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Resident suggests ways to make Park Ave. safer, broaden its vision

April 8, 2025

Barbara Thornton is a resident of Park Avenue for about 40 years who has seen “way too many accidents there.” These suggestions were shared…

Caption: Worst Offender: Somerville’s SOM01A Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO)

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Alewife listening session about pollution held

March 31, 2025

by Bob Sprague

Worst Offender: Somerville’s SOM01A combined sewer overflow. Precinct 11 Town Meeting member Kristin Anderson, who has been actively monitoring the combined sewer overflows (CSOs)…

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Greener Alewife MBTA Station urged

December 13, 2024

by Bob Sprague

Worst Offender: Somerville’s SOM01A combined sewer overflow. UPDATED Dec. 13: Precinct 11 Town Meeting member Kristin Anderson, who has been actively monitoring the combined…

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Consider the flood of recent data about Alewife Brook

November 19, 2024

by Bob Sprague

Worst Offender: Somerville’s SOM01A combined sewer overflow. Precinct 11 Town Meeting member Kristin Anderson, who has been actively monitoring the combined sewer overflows into…

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Canoeing the ‘new’ Alewife means seeing old issues: Swans, sewage, sediment

September 15, 2024

by Bob Sprague

Worst Offender: Somerville’s SOM01A combined sewer overflow. Kristin Anderson, founder of Save the Alewife Brook, the volunteer group that has been seeking since October…

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State gets down and dirty aiding Alewife Brook cleanup

September 1, 2024

by Bob Sprague

Worst Offender: Somerville’s SOM01A combined sewer overflow. Providing the following account is Kristin Anderson, founder of Save the Alewife Brook, the volunteer group that…

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You can help expand Arlington’s tree canopy

July 25, 2024

by Bob Sprague

Marina Popova, a member of the Arlington Tree Committee, suggests how town residents can add trees near their property: Adopt-a-Tree Program Invites Arlington residents…

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Trash-cost increase expected; YES! offers options

May 28, 2024

by Bob Sprague

Liz Reisberg of Shawnee Road, a Precinct 10 resident with an interest in recycling, offers options to town trash issues. Photo by Ceilidh Yurenka. Trash: There’s…

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Arlington eclipse-watchers, take note

March 24, 2024

by Bob Sprague

Jeff Alexander is an amateur astronomer who has spent more than a decade holding public-outreach astronomy events in Arlington. Over the summer, he regularly…

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Alewife Brook sewage bill moves forward

February 12, 2024

by Bob Sprague

Worst Offender: Somerville’s SOM01A combined sewer overflow. UPDATED Feb. 12: Providing the following account is Kristin Anderson, founder of Save the Alewife Brook, who…

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Resident suggests ways to make Park Ave. safer, broaden its vision

Alewife listening session about pollution held

Greener Alewife MBTA Station urged

Consider the flood of recent data about Alewife Brook

Canoeing the ‘new’ Alewife means seeing old issues: Swans, sewage, sediment

State gets down and dirty aiding Alewife Brook cleanup

You can help expand Arlington’s tree canopy

Trash-cost increase expected; YES! offers options

Arlington eclipse-watchers, take note

Alewife Brook sewage bill moves forward

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Rep. Rogers’ office hour in Cambridge

Town holds flu shot clinic

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Friday night drumming classes

Electronics recycling event

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Arlington weather: frost possible, chilly start

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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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