The Arlington Redevelopment Board is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, in the second-floor conference room of Town Hall Annex. A highlight of the agenda is the continued public hearing on an application to install a wireless communication facility on the building at 37 Drake Road.
Oct. 23 workshop seeks ideas in reshaping Pond Lane to parkway
Traffic at the Capitol Theater -- just one issue that planners face.
Mass. Ave., the thoroughfare that defines the
traffic-beating heart of Arlington, is expected to change in the next
decade -- and town planners want your opinions about the shape that
part of the avenue in East Arlington should take. In an effort supported by $4
million in federal and state money, the public is asked to attend a
Thursday, Oct. 23, event and offer ideas -- about traffic, including bicycles; about
parking, about pedestrian safety, as well as changes friendly to
businesses that line the avenue from the Cambridge line to Pond Lane.
The 7 p.m. gathering at Town Hall Auditorium is billed as an
interactive public workshop.
Project information | Oct. 1 presentation (PDF)
Arlington residents, union members and Arlington public school staff members gathered at the Sons of Italy Hall on the night of Saturday, Oct. 4, to support Stavroula Bouris, former Ottoson Middle School principal, and Chuck Coughlin, former Ottoson technology teacher. Both were present. The event, the second of its kind in a year, was called ThanksForGiving II. The 2007 event, the first benefit for the pair last November, was called ThanksForGiving because it occurred the day after Thanksgiving Day.
Cyclists on the bike path pass the Brattle Street Pumping Station, which is undergoing renovation. In the background are the Menotomy Village condos.
Drivers impatient with the irregular closings of Brattle Street for the
past year better get ready for more next year. While part of the work
on Brattle near the Mill Brook has been completed, work on a culvert at
that site is expected to occur next summer.
The Robbins Library has selected Digging to America by Anne Tyler for its Community Read, a project aimed at building closer ties among community members through reading and discussing the same book.
The first book discussion is set for Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. in the community room at Robbins. Programs planned for October and November include a panel on adoption, a concert, an ethnic festival and further book discussions.
Muralists at the MBTA depot in the Heights sketch out artistic ideas earlier in the process.
Dearborn students provide the paint in Cultural Council effort
Students from Dearborn Academy in East Arlington are putting paint to the murals they designed to enliven the MBTA bus depot in Arlington Heights. Described as the town's first public community mural, the project is under the direction of artist and art therapist Tova Speter. Helping the student painters is a team of artists that include Anyahlee Canas, Leeann Love and Speter.
"The
students at Dearborn Academy are the real artists in this project, even
though they didn't realize it at first," Speter wrote in an e-mail
Sept. 28.
"They have
designed a thoughtful mural, are empowered by the process, and are in
turn empowering the surrounding neighborhood to realize that the energy
and spirit of community artwork is truly transformative: both for the
space and for the people who will enjoy it daily."
Charles Skidmore, principal of Arlington High School, sent the following update Oct. 5, to parents and guardians.
Underclass School pictures will be taken on Oct. 16. Please watch
for the mailing from Lifetouch that includes an order envelope. Ninth-grade students who had their pictures taken during the summer will not
receive envelopes and do not have to have their pictures taken again.
Make-up day is Nov. 17.
Seniors will not receive this envelope, however, any senior who would
like a current school ID for his or her personal, travel use is able to
have a picture taken and will be called down at the beginning and the
end of the day to sit for an ID photo.
The Arlington Board of Selectmen is scheduled to meet at 7:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, on the second floor of Town Hall. Highlights of the agenda include approval of 2009 town health-insurance rates as well as discussion of leash-law enforcement issues at Robbins Farm Park.
Meeting Agenda
FOR APPROVAL
1. CONSENT AGENDA (one vote required for approval of all items)
* Minutes of Meeting: September 25, 2008
* Request: One Day All Alcohol License, 11/14/08, Katharine Fennelly, Robbins Library Fundraiser
CVS, which has two stores in Arlington now, is planning a much-larger third retail store next to Arlington High School, where the Hodgdon-Noyes auto dealership closed in April. Town Planner Kevin O'Brien confirmed Oct. 1 that the national chain filed an application for a special permit on Sept. 18 for a 12,900-square-foot store.
The Arlington Center for the Arts presents Arlington Open Studios 2008 on Saturday an...
The Arlington Redevelopment Board is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, in the second-floor conference room of Town Hall Annex. A highlight of the agenda is the continued public hearing on an application to install a wireless communication facility on the building at 37 Drake Road.
The Robbins Library has selected 
Charles Skidmore, principal of Arlington High School, sent the following update Oct. 5, to parents and guardians.
Underclass School pictures will be taken on Oct. 16. Please watch
for the mailing from Lifetouch that includes an order envelope. Ninth-grade students who had their pictures taken during the summer will not
receive envelopes and do not have to have their pictures taken again.
Make-up day is Nov. 17.
The Arlington Board of Selectmen is scheduled to meet at 7:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, on the second floor of Town Hall. Highlights of the agenda include approval of 2009 town health-insurance rates as well as discussion of leash-law enforcement issues at Robbins Farm Park.
