THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, March 28, 2025 Page 17 Friends of the Malden Public Library Newsletter G reetings Friends! We have one important update which is we have changed the monthly meeting day from the second Tuesday of every month to the first Tuesday of every month. This means our next Friends meeting will be on April 1. Aside from that you can catch us at some of the following events: • March 30 (Sunday), 9-11:30 a.m.: Book Swap with Malden Pride Coalition at Cafe Reynard (89 Commercial St., Malden). Bring a book (or buy one from the Friends) to swap with someLEGAL NOTICE INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) SENIOR PERSONS’ TRANSPORTATION SERVICES The City of Malden is requesting sealed bids from qualified providers to transport (defining age + 60 years) and senior persons who are physically or intellectually disabled, as follows: (1) round trips from Seniors home to local supermarkets, (2) to and from medical appointments, and (3) to and from the Malden Senior Center from various designated locations. The Invitation for Bids may be obtained at Office of the City Controller, 215 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA, on April 16, 2025, until the deadline for submittals. The IFB may also be obtained electronically by contacting the Controller’s office at purchasing@cityofmalden.org. Bids must be physically submitting to the Office of the Controller, 215 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA 02148 by 11:30 AM Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Bids will be publicly opened at that time in the Controller’s Office. The City of Malden reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, wholly or in part, and to make awards in a manner deemed to be in the best interest of the City of Malden. For further information, contact purchasing@cityofmalden.org. CITY OF MALDEN Office of the Controller March 28, 2025 ~ Legal Notice ~ CITY OF MALDEN REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The City of Malden invites sealed price, and non-priced proposals, in accordance with M.G.L. c.30B, §6, from Vendors for: MALDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM Email tmertz@maldenps.org for Contract Documents after: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Include Company Name, Address, Contact Name, Email and Phone Number. Proposals will be received until 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at the Malden Public Schools, 110 Pleasant Street, Malden MA 02148. Following the deadline for proposals, all proposals received within the time specified will be reviewed by the RFP Committee, and an award will be made to the most advantageous proposer for services. The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. CITY OF MALDEN Office of the Controller March 28, 2025 Y ou are now entitled to claim a tax credit on your 2024 Massachusetts individual income tax return if you are taking care of a dependent child, other dependent or spouse with a disability or another dependent who is age 65 or older. You can claim this tax credit if you are filing single, head of household or married filing joint on your tax return. Your dependent child must be under age 13 as of December 31, 2024. With respect to a dependent age 65 or older as of December 31, 2024, that would not include you or your spouse. The tax credit to claim on your Massachusetts return is $440 for each qualifying individual. There is no limit to the number of qualified individuals that you can claim the tax credit for. This represents an increase over the calendar year 2023 tax credit which was $310 per individual. If you are a Massachusetts non-resident filing a non-resident Massachusetts income tax return, you cannot claim spring book sale in the Friends’ book room at the Malden Public Library. We will be featuring a display in celebration of National Library Week. Please note that the Friday sale is only open to paying members of the Friends of the Malden Public Library. If you have not renewed your 2025 membership yet, you will be asked to do so at the Friday sale. • May 6 (Tuesday), 7-8 p.m.: one else. • April 4 (Friday, 6-9 p.m.) and Friends of the Malden Public Library May meeting at the Malden Public Library. • May 9 (Friday): The Friends’ April 5 (Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.): Wine Tasting Gala at the MalLEGAL NOTICE den Public Library (time to come and link for ticket purchase will be available on April 1.) There will also be mocktails! This year’s theme will honor artist and Maldonian Frank Stella and his mother Constance. Come dressed in your most colorful 60s and 70s outfits. We will have a silent auction featuring donations from Skybound Fitness, the Huntington Theatre and more! 2024 MASSACHUSETTS CHILD AND FAMILY TAX CREDIT this tax credit. Part year residents can claim the credit and must calculate the tax credit he or she is qualified for based upon the number of days living in Massachusetts. A dependent or spouse with a disability is an individual who is physically or mentally incapable of caring for himself or herself and who principally lives with the taxpayer for more than half of the taxable year. Taxpayers need to keep this tax credit in mind as many spouses are caring for a spouse who might be stricken with a disability such as dementia or a physical disability and requires a significant amount of time in home health care from his or her spouse. This is also a refundable tax credit so even if you your total tax is zero and you had no withholdings from wages or pension income, for example, you would still be able to receive a refund based upon the tax credit as calculated on your Massachusetts income tax return. This is the second year that Massachusetts has provided for such a tax credit. It is a big help to taxpayers caring for children, parents or disabled individuals or spouses. This is in addition to the increase in the circuit breaker tax credit available to taxpayers age 65 or older, which is now up to $2,730. It was $2,400 in 2023 and only $1,200 in 2022. Joseph D. Cataldo is an estate planning/elder law attorney, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Financial Planner, AICPA Personal Financial Specialist and holds a master’s degree in taxation.
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