Townwide read returned in March ’25 with ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’

January 9, 2025

Robbins Library has announced that its annual community reading program, "Arlington Reads Together" (ART), returns with Remarkably Bright Creatures, a New York Times' best seller…

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Fox Library open house held

September 18, 2024

by YourArlington staff

Edith M. Fox branch library on Mass. Ave. in East Arlington may be totally rebuilt. UPDATED Sept. 19: The Town of Arlington held an…

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Library seeks ideas for ‘Arlington Reads Together’

July 29, 2024

by YourArlington staff

UPDATED Aug. 5: The committee behind the long-running "Arlington Reads Together" (ART) program has opened nominations for the spring 2025 community-read book choice. The committee…

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Town appoints new assistant library director

January 10, 2024

by Bob Sprague

Lara Vilahomat UPDATED Jan. 16: The town has appointed Lara Vilahomat as assistant library director. In this position, Vilahomat performs professional, administrative and supervisory work…

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Concord writer-actors portray Alcott sisters at library

May 1, 2023

by Kim Haase

The Friends of Robbins Library invite the public to “Between Us Sisters: A Dialogue with Louisa and May Alcott” on Wednesday, April 5, at 7 p.m.…

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Library book sale held

January 1, 2023

by Kim Haase

The Friends of Robbins Library accepted donations to the Children's and Young Adult Book Sale, set for Saturday, Feb. 25. Contributors may bring gently…

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’23 Community Read: Late ‘Being Heumann’ author honored

March 1, 2023

by YourArlington staff

Judy Heumann UPDATED March 18: Judith “Judy” Heumann, renowned advocate for the rights of disabled people and author of the memoirBeing Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir…

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Library Town Day book sale held

August 1, 2022

by Judith Pfeffer

It’s time again for one of Arlington’s venerable Town Day traditions -- the Friends of the Robbins Library’s Town Day Book Sale. The sale…

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Summer reading for kids, teens, adults; registration underway

June 17, 2022

by Stacey Peters

Summer reading programs are back at Arlington’s libraries with fun activities and reading suggestions for kids, teens, and adults. Registration for all ages opens…

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Libraries director leaving for Albany after nearly a decade

May 25, 2022

by Marjorie Howard

Arlington’s director of libraries, Andrea Nicolay, has accepted the position of executive director of the Albany Public Library in Albany, N.Y. Her last day…

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Townwide read returned in March ’25 with ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’

Fox Library open house held

Library seeks ideas for ‘Arlington Reads Together’

Town appoints new assistant library director

Concord writer-actors portray Alcott sisters at library

Library book sale held

’23 Community Read: Late ‘Being Heumann’ author honored

Library Town Day book sale held

Summer reading for kids, teens, adults; registration underway

Libraries director leaving for Albany after nearly a decade

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