Page 4 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, March 15, 2019 Citizen Journalism 101 at MATV Fully Licensed & Insured Emergency Service Available 24/7 SPECIALIZING IN KITCHEN & BATHROOM REMODELING * Heating * Cooling * Electric * Tile All Estimates Done By Owner * Drain Cleaning crnplumbing@gmail.com Journalism image & Past and present members of MATV’s Citizen Journalism team. MATV’s Neighborhood View dine drink gather enjoy THE NORTH SHORE'S HOTTEST NIGHTCLUB! Saturday, March 16 EXCLUSIVE APPEARANCE TONIGHT! Friday, March 15 THE DOORS EXPERIENCE Doors Tribute WILDFIRE Celebrate St. Paddy's Weekend! is off ering a beginner’s workshop “Citizen Journalism 101,” open to all community members. The dates are Tuesdays, March 26, April 2, & 9, from 7:00 – 9:00pm and will be held at MATV, Malden’s Media Center. In this course, participants will learn and practice principles of journalism and basic reporting; the class will explore traditional and trusted forms of newsgathering as it applies to the new digital landscape. Students will conduct interviews and work collaboratively on a feature story to be published in MATV’s Neighborhood View. This is a very hands-on course with feedback from both instructor and classmates. The class is structured for the beginner, but will also be appropriate for more advanced students. New members of this class will be invited to join MATV’s citizen journalism team. I nstruc tor Stephanie Schorow, MATV’s Neighborhood View editor, is a veteran journalist who has worked for the Boston Herald, the Boston Globe, the Associated Press and numerous publications, both print and online. She is a professional writing teacher at Lasell College and has published eight books on local Boston-area history. The class fee is $40. All participants must become members of MATV and are requested to attend an upcoming MATV Orientation. The next date for the one-time orientation is Wednesday, April 10, from 6:30 – 8pm. To register for a free Orientation, contact Anne at anne@matv.org, call 781-321-6400, or sign up through the MATV website at matv.org. MATV is off ering a specially discounted annual membership rate of $10 to participants enrolling in this class. The rate is for fi rst-time members only. To become a member of MATV, visit matv.org/membership. You can also sign up for the Citizen Journalism class through EventBrite. (Search Feature Journalism in Malden.) Mayor Christenson Extends Yard Waste Collection Period in Response to Resident Feedback IN THE MUSIC HALL Friday, March 22 MARYBETH MAES BAND M IN THE MUSIC HALL Saturday, March 23 TANGERINE Friday, March 29 Brian Maes 5:15 PLAYS Tim Archibald ~ Letter to the Editor ~ "Old" Tony DiPietro IN THE MUSIC HALL Saturday, March 30 KISS FOREVER Kiss Tribute Band David Fischer EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT Saturday, April 6 Councilor rolls out barrel proposal A lifelong resident of our beloved City of Malden I ap221 Newbury Street, Danvers For Tickets call (978) 774-7270 or www.breakawaydanvers.com plaud Councilor Matheson as to proposing to overhaul Malden’s antiquated PAYT. This Tax was shoved down the throats of the taxpaying residents well over 10 years ago. The council at the time was browbeaten by our former Mayor who in turn sold out the residents of Malden. For this Tax. JRM hauling is to this day still holding the taxpayers of Malden hostage with the 15-year contract the council signed. And our former mayor agreed to. This has been debated time and again as to what to do with this Tax. Finally, we see A glimmer of hope with this proposal. Councilor Condon if need be call JRM in and either renegotiate or call the city solicitor and cancel the remaining yrs. The PAYT is antiquated. How about passing the cost on to all these high-rise apartments that dwarf our city? The deep pocket owners. Not the working homeowners who constantly are being hit with a fee after fee. Bag fee after bag fee. Enough already. Let's make this happen. And if JRM refuses to work with the city bar them from future contracts. Also, Malden City Council needs to be more transparent. It is 2019. Thank you, Kevin Larson ayor Christenson recently announced that in response to resident feedback, the City will be adding an additional fi ve weeks of yard waste collection in 2019. In previous years, the standard was for 12 weeks of curbside yard waste collection. This year, it will be increased to 17. “We appreciate that residents are working to keep up their properties and the increased collection is evidence of that.” said Mayor Christenson. “Upkeep of property not only helps drive up home values, it also has a positive impact on the whole community.” In accordance with the contract with the City’s trash hauler JRM, yard waste pickup has traditionally been 12 weeks per year. Last year the City altered the schedule by limiting summer pickups in favor of increased collections in the fall. By and large, resident feedback called for increased collection in the summer while also continuing with the extended fall pickups. “We heard our residents on this issue and that is why we decided to add the additional fi ve collection weeks,” said Christenson. For custom text, email or phone call reminders or to get a printable version of your yard waste collection dates, visit cityofmalden.org/trash.
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