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Arlington Select Board: Tax Relief Deadline, Road Safety Overhaul, and Parking Changes Top August 10 Agenda

Residents have until Sept. 10 to apply for a senior property tax exemption worth up to $2,820, the Select Board learned at its Aug. 10 meeting. The board also voted unanimously to expand overnight parking permits and to endorse a protected-bike-lane redesign for a crash-prone stretch of Park Avenue near Ottoson Middle School.

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Arlington Redevelopment Board Weighs Affordable Housing Sites, Heights Rezoning, and Empty Storefronts

Three parallel planning efforts moved through the Arlington Redevelopment Board on Aug. 10, 2026, touching on where affordable housing gets built, how the Heights business corridor gets rezoned, and what the town can do about vacant storefronts — with the most consequential de...

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Arlington pushes MWRA for deeper cleanup in $340M Alewife Brook plan

In an Aug. 12 report, Arlington officials questioned whether MWRA's $340 million plan to curb sewage overflows into the Alewife Brook — which still allows discharges during major storms — does enough to protect the community.

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Select Board nearly doubles overnight parking sticker cap

On Aug. 10, Arlington's Select Board voted 4-0 to raise the number of annual overnight parking passes from 175 to 300, keeping the price at $365 with a two-permit limit per address.

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Arlington remains in meteorological drought despite wet summer

Meteorologist Matthew Moll reported Aug. 12 that despite a wet July and recent storms, Arlington and Northeastern Massachusetts officially remain in drought due to long-term precipitation deficits.

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Funeral services scheduled today for Lisa A. Paradis

Visitation was held Aug. 12, with a funeral service set for today, Aug. 13, at 10 a.m. at Keefe Funeral Home on Chestnut Street.

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Robbins Library to host college-application essay workshop tonight

Tonight, Aug. 13, from 7-8:15 p.m., Robbins Library hosts a free "Creative Lab" workshop by Hillside Writing to help rising seniors craft college essays.

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Tino D'Agostino Trio to perform free concert at Old Schwamb Mill tonight

Tonight, Aug. 13, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., the trio performs jazz, funk, rock, pop, swing and Italian standards on the mill's lawn, free and outdoors.

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Arlington names Laura Olivier as new Zero Waste Coordinator

On Aug. 11, Arlington announced Laura Olivier as its new Zero Waste Coordinator, overseeing curbside recycling, waste-diversion programs, the Reuse and Recycle Center, the Swap Shed, and public education campaigns.

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MassDOT sets daily lane closures on Rte. 2 westbound Frontage Road

MassDOT is closing lanes on Route 2 westbound Frontage Road between Park Avenue and Dow Avenue in Arlington, with daily closures Monday through Friday for sidewalk work.

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