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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: Barbara Mae Carroll

CARROLL, Barbara Mae (MacKinnon) Resident of Arlington, formerly of Somerville, on May 16, 2013, surrounded by her family ...
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Obituary: Dorothy A. Place

Place, Dorothy A. (Alsen)90, formerly of Arlington, & Cummaquid, Cape Cod, May 14, 2013 in Acton, MA ...
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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 ...
Punderings

WANTED: trackpad keyboard, laptop riser, IPS monitor

It's time to update my home office. My back, neck, and eyes can't handle the semi-cheezy setup I currently have for typing on my laptop & monitor to one side ...
Garden clubs

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 ...
Biking

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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Town Meeting '13, Session 6

I take notes during Town Meeting. They are not official in any way ...
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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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Dreamtown Finder: Massachusetts town search calculator

A tool to help you find the ideal Massachusetts communities for your needs ...
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