THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Thursday, July 3, 2025 Page 7 long enough to feel its embrace. We’re all part of this patchwork — old friends, new neighbors and everyone in between — and that’s something worth holding onto. We’re lucky we are Malden. Which leads me to something I wrote in the recent past: a point of pride for me. Ed Sheehan’s words shared once again to prove that this line of thought ain’t anything new; Malden 100 years ago isn’t much different from Malden 2025. If you are Malden, these words go straight from the late (actor/author) Ed (Sheehan’s) heart to ours. They jump off the page and grab you much like Elliot Paul and his wonderful gift to Malden, “Linden on the Saugus Branch.” Where — with only the written word — you can see, hear and smell our beloved Malden of yesteryear... “There is a part of me that will always be Malden. Our family was wealthy in everything but money. My father was a sheet metal worker and my mother, a nurse...moved to Malden ...thinking it was a nice place to raise a family. They were right. Our clothes were always clean - our stomachs full. I left high school after the first year to go to work. After that I got my education at the Malden Public Library. I went to Pearl Harbor in 1940 - where it was always summer. I have always been happy. But I need only to shut my eyes to bring back the faces and places of Malden. Its streets of brilliant autumn, moist spring, and silent snow. Summer sassafras and lilac, fresh bread, crisp apples - the slap of a screen door and my mother’s voice summoning me to supper. In my memory there is a Malden that will never change. I am grateful to it - I wish it could have happened to everybody.” It is said in “Malden Musings”... • Guilty pleasure of the week: Country Music Hall of Fame’s honky-tonk hero and original practitioner of the Nashville Sound “Gentleman Jim” Reeve’s — Welcome to My World. • Happy belated 100th birthday to the reigning Queen of Edgeworth (sorry, Debbie Nice!), Esther Carducci. Mayor Christenson, Ward 2 Councillor Paul Condon and State Rep. Steve (D-Edgeworth) Ultrino were on hand to help celebrate the big day in May along with her large, loving family. Esther has been to every single San Rocco ever held. This year will be no exception. See you at the fried dough stand, Esther, and happy birthday! • I would trust my life savings (even my vinyl record collection!) with the MPL Board of Trustees. A finer group of Maldonians has never, ever been assembled. Dora! Franny Molis! Luce! Anthony Spadafora! John T! Fuhgeddaboudit! Just saying... • Patti Marsinelli, rest in peace and know that you will never be forgotten. • Jerry Lynch, formerly of Green Street Park, now residing in a foreign land, far from the shores of the Malden River, called “Kentucky” — I cannot express in words how good it was to see you last week. But I will try. Here for his little brother Richie’s 35th wedding anniversary, Jerry, looking like a million bucks, strutted into the Italian American Citizen’s Club patio, where time stood still for a brief couple of MUSINGS| SEE PAGE 15 425r Broadway, Saugus Located adjacent to Kohls Plaza Route 1 South in Saugus at the intersection of Walnut Street A rare opportunity for first-time homebuyers to own an affordable condo in Malden! 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