Malden's credit outlook brightened this week as S&P Global lifted the city's general obligation bond rating three notches, even as the police department readies its annual National Night Out celebration at MacDonald Stadium. The ratings boost, detailed in a Google Alerts item citing S&P…

A Malden building will become housing for homeless veterans after a nearly $2 million grant, Patch reports. Volunteers of America of Massachusetts, which serves more than 3,500 people a year through behavioral health, housing, and employment programs, will lead the conversion project fo…

Malden Patch's food-week newsletter spotlighted top-ranked Massachusetts bars and a chain's planned headquarters move to the state. The Aug. 3 edition of Malden Patch's daily newsletter pointed readers to a statewide roundup naming three Massachusetts bars among the best in the country …