Arlington News

Update 3:50 p.m., Wednesday, June 19 Pleasant Street has reopened. A section of Pleasant Street is currently closed due to a downed utility pole from a one-car crash, Arlington police said at about 12:20 p.m. Wednesday.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is holding a public hearing about the reconstruction of the historic Cradock Bridge in Medford Square.

The Board of Selectmen unanimously granted Arlington resident Bill Maund an operating license for Retro Burger & Ice Cream for 795 Mass.

Weston Police are warning residents of a scam that has the suspects stealing from homes.

Arlington to Mull Banning Smoking in Workplaces, Public Spaces: The news comes a month after the town voted to raise the cigarette-buying age to 21 over the next two years.

Police in a four community area including Waltham are advising residents of two suspects who are utilizing a ruse to enter the homes of potential victims.

We recently received an email from a concerned resident about the amount of litter along the new Alewife Brook Greenway, which opened last fall.

After a particularly tough year for the West Nile virus in 2012, Massachusetts health officials are bracing for what could be another busy summer for the mosquito-borne illness.

Retro Burger & Ice Cream , a West Yarmouth burger joint, appears to be trying to move to Arlington.

Fathers teach you values, how to ride a bike and their love of the Red Sox. Patch spoke with people in Medford and Arlington to find out what they learned from their fathers.

Anthony's East Side Deli only opened in April, but it feels like it's been in the East Arlington neighborhood for a century.

The Arlington Board of Health will consider Wednesday, June 19, banning smoking in all workplaces and public spaces in town.

Today is Tuesday, June 11. Here are five things you need to know. 1. ) "Depave the Way to a Greener Arlington," the seventh session of the town's Stormwater Awareness Series, goes from 7-8 p.m. tonight in Town Hall's Selectmen's Hearing Room.

Senate hopeful Ed Markey met supporters Sunday morning at Broadway Diner . The congressman talked about the importance of getting out the vote on Tuesday, June 25, when he will face off against Republican Gabriel Gomez in a special election for Secretary of State John Kerry's former Senate seat.

For the second time in four days, flooding is possible in Arlington from heavy rain.

Twenty-six graduating seniors from 14 Eastern Massachusetts high schools received a 2013 Kevin J. Fitzgerald Scholarship award.

This week, on Wednesday, the Department of Conservation and Recreation presented the 2013 Tree City USA Awards to 76 Massachusetts communities and the Tree Line USA award to National Grid, a long and faithful supporter of the DCR Urban Forestry program.

Flooding is possible as the remnants of Tropical Storm Andrea moves into the Arlington area on Friday afternoon.

Today is Friday, June 7. Here are five things you need to know. 1.) If you still have questions about last week's tanker spill , a public meeting has been set for 9 a.m. Saturday at the West Medford Community Center , 111 Arlington St. Representatives from the state Department of Environmental Protection, which is supervising Clean Harbors' ... (more)

Local opposition to wind farms could be a stumbling block to relying on that power source instead of building the proposed Maritime Link, a Nova Scotia Power lawyer said Wednesday.