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THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, December 2, 2022 Page 21 MUSINGS | FROM PAGE 6 had done • had a park system that allowed and encouraged you to be young • had Boone’s Farm Apple Wine (oh yeah, that may be a bad thing) • had a boffo carnival at Brother Gilbert Stadium • had semipro baseball, Sunday morning and night softball leagues, Men’s Recreational Basketball, the Junior Police League, Park Instructors and a YMCA Outreach program with hip, young, caring and enlightened personnel • had awesome fireworks • had a YMCA that was the center of most of our universes • had a “head shop,” record stores, pool rooms, bowling alleys and ice skating in the parks • had large families, large extended families – all living within walking distance (most of the time in the same house) • had Dave’s father, John O’Brien • had “Creature Double Feature” • had Kappy’s BicentenniSMARTPASS | FROM PAGE 13 about it. "“What we’re looking at is how long, how many times, and how often a kid is leaving the classroom; whether it’s for bathroom pass, hallway pass, nurse pass, or going to another teacher," Mastrangelo said. "When we're talking about our school, which has over 1,800 students, that adds up to a lot of passes, a lot of information needed to have people go back-and-forth," the sixth-year Malden High School principal added. The new SmartPass system also is efficient and helpful in monitoring students who are tardy in the morning, a process which formerly had administrative assistants tied up for unwieldy amounts of time to start each school day. Since the start-of-school launch of SmartPass, that time has been lessened considerably, namely with the use of the digital passes. The main goal of the SmartPass use is to monitor and ultimately, reduce the time spent out of class.Before SmartPass, there was no accurate way to even guess how many times a student may have received a pass to leave a class, for any reason. al Beer • had great baseball cards! Captain Carl with sideburns, Oscar Gamble with a huge “fro,” Rollie Fingers with the best mustache in the history of mustaches • had neighborhood schools we would actually walk to • had the 1967 “Impossible Dream” Boston Red Sox • had Bob Rotondi and always will • had police officers, firefighters and educators that were your neighbors, your high school classmates and your friends • had some of the best police officers around “walking the beat” • had the Boston Celtics in their Red Auerbach glory days • had fewer traffic lights • had Stevie Wonder in the Jenkins Auditorium and the Lovin’ Spoonful in the Marshall Gym • had Sal “Butchie” Gennetti and still do! • had a riot – in Malden Square • had a handful of television stations that we were very happy with (as long as we had Channels 38 & 56) With SmartPass, administrators now have an exact look at how many students may be out of class at any one specific time, how many times an individual student has been issued a digital pass — and for how long. "We are not tracking students and there is no GPS element," Mastrangelo said, "We are in no way using this information or planning on using it to punish any students because of this digital data. "It has been another tool for our team to use when discussing ways students can improve their academic performance," Mastrangelo said. "It all starts with class time and stressing its importance to our students. The SmartPass system has already become an important part of our school culture." At a recent Malden School Committee meeting, Malden Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ligia Noriega-Murphy praised the SmartPass system for its efficiency and the Malden High School administrative team for overseeing its use so far this school year. The Superintendent also said the system is being considered for use districtwide in all five of the K-8 schools for at least the middle schools for the 2023-24 school year. The Advocate Online In seven languages! www.advocatenews.net • had Brendan Duffy • had a public pool you could sneak into on a hot summer’s night • had the best hockey players in the state • had Pearl Street Bakery, DiPietro’s Bakery, Nelson’s Bakery and Harvard Pastry • had a local daily newspaper that was the rival of any daily on the North Shore and beyond • had John Benotti • had Beebe, Browne and Lincoln Jr. High Schools • had our fair share of “Cafes”: Mike’s, Maher’s, Stadium, Rosebud, Salemwood, DeMarco’s and The Highland • had our fair share of “Grilles”: Jessel’s, The Horseshoe Bar, Jack Haney’s and The Do Re • had long hot summer days at Devir Park that we thought would never end As Peter Falk’s iconic TV character Columbo would say, “Just one more thing, sir” – author and educator Peter Drucker once opined, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” I have seen what lies ahead for Malden with my very own eyes and we have indeed created our very own future! Malden’s fourth City Hall in its long, storied history opened to much fanfare and ballyhoo two years back. A huge sigh of relief was heard when doors opened – all the way from Black Ann’s Corner in Linden to Donut Villa in Edgeworth. What a showpiece! State of the art this, state of the art that. Malden is well equipped to go toe to toe with any City Hall in the Commonwealth – a warm, inviting structure (thank you, Joel Ceide) that is as inclusive, is as welcoming, as any. Anywhere. The view from the Kenneth Desmond Roof Deck patio is a breathtaking look at downtown Malden – a view of Pleasant Street unlike any ever seen. Attention to detail was taken. Hogie made sure of that. I was very happy to find out that they’ve incorporated an ancient water fountain, dedicated in 1911 by the Delano family, to the outdoor landscaping, keeping Malden’s past alive right smack dab in the middle of its future! Love it! By the way, let’s not forget all the hard work by all our elected officials that went into this whole convolut~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ ADVERTISEMENT MHA-PH1#TO061819-3 The Malden Housing Authority, the Awarding Authority, invites sealed bids from General Contractors for the Window and Siding Replacement Project at 62 buildings: (250 Units (1 - 5 bedrooms), Six townhouse style three-bedroom units, One four bedroom single family unit, One five bedroom single family unit) at 275 Newland Street Malden, MA 02148, in accordance with the documents prepared by MKA Architecture, LLC, 1 Holden Street, Brookline, MA 02445. The Project consists of the replacement of second floor windows in the sixty-two buildings and replacement of composite siding with vinyl siding, misc. trim and details in selected locations as shown on the Drawings and described in the Specifications. The Work, including all alternates for the project, is estimated to cost $3,993,000 Bids are subject to M.G.L. c.149 §44A-J & to minimum wage rates as required by Davis-Bacon. Electronic Bids will be received until 2:00 P.M., January 5, 2023. All bids shall be submitted electronically online at www.Projectdog.com no later than the date and time specified above. Hard copy bids will not be accepted by the Awarding Authority. Tutorials, instructions and videos on how to complete the electronic bid documents are available online as well as in the Instructions to Bidders. For assistance, call Projectdog, Inc at 978-499-9014 (M - F 8:30AM - 5PM). General bids shall be accompanied by a bid deposit that is not less than five (5%) of the greatest possible bid amount (considering all alternates) and made payable to Malden Housing Authority. Bid forms and contract documents will be available on 12/7/2022 at www.Projectdog. com or for pick-up at: Projectdog, Inc, 18 Graf Road, Suite 8 Newburyport, MA 978-499-9014 (M-F 8:30AM - 5PM). Go to www.Projectdog.com and click Sign Up for free, or login with your existing account. Enter Project Code 853021 in the project locator box. Select “Acquire Documents” to download documents, review a hard copy at Projectdog’s physical location, or request a free project CD. A pre-bid conference and site visit will be held at 10:00 A.M, December 14, 2022 at the Malden Housing Authority Newland Development Community Building located at 275 Newland St, Malden, MA 02148 December 02, 2022 ed process. So many good and hardworking individuals (hello, Maria Luise) made crucial contributions over the years to make it a reality – continuing to this very day. Thank you, too, all. Here’s to Malden’s proud past, and to its limitless future. Postscript: One thing that hasn’t changed over the many years (135 to be exact) is the pleasure Malden gets by beating our neighbors next door, Medford, in the annual Thanksgiving Day game (not Melrose as WCVB Channel 5 reported on the night of the big game). This year was extra special – being held at the “lyric little bandbox,” Fenway Park. Final score 34-15 with Coach Exilhomme’s little brother Kevin scoring three touchdowns along with killing it on defense with many bone-crunching tackles. The kids experienced the thrill of a lifetime as a contingent of Malden police escorted them to the ballpark and back. Glory days in real time. Congratulations to Coach Exilhomme and his staff for bringing pride (glory will come soon, I am sure) back to Golden Tornado land.

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