Inspector general visited town leaders in June

June 28, 2025

From left: Deputy Town Manager/Finance Director Alex Magee, Town Manager James Feeney, IG Jeff Shapiro, Purchasing Agent Mary Ellen De Natale, Deputy Town Counsel…

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Highrock Church opens Mill Café, aims to hire disabled, donate profits to charity

January 6, 2024

by Susan Gilbert

Mill Café at Highrock. / Highrock photo Do December’s dark days zap your energy, requiring a caffeine boost? You’re in luck – the Mill…

Weather

Crews cleaned up townwide after June 14 thunderstorm

June 13, 2024

by Susan Gilbert

Workers clear up fallen tree branches in East Arlington about 10 p.m. Friday, June 14./ Susan Stamps photo UPDATED June 17: Arlington Public Works,…

Finances

Override call expected after town election

March 21, 2023

by Susan Gilbert

UPDATED March 24: Meeting on successive Fridays this month, the Long Range Planning Committee is reviewing the Town of Arlington’s five-year financial projections --…

Finances

Town expects to get $2.8m in state funding; override discussed

March 7, 2023

by Susan Gilbert

UPDATED March 9: Arlington has been told good news about its proposed state-aid figures from Gov. Maura Healey's proposed $55.5 billion state budget: “[The numbers]…

Arts

Indigenous Peoples Day celebration held at Town Hall

October 13, 2024

by Susan Gilbert

In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, Arlington's Town Hall was the host for an educational performance by the Mashpee Wampanoag Red Hawk Singers and…

Development

Flooding concerns continue after Feb. 1 hydrologist report on test pits

February 21, 2024

by Susan Gilbert

Mugar: Most of it is the triangular tract west of Thorndike Field. / Google Earth UPDATED Feb. 15: The town Conservation Commission has scheduled its…

Finances

Town manager trying to steer clear of override this year

February 13, 2023

by Susan Gilbert

Town Manager Sandy Pooler presented Arlington’s preliminary fiscal 2024 budget at the Select Board’s Feb. 6 meeting, which predicts that Arlington will have a…

Development

Conservation Commission selects peer reviewers for Thorndike Place housing development

December 5, 2023

by Susan Gilbert

Mugar: Most of it is the triangular tract west of Thorndike Field. / Google Earth The town's Conservation Commission has chosen a pair of…

Finances

$206m town budget proposed; override decision tied to state aid

January 23, 2023

by Susan Gilbert

Town Manager Sandy Pooler has announced his proposed budgets for fiscal 2024 and the capital plan through fiscal 2028. Proposed for the general fund…

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Inspector general visited town leaders in June

Highrock Church opens Mill Café, aims to hire disabled, donate profits to charity

Crews cleaned up townwide after June 14 thunderstorm

Override call expected after town election

Town expects to get $2.8m in state funding; override discussed

Indigenous Peoples Day celebration held at Town Hall

Flooding concerns continue after Feb. 1 hydrologist report on test pits

Town manager trying to steer clear of override this year

Conservation Commission selects peer reviewers for Thorndike Place housing development

$206m town budget proposed; override decision tied to state aid

Events

Voter education forum

Arlington Farmers’ Market

An evening with Arn Chorn-Pond

Rep. Rogers’ office hour in Cambridge

Town holds flu shot clinic

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Arlington weather: a seasonable breezy day

Obituaries

Maureen C. Regan, retired Watertown educator, has died

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Police Log: Sept. 22-27; an accident, trees damaged, a neighbor dispute

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