Library trustee tells why we need Fox branch
Edith M. Fox branch library. Lily Rao, a member of the Arlington Library Board of Trustees, offered these opinions in support of Article 76,…
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Hope, light: Arlington’s 37-year friendship with Teosinte
Elizabeth Dray, a Precinct 10 Town Meeting member and the director of the Arlington Teosinte Sister City Project, provided the following brief update May…
Ex-moderator seeks no vote on Art. 40, fears ‘exploitation’
Bill Greene, 2016 Globe photo John L. Worden III, a Precinct 8 meeting member since 1970 and a former town modferator, has offered the…
How Select Board chair sees the state of our town
Diane Mahon, chair of the Select Board, delivered the State of the Town address April 28, the opening night of the annual 2025 Town…
In Whittemore’s spirit, Town Meeting tells us how Arlington ensures democracy
Town Moderator Greg Christiana delivered the following remarks at the opening of the 2025 annual Town Meeting: There’s something special about this place –…
Town Meeting moves forward in unsettled times
YourArlington founder Bob Sprague offers his opinion in a periodic column titled “Perspective: Ah-lington.” The 2025 annual Town Meeting gets underway Monday, April 28,…
Why can’t a neighborhood stay single-family?
Katie Mogg graphic David Levy, a Precinct 18 Town Meeting, presented to the Redevelopment Board on March 17 his proposed article, which would amend…
Revisiting plea to end Town Meeting sessions before 11 p.m.
Christa Kelleher, a Precinct 5 Town Meeting member, was the proponent last year for Article 9 (seeking an earlier end time for the meeting)…
Consider allowing 2-families by right in R0, R1 zones
Katie Mogg graphic UPDATED March 17: David Levy, a Precinct 18 Town Meeting, discusses his proposed article, which was on the Redevelopment Board agenda…
What’s that ‘growing’ just beyond my backyard?
Karen Samuelson of Arlington is a career coach and author who has an interest in her neighborhood and town. This opinion piece is republished…