THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, May 13, 2022 Page 19 MALDEN: TODAY | FROM PAGE 6 ing; obstructing and blocking traffic; loud radios and shouting; constant defiance of park rules, and the rights of their fellow citizens to peace in the night; and God only knows what else may be happening at all hours of the night. And I mean until two or three in the morning, practically every evening. “I also am complaining about the parents who drop their offspring off so they may join the night with their chums’ loud voices. “The police on duty who I think are trying to do their jobs as best they can, say they can’t remove licenses or registrations for motor vehicle law breaking, nor can they arrest for loitering in the public park after dark. They say they can only suggest these people to move on. Usually, this means to move to another position or to another night as I see it. “The police are weary of responding to calls that place them a little above a wearying babysitting duty. The mayor’s office decides that this is strictly a police situation and doesn’t seem to care about the cost to the taxpayers or police necessity to make repetitive calls every evening. The local rep tries to speak to some of these people periodically, prodded by citizens’ sharp and persisting complaint. “I was told that it will not do any good to make arrests; the very good judge just won’t cooperate with police or allow the citizens the peace that the city ordinances are supposed to guarantee. “Why couldn’t the mayor have installed and posted no parking signs around the park area at night, which state a fine on parked vehicles? Maybe the mayor could install a no loitering at night rule in public parks to read ‘no loitering or around the streets directly adjacent to the park’ and throw in a fine payable immediately. Also, enable police to deliver people under 18 to their parents and present their parents with the fine. On the other hand, if they insist park areas to be open ’til three in the morning at least station a police officer to uphold the law and guarantee the peace. “Also, this stupidity of allowing public drinking on the streets or in parked cars or in city parks should cease especially when young boys and girls are involved with older people.” (Name on file but withheld by request) “This is the end, beautiful friend, this is the end, my only friend, the end” – just to put this all into some sort of perspective, the denizens of Devir Park back in those days were not exactly the hooligans or the “class one bums” referenced in the letter. You would be pleasantly surprised to know that many of those same boys and girls are Malden’s most outstanding and righteous citizens today. Postscript 1: The line with REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS BUYER1 ALVARADO, SANDY L WANG, KAI BUYER2 SELLER1 DASS, SHIV C WANG, RIJIAN SELLER2 KAUR, SARBJIT SHEN, QIONG ents who drop their offspring off [at the park]” really struck a nerve with many – a good nerve that is. My mother got the biggest kick out of that article and that line in particular when she read it! Mom and dad dropped us off many nights on the Emerald Street side back then. Dorothy Drago Levine had it proudly stuck on her refrigerator for many years before it yellowed and disappeared. MYSTIC | FROM PAGE 3 their homes. Tickets cost $75 each and sponsorships levels range from $100 to $20,000. Special thanks to lead sponsors, StonehamBank, Agero, Inc. and John and Wendy Pereira. Please contact Jenny Vanasse at 781-388-4802 or jvanasse@mves.org or visit www. mves.org/fundraising-eventsfor more information. -30Located in Malden, Mass., “complaining about the par- Mystic Valley Elder Services is Postscript 2: In retrospect my feelings for this writer have certainly changed over the years. Their pain, their feelings were quite real. The frustration conveyed through the written word is also real. I’d like to offer my apologies. Yeah, I get it – you’re a little late to the party, Mr. Levine – but if any relatives of the writer are alive today, I would love to hear from you. a non-profit agency that provides essential home- and community-based care and resources to older adults, people living with disabilities, and caregivers who reside in Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Revere, Stoneham, Wakefield and Winthrop. Agency services include coordination of home care, transportation, Meals on Wheels, and information and referrals. For more information, please call (781) 324-7705 or visit www.mves.org. Copyrighted material previously published in Banker & Tradesman/The Commercial Record, a weekly trade newspaper. It is reprinted with permission from the publisher, The Warren Group. For a searchable database of real estate transactions and property information visit: www.thewarrengroup.com. ADDRESS 50 COLUMBIA ST 9-11 KENILWORTH ST CITY MALDEN MALDEN DATE 21.04.2022 20.04.2022 PRICE $745 000,00 $850 000,00
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