Maldden alld a Vol. 31, No. 27 den AADD -FREEYour Only Local Newspaper Source for 30 Years! CTE OCAT AT www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday 617-387-2200 HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY: Shown at left, from left to right: former Ward 7 Councillor Neal Anderson, Ward 7 Councillor/event host Christopher Simonelli and Mayor Gary Christenson during Sunday’s Ward 7 Fourth of July celebration at Lincoln Commons. City hosts Converse Family Reunion at Fellsmere Park Special to Th e Advocate T he City of Malden rolled out the red carpet for 60 descendants of the Converse Family over a three-day weekend last month. The events were organized and hosted by C. Henry Kezer, the Adelaide Breed Bayrd Foundation, the Trustees of the Malden Public Library, Library Director Dora St. Martin and Converse Reunion Steering Committee. Several activities were planned to showcase to Converse family descendants the many gifts bestowed to Malden by their ancestors. Fittingly, the opening reception was held on Friday, June 24 at the Converse Memorial Library, which was designed by noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. The building was a gift of Elisha and Mary Converse in the memory of their son, Frank Converse, who was murdered in 1863 at the Malden Bank – he was the fi rst person killed in a bank robbery in this country. Elisha Converse was also the fi rst Mayor of Malden, Founder and President of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company, a representative and senator in the state legislature and a philanthropist. Mayor Gary Christenson opened the weekend by welcoming family members and spoke about the generosity of the Converse Family. Family members toured the gallery and enjoyed refreshments FAMILY | SEE PAGE 6 E Friday, July 8, 2022 Maldonians Celebrate Fourth of July in Style Shown at right, the second-place winner in the boys’ bike decorating contest, Juneli Abellard, 1, during Ward 8’s Fourth of July celebration on Monday at Linden School. See pages 11-13 for more July 4th photo highlights. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino) Mayor Announces Greening the Gateway Cities Program Special to Th e Advocate I n collaboration with the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Urban and Community Forestry Program, Mayor Gary Christenson is pleased to announce Malden’s participation in the Greening the Gateway Cities Program (GGCP). The GGCP is an environmental and energy effi ciency program funded by the Executive Offi ce of Energy and Environmental Aff airs (EEA) and the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and administered by the DCR Bureau of Forestry. This program was created with a goal to increase the number of trees planted in urban residential areas of the Massachusetts Gateway Cities. It’s also designed to reduce household heating and cooling energy use by increasing tree canopy cover in urban residential areas, while improving the aesthetic appearance of these neighborhoods. GGCP is based on current reGREENING | SEE PAGE 9
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