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Tavern/bistro to open E. Arlington’s gateway June 3

Billy Lyons, left, and chef Mark Thompson, in front of a fireplace built by a friend from Lyons's Arlington High class, flank sign signaling pub's historic roots ...
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Pizza, beer Mondays at Olivio June 3

Ristorante Olivio, at 201 Mass. Ave., in East Arlington, offers pizza and beer every Monday from 5 p ...
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Club's ex-swim coach accused of abuse held for June hearing

Collins The late 1970s was a time when men making sexual advances toward boys was locked in secrecy ...
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Obituary: Janet M. Pacino

Pacino, Janet M. (Rodrigues)Of Somerville, May 20th ...
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Obituary: Joseph L. Colamartino

COLAMARTINO, Joseph L. Of Arlington, May 19th. Beloved husband of Ruth M ...
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An afternoon of piano at the Marblehead Arts Association

Jacqueline Schwab specializes in telling stories and creating moods with her music, as well as inspiring people to dance ...
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New owners bring fresh focus to Orta

Last August, chef Brett Williams and his wife, Cara, bought the Orta restaurant in Pembroke from Jimmy Burke, his longtime employer and mentor ...
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Arrest made in child sexual assault probe of Arlington Boys & Girls Club

Allegations of sexual abuse at the Arlington Boys & Girls Club from the 1970s to ’90s continue to escalate as police said they have identified five more victims and arrested a former club employee in New York.
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Obituary: Eileen D. Larkin

LARKIN, Eileen D. (Caldwell) 89 of Arlington, formerly of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada ...
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Arlington's Robbins Library staff win three awards

Staff members at Arlington’s Public Library have won three public relations awards from the Massachusetts Library Association ...
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Garden clubs in the MetroWest

Its high season for garden clubs, and that means primarily ladies in brimmed hats transforming traffic islands, holding plant sales, and doing all manner of interpretive floral arranging ...
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Biking opportunities outside of Boston

The regions north and west of Boston offer a rich array of options for mountain bikers of all abilities ...
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Lexington to close a portion of Minuteman Bikeway for repairs

Lexington will close a section of the Minuteman Bikeway for approximately three weeks beginning Monday, May 13, because of work to replace a collapsed culvert ...
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Arlington votes no on allowing self-serve gas stations

A bid to bring self-serve fueling stations to Arlington ran out of gas on the Town Meeting floor Monday, leaving the town as one of the last in the state in which an attendant must pump gasoline for customers.
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Bomb squad removes old hand grenade from Arlington home

Police called in a bomb squad to remove a World War II-era hand grenade found at an Arlington home Sunday.
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Regional police step up to the manhunt

Hundreds of officers from communities across the state, working 12- to 18-hour shifts at a time, descended to Watertown late last Thursday and early Friday as part of the manhunt for the second suspect of the Boston Marathon bombings, 19-year-old Dzhokhar A ...
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On Biking: Donate to the Multiple Sclerosis Martha's Vineyard Ride

On Biking columnist Jon Simmons donated to the MS Ride on May 4, and he says you should, too ...
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Arlington Town Meeting sinks proposed water bottle ban

Arlington Town Meeting shot down a proposal to ban the sale of single-serving plastic water bottles Wednesday night and approved a plan to significantly soften the town’s controversial leaf blower ban.
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Accused marathon bomber was involved in 2012 Arlington incident

Arlington Police have turned over information to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force about a 2012 house party and disturbance in which Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was involved ...
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Top 10 best locations to live in Mass.

If you were to move to any Massachusetts community, where should you go? We analyzed and ranked each towns crime rateincluding violent and property crime,the number of public transit options, the number of historical sites per resident, the percentage of acres that are open space, and the number of grocery stores ...
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Cheapest places to live in Massachusetts

Here's a slideshow of the 10 towns with the cheapest home values in Massachusetts ...
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Top 10 Most Fun Places to Live in Massachusetts

How fun is your town? We ranked the top 10 most fun communities in Massachusetts by analyzing the number of restaurants, theaters, and museums, using Tripadvisor and other online sources, per population data provided by the US Census ...
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Top 10 towns with best schools in Massachusetts

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Top 10 hipster places in Massachusetts

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