...Finally, don't forget to bookmark the city's website, www.cityofmalden.org if you haven't already done so.
That's it for now! Please e-mail me back or call me with any further questions at (781) 389-3148.
Sincerely,
Gary Christenson,
Ward 1 City Councillor
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