Be sure to mark your calendars with the Event Dates mentioned below
Join the Friends of the Malden River Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 848 0697 2372
Passcode: 621361
Agenda:
Senior Attorney Maggie Sullivan of Conservation Law Foundation will join us for the 3/11th Meeting. Maggie Sullivan, “senior community resilience attorney who promotes meaningful public access and climate resilience on the Massachusetts waterfront”, will be speaking about our Mass General Law, Massachusetts Public Waterfront Act, Chapter 91 that provides public access to Massachusetts tidal and once tidal waters (Malden River was tidal before the Amelia Earhart Dam was built in 1966).
Bring your questions and ideas of how we can mobilize Malden River public access and improve our Malden River Walk using the Chapter 91 Law!
Plastic Free Massachusetts has two Calls to Action to Modernize our Bottle Bill Stay tuned for more details.
March 13th – Call your legislators (you can write to them using this link)
Plastic Free MA will provide a script for the legislator phone calls and meetings.
April 2nd – Massachusetts State House Lobby Day
Adopt A Storm Drain is coming to the City of Malden! From the front of their front yards, Malden Residents will actively keep our Malden River clean and help prevent flooding by signing up with Adopt a Drain! You can Name Your Drain and interact with a website!
Bring your ideas and concerns to our ongoing meetings, the second Monday of each month (excluding legal holidays) at 6:30-8:00. We meet via Zoom or in person at the Cambridge Health Alliance in Malden, River’s Edge in Medford, and in Everett.
SAVE THESE DATES (Details and Times to be determined/confirmed):
At the meeting, we will discuss the available details. For now, please mark your calendars!
Please email FriendsoftheMaldenRiver@gmail.com to join the fun, if you can’t make the meeting. Check the web pages for incoming details: https://maldenriver.wordpress.com/ and https://www.maldenriverworks.org/
Malden River Cleanups:
Sunday, April 7th – River’s Edge, Medford at the Tufts U. Boathouse with Tisch College of Civic Life and Gentle Giant Rowing Club
Sunday, May 12th9:30 AM – Idle Hands Craft Ales – our second Mother’s Earth Day neighborhood and River Cleanup
Events:
April 13th – Learn about Rain Gardens! Replant the Beebe School Rain Garden with the Malden Community Gardeners
April 13th (rain date: April 14th) 10:00 AM Walk the Malden River Greenway with the Sierra Club and our community
April 20th – Everett Earth Day at Gateway Park in Everett
April 28th – Noon – 3:00 PM Malden Earth Day Fair at Pine Banks Park
May 19th (9:00 AM – onwards) – Mystic River Watershed Association’s 28th Herring Run at Blessing of the Bay
Register Now to reserve your place on land or in the water!
JUNE 1st – 2nd – Brass Band on the Malden River with 375 year celebration of Malden and Malden River Works – There will be celebrations at the Malden River Works Waterfront Park site
JUNE 2nd – Malden River Works Stewardship by Boat and Canoe event
June 15th – The Friends will Celebrate Family Day at Malden Community Garden
Date TBD: Explore the Malden River with the Chinese Cultural Connection