THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, December 8, 2023 Page 11 Malden High School seniors earn over $100,000 in Adams Scholarships Top achievers eligible for free tuition at any Mass. state college or university Nearly 100 Malden High School seniors – over 25 percent of the Class of 2024 – have qualified to receive free tuition at any and all of Massachusetts state colleges or universities in the 2024 college academic year. The John and Abigail Adams Scholarship is a merit-based program that provides a credit toward tuition for up to eight semesters of undergraduate education at a Massachusetts state college or university. For this scholarship, merit is based on student scores on the 10th grade Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test. Malden High School Principal Chis Mastrangelo and Malden Public Schools Director of Guidance Erin Craven hosted the seniors at a breakfast ceremony on Tuesday morning honoring their achievement. “It is a tremendous honor for these students and a great help for their families as they navigate the college admissions and financial aid process,” Craven said. (Courtesy/Malden Public Schools Photo) STADIUM | FROM PAGE 5 In the past several weeks, leading to the legislation's finalization of negotiations on the spending bill, the stadium proposal has gotten pushback, from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, TD Garden and various land conservation advocates and groups. Mayor Wu expressed dismay that the city of Boston had not been included in any conversations leading up to promotion of the stadium proposal, with the land parcel being just a few hundred yards of the city of Boston line. TD Garden representatives have consistently opposed the project on grounds it would potentially diminish its entertainment revenues, being located about a mile between sites. The primary opposition from the land conservation parties has been a position that the proposal and zoning should be taken up as a separate issue, a standalone with its own hearing— not as part of the supplemental budget bill. Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria and State Sen. Sal DIDomenico both expressed disappointment with the standstill regarding the stadium proposal, particularly due to the pledges from the Kraft Group to the city of Everett which would come with a new soccer stadium: — $5 million for a new Everett community center —$10 million earmarked for new affordable housing —The creation of a new, 4-acre public park on the site of the new stadium facility “I’m disappointed this language wasn’t included in the final bill,” Sen. DiDomenico said in a statement cited in an online report. “We have worked hard on this issue because as an environmental justice community we deserve something better than a polluted power plant on our waterfront. This is a transformational project and an economic catalyst for our area.” Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria, in an online report, said he will continue his advocacy for the project — and the zoning designation change—to state officials. “I continue to maintain the position that a privately-funded professional soccer stadium—which will invest millions into an historic remediation effort of a defunct power plant, provide economic mobility opportunities for our Everett residents, advance the region’s multi-modal transit network, and create much-needed access to the Mystic River—would be the best use of that portion of Everett’s waterfront,” Mayor DeMaria said in a statement. Sen. DiDomenico said in a report that he was still hopeful the legislature could still back the provision in the near future. T he December Monthly Meeting for the Melrose Arts and Crafts Society will be held on Monday, December 11 at First Baptist Church (561 Main St. in Melrose) from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Linda Camberlain will be teaching how to make an origami tie. Members will be working on ongoing projects – Teddy Bears & fidget mats. This will be the last meeting of 2023. At the November meeting, members were taught how to make diamond dot pictures and embroidered cards. After the business meeting, a Mary Kay director demonstrated on Georgette Petraglia and what a demo it was! Very entertaining and informative. Members were asked to bring red hats and blankets for preemies to the January meeting for distribution to MelroseWakefield Hospital for Valentine’s Day. The society has members from the surrounding 11 communities, and new members are always welcome. If you are interested or have questions, please call Dorothy Iuduce at 781-662-2099. Hope to see you soon. Happy Holidays to all! Like us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/ Advocate.news.ma Melrose Arts & Crafts Society news
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