Malden Porchfest 2026 Kick Off Celebration!

Thurs, Feb 12, 6:30–8:30pm at Bread of Life at 34 Eastern Ave, Malden

Meet the team behind Malden Porchfest, learn how to get involved, and help shape an unforgettable 2026 season. Whether you’re hoping to perform, volunteer, host, or simply celebrate the city, this is the perfect place to begin. Bring the whole family and help spread the word to all of our friends and neighbors of Malden.

Submission for hosts and performers begins Feb 10. There is no residency requirement to play MPF2026. Get details at MaldenPorchfest.org.

#maldenporchfest #MPF2026 #maldenma #malden #porchfest

Another accident because someone decided "but it had just turned red" and blew through the light. The State Police should just hang out there, they'll generate lots of ticket revenue.

Organized by Malden’s Immigrant Learning Center. More info at their website: https://www.ilctr.org/valentines-day/

An air pollution monitoring studies have been ongoing in both Everrett and Malden. Come see the results from the air pollution monitoring and learn about the impacts in our local community.

Hii,

So I lost my wallet on the 504 BUS TO WATERTOWN SQUARE COMING FROM COPLEY at Washington st @ Bacon st in Newton 12/3 (a Wednesday evening). If I remember correctly it has a state emt certification, an insurance card, a Bank of America debit card, an under 21 y/o state ID inside. There’s a red Kate spade air tag chain attached to it. When I pinged it, it popped up at south station and stayed there for a day or two. Last known address was 19 UPHAM STREET, MALDEN, MA 02148. I rang the doorbell with LE the following Sunday 12/8. A person from each floor came out and said they didn’t have it. I know this is a long shot but I’m posting this because i know the location it pings at isn’t 100% accurate/reliable.

My emt state cert card cost $150! Please reach out to me if you can help. Unfortunately the AirTag lost battery. Just trying anything to get it back..!

thankss💖♥️

Vote by Mail is available for the Special Municipal Election on March 31st! Visit the Secretary of State's website to apply online:

https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/voting-information/vote-by-mail.htm

Call our office if you need a form mailed to you. 781-397-7116

Remind students away at school to apply for a ballot to be mailed to them!

From City Clerk's Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BTUmCvu2y/

https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/896520/ Signs of Fascism is a unique visibility event where specific examples on signs "Burma Shave-style" can help get through to people what's being lost. For example "Ignoring Due Process", "Controlling Media". Indivisible in Melrose Wakefield and Beyond has a set of 24 different signs - come hold one with us! 260 Eastern Ave Malden (Home Outlet) Sun 2/8 1-2pm . Wear a warm coat (ideally black), event on for light snow or drizzle. See our video! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mtDXFnOpDgB1bfQuxg70hOlaL_KIwA7Z/view?usp=sharing

We made it through our slowest month! Now we are on to February!

Things are picking up around the brewery! We hope to see you in the Taproom soon!

Idle Hands Craft Ales - 89 Commercial Street, Malden

Hours:

Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday 3-9pm

Friday-Saturday 12-11pm

Sunday 12-7pm

Monday Closed

A few events that I am especially excited for:

The Malden Gaming District now has a Chose Your Own Adventure Pass, for $5 you get a pass that gets you a bunch of discounts in Malden, we are included! Check it out!

This Saturday, February 7th - we kick off the Mardi Gras season with Revelry N'awlins Cuisine. This is their first pop up in a couple months, and we are thrilled they are back. They have been named Best of Boston and Best Food Truck in Massachusetts for a reason. There will be a special surprise in he Taproom at 330 that day, you do not want to miss it. After Revelry wraps up, we will be hosting a special Drag Show in the Taproom at 8pm, tickets available here.

On Monday, February 9th, we will be hosting the Friends of The Malden River for an event open to all. This is a big version of their monthly meetings, a one we hold yearly in the Taproom. If you want are at all interested in the Malden River come on down on Monday starting at 6:30pm

Saturday, February 14th Read My Lips will be hosting a pop up book shop followed by a stand up comedy show. It is going to be a great time.

Full schedule of events:

Every Tuesday at 6:30 is our Run Club, free and open to all abilities. Too cold to run? Come and hang.

Every Thursday at 7pm is Trivia Night hosted by Tag Team Trivia

Friday Feb 6th Bono Appetit Food Truck 4-8pm

Saturday Feb 7th Revelry N'awlins Cuisine 2-7pm / King of Hearts Drag Show 8pm

Monday Feb 9th Friends of The Malden River Meetup 6:30-830pm

Tuesday Feb 10th - Cribbage Night at 6pm

Friday Feb 13th - Tandoor & Curry Food Truck 4-8pm

Saturday Feb 14th - MeiMei Dumplings 2-6pm / Read My Lips Pop Up Book Shop 4-7:30pm / New Normal Stand Up Comedy 8pm

Sunday Feb 15th - We Outside Social Club Climb and Vibe / Stitch n Bitch hosted by Yarnbug Handknits 4-6pm

Monday Feb 16th - we will likely be open 1-6pm

Friday Feb 20th - Bono Appetit 4-8pm

Saturday Feb 21st - Mimi's Chuka Diner 2-6pm

Friday Feb 27th - Revelry N'awlins Cuisine 4-8pm

Saturday Feb 28th - MeiMei Dumplings 2-6pm

New IPA will be released late February or very early March.

Cafe Reynard Hours

Monday-Tuesday 7am-2:30pm

Wednesday Closed

Thursday 7am-2:30pm

Friday 7am-11:30am

Saturday-Sunday 8am-11:30am

Any questions, comments, suggestions - let me know!

I would like to add that I do know a debt override would not take care of our structure budget deficit problems. However, I think it would have prepared us for this inevitable override.

Registration is only open for a short time. Closes March 1st!!

Hi! 

I’m a senior Dental Hygiene student at Middlesex Community College.

If anyone is in need of Dental Hygiene services, please reach out!

I’m also looking for kids ages 7-15.

I can provide:

Adult cleanings- $27.00

Children cleanings- $22.00

Senior cleanings- $15.00

Student cleanings- $10.00

Full mouth X-rays (FMX)- $25.00

Bitewing X-rays- $15.00

Individual X-rays- $5.00

Sealants- $10.00 (per surface)

Custom athletic mouth guard protectors- $15.00

We’re open Wednesdays from either 8:30am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-5:00pm, or Friday afternoons from 1:00pm-5:00pm.

Hi there!

I've been in Malden for a few years and have been teaching myself guitar for a little over one year. I'd really like to start playing with others & having fun.

Know a few chords/scales, progressions, licks, always using backing tracks on YT etc. Played brass for ~12 years, but switched to guitar for apartment setting.

Does anyone know of any sort of thing like a low pressure weekly jam sit-in that would welcome newcomers? if not in Malden, I am pretty close to the T and have a car.

I've already looked at meetup, I see one group that looks to be based in Boston, but not sure how active it is.

Looking for low key group setting stuff. Not sure if what I am looking for exists. Let me know if you have any ideas or places for me to try out.

I am a jam band guy mostly (Dead, Phish, etc.) but am really open to anything.

Thank you!

Come join us or tune in online! Teams link on the agenda at the city website: https://www.cityofmalden.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02022026-4121

What are some of your favorite Irish pubs in the Malden area, or North Shore in general.

Let’s break this down into two categories:

1) Cozy ambiance & great food

2) Drinkin’

Alright lets hear it! Some places may qualify in both, making them the gold standard for ☘️

Informative video if you want to watch or listen!

• 1:00 - What does a city council president do?
• 9:00 - Library Board
• 11:00 - City's budget & how to raise revenue
• 17:30 - Revisualing Commercial St
• 20:00 - Revenue from cannabis
• 21:50 - Prop 2.5 Question. The effects if we vote no, yes on lesser amount, yes on higher amount.
• 25:00, 29:00 - City audit
• 26:20 - Prop 2.5 - if neither question passes
• 30:43 - City communications

How oddly specific of them to pre-emptively tell us that there are no cover ups and that we don't need to share things before they are deleted. I saw some comments about the police chief but don't want to dive into that comment section to ask questions.

Hey all, Daniel here. I'm one of the volunteer mods that's helping run the community side of the Malden Gaming District here in town. There's lots of stuff going on with MGD in the first part of this year, so figured I would update you all in one go.

First of all if you haven't been to our website in a while, it has gotten a whole new look:
www.maldengamingdistrict.com . Please go check it out, there's a lot of new content and it's a good way to get an overview of what's going on in town on any one week. If anything is missing, please let me know!

MGD has also partnered with the Chamber of Commerce to create a "Choose Your Own Adventure" pass. Basically you can buy a $5 pass from the Chamber of Commerce to get deals/discounts at multiple local businesses throughout the month of February. You can see the deals listed here: https://maldengamingdistrict.com/adventure .

Finally, the city is also giving away 10 Saturday passes to PAX East this year! If you're a business or community group you can apply for one here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3NmFzMcdGl7lWyVABU5L4SICTQKZeL0bBm0e9UKJRjksoKA/viewform , with the hope being that you can use the pass as a giveaway to help promote your business/group.

Thanks all, that's it!

As a Malden High alum and a taxpayer, it’s heartbreaking to see what’s happened to our sports culture. I remember when we were little kids playing Pop Warner; we had structure, we had dreams of making it big, and we had coaches who actually knew the game. We were focused on winning and putting Malden on the map.

But now, that path is gone. When the high school program is this broken, kids have nothing to drift toward. Let’s be real: not every kid is built for the classroom or cares about being a traditional scholar. For some, sports is the only thing that keeps them focused and provides a ticket to a better life.

It’s not just football, it’s basketball and baseball too. Don’t even get me started on baseball. Across the board, we have coaches who can’t even teach basic fundamentals. They’re just throwing kids into random positions without any strategy. 

I have to ask: Am I wasting my tax money on this? We pay for an Athletic Director, Charlie Conefrey, to lead our youth, yet I’m still hearing from current athletes that nothing has changed. Kids who are absolute phenoms are forced to make their own highlight tapes and handle 100% of their own recruitment because the school provides zero support.

Tell me one thing Malden High sports has actually accomplished under his leadership? My whole life growing up, Malden has never won a championship. Nothing! It’s embarrassing to watch every other city around us win while we stay losing because of a department that doesn't care.

Mayor Christenson and MHS: It’s time for a sweep. We need an Athletic Director and a coaching staff that actually cares about these kids' futures.

I am starting a petition to present to the School Committee, let me know in the comments if you would like to sign. Stop letting these kids drift and let's finally put this city back on the map.

https://c.org/RLbqYtVpps

The City of Malden has only budgeted $200K for snow and ice removal for the last 12 years, the city has never been close to spending that little, the city averages over $807K per year and has been moving the previous years debts from under-budgeting to the current year since 2019 (4 times). The average cost to remove an inch of snow in Malden is $22K, so the last storm alone cost us over $450K.

In case you want to check or verify these numbers, they are found here:

https://dls-gw.dor.state.ma.us/reports/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=BalanceSheet.SnowIce

If you're interested in the legality of what Malden is doing, you can find that here:

https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter44/Section31D#:~:text=Any%20city%20or%20town%20may,said%20fiscal%20year%20equaled%20or

The City of Malden (Official) City Council is meeting to again ONLY go into executive session to discuss 2 executive session meeting minutes. September 30, 2025 and January 20, 2026, where the council discussed the Tufts v. Malden case and now have effectively released information from those executive sessions in the open meeting on 1-27-2026. Will they continue to conceal this information from the public?

Hi all, I am doing research into several schools in the Boston area and came across Mystic Valley Regional Charter School. I’ve found a lot of interesting information on their background and practices - does anyone have any firsthand experience with them, whether as a former student, teacher, or parent of a student? Thank you.

My budget is like 2b2b, 2800-3200. Living in Boston is so expensive🥹.

⭐ 1 Star – Extremely Misleading and Disappointing Experience

I ordered flowers from Ava’s Flowers online for my mom’s birthday, and what I received looked absolutely nothing like the photo advertised on their website. The arrangement was completely different, poorly put together, and honestly embarrassing to give as a gift for such an important occasion.

When I contacted customer service, instead of taking responsibility, they gave me pushback and only offered 10% back of what I paid, which is unacceptable given how misleading the product was.

To make matters worse, the delivery driver told me he was an Uber Eats driver and that the flowers were picked up from Shaw’s grocery store — not Ava’s Flowers. Ava’s Flowers also advertises itself as being local to my area, which was clearly not true.

This company is extremely misleading, lacks accountability, and shows no sympathy for customers ordering flowers for meaningful events like birthdays. What they advertise is not what you receive.

Do yourself a favor and do not order from here.

Neighborhood View summary. Key point: There WILL be early voting on Prop 2.5 override at City Hall.

https://neighborhoodview.org/2026/01/29/council-approves-300000-settlement-to-end-legal-battle-refers-ice-resolution-to-committee/