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New height restrictions proposed for downtown development By Barbara Taormina new and improved version of a proposal to limit the height of buildings in downtown Malden is back on the table with plenty of support from the City Council. Ward 5 Councillor Barbara Murphy this week proposed limiting the height of multifamily residential buildings in the central business district to seven stories. Murphy asked
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that the proposal be referred to a joint hearing of the Ordinance Committee and the Planning Board. “Last year, I had put in a paper to limit the height of residential buildings in the central business district to six stories,� said Murphy. “We almost passed it; we were short by one vote.� Now, just about one year later, Murphy felt it was time to reintroduce the propos-
al and restart the debate on height restrictions. “Having listened to some of the concerns that folks had last year, I’ve revamped it a little,� she said. Murphy said she increased the height limit in her proposal from six to seven stories because there were concerns that the Exchange Street side of the new City Hall building is seven stories, and a sixstory limit could threaten the project.
Under the new proposal, the Planning Board will remain the special permit granting authority for buildings that are three to six stories. The City Council will be the permit granting authority for buildings with seven stories. Murphy’s proposal would change zoning that allowed developers to propose buildings from six to 12 stories and instead allow proposals for buildings more than six stories but not
exceeding seven stories. A zoning category for buildings exceeding 12 stories would be eliminated. Ward 4 Councillor Ryan O’Malley said the problem with a six-story limit is that it would have made several central business zone buildings pre-existing and nonconforming. But a seven-story height limit provides enough flexi-
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Malden rallies for Thanksgiving Day victory over Medford, 28-24 Freshmen and sophomores contribute strongly to win
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By Justin McAllister t was one of the coldest Thanksgiving Days in history, just one degree, temperaturewise, from the all-time record as 15 degrees froze out Macdonald Stadium at kickoff. Malden also set some sort of record by starting its youngest team – ever – in school history on Thanksgiving Day, with four freshmen and six sophomores on the field at kickoff. But you could not tell that by the action on the field as the Malden High School Golden Tornadoes heated up and battled visiting Medford nose-to-nose all morning, rallying to a 28-24 victory in the 131st meeting of the second-oldest high school rivalry in the nation’s history.
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Back-and-forth game The back-and-forth game featured four score changes and went down to the very last
UPSET VICTORS: Sophomore wide receiver Justin Nortelus (#9) burst through the Medford defensive line while junior receiver Jerry Mervil cheers him on during the Golden Tornadoes’ Thanksgiving Day 28-24 upset win over Medford. (Advocate photo by Ross Scabin)
play of the game, when one of the contest’s stars, Malden sophomore quarterback Justin Nortelus, purposely ran out of the end zone to hand Medford a safety on the very last play of
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the game as time ran out to seal the win. Malden also swarmed defensively, winning the turnover count 5-1 by recovering three Medford fumbles and recording two interceptions, a
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huge day. With the win, Malden takes a 66-55-10 lead in the series, which began in 1889. It was
By Barbara Taormina chool Superintendent John Oteri has thrown his support behind the proposal that would lower the voting age to 16 in Malden’s municipal elections. A letter of support from Oteri was a focal point of this week’s discussion on the Vote16 initiative among city councillors and members of the Ordinance
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Committee. Although the proposal has been gaining ground since it was first presented last summer by members of Malden Rising Leaders, councillors agreed to take some time to understand the logistics of granting teens the right to vote. Still, more and more people seem to be accepting, if not
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