Your Local News & Sports Online! Scan & Subscribe to The Advocate! Vol. 34, No. 32 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday City Clerk’s Office confirms final candidates for Malden’s 2025 Municipal Election Malden will hold Preliminary Elections in Wards 4 and 6 this fall on Tuesday, September 16 617-387-2200 Friday, August 8, 2025 Bread of Life sponsors all 13 garden planters with support from mayor, city council On Friday morning sponsors and friends gathered at Bread of Life for a group photo. By Tara Vocino B Special to The Advocate T he City of Malden has confirmed the candidate lineup for the 2025 Municipal Election. Due to the number of candidates for School Committee in Ward 4 and City Council in Ward 6, the Malden City Clerk’s Office has officially scheduled a Preliminary Election to be held on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, to narrow the field of candidates for ELECTION| SEE PAGE 13 Atria Maplewood Place resident celebrates 105th birthday Special to The Advocate Atria Maplewood Place celebrated resident Gloria Prezioso’s 105th birthday on Monday with family, friends, neighbors and a special presentation by Mayor Gary Christenson. Gloria grew up in Saugus, Mass., and graduated from Saugus High School. She has two children, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Her hobbies include walking and sewing; she’s an accomplished seamstress who used to own her own shop! She attends daily fitness classes to keep her body moving. Gloria says the most rewarding thing about growing older is getting to keep doing it! Shown presenting Gloria with a Citation from the City of Malden on her 105th birthday is Mayor Christenson. (Courtesy photos) read of Life, a food pantry distribution, has now sponsored all 13 garden beds, as of Friday morning. “I love the beautiful planters,” said Mayor Gary Christenson, who purchased the last garden bed on Friday morning to sponsor alongside the city council. Christenson thanked Bread of Life (BOL) for making the garden planters happen. “We are grateful that the Bread of Life not only built a great facility for our community but also beautified the grounds in and around this space,” Christenson said. “Any way that we can support the Bread of Life we should do so.” Christenson said it enhances the already beautiful building — enacted August 11, 2024. The city garners Community Development Block Grant, Home, American Rescue Plan Act and Community Preservation Committee grant funding to support the soup kitchen, funding 27 percent of the overall project cost, or approximately $3.5 million. Ward 4 Councillor Ryan O’Malley said Bread of Life should be applauded as the first properGARDEN | SEE PAGE 8
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