Your Local News & Sports Online! Scan & Subscribe to The Advocate! Vol. 34, No. 31 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday Malden will have a busy municipal election season this fall Several contested races for Malden City Council and School Committee are on tap 617-387-2200 Friday, August 1, 2025 No 'back to normal,' but Malden trash pickups improving despite continuing strike by Republic Services workers Republic trucks & replacement workers clear up trash and recycle waste overflows, assuming original routes Voters in Wards 4 and 6 will have the opportunity to cast ballots in a Preliminary Election on Tuesday, September 16. (Courtesy/City of Malden) By Steve Freker A few prospective candidates for city offices appeared to be playing “beat the clock” this week as for submitting nomination papers and required signatures. But well over 90% of those seeking office have already met the bar — and the Monday, July 28 deadline — so, overall it looks like it will be a very busy municipal election season this fall. Despite the fact that there is no mayoral election this year, with Mayor Gary Christenson in the midst of the four-year term to which he was reelected in 2023, there is still expected to be plenty of “buzz” around this year’s city races. Last Thursday, July 24, was the ELECTION | SEE PAGE 10 Budding Artists Continue to Enhance By Steve Freker I t has become a creative staple of the summer now and Malden High School is now an annual beneficiary. Since the summer of 2022 — when the project originated—and rolling right into this season, a group of students in the Mayor’s Youth Summer Employment Program (MYSEP) have worked to create lasting artwork on the walls of Malden High School. The first foray was a project that infused the walls and pillars of the largest Cafeteria at MHS with a wonderland of sports-themed art, replete with ARTISTS | SEE PAGE 9 T By Steve Freker he ongoing strike by Republic Services workers entered a fifth consecutive week and now, a second calendar month, with no end in sight. Though there is no "back to normal," however, there has been a dramatic improvement over just the past seven or eight days in Malden and other communities in the 17 North Shore and Greater Boston cities and towns affected by the trash pickup disruption. There has been a marked decrease in overflowing plastic green and blue (recycling) barrels around the city as Republic Services trucks and replacement workers have been circuiting around Malden making pickups according to the original routes. TRASH | SEE PAGE 9 MYSEP supervisor and Salemwood School Art educator Emily Gonzalez (back row, far right) and her students are shown in front of their latest creation, a mural in Cafeteria “A” at Malden High School. (Courtesy/Malden Public Schools)
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