Page 20 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, June 11, 2021 Maldonians named to Dean’s List at Fitchburg State University F ITCHBURG – Fitchburg State University recently announced that Malden residents Genevieve Casucci, Peter Mamakos, Francesca Reyes and Malisha Zhao were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must have a grade point average of 3.2 or higher. Mayor issues proclamation recognizing Pride Month W ard 4 Councillor Ryan O’Malley and Malden INDENTITY PROTECTION PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER The IRS has been issuing Identity Protection Personal Identification Numbers (IPPIN’s) since 2011 in order to assist in identifying taxpayers and to accept a tax return for filing. In January of this past year, the IRS opened up this program to all taxpayers if they choose to opt into the program. Prior to January of this year, the IRS would assign an IPPIN to a taxpayer whose identity was stolen. So too often tax preparers would go to e-file a tax return only to find out that someone had already filed a tax return under that taxpayer’s social. Therefore, the electronic filing would be rejected. A taxpayer would then have to call the IRS fraud department and the IRS would then issue a IPPIN to the taxpayer to be attached to the paper return that would then need to be filed. In New Release IR-2021-9, the IRS announced the program is now available to all taxpayers who can verify their identity by specified procedures. The IRS will mail a CP01A Notice to taxpayers that opt in which contains their 6-digit IPPIN. A Taxpayer can also obtain a IPPIN by using the IRS online tool Get an IPPIN. Each year, taxpayers will receive a CP01A Notice containing a new IPPIN. Taxpayers may opt in by either faxing or mailing Form 15227, Application for an Identity Protection Personal Identification Number, or by using the Get an IPPIN online tool. In order to file Form 15227, taxpayers will need: 1. A valid social security number or individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) 2. Adjusted gross income of $72,000 or less 3. Access to a telephone The IRS will process the form and then call the taxpayer to validate his or her identity. Upon successful validation, the taxpayer will then receive a CP01A Notice with an assigned IPPIN for the next filing season. To online method of obtaining a IPPIN is available at www.irs.gov/ getanippin. Once you opt in to the IPPIN system, as of right now, you cannot opt out. The IRS expects that taxpayers will be able to opt out beginning in 2022. Data breaches of personal information are still on the rise. Obtaining an IPPIN may provide some taxpayers comfort particularly if their personal information may have been compromised. Think about how many people this past year received notices from Mass Unemployment stating that they applied for unemployment benefits when in fact someone else did using their name and social security number. Joseph D. Cataldo is an Estate Planning/Elder Law Attorney, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Financial Planner, AICPA Personal Financial Specialist and holds a Master’s Degree in Taxation. resident Dee Campbell-Tompkins recently coordinated with the Office of Mayor Gary Christenson to hold the first Pride Month Flag Raising ceremony on City Hall Plaza. The event served to honor the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual) liberation movement and to support the rights of residents to experience equality and freedom from discrimination. The Mayor issued a proclamation declaring June 2021 Pride Month and reiterated that the City of Malden is a community that values diversity and inclusion and is committed to equal rights and opportunities for all its residents. MALDEN: TODAY | FROM PAGE 8 “This is the end, beautiful friend, this is the end, my only friend, the end” - A Malden slice of life: Morris “Moe” Sack was born on Dec. 6, 1926, growing up in Malden on Linwood Street. His parents were immigrants from Lithuania and Poland. In 1944, he was drafted into the army, where he served until 1947. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from BU. He married Reva Kaplan in 1952 and settled in Peabody. Here is a fascinating glimpse into Moe’s (Jewish) life during his childhood in Malden: “I had a very Jewish upbringing. I was brought up in an observant house, and my father never worked on Shabbos. I went to shul with my grandfather and my cousin on Shabbos. I had a private melamed, or teacher, by the name of Reb Slonim, and he taught a Hebrew curriculum and prepared me for my bar mitzvah. My parents were immigrants and spoke Yiddish in the house. I heard Yiddish on the streets in Malden – there used to be a Workmen’s Circle in Malden, and ~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT DEPARTMENT MIDDLESEX, SS DIVISION DOCKET NO. MI21P2827EA PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WITH SURETIES NOTICE Estate of: Anne Virtue, Also Known As Anna Virtue Date of Death: December 6, 2018 LATE OF MALDEN, IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX A petition has been presented in the above-captioned matter praying that Patrick M. McAvoy of Melrose in the County of Middlesex be appointed public administrator of said estate with sureties on his/ her bond. If you desire to object to the allowance of said petition, you or your attorney must file a written appearance in said court at Cambridge, on or before 10:00 in the forenoon on July 8th, 2021. Witness, HON. Maureen H. Monks, First Justice of said Court at Cambridge the 3rd day of June, in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty One. TARA E. DeCRISTOFARO REGISTER OF PROBATE June 11, 2021 For Advertising with Results, call The Advocate Newspapers at 617-387-2200 or Info@advocatenews.net they all spoke Yiddish. It was a different time. Malden was a very friendly place; the Jewish kids all grouped together but I had a lot of Gentile friends. There was some Anti-Semitism in the schools. In junior high (Lincoln) I had a gym teacher who gave Jews the toughest exercises to do and if we didn’t do them, he’d bawl us out. Overall, though, it wasn’t too bad.” Postscript: “It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the 13th or the 14th”—George Burns.
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