THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, July 3, 2020 Page 11 Junior Aid and 621 Tavern & Grille join forces D espite the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Malden community continues to unite to help those in need. On June 23, 621 Tavern & Grille and the Junior Aid Association of Malden joined forces to provide 140 meals to Bread of Life. Since 1912 the Junior Aid Association of Malden has been providing financial assistance to charitable organizations with a focus on women, children and health-related issues. Since 1981 the DeVincentis Family and 621 Tavern & Grille have been part of the fabric of Malden. The family-owned restaurant consistently steps up to help the community and support its children. Bread of Life’s mission is to feed the body and to nurture the soul – striving to feed the hungry, the homeless, the needy and the isolated; to offer spiritual support and hospitality; to promote greater peace and justice by addressing broader issues of hunger and poverty. Junior Aid Association of Malden and 621 Tavern & Grille have stepped up, together, to help their communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic. They encourage the community to volunteer to support Bread of Life if you are able. M ~ Letter to the Editor ~ Resident objects to Councilor DeMaria’s proposed budget cuts Dear Editor: y name is Kevin Larson, a lifelong resident of Pictured from left to right are Paul DeVincentis of 621 Tavern & Grille, Junior Aid Association of Malden President Toni Griffin and Gregg DeVincentis of 621 Tavern & Grille. 57 years in our beloved city of Malden. I am appalled at the suggestions of Councilor Debbie DeMaria at last week’s council budget hearing to start the process of defunding the Malden Police Department’s safety budget to withdraw funding for bulletproof vests and cutting the funding for police officers’ weapons. These suggestions by you Councilor DeMaria are irresponsible to the safety of our poMALDEN | FROM PAGE 8 Members of the Junior Aid Association of Malden prepare to deliver meals. Pictured from left to right are Angela Smith, President Toni Griffin, Mary Beth Leon and Mary Jo Koizumi. Malden High School football teams and played three years (’93-’95) with the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL. This gentle giant is still a monster of a man with some big damn hands and reports that his pops Tom is alive and well, living the life of a gentleman north of Boston. All the best to you and your father, Danny. I am fielding suggestions for the top 10 professional boxers in Malden’s history. I came up with four so far. Tommy Robson was a turn of the century pugilist with “Dangerous” Dana Rosenblatt, Joe Sideri, Ronny “Bevy” Drinkwater and “Rapid” Johnny Rafuse from the last 50 years or so. Send names my way. “I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up – they have no holidays” —Henny Youngman. Ed Markey will always and forever be a stone-cold Malden guy. Again, haters – don’t bother. Great story from Ed about basketball in Malden in the early 1960’s that I am trying to piece together and confirm before I print it. If anybody sees him around town – shooting baskets in front of his house on Townsend Street, power walking around his Edgeworth neighborhood or ordering takeout at one of the local eateries, please let him know I have been trying to contact him. Overheard at the City Council meeting: “Jimmy [Palermo’s] dead?!” – “I bet he could still kick my expletive deleted.” Winning! Check out the lineJunior Aid Association of Malden presents a check to the DeVincentis Family of 621 Tavern & Grille to provide 140 meals to Bread of Life. up The Malden Advocate is throwing at you week after week! For free no less! Barbara lice officers and their families. I suggest Councilor DeMaria; you ride a shift or two with a Malden police officer. What will be your next budget cut suggestion? Defund the Malden Fire Department on their air tanks, or their turnout coats? Your budget proposals are disturbing and you owe the Malden police officers an apology. They risk their lives every day for Malden residents. Sincerely, Kevin Larson Bowman Street Malden Taormina, Steve Freker, somebody named Richard Umbro – who just killed it last week – Chris Roberson, occasionally Virginia Ruane, and yours truly. The Boston Globe has nothing on this lineup! Barbara, Frek and Virginia – The Advocate’s “Murderer’s Row!” “This is the end, beautiful friend, this is the end, my only friend, the end...” Straight from the heart – Ann Medeiros-Palermo, Jimmy’s daughter: “As many of you have already heard, we lost our father Vincent ‘Jimmy’ Palermo yesterday afternoon. We called him ‘Dad, James, Papa, Jiminucchio.’ He was surrounded by his family in his death just as he was in his life. The hospital sent him home May 12th giving him 2-7 days to live. Little did they know the strength my father had. He stayed with us 39 glorious days and went on his own terms when he was ready and when he knew God called him. What a great Father’s Day gift my Papanonno got and my father celebrating this special day with our Heavenly Father. He’s entertaining the Angels with his powerful voice which I’m sure is even more beautiful up there. He and my mother Catherine are together again dancing on the clouds. My father worked hard all his life and it’s time for him to relax. He lived life to the fullest and enjoyed every moment with family and friends. We will miss him but know he’ll never be far away. All we’ll have to do is touch our hearts and there he’ll be. Thank you, my father, for everything you’ve done for me and this family. Happy Father’s Day. WE LOVE YOU.”
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