Page 8 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, February 14, 2020 ANGELO’S FULL SERVICE "Over 40 Years of Excellence!" 1978-2019 Regular Unleaded $2.299 Mid Unleaded $2.839 Super $2.899 Diesel Fuel $2.859 KERO $4.759 Diesel $2.659 HEATING OI 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) DEF Available by Pump! Open an account and order online at: www.angelosoil.com (781) 231-3500 (781) 231-3003 367 LINCOLN AVE • SAUGUS • OPEN 7 DAYS Lawrence A. Simeone Jr. Attorney-at-Law ~ Since 1989 ~ * Corporate Litigation * Criminal/Civil * MCAD * Zoning/Land Court * Wetlands Litigation * Workmen’s Compensation * Landlord/Tenant Litigation * Real Estate Law * Construction Litigation * Tax Lein * Personal Injury * Bankruptcy * Wrongful Death * Zoning/Permitting Litigation 300 Broadway, Suite 1, Revere * 781-286-1560 Lsimeonejr@simeonelaw.net For Advertising with Results, call The Advocate Newspapers at 617-387-2200 or Info@advocatenews.net A Malden: Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday... remembers Kevin Reardon By Peter F. Levine n old friend recently experienced the unthinkable. The loss of a child. Beyond words. Beyond comprehension. My heart goes out to Dan “Leo” Reardon and his wife, Alison, on the loss of their son Kevin. Kevin D. Reardon, a 2003 MHS graduate, passed away suddenly on January 8, 2020, at 34 years young. His childhood friend Joey Cucinotta had these heartfelt words to say about Kevin: “Kevin was one of my oldest friends. We were young boys when we met at Devir Park. It was a great place back then, much diff erent than the empty basketball courts you see today. There were so many of us. We spent our days active, either playing sports or on our bicycles pedaling to new adventures. Kevin and I never went to the same school, so these experiences were the foundation of our friendship. Us boys turned to teenagers and the bicycles turned to cars. Kevin was the fi rst person I picked up after I got my license. We were both so excited, I will never forget that. We would spend days cruising and listening to music. His favorite place to go was Newbury SKATING CENTER www.Roller-World.com | 781-231-1111 ATM on site Sunday Located Adjacent to Rite Aid Pharmacy in Saugus Plaza, South Bound Route 1 MBTA Bus Route 429 FREE WI-FI - 2 WIDE SCREEN TV’S FULLY AIR CONDITIONED WINTER SKATING SCHEDULE ATTENTION! 12-8 p.m. $7.50 Monday Private Parties Tuesday School & PTO GROUPS 7:30-10:30 p.m. Adult Night 18+ only $8.50 Wednesday Private Parties Thursday Private Parties 3-11 p.m. $7.50 Friday Saturday Admission after 6 p.m. $8.50 12-11 p.m. $7.50 Admission after 6 p.m. $8.50 Skates included in price/Blades $3 Bowling Alleys, 2 snack bars, video games. Ice cream shop, 2 skating floors (group rates call ahead) Private parties every day. School Vacation Weeks 12-8 p.m. Admission $7.50 Win a trip for 2 to Las Vegas Bellagio Hotel Jet Blue Air 5 days / 4 nights Your school PTO can raffle the trip to make substantial money for your group. Call for details. BIRTHDAY PARTIES $11.50/Person, min. of 10 kids. Price includes Adm. + Roller Skates. Cake, soda, paper goods, 20 tokens for birthday person plus 100 Redemption Tickets and a gift from Roller World in one of our private BP Rooms. A 1940s photograph taken by Charles Duncan. (Facebook post by Dana Smith) Comics on Tuesdays because that’s when the new CDs came out. These are the times in the course of our friendship I cherish. We remained very close as we grew into adults. Our friendship evolved. Gone were the consecutive days and weeks that we would see one another. But our bond never wavered. My heart breaks when I think of what has happened. I feel for my friend. I feel for his family. I feel for myself and the many of us from Devir Park, who are now one less. When I think about Kevin, a tear begins to form. But then a smile. I think of all the beautiful days we spent together. It’s not easy but refl ecting on all these memories make it less diffi cult.” “What you are about to see is a matter of human record. Explain it: we cannot. Disprove it: we cannot. We simply invite you to explore with us the amazing world of the Unknown ... to take that One Step ... Beyond.” Speaking of Preacher Jack... “Friend of Malden” and Gloucester’s best Willie “Loco” Alexander turned 77 years young this January 13 and looks better than most people half his age. President Lyndon Johnson sat in the White House when Willie’s fi rst band, The Lost, were fi rst getting started. In 1968 his next band, The Bagatelle, helped create what became known as the “Bosstown Sound.” They played legendary clubs, such as the Psychedelic Supermarket and The Crosstown Bus, in front of crowds high on weed, LSD and Schlitz. In 1971 he was recruited to play with the Lou Reed(less) Velvet Underground, which resulted in an extended tour of Europe and an early taste of the rock n roll touring lifestyle. I caught up with Willie musically in 1980 when he was with the Boom Boom Band playing clubs like The Rat, The Channel, Jumpin Jack Flash and The Paradise. I got hooked the fi rst time I heard “Mass Ave./Kerouac”! Fast forward to 2013, Willie’s wonderful and lovely wife, Anne, is throwing a surprise 70th birthday celebration for her hubby. She has rented the Davis Square Theatre in Davis Square, Somerville, to host this epic event and has invited 200 of Willie’s nearest and dearest friends (although she later admitted the 200-person capacity wasn’t nearly big enough). On the guest list is Malden’s own Preacher Jack, who has been asked to open the evening with a short set. Willie and Jack had been playing together occasionally for about three years, mostly on the North Shore. They became fast friends through a mutual acquaintance, Gloucester native and fellow musician David “Doc” Vincent. When playing on the same bill they both would do solo sets and end the evening sitting at the same piano pounding away at the Yamaha for about 10 to 15 minutes – playing whatever boogie-woogie sounds that came into their creative/fertile minds. On this night all the stars came out to show their love for Willie. It was the most talented room of people I have ever seen. The mood was electric from the minute Willie stepped into the MALDEN: TODAY | SEE PAGE 10 Prices subject to change Winter Diesel Available FLEET
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