Self-education leads to support for MBTA Communities’ plan

October 7, 2023

Catherine Brewster lives in East Arlington and teaches English at Commonwealth School. I’m a latecomer to the MBTA Communities’ zoning bylaw debate, which Town Meeting…

Jen Taupier Beauregard took this photo of a downed tree across the Minuteman Bikeway between Thorndike and Lake streets on April 4.

Weather

Warm; slight chance of rain

April 1, 2024

by Catherine Brewster

Jen Taupier Beauregard took this photo of a downed tree amid snow across the Minuteman Bikeway between Thorndike and Lake streets on April 4,…

Elections

’24 town election held April 6

March 1, 2024

by Catherine Brewster

UPDATED April 6: The annual town election took place Saturday, April 6, 2024, and polls were open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Incumbents without…

Environment

Arlington Land Trust’s annual meeting held

January 1, 2025

by Catherine Brewster

The Arlington Land Trust, a group which seeks to protect the town’s open spaces and overall environmental health, has announced its annual meeting is scheduled…

Elections

Unofficial election results show passage of override, senior-citizen tax relief

November 23, 2023

by Catherine Brewster

UPDATED Nov. 10: Unofficial election results Wednesday, Nov. 8, show both special-election ballot questions as having passed Tuesday, Nov. 7. Question 1, the property-tax override,…

Blue Christmas service set for Dec. 20, 2023

Health

Experts provide advice on coping with holiday, post-holiday blues

December 20, 2023

by Catherine Brewster

UPDATED Dec. 22: It's the most wonderful time of the year, as the popular song lyric has it -- except when it isn't. Not…

Weather

Town gets first measurable snow of season

January 6, 2024

by Catherine Brewster

UPDATED Jan. 8: Town spokeswoman Joan Roman, citing Department of Public Works Director Michael Rademacher, said Monday that the snowfall estimate for Arlington from…

Environment

Networked geothermal energy — what it is, where it might someday be, why it matters

August 4, 2024

by Catherine Brewster

Illustration of a networked geothermal system along a street. Water circulates through boreholes and a shared loop of pipe and carries heat away from where…