Maldden alld a Vol. 33, No. 9 den -FREEYour Local News & Sports Online in 6 Languages! Subscribe Here! AADD T he Malden City Council voted to spend over $2 million in Community Preservation funds – set aside through Malden residents’ municipal taxes – to either initiate or complete five new community projects citywide. All of the projects were accompanied by a letter of support from Mayor Gary Christenson. These projects are: — A $983,000 for the Malden River Works Project The Malden River Works Project will construct a publicly open space along the Malden River while improving climate resiliency along the Malden DPW Yards. All Community Preservation Act Funds will be expended on the open space improvement only. The overall scope of the nearly $7 million project includes rehabilitation of the DPW Facility on Commercial Street, with none of this work attached to Community Preservation funding. — $783,000 for Malden Hospital Open Space Acquisition This funding will cover all of the cost of acquiring open CTE CAT AT www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday Malden City Council approves funding for several long-awaited community improvement projects Councillors approve over $2.1 million in expenditures from Community Preservation funds for fi ve new projects citywide By Steve Freker — $175,000 for improvements to Fitzgerald Park, adjacent to the CBD Parking Garage on Exchange Street Some of an overall $225,000 City Council President Stephen Winslow presided over one of the most momentous evenings in recent memory with fi ve new community improvement pr o je c ts a pp r o v e d . (Courtesy City of Malden) space at the Malden Hospital site, which has been set aside by the overall plan of Tufts Health Medicine in rehabbing the major former Malden Hospital site at 100 Hospital Rd. This expenditure will allow the city to acquire 6.7 acres of open space next to what will be a new behavioral health center operated by Tufts. The city intends to use it as passive recreational space (in initial discussions). project in the downtown on Exchange Street has been completed; $40,000 from Community Preservation funds has already been expended. It is a continuation of the project – creating an enhanced play area in the downtown. — $67,360 to Linden Rink Project at Wescott Street, Linden Park The total project includes construction of an outdoor recreational hockey rink for outdoor “street hockey” with an asphalt and acrylic surface. An earlier proposal for an enclosed ice hockey rink requesting funds was not approved for funding. This total project cost is approximately $481,000 and will be completed with use of $150,000 in Ward 8 mitigation funds and $200,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding. — $151,650 for Design Planning for Oak Grove Community FUNDING | SEE PAGE 7 617-387-2200 By Tara Vocino M any patrons have attended Moose events, but not many know the backstory of the Loyal Order of Moose, the fraternal and service organization founded in 1888 and headquartered in Mooseheart, Illinois, with a membership of over one million members. The Moose organization is known for its dedication to children and seniors with their support of two facilities: the Mooseheart Child City E Friday, March 1, 2024 Celebrating its 65th anniversary, Malden Moose Lodge continues its work of caring Malden Moose Lodge No. 1910 administration, shown from left to right: Administrator Henry Dorazio, President Ed “Porky” Strong and Senior Regent Kathy Regent last Friday afternoon at the Malden Moose Lodge 1910, which is located at 562 Broadway in Malden. & School, a 1,000-acre campus located 40 miles west of Chicago, which supports children and teens in need, and Moosehaven, a 70-acre retirement community near Jacksonville, Florida, for elderly residents who have at least 15 years of service to the Moose organization. According to Moose International, the organization contributes between $75 to $100 million worth of community service (counting CELEBRATING | SEE PAGE 9 Seven Malden High students receive total of over $2 million in full scholarships to college MHS seniors set school record for number of recipients of Posse and Questbridge Scholarships; All receiving full, 4-year academic grants By Steve Freker I f you see a contingent of Malden High School seniors from the Class of 2024 walking around with big smiles on their faces that just will not go away, there is a great reason. These seven students have just been informed they have been selected to receive full, 4-year academic scholarships to some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the nation. In all, the full scholarships add up to over $2 million in full grants, covering all costs: tuition, fees, room and board. What about the colleges and universities they are headed?Tufts University, Centre College (Kentucky), Union College (N.Y.), Rutgers University (N.J.) SCHOLARSHIPS | SEE PAGE 17 Fnu Dolkar Tsering Bryn Mawr Cahterine Alaynre Centre C1 Damien Josephat Centre College
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