Planning

Susan Gilbert

Details: Parent Category: What to do; Category: Environment; 27 November 2023; Hits: 754

Alewife Brook some time before summer flooding. / David Stoff photo UPDATED Nov. 28: Save the Alewife Brook , based in Arlington, is pleased that the state Legislature and governor have allocated $100...

Details: Parent Category: What to do; Category: Environment; 10 October 2023; Hits: 827

Save the Alewife marchers line up with dead-fish displays; at center in sunglasses is Arlington resident Kristin Anderson. / Marjorie Howard photo An estimated 45 supporters of Save the Alewife Brook...

After a three-year hiatus because of the pandemic, the Dallin Art Museum’s "Art on the Green" returned to Town Day. Its jubilant event took place Saturday, Sept. 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Whittem...

Details: Parent Category: What to do; Category: Fundraisers; 10 May 2023; Hits: 1465

UPDATED May 27: The Coalition to Save the Mugar Wetlands's spring fund-raiser, the Edith Street Fair and Yard Sale, held May 6, raised $4,000, a May 10 email from the group said. "Equally important wa...

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The Select Board on Tuesday, Oct. 17, voted 5-0 to affirm the effective date of the property-tax override measure on the ballot for next month’s election. That might sound routine -- except that that...

Details: Parent Category: Meeting summaries; Category: Selectboard summaries; 10 October 2023; Hits: 650

The Select Board unanimously agreed to amend Article 14 of the town’s bylaws to add a new section -- “Fossil Fuel-Free Demonstration” -- at its Sept. 27 meeting. The vote was 4-0; Steve DeCourcey was...

Details: Parent Category: Meeting summaries; Category: Selectboard summaries; 06 October 2023; Hits: 1243

Plans to change out trees, improve private way also get thumbs-up The Select Board approved the final Mass. Ave./Appleton Street safety and accessibility project conceptual design at its Sept. 27 meet...

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UPDATED Oct. 6: Town Counsel Doug Heim, after serving Arlington for 10 years, is leaving, announced Select Board Chair Eric Helmuth at the board's Sept. 27 meeting. Heim’s last day at work in Arlingto...

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UPDATED Sept. 22: The future, or lack of same, of Thorndike Place, a large, controversial housing complex proposed since 2015 in a wetlands area, is being scrutinized by the town's Conservation Commis...

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Transportation issues, welcoming the new town manager and Special Town Meeting were on the agenda of the Select Board at last month's meeting. To support electric school bus parking at Ottoson Middle...

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Based on a wealth of data, the Arlington Select Board has unanimously approved installing bike lanes and removing on-street parking on Medford Street -- from Warren Street to Mystic Valley Parkway --...

Details: Category: Selectboard summaries; 01 August 2023; 01 August 2023; Last Updated: 10 October 2023; Hits: 351

The town has announced its libraries and administrative offices are expected to be closed on Monday, Oct. 9. In addition, trash and recycling collection is set to be delayed throughout the week. There...