Thousands celebrated amid humid, summerlike weather Arlington Town Day, an annual event since 1976.

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At right, the Arlington Pop Warner A team cheerleaders draw oohs from the crowd as they leap above the stage at Town Hall.

Thanks to all who stopped by YourArlington's booth.

Town Day Road Race

2010 Division Winners (source: Arlington recreation)

Male                                                         Female

Under 8: not available (NA)                 Jessica Pigott – 27:27

9-12: Caleb Snyder CiCesare – 19:49    Sally Kademacher – 27:08

Boston.com joins Your Town site booth | Benn Craig's Town Day photos

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13-15: Andy Currul – 18:27                Sarah Cassidy – 20:02

Quentin Stipp – 17:55                       NA

20-20: NA                                        NA

30-39: Christian Peters – 17:40          Carolyn MacNeill – 20:19

40-49: Jonathan Davey – 17:09          Sue Vaillancourt– 20:58

50-59: Jonathan Winner – 17:58         Mary Moynihan Downes – 23:08

60-69: John Dove – 21:39                  NA

70+: Paul Schell – 24:06

Overall Winners:

Jonathan Davey – 17:09                    Sarah Cassidy – 20:02

Local online news: Gift certificates won

For the first time since Arlington Town Day began, in 1976, the booths included one devoted to community online news, a spot shared by Web sites covering Arlington, Medford and Cambridge and supported by Boston.com's YourTown sites -- YourArlington, InsideMedford and Cambridge Day. The Arlington site of news and opinion has been live since December 2006, the Medford site since the summer of 2008 and the Cambridge site since spring 2009. All three sites have stories linked at Boston.com.

Many stopped by the booth, met the publishers of these local sites and 37 added their names to a drawing for two $50 gift certificates to Arlington restaurants Scutra and Not Your Average Joe's. The winners, two Arlington residents, were chosen.

Bob Sprague, YourArlington's publisher, got one of his daughters to cooperate, and some got their hair colors rearranged.

Last, if you would like to report police news, YourArlington is seeking a volunteer reporter. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Walter V. Moynihan Town Day Run first thing

Arlington Recreation, Arlington Boys' and Girls' Club, and Fidelity House are co-sponsoring the annual Walter V. Moynihan Town Day Run. This 2.7-mile run starts in front of Arlington High School at 8:30 a.m. sharp.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.T-shirts will be given to the first 100 entries, and trophies will go to the top male and female finishers in each Division.  (8 and under; 9-12, 13-15, 16-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 and up).

Cost is $15 per participant.

Robbins Library book sale: Donations accepted

The Friends of the Robbins Library will hold their annual book sale 10 to 3 on Town Day. 

Donations for the sale are now being accepted and may be left in the large blue bin located in the front lobby of the Robbins Library. Donate only materials in good resalable condition. We do not accept Readers Digest condensed books, old textbooks, books without covers, or magazines. All other books, audiotapes, videocassettes, and DVD’s are welcome. 

Anyone wishing to assist the Friends with the sale should contact Friends Coordinator Amy McElroy @ 781-648-4109 or ae65 at verizon.net. Volunteers are needed to sort books during the weeks prior to the sale and to set up or act as cashiers on the day of the sale. We will also need help to pack and clean up at the completion of the sale. Students may use volunteer hours toward community 
service requirements. 

Support Touchdown Club at Town Day

The Touchdown Club of Arlington has some great prizes this year. Visit the booth to the east of Town Hall. The club is conducting two raffles: 

Touchdown Prize: Two tickets to the Red Sox and Yankees, Oct. 3

Arlington Prize: Apple iPad 16 GB

Tickets are $2 each or six for $10. All proceeds benefit the Arlington youth.

Man-Made Chili from First Parish

Once again, the men from First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington are serving up chili for Town Day. Visit their booth in the parking lot next to the Robbins Library for your choice of three chilis: beef, vegetarian or green chili (made with pork).

Also serving cornbread, hot dogs, soda and bottled water. An outside dining area is provided, with entertainment from some excellent First Parish musicians and singers.

Historical Society's silhouette fundraiser

Arlington Historical Society is having a silhouette-cutting fundraiser event at the Smith Museum on Town Day. For details, www.arlingtonhistorical.org/ There is expected to be a 300-pound block of ice outside the Smith Museum to commemorate the role of the ice industry in Arlington's past.

Center for Cancer Support & Education

The Center for Cancer Support & Education provides cancer support and wellness services to patients, caregivers, family members and health care professionals. We focus our efforts on those touched by cancer, their caregivers and families in  Arlington and surrounding towns. We offer consist of workshops and support groups at no or low cost to cancer survivors and their care givers, regardless of where they are in their cancer journey from our offices in East Arlington.

Stop by our booth and learn about what we offer. Enter our raffle to get a chance to win prizes.

Lois Mitchell, artist

I am an Arlington artist specializing in house portraits, people portraits, pet and animal portraits, topographic maps, and commissions. The media I use for paintings and drawings include watercolor, charcoal, acrylic, pencil, and oil. Originals and custom art andarchival prints are available matted and framed by the artist, which are great as gifts. I can work from your photographs. Images are scanned and then available as note cards.

The 3D topographic contour maps of Arlington are handmade to scale from USGS data.
I hope you enjoying looking at my work. Please stop by my booth at Town Day, visit my web site at www.LoisMitchellArt.com, or send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Stress Free Design with Karen Lindberg

Stress Free Design, a design/style and home staging firm will host a table at Town Day. A photomontage and a portfolio will be on display, plus you can meet designer/owner Karen Lindberg. She specializes in redesigns, real estate staging, color consultations and works one to one with homeowners who want  change, but are unsure just what to change. She promises her clients a stress-free design experience. Please take minute to stop by, two lucky winners will win free one-hour consults.

Art on the Green near Dallin museum: reporter, talk host

Don’t miss this opportunity Saturday, Sept. 25, On the lawn in front of the Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum / Jefferson Cutter House, at Mass. Ave. and Mystic Street, from 10 to 4.

Artists will offer fabric art (quilts/hand-painted scarves/shawls/sweaters), exotic, contemporary and woven jewelry in varied designs; letterpress cards and invitations, small paintings and collages; photography, photocards and graphic prints.

Dick Haley Booksellers will host several local authors for book signing.

Invited guests include Hank Philippi Ryan, a news reporter and writer of mystery books, from 2 to 2:30 p.m., and Michelle McPhee, talk host of radio station WTKK, from 2:30 to 3 p.m.

Support the Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum and bring home museum merchandise, including Arlington throw blankets, T-shirts, prints, books, note cards, irresistible toys, and more.

Free parking is available in the lot behind the museum.

The Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum is free and open to the public.

Drumming Preparatory School

The Drumming Preparatory School will host a booth demonstrating a variety of latin rhythms, such as Mambo, Mozambique, Guaguanco, Samba, Bossa Nova,cascara, and clave. Don't miss this opportunity to see how these rhythms are created with sticks and brushes on drums, cymbals, cowbells, and woodblocks.

Free literature will be available and you can even schedule a free lesson if you wish. Here is the Web site: gilgraham.com. Hope to see you there. The Drumming Preparatory School is affiliated with the Arlington Center for the Arts.

Arlington Youth Health & Safety Coalition 

The coalition will have a booth and will host an informational table at the AYCC open house, inside the Whittemore-Robbins House, behind Robbins Library. The group will use these outreach opportunities to distribute prevention materials, highlight recent coalition activities and promote its programs and upcoming initiatives. Display ideas and volunteers are needed.

Toss out your medicine with police help

The Arlington Police Department and AYHSC will run a medication disposal program at the Town Day. Community members will be able to dispose of unwanted, unused or expired medications at the APD/AYHSC Booth, at Mass. Ave. and Library Way, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. This program was organized to be part of a National Drug Take-Back Initiative.

Arlington is one of hundreds of communities that will participate in the national initiative, which was organized in partnership with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to help prevent increased pill abuse and theft.

This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Many Americans are not aware that medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse.

Rates of prescription drug abuse in the US are increasing at alarming rates, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.

In addition, many Americans do not know how to properly dispose of their unused medicine, often flushing them down the toilet or throwing them away – both potential safety and health hazards. 

The Arlington Police Department and the Arlington Youth Health and Safety Coalition are committed to reducing the supply of unwanted medications in the community, especially those medications with a strong potential for misuse or abuse.

To encourage residents to dispose of medications in a safe and environmentally sound manner, the APD and AYHSC will offer this program, as well as an additional medication disposal event on Nov. 13, free of cost, and with no questions asked.

Please note: needles will not be accepted during the takeback event at Town Day. Community members should please hold on to their sharps until Community Collection Day on Nov. 13.

Stella and Dot rep

Kaydee Tessier, an independent stylist (ID 104555) representing Stella and Dot, a Star line, as well as Zyrra, a new Boston-based company that provides custom-fit bras Kaydee will be making appointments for fall fittings.

Contact: 617-461-5073, www.zyrra.com or www.stelladot.com/kaydee and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

You can download the 2010 Town Day booth guidelines and application packet. Deadline for special requests for booth space location was Thursday, July 8; for all others, the deadline was Thursday, July 15.

See details at arlingtonma.gov/townday and here >>