Malden

A local nonprofit is coordinating a massive Thanksgiving operation of 1,700 plates. About 400 diners will enjoy meals in person at Malden High School, while the rest can expect Thanksgiving Day deliveries. It’s a massive undertaking that requires an army of food preparers donating their time — and their kitchens. Days before Thanksgiving, dozens of volunteers filed into Bread of...

A Malden police officer who fired her weapon at an armed man during a reported robbery was justified in her use of force, the Middlesex County District Attorney said in a finding released Friday. Officer Amanda Grenier fired her weapon at 31-year-old Dominique Matthew Long after police responded to a report of a man allegedly attacking and robbing a woman…

A Massachusetts man is devastated after three of Taylor Swift’s European concerts were canceled due to an alleged terror plot.

Police in Malden, Massachusetts, are warning students about a scam. Students at Malden High School have been receiving emails promising jobs, working from home and $300 a week. But police say this is a scam, and they’re warning students being targeted not to fall for it. The emails appear to be legitimate, as the messages are seemingly sent from Malden…

A tractor-trailer caught on fire after it hit an overpass bridge in Malden, Massachusetts, Friday morning. The incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. at an overpass at Medford and Pearl streets. Police say the truck’s cab went almost completely under the bridge and the exhaust pipes caught fire when the driver began backing the entire rig out. No injuries were...

A police officer shot a person, sending him to the hospital, during an altercation in Malden Wednesday morning, officials said. The situation began as a report that a man allegedly attacked and robbed a woman on Eastern Avenue near Warren Avenue, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office confirmed. When officers arrived at the scene around 9:15 a.m., they...

The public will get to weigh in on a possible ban on sales of tobacco and e-cigarette products to anyone who was born after 2003 in Malden, Massachusetts, at a board of health meeting on Wednesday night. According to the public hearing agenda, any businesses that defy the ban could be fined and suspended. “I would support it at this…

Police in Malden, Massachusetts, are asking for the public’s help to find a missing man. Authorities said Wednesday that 63-year-old Ian Umansky of Malden was last seen Friday in the Malden Center area. Umansky is described as being a 5’11, 220-pound white man with a medium build. He is bald with brown eyes, police said. When he was last seen,…

“It was the first dog I’ve ever witnessed that cried real tears and the more we wiped the more the tears came,” said Malden kennel owner Bill Bowdridge of Big Momma, a mastiff found in the cold in December with a 13-lb. tumor on her belly

The case of an abandoned dog in Malden, Massachusetts, has police asking for the public’s help in assisting in the investigation and her recovery. A 2-year-old Mastiff was found tied to a pole in Trafton Park last month, the Animal Rescue League of Boston, who’s now helping Malden police in the case, said Friday. The dog, now named Big...

A large police presence surrounded a home in Malden, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning. A photo from the scene showed multiple Malden police cruisers blocking the street in front of a 3-story home on Playstead Road. No further details were immediately available.

Officers responded to the home Sunday morning and found shell casings. No victims or injuries have been reported, police said.

Authorities are investigating an incident where shots were fired in Malden, Massachusetts on Sunday morning. Malden Police say they responded around 9:35 a.m. in the area of 31 Prentiss Street to a report of “shots fired”. After investigating, shell casings were located on the property, according to authorities. Malden PD requested a Special Operations Unit to do a sweep of…

There was police activity Friday night at the Lincoln Commons Playground in Malden, Massachusetts. Malden police have not released any information, but video from the scene showed police tape blocking off a portion of the area, with officers and at least one police K9 combing nearby for evidence. This story will be updated when we get more information

The woman who was killed in a traffic accident involving a federal immigration enforcement vehicle in Malden, Massachusetts, last week has been identified. Mary McTaggart, a 63-year-old from Malden, was identified Wednesday by Middlesex County prosecutors as the woman hit and killed by an SUV six days earlier at the intersection of Main Street and Mountain Avenue. Prosecutors didn’t...

An elderly woman was killed in a traffic accident involving a federal vehicle on Thursday in Malden, Massachusetts, police said. The woman was on foot at the time of the incident, according to Malden Police Chief Glenn Cronin. There was a large response from first responders at the scene, at the intersection of Main Street and Mountain Avenue. Two SUVs…

Thirty-two years after a teenager was fatally shot on a fire escape in Malden, Massachusetts, a man has been convicted of her murder. Seventeen-year-old Patricia Moreno was living with her foster family on Henry Street when she was found face-down on a fire escape, mortally wounded after having been shot in the head. Rodney Daniels, now 50, who had been…

A man from Malden is scheduled to appear in court after injuring a one-year-old when he smashed the front and rear windshield of a car with a baseball bat and fleeing the scene, according to District Attorney Kevin Hayden 66-year-old Clifford Jones of Malden is facing charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a child under 14,…

Police say a person is dead after a crash Thursday in Malden, Massachusetts. The crash happened on Broadway between Eastern Avenue and the Waite Street extension, police said. The street was closed to vehicles and pedestrians in the area Thursday afternoon. Two people, both men in their 20s, were on a moped when the crash occurred, police said. The moped…

A Massachusetts man who tried to hire a hit man to kill his wife after she sought a restraining order has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The sentence for Massimo Marenghi, 57, handed down Monday in federal court in Boston was the maximum possible under sentencing guidelines, federal prosecutors said. Marenghi’s conduct was “despicable,” acting U.S. Attorney Joshua…