THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, May 21, 2021 Page 17 MALDEN: TODAY | FROM PAGE 6 a World War II Army veteran, passing away in December of 2004 at age 89. If anybody has any info on Cokkinos, please let me know. “Malden today, tomorrow and yesterday” remembers the late Lt. Malcom L. Card: World War II Navy vet, 32-year member of the Malden Police Dept., joined the MPD in 1951, promoted to Sergeant in 1960, earned Lieutenant stripes in 1967, retired in 1983, Past Commander of the Malden Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), husband, father, brother, friend – passed in 2005 at 79 years old, lifelong Maldonian. One glaring omission a few weeks back: On my baseball team from 1969-1989 was a hard throwing lefty who used to work at the Army & Navy in Malden Square, Richie “Hardrock” Hannon. Richie was an outstanding southpaw hurler with all-around great baseball skills. When he stopped playing baseball, he became one of the best softball players in the city. He also sold me my first “biker leather” way back in 1979 at Malden Army & Navy next door to the Granada Theatre. Have you seen the pond in the Forestdale Cemetery lately? Beautiful! After three long years of cleaning, dredging and treating, the pond is a wonderful sight to behold – a hidden treasure just minutes away. Obey all the rules of the cemetery, though, the cemetery director, Jimmy “Stinger” Cahill, takes great pride in his work and permits no shenanigans within those hallowed stone walls. Great to see things getting back to semi-normal with the Mac Singleton Youth Basketball League gearing up for another season. Also, Rec Director Joe Levine and the Malden Rec Dept reporting that over 200 kids participated in softball, tennis, volleyball and basketball on the weekend of May 8. If you plan on attending the City of Malden Memorial Day Celebration at the Forestdale Cemetery, then you better get there early. Word on the street is that it’s gonna be a standing room only affair for the Marine Corp Brass Quintet. True story! “This is the end, beautiful friend, this is the end, my only friend, the end” – I have been friends with Frankie Spinale from Beebe Jr. High to those glorious high school days at Malden High. Devir Park, Jack in the Box, Schopell’s, Waite’s Mount, and Jack Haney’s Café were some of our/his stampin’ grounds. My father even knew Frankie’s late dad from the old West End of Boston. Our paths have pleasantly crisscrossed one way or another for over 50 years now. Frankie and his family are a good example of how one family can make a difference – how one family can make a city of five square miles a better place to live. Frank has retired to Florida after a long and distinguished career on the Malden Police Department. Frankie and his contemporaries on the force at the time (John Crannell, Kevin Molis, Gary Hennessey, George Grimes, to name just a few) helped usher in a new era of policing in Malden. For that, Malden is truly grateful and appreciative. From time to time, Frank has visitors from his beloved hometown; via Facebook, take it away Frankie: “Last evening we had the pleasure of hosting Malden Police Captain Paul Hopkins and his lovely wife Charlene for dinner. They were our first house guests since Covid reared its ugly head. I have known Paul since he was a rookie officer and hadn’t seen him in over 6 years as he continues to protect and serve the public today. Captain Hopkins is one of the hardest working, kindest cops I have ever met. For the record it did not matter what race, color, or nationality you were – he has always treated the public, as well as his fellow officers, with the utmost respect. Funniest exchange of the evening: Paul; ‘Frank you haven’t changed much at all.’ Frank; ‘except for all this snow on my roof Paul.’ Paul: ‘Frank look at my roof, it’s been stripped.’ Great to see you brotha! Stay safe out there!” I promise to make it down soon, Frank. Stay well, friend. Postscript 1: If you thought the piano on “That’s The Way It Is With Love” from the New Gamblers’ LP sounded familiar, you were right. It is none other than the “Boston Boogie-Woogie Piano Man,” Malden’s very own (the late) Preacher Jack. Postscript 2: You know your stuff if you knew that (the late) Norm McLeod also played (briefly) in one of Gary Cherone’s first bands, Adrenalin. Postscript 3: Who else will admit to having a draft beer (or two) at Jack Haney’s Café while skipping a class at Malden High School? Postscript 4: Who else will admit to never, ever paying full price for a pair of Chuck Taylor’s as a kid? Like us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/ Advocate.news.ma May 21, 2021 MVES still offering free transportation services to COVID-19 vaccine sites for adults 60 and older M ystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) wants to remind individuals that it is offering free transportation services via one of MVES’s transportation providers to adults 60 years and older to local COVID-19 vaccine sites. MVES understands that older adults are more susceptible to the pandemic and feels it is important to help all older residents in its 11 communities served get vaccinated. So if you live in Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Revere, Stoneham, Wakefield or Winthrop, give MVES a call. To make it simple, there are only three eligibility guidelines to get approved for your two roundtrips: Be 60 years of age or older; don’t have other means to get to a vaccination site; or have access to the vaccines at a building complex where you live. ~ Legal Notice ~ CITY OF MALDEN REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The City of Malden invites proposals, in accordance with M.G.L. c.30B, §6, from Vendors for: PRECINCT TABULATORS, ELECTRONIC POLLBOOK, AND CENTRAL SCANNERS Contract Documents will be available by email request at purchasing@cityofmalden.org after 1:00 p.m., Monday, May 24, 2021. Vendors must submit the price and non-price proposals in two separate sealed envelopes. Proposals will be received until 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at the Office of the Controller, 215 Pleasant Street 2nd Floor, Malden MA 02148. The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. May 21, 2021 ~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ City of Malden Massachusetts Conservation Commission Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 131, Section 40, Wetlands Protection Act (as amended) of the Massachusetts General Laws that a Hearing of the City Of Malden Conservation Commission will be held on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom, Hearing of a Notice of Intent (NOI) for the maintenance and installation of new stormwater outfalls in a bank resource area that functions as a drainage ditch located along the southern property boundary at the property located at 735 Broadway in Malden. In accordance with Governor Baker’s 3/12/20 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L.c.30A, Sec 18, and the Governor’s 3/23/20 Revised Guidance on Order by the Governor Prohibiting Assemblage of More than Ten People, this meeting will be conducted via remote participation. In person attendance by members of the public is prohibited, and all effort will be made to permit public attendance of this meeting, in the manner specified below, via remote access by internet, telephone, and if available via public broadcast of the meeting by Urban Media Arts on public access television channels. Public access will also be provided by posting draft minutes, and/or a transcript, recording, or record of the meeting on the City of Malden website at cityofmalden.org as soon as practicable after the meeting. Meeting information is as follows: https://cityofmalden.zoom.us/j/92688693056?pwd=WXFyT21udTVRSVR5NG5XK3psNDl5dz09 Meeting ID: 926 8869 3056 Passcode: 702306 Dial by your location +1 646 518 9805 US (New York) +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) Find your local number: https://cityofmalden.zoom.us/u/aeBM1PqIDX Isaac Slavitt Chairman When taking your trips, masks or face coverings will be required. That’s it! Make sure to call MVES in plenty of time so you can plan the most convenient travel time for yourself. For more information and to register for your rides, call MVES at 781-324-7705 and ask to speak to an Information and Referral Representative about the transportation vaccination program.
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