THE MALDEN ADVOCATE - Friday, November 16, 2018

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Friday, November 16, 2018

Malden honors its veterans with parade, dedication ceremony

Barbara Tolstrup points to her father and father in law’s names on the plaque she helped to unveil at Devir Park during a dedication ceremony Sunday morning honoring 2,821 Malden veterans. See more photo highlights on pages 12 & 13. (Advocate photo by Al Terminiello)

Members of Malden’s Disabled American Veterans Chapter 85 are shown marching in the city’s Veterans Day Parade Sunday morning. See more photos on pages 14 & 15. (Advocate photos by Al Terminiello)

City plan for local marijuana City celebrates licenses hits a dead end grand reopening of By Barbara Taormina “According to the [Alcohol- managing local retail marijuaMasonic building ic Beverage Control Commis- na licenses, which will be rehe Ordinance Committee has long been considering putting the Licensing Board in charge of overseeing retail marijuana shops, but no one ever asked board members about the idea. This week, the city’s three Licensing Board members met with the committee to say thanks, but sorry.

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sion], all we can handle under state law is liquor,� said James Conway, chairman of the Licensing Board. “We couldn’t serve as the licensing board for marijuana.� Several city councillors have been pushing for more than a year to make the board the licensing authority for retail marijuana shops. They argued that the board’s experience granting and overseeing liquor licenses makes it a good fit for

quired under the city’s new marijuana ordinance. But no one seems to have called, emailed or casually brought the idea up with Licensing Board members, and now the Ordinance Committee is back to the start in developing a licensing process for marijuana businesses. Still, three Licensing Board members offered to help the OrdiLocal officials, including State Rep. Paul Donato, turned out to celebrate the Residences at Malden Station.

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ity and state officials gathered at the Browne-Masonic Building on Pleasant Street this week to celebrate its transformation into the Residences at Malden Station. The new 69-unit apartment building is the work of The Brennan Group, which is headed by lobbyist and former state legislator John Brennan, and the development firm Corcoran Jennison. For the city,

the renovation of the masonic building is the latest piece in the revitalization of downtown Malden with its emphasis on smart or transit-orientated residential growth near the T station. Corcoran Jennison Vice Chairman Gary Jennison described some of the challenges that went into restoring the historical features of the late 19-century building, particu-

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