We are what we DON’T eat: Environmental impact of food waste

April 2, 2023

Emily Dertz, a Zero Waste Arlington committee member, wrote this column about food waste. Mounds of plastic waste and discarded fashion clothes are symbols…

Diane Welch, animal-control officer, shows an owl to children in May 22o

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Greyhound gone, but legacy remains

June 24, 2022

by Bob Sprague

Carey M. Theil of Arlington submitted this obituary. He is executive director of GREY2K USA Worldwide, a nonprofit that works to pass stronger greyhound…

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Bagpiper reconnects Turkey Hill neighbors

April 11, 2020

by Bob Sprague

Bagpiper Campbell Webster returned to Washington Street after noon Saturday, April 11. He played and marched up the street between Crawford and Candia streets,…

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More food waste than ever, students say, makes it time to learn ‘How to Eat Trash’

May 2, 2018

by Bob Sprague

Students at a Tufts residence are learning “How to Eat Trash” by enjoying a community dinner made of food rescued from dumpsters. A meal…

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Dogging the unleashed: Don’t restrict those who follow rules

May 2, 2016

by Bob Sprague

‘Tis spring. Leaf buds are popping, and so is some people’s tolerance for off-leash dogs. Since 2010, the town has had rules about allowing…

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A stone-cold marketing plan

April 10, 2016

by Bob Sprague

A sign of spring on Washington Street, where I live: a plastic bag in my driveway containing two white stones and a light-blue flier…

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Eating our way through China: “General Gau chicken”? Never heard of it

April 6, 2016

by Bob Sprague

Arlington resident Adam Rosenbaum and his family went to China last summer, and the way he tells it, all had a lot to eat,…

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Take Vision 2020’s LGBTIQ+ community-needs survey

January 29, 2016

by Bob Sprague

In addition to the few questions included in the Vision 2020 survey that accompanied the town census, AHRC is conducting a separate full…

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Would you like a 2nd dog park in town?

January 16, 2016

by Bob Sprague

Arlington’s annual town survey, via Vision 2020, is arriving in mailboxes. This survey is mailed out with census forms, and the response reflects an…

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In Arlington, rescued food provides more than 24,000 meals

December 9, 2015

by Bob Sprague

Sasha Purpura, executive director of Food For Free, wrote the following opinion piece, and it was submitted by a public-relations company. Since 1981, Cambridge-based Food…

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We are what we DON’T eat: Environmental impact of food waste

Greyhound gone, but legacy remains

Bagpiper reconnects Turkey Hill neighbors

More food waste than ever, students say, makes it time to learn ‘How to Eat Trash’

Dogging the unleashed: Don’t restrict those who follow rules

A stone-cold marketing plan

Eating our way through China: “General Gau chicken”? Never heard of it

Take Vision 2020’s LGBTIQ+ community-needs survey

Would you like a 2nd dog park in town?

In Arlington, rescued food provides more than 24,000 meals

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