DA's 'Summer Safety' Awareness Event at Burlington Mall Thursday Afternoon

By LIZ TAURASI (Patch Staff)

With summer right around the corner Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan is launching MDAO’s annual “Summer Safety” educational campaign for parents, caretakers, and children on how to be safe this season.

The campaign kicks off with an event Thursday afternoon at the Buriington Mall in the parking lot between Macy’s and Nordstrom, located at 75 Middlesex Turnpike. The event will be held from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, June 18.

In attendance will be DA Ryan, Burlington Police Chief Michael R. Kent, Burlington Fire Chief Steven Yetman, Armstrong Ambulance CEO Richard Raymond and Simon Mall General Manager Michael Connell.

MDAO’s summer safety public awareness campaign aims to prevent accidental child deaths or serious injury by promoting water safety, preventing window falls and reminding parents to never leave a child alone in a car.

Middlesex County is the largest county in Massachusetts and one of the largest counties in the country with 54 towns and cities and 26 colleges in urban, suburban, and rural areas, comprising more than one quarter of the population of Massachusetts.

The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office has offices throughout the county, including in Ayer, Cambridge, Concord, Framingham, Lowell, Malden, Marlborough, Newton, Somerville, Waltham and Woburn.