Page 16 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, May 9, 2025 City of Malden Community Preservation Committee Monthly Meeting and Public Information Session Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 6:00 PM CPC Monthly Meeting and Public Information Session Hybrid City Hall Room #105 (in-person), Live streamed via Teams (virtual) On March 28, 2025, Governor Maura Healey signed legislation extending certain COVID-19 relief measures including extending remote meetings for public bodies. The same provisions which permitted public bodies to meet remotely, or convene in a hybrid manner, have been extended through June 30, 2027. This extension allows public bodies to continue to meet remotely or to meet in a hybrid manner, without a quorum of the public body physically present at a meeting location. The law requires that a public body provide “adequate, alternative” access to remote meetings. This meeting will be broadcast to the public and recorded via Teams. Additional information/guidelines for the public can be found here: https://www. mass.gov/service-details/updated-guidance-on-holding-meetings-pursuantto-the-act-extending-certain-covid-19-measures. Members of the public who wish to attend remotely can do so using the link to the Teams webinar: https://shorturl.at/oOCYC If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact Maria Luise, ADA Compliance Coordinator at mluise@cityofmalden.org or 781-397-7000, Ext 2005 Agenda 1. Call to order/ Roll call 2. Public Information Session 3. Approval of meeting minutes from March 19, 2025 4. CPC Plan Update 5. Project status updates 6. Trafton Park MOU extension 7. Other business 8. Adjournment of CPC Monthly Meeting May 09, 16, 2025 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF MALDEN INVITATION FOR BID The City invites sealed bids in accordance with M.G.L. c.30b Sec.39M from Vendors for: ROADWAY PAVEMENT MARKINGS Email Company Name, Address, Contact Name, Email Address and Phone Number to purchasing@cityofmalden.org, after: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 14, 2025, for Contract Documents. Bids will be received until 2:30 p.m., Thursday, May 29, 2025, at the Office of the Controller, 215 Pleasant Street, 2nd Floor, Malden MA 02148. Following the deadline, all Bids received within the time specified will be publicly opened and read aloud. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. CITY OF MALDEN Office of the Controller May 9, 2025 LEGAL NOTICE MUSINGS | FROM PAGE 7 als! Dedicated specialists, each and every one, exemplified by the seasoned and skilled call to action a few weeks back to the fire on Albion Street. I’d shout out a couple of individuals by name who went above and beyond the call of duty, but I was told they would prefer to remain in the shadows, so to speak. Thank you, Malden Fire Department! We are always proud of you! • Speaking of India Bazaar (?), has anybody ever tried the “Jamun Juice,” which according to the label “is prepared from only the finest high-altitude berries”? Let me know. • I am getting closer and closer to confirming a rumor that has been circulating throughout Maldonia for decades now. Seems City Controller Chuck Ranaghan beat Forestdale School Maintenance Engineer Dave “Buckets” Bouley in the free throw competition at the Devir Park 4th of July celebration of many, many years ago. Still a point of pride with both participants, but who exactly won is still being researched/debated. Both are declaring victory. Stay tuned. • I always forget Joey and Bobby DiMeco when I talk about Maldonia hockey’s best. Throw Ray Porter and Buddy Lawler in there also. • See Click Fix can be good for what ails you once in a while when you happen across a more humorous complaint/response, such as the following. In the “Houston, we have a problem” department...seems there is a rat problem (four-legged as opposed to two-legged) in Malden –with one resident filing a SCF about said rats running buck wild on a United Properties property. The answer back from SCF admins wasn’t quite what Joe Citizen wanted to hear – JC’s response back: “Three days, now… the rats and other vermin don’t care that United Properties was notified.” Roasted! • Speaking of Joe Croken, I ran into young Joe just last week while walking into Stop & Splurge. Always a pleasure to bump into one of Malden’s best! Stay well, Joe. • Keeping with my baseball theme this week; separated at birth – one of Malden’s finest – Jason Munroe and actor Robert “The Natural” Redford. Great seeing you, Jason, keep it gangsta! Speaking of the baseball season...I know Washington Street’s Mike and Carmella Picillo are smiling down upon us as we look forward to another season with high aspirations for our beloved local nine, the Boston Red Sox. Mike and “Lal” were huge Sox supporters, which doesn’t even begin to describe their relationship with the “Olde Towne Team.” Mike worked on the firstbase dugout side at Fenway as an usher from the early ’50s right on through to the ’80s – but he was much more than just an employee. The Fenway Park that Mike knew was a world apart from the gleaming, corporate Fenway of today. Back then, it wasn’t a business – it was a family. And Mike, along with his wife Carmela, were truly part of the Red Sox family in every sense of the word. Over the years, Mike built friendships throughout the organization, back when a handshake meant more than a contract. He and his brother-in-law, Pete Cerrone, were such trusted insiders that Ted Williams himself would call on them to throw him batting practice. Meanwhile, Lal became a legend in her own right, cooking up homemade Italian feasts for players desperate for a real taste of home during spring training trips to far-flung places like Arizona and Florida – places where good Italian food was about as rare as a snowstorm. The bonds forged in those days weren’t just friendships – they were lifelong loyalties, deep as blood. When Bill Nowlin’s book “Fenway Lives” came out in 2004, celebrating the unsung heroes who made the ballpark special, Mike’s story naturally became part of the narrative. I still remember asking him if he’d like to take part. Mike fixed me with that steady gaze of his and said, “I will, Peter, but one rule – no dirt!” Mike had seen all the triumphs, the heartbreaks, the backroom drama, and the dirt – but he wasn’t about to betray the trust that defined his life around the team. Each time a former Sox player came through town for an autograph signing, I’d bring my copy of “Fenway Lives” to get it signed MUSINGS| SEE PAGE 17
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