Your Local News, Sports and Information Online. Scan & Subscribe! Vol. 35, No. 15 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday Rep. Lipper-Garabedian visits Northeast Metro Tech, views significant progress on new school construction 617-387-2200 Friday, April 24, 2026 12th Annual Christie Serino Baseball Classic today in Malden Tornado Baseball seeking to defend the title in Championship Final today at 1:30 p.m.; Tournament played in memory of beloved late Saugus High, Malden Catholic Coach & AD Serino Special to The Advocate C hristie “Chris” Serino is one of the most influential and reThe new Northeast Metro Tech building is wrapping up construction and was recently visited by State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian. (Photo Courtesy Northeast Metro Tech) Special to The Advocate N ortheast Metro Tech Superintendent David DiBarri and the school were pleased to welcome State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D-Melrose), who toured the school and observed the construction progress of the new school building. Rep. Lipper-Garabedian visited the new building on March 26 and was joined by Superintendent David DiBarri, Assistant Superintendent Tracey O’Brien and School Committee Member Ward Hamilton (Melrose). The new building is scheduled to open later this year. The building remains on schedule to receive its occupancy permit in August 2026. On average, more than 200 contractors per day are working on schedule and under budget to create the new TECH | SEE PAGE 2 vered coaches and mentors in the region’s history on the high school and college sports scene. He was a “larger than life” personality well-known throughout The Advocate Newspapers readership communities of Everett, Malden, Revere and Saugus as a coach, athletic director and also as a three-sport star high school player in the late 1960s-early 1970s. He coached hockey at Saugus High, UNH, Merrimack College and Malden Catholic as well as baseball for many of his five sons’ teams through their growing years — he also was the former Baseball Head Coach at the University of New Hampshire. Coach Serino steered Saugus High to two boys hockey State Championships — its only state titles in any sports Chris Serino was a “larger-thanlife” personality in the local sports world for many years and many reasons. (Courtesy Photo) — as well as two Super 8 State Hockey Championships at Malden Catholic in 2011 and 2012. Locally and across the region, BASEBALL | SEE PAGE 8 Locals joined the field for the running of the 130th Boston Marathon Residents from Advocate readership area of Everett, Malden, Revere & Saugus were among 30,000 runners in iconic race By Steve Freker W hether running for a charitable cause, personal satisfaction or just the thrill of it all, over two dozen local residents were among the 30,000-plus who ran the 130th Boston Marathon on Patriots’ Day Monday. All told, 28 runners finished the iconic race from The Advocate readership area, which includes the cities of Everett, Malden and Revere and the town of Saugus. Each community was represented in this year’s race and each showed up on the list of finishers. On a sunny day with near-perfect, spectacular running weather, it showed in the finish: Kenya’s John Korir won his second straight Boston Marathon in the men’s division, finishing at 2:01:52 and setting a new course record. Fellow Kenyan Sharon MARATHON | SEE PAGE 10 AND THEY’RE OFF! The field of professional men at the start of the 130th Boston Marathon (Courtesy Photo)
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