Arlington News

Boston Police report three armed holdups around the Public Garden within a span of a few minutes Thursday evening.

Eating sushi in the suburbs can be a harrowing prospect. People tend not to want to try new sushi places because of the potentially disastrous results.

Governor Deval Patrick this morning signed a sweeping ethics overhaul into law, joined by top state lawmakers who hope the new rules will help restore public confidence in state government after several highly publicized scandals.

ADA Properties Inc. sold an Arlington, Mass., residential portfolio to an entity called Arlington Minuteman Towers LLC for $12 million.

Obama is backing off a campaign pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide , The Washington Times reports.

Nationally renowned anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan spoke at the Regent Theater in Arlington, MA on June 29, 2009.

LONG PLAYERS: As Tristan da Cunha, Brian Church , Ernie Kim, and Steve Budney are Boston's most persistent band a ' ever.

Winchester Savings Bank has officially opened the new branch at 188 Medford St. in Arlington.

If Dane Cook is a few minutes late tonight getting to the Colonial Life Arena, just keep your SUFIs in the air.

The Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation recently awarded a $10,000 grant to the Housing Corporation of Arlington .

As returns from investments plummeted during last year's stock market plunge, municipal pension funds took a battering, leaving them with diminished reserves set aside to pay out future retirement benefits to public employees.

State Representative Will Brownsberger, a Belmont Democrat whose district includes parts of Arlington, will be in town Friday morning to meet with residents and to answer questions on a variety of issues, particularly the current state budget situation.

Gerry Foley of Lexington first saw Irish set dancing at a festival in County Clare, Ireland, about 11 years ago.

No one was cited after police showed up at selectwoman Annie LaCourt's home Saturday night, but police are investigating.

Several youths were caught at an underage drinking party in an Arlington selectwomana s home over the weekend, police said.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced that the "Summertime in Somerville" season will kick off for 2009 on Saturday, June 27th with the annual Family Fun Day at Trum Field, followed by the Independence Day Fireworks celebration on Thursday, July 2nd.

Clear the decks If a jumble of small appliances is cluttering your countertops, clean them and start over, says interior architect Lisa Foster, principal of the Providence firm Reconstructure.

TOM HERDE/GLOBE STAFFDemita Frazier of Green City Growers works with Stacey Barker on Barker's backyard garden.

Marisa Ryan, a third-year medical student at Boston University, hasn't had much free time lately.

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