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In today's newsletter:

• Discover the award-winning Haitian film coming to Malden Public Library.
• Could Malden’s 7-Eleven stores be on the chopping block?

Also on today's calendar: Wakefield Carnival! April 22-25 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why aren't koalas actual bears? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Rain becoming steadier, with a high of 53 and low of 35 degrees.
• Monday: Intervals of clouds and sun, temps: high: 50, low: 31.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and chilly, with a high of 47 and low of 37 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Haitian Heritage Month Movie Night At The Malden Public Library (patch.com) — Malden residents are invited to a free Haitian Heritage Month movie night at the Malden Public Library on Wednesday, May 6, from 6–8 p.m., with snacks provided. The award-winning film, set in Miami’s Little Haiti, explores gentrification, changing neighborhoods, and Haitian resilience, and is presented in English and Haitian Creole.    

• Iconic Fashion Brand Expands + Convenience Store Closures: MA Business Week (patch.com) — Malden shoppers may be affected as 7-Eleven’s parent company plans to close hundreds of convenience stores across North America, with Massachusetts locations potentially on the list. The roundup also highlights a new Aritzia boutique coming to Hingham and other retail developments around the state.    

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📸 Around Malden

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Malden

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday April 22

• Wakefield Carnival! April 22-25
  Galvin Middle School, 525 Main St, Wakefield
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday April 19

• English Country Dance
  Bay State Cohousing , 368 Pleasant St , Malden
  3:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Chinese Knots Workshop
  75 Pleasant St , Malden
  10:00 am
• National Honor Society Induction Ceremony
  EHS Auditorium
  6:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Music! DEVOTIONAL WORKSHOP, KIRTAN & DANCE JOURNEY with Jordan Loder & Friends
  The Arlington Center , 369 Massachusetts Ave , Arlington
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Malden CityWide Yard sale
  8:00 am
• Masks Around the World: Children's Workshop
  75 Pleasant St , Malden
  10:00 am
• Green Malden Fair
  Malden, MA Calendar , 1087 Main Street , Malden
  12:00 pm
• When East Meets West [On Stage]
  Beebe School , 401 Pleasant St , Malden
  1:00 pm

Tuesday April 28

• Her Space
  Malden, MA Calendar , 7 Washington , Malden
  3:30 pm
• Earth Day Awareness Film & Guest Speaker
  Malden Public Library , 36 Salem St , Malden
  6:00 pm

Friday May 1

• LIMELight: FEATHERS & PETALS
  The Gallery@57 , 57 Pleasant St , Malden
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Haitian Heritage Month Movie Night At The Malden Public Library —Malden Public Library Read on Patch

• Last night between 7:40P-8P, I heard a commotion outside, and a car speeding away.
  Someone saw fit to toss my trash barrels, apparently. Just mine. Of course this is the ONE TIME the Gladys Kravitz of my neighborhood wasn’t home… (Nextdoor Malden West)

• U-Haul posted a job opening for Facility Cleaner Facility Cleaner $18/hr, 15hrs/wk in Malden. Apply here.
• Restaurant Depot LLC posted a job opening for Inventory Controller in Everett. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Malden here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Everett

• Robbery suspect arrested in Everett (newportdispatch.com)
• Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day (afampointofview.com)
• ECB Bancorp (NASDAQ:ECBK) Shares Up 1.1% - Here's What Happened (marketbeat.com)

Melrose

• DUI, Identity Fraud, And Vandalism: Melrose Police Log (patch.com)
• 🏫 School Committee Announces Next Superintendent (readingrecap.com)
• Three cheers for Lynnfield's POMtastics (itemlive.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They don't meet the koalafications! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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