THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, June 6, 2025 Page 7 You have been forewarned. Speaking of 1970... I never knew how golden my summers were growing up in Malden until I read Jennifer Finney Boylan’s op-ed in a Sunday New York Times of a few years back (well, actually I did know but I thought that would be a cool intro)... • Memories of the 1973 Devir Park Bandstand concert featuring “Blue Star” brought to us by Paul O’Toole, Brian Cox, Ronny Cox and the rest of the Outreach/ ACID gang came back to me. • The 1967 Impossible Dream Team • Endless hours at King Neptune until Mrs. Bionelli would politely ask us to “finish up”: clam plates, French fries, crispy fried shrimp by the bucketload! • The Real Paper (who didn’t love to read Ed Zuckerman’s columns?!). The Boston Phoenix (Charlie Pierce, anybody?). The Village Voice (Robert Christgau!) • Role models/educators like Barry Fitzpatrick, Ed Lucey, Jim O’Connell, Paul Phaneuf, Frank Adorn, Brendan Duffy, Ms. Willard, Marguerite Gonsalves, Mac Singleton, Bill McCormack and Mr. Hines • Endless sweat-soaked gray tee shirt hours on the hoop court at Amerige with the likes of the Cioffis, Danny Meyers, Mark Burns, Greg Phaneuf, George Miller, Jimmy Cahill, Dave Angelo, Paul Norton, Jackie Maltzman, Gary & Wayne Campsmith, Dave McNary and Joe Levine. • Hot summer days at Devir Park playing whist, baseball, softball, football, hockey and basketball — all in the same day most of the time. • The Big Bad Bruins • Tricca’s, Brandano’s, Henry’s, The Roadside, The Highland, Anthony’s, Jessell’s, Salemwood, The Roadside. Nuff ced. • The Central Square Theater, the Coolidge Corner Theater, the Harvard Square Theatre • Lifelong friend Jimmy Damiano; his loyalty fierce right up till the day he passed on • Endless hours at the Highland Café; the pizza so special, so legendary that the memory is seared into our collective minds/ souls, like forever. • Destination Malden Square: Headlines, Sizzleborg, Roli’s Music Inc., Jordan Marsh, the Malden Evening News, Jerry’s Army & Navy, Kotzen’s Furniture, First National Grocery Store, Pleasant Lanes, Kennedy Bread & Egg, Woolworths, Boston Leader, Richard’s Pub, Malden Trust, Louie Klane’s, Gold Coin, Jack in the Box, Riley’s Roast Beef, Spark’s, Liggett’s Drug Store, The Cartridge Club House at 10 Exchange St., The Horseshoe Bar & Grille, Chisholm’s Sporting Goods, Hanlon’s Shoes, and so much more. • The original Kelly’s Roast Beef on Revere Beach • The Delfonics, George Harrison, The Temptations, Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull, The Stones, Blue Magic, John Prine, Sly, James Brown, Dylan, Carole King, Elvis, Stylistics, The Who • Bill Russell, Captain Carl, Hondo, Satch, Jo Jo, Orr, Rico, Derek Sanderson, Dave Cowens, RegEverett Supplies Aluminum 10 Everett Ave., Everett 617-389-3839 Celebrating 66 Years in Business! •Vinyl Siding •Free Estimates •Carpentry Work •Fully Licensed •Decks •Roof ng • Fully Insured • Replacement Windows www.everettaluminum.com Now’s the time to schedule those home improvement projects you’ve been dreaming about all winter! gie Smith, Hawk Harrelson, Tony C, Lonnie • The original Regina’s in the North End • The original Galleria Umberto on Parmenter Street • The “lyric little bandbox” of a hoop court at the old Y.M.C.A.! • The Granada and Strand Theatres • The Bandstand at Devir! The hill at Amerige, Waite’s Mount on Friday nights! • Neighborhood role models: Ed Markey, Don Brunelli, Jim Conway, Dom Fermano, Bobby McCarthy’s big brother Joe, Paul Worth, Joe DiVincentis (Jr. & Sr.), Billy O‘Mahoney, Butch Gennetti, Billy Callahan, Stevie Saraceni. • Cliff Cioffi and the vital role he played shaping so many young lives — being an outspoken proponent for the good and welfare for all on the courts and off at Devir and Amerige. Also being an outspoken humanist way before it became fashionable in Malden. Thank you for that, Cliff. Don’t get me wrong, he could be a real pain in the (expletive deleted) at times but that made him all the more lovable. • The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Dirty Harry, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Rocky, The Exorcist, High Plains Drifter, Saturday Night Fever • Muhammad Ali, Marvin Hagler, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tommy Hearns, George Foreman, Ken Norton, Roberto Duran, Malden’s Ronny Drinkwater • ICL Hall of Famers: Dave Caiazzo, Ruffy Mugica, Dave Polcari, Eddie Larson, Harry Mehos, Eddie DiGiacomo, Joe DiSarcina, Joe O’Donnell, Eddie Rideout, Joe Armstrong. • The Augustine Athletics and Malden Merchants • Mom and dad — strong, young and healthy. • Long, hot summer days at Devir Park surrounded by friends made for good — the sweetest memories of life lived during these times. Back by popular demand with a belated Memorial Day tribute! From the gripping pages of the personal diary of “Malden’s OneMan Army,” SS Joe Lumino — an unforgettable local legend and hero. 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