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Friday, January 4, 2019
Malden Hospital’s City promotes four Fire Dept. time may have arrived Officers at City Hall ceremony By Barbara Taormina
tal site, and although it has taken some time, a plan in now in hree years ago, 71 percent the works. of the residents who went The nonprofit group Friends to the polls for the local elec- of Fellsmere Heights has tion voted in favor of the city teamed up with Boston Aracquiring the Malden Hospi- chitectural College to develop a conceptual community-based plan for the 18-acre site that straddles the border of Malden and Medford. Hospital site review committees from both cities hope the plan will help open negotiations with the site’s owners, MelroseWakefield Healthcare, formerly Hallmark Health, and proCEREMONY | SEE PAGE 7 vide the information needed to tap state grants and other MALDEN PRIDE: Lt. Sean Fitzpatrick is pinned by his grandmother, Muriel Ellis as his father, funding opportunities. retired Malden Firefighter Patrick Fitzpatrick looks on during the city hall ceremony. (Photos Money has been the main courtesy City of Malden) :H DFFHSW 0DVWHU&DUG 9LVD roadblock for Friends and oth 'LVFRYHU ers who support redevelop3ULFH 6XEMHFW WR &KDQJH ing the hospital site to provide ZLWKRXW QRWLFH open space and community resources for Malden and Medford. MelroseWakefield Healthcare has been focused on FellsSenior David Mervilus put in a fantastic effort in his final game with the Golden Tornadoes for the HOSPITAL | SEE PAGE 7 Classic Tournament title game. The 6-3 swing man exploded for a career-high 37 points, scoring just over half of the Tornadoes’ team points for the • HELP WANTED • HELP WANTED • HELP WANTED night in leading the hosts to the win. See story on page 4. (Photo by Steve Freker)
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Mervilus leads Golden Tornadoes to Holiday Classic tournament victory