🌱 Patch AM: Where Malden kids can trade toy cars any time of day

Hello Malden! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Where Malden kids can trade toy cars any time of day
• Dangerousness hearing for Malden trafficking suspect pushed back to Oct. 22

Also on today's calendar: Apple Booze Bash and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 52 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunshine and pleasantly warm, temps: high: 74, low: 50.
• Friday: Sunshine, with a high of 68 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New Malden Attraction Puts A Different Spin On The Traditional Library (patch.com) — Families in Malden can now visit a new Hot Wheels Library outside the Linden Dunkin' Donuts on Lynn and Beach streets, right along the Northern Strand Community Trail. Created by longtime resident and collector John Melanson, the display lets kids freely take, leave, or trade toy cars, and has quickly become a popular, around-the-clock neighborhood stop that encourages sharing and community spirit.
   

• Dangerousness hearing delayed for Malden sex trafficking suspect (bostonherald.com) — A Malden man's dangerousness hearing on sex trafficking and kidnapping charges has been postponed to October 22 at Malden District Court. Police say the case began when a landlord checking a ceiling leak found a woman living in an uninhabitable attic, leading to allegations she was forced into repeated sexual encounters to pay for drugs.
   

📸 Around Malden

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Malden

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10
• Apple Booze Bash →
  Short Path Distillery, 71 Kelvin St, Everett
  11:00 am
Tuesday October 13
• Fashion Portfolio Prep for High School →
  Online,
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday October 8
• LoDaCreator Presents: The Wine Down →
  118 Ferry Street, Malden
• Bilingual Rhythm Time →
  CCC Office, 75 Pleasant Street, Suite 403, Malden
  8:00 am
• Trivia on tap →
  Idle Hands Craft Ales, 89 Commercial St, Malden
  10:00 am
Sunday October 11
• Fall Day, All Day with Kari Percival →
  Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
  9:30 am
Thursday October 15
• Women Who Build: Joanne Chang on Baking Success from Scratch →
  Anthony's of Malden, 105 Canal St, Malden
  5:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• No Kings: Vote Early →
  Stoneham Town Common, 340 Main St, Stoneham
  10:30 am
• Six Annual Sarah Bradlee Fulton Day →
  Medford's Historic Salem Street Burying Ground
  10:00 pm
Tuesday October 20
• Nimble Thimblers Quilt Guild Annual Fabric Sale and Auction →
  Crystal Community Club, 77 Preston St, Wakefield
  6:30 pm
Wednesday October 21
• Local Comedy Legends give back to their Local Veterans →
  19 Washington St, Medford
  5:30 pm
• Free Family Movie Night At The Malden Public Library →
  Malden Public Library, 36 Salem St, Malden
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Free Family Movie Night At The Malden Public Library —Malden Public Library Read on Patch

• Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Food Service Assistant in Everett. Apply here.
• Prospect House Assisted Living and Memory Care posted a job opening for Dietary Aide in Revere. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Malden here.

🗞 Nearby News

Everett

• Costco Plans 33 New Stores: New Location Proposed In MA (patch.com)
• Milton and Quincy Join Boston's West Nile High-Risk Zone as Massachusetts Confirms 12th Human Case of 2026 (medicaldaily.com)
• Corrosion Safe Chemicals For Wind Turbine Maintenance Market To 2035: Offshore Wind and Aging Fleets Drive Growth (indexbox.io)

Medford

• Run Medford Rescheduled After Previous Weather Postponement (patch.com)

Ok Malden! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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