The town of Arlington in collaboration with the Arlington Chamber of Commerce hosted First Lights; a family event celebrating the start of the holiday season by lighting the trees in front of the Jefferson Cutter House on December 1st at 6 pm. The event included...
Out of the 32,314 registered voters in Arlington MA, almost one-third of them voted early this year, but the majority of the voters wait until Election Day to cast their votes. APN talked to some of these Arlington voters at the Brackett Elementary School. The 21...
An Arts Center that was forced out of their long time location now looks forward to a new facility, The Arlington Center for the Arts has been located at the Gibbs School for nearly 30 years. But the building needs to be re-opened as a school for the town’s 6th...
The Arlington Democratic Town Committee in partnership with Lexington and Belmont has opened a Democratic Regional Office for Hillary Clinton in the Heights. The volunteers also have a table at the Farmer’s Market and provide information to voters. They encourage the...
Last year more than 1500 died of opioid related overdoses in Massachusetts. In June 2015 Arlington Police Department started the Arlington Opiate Outreach Initiative to help families and individuals suffering from substance abuse disorder. They partnered up with...
A group of artists are celebrating the diversity of East Arlington through the diversity of its storefront businesses. Over the past 6 months they have interviewed different business owners and learnt about their stories and the history of their stores. Ten of these...
For the release of the new Harry Potter story, the Book Rack store in Arlington held a midnight party at the Regent theatre with a magician, costume contest, trivia and a wand decorating station. Other businesses in town are also having Ηarry Potter themed events. The...
The idea of setting up the Arlington farmers’ market in the parking lot behind the Jefferson Cutter house started with a resident of an elder housing. She took her idea to Oakes Plimpton who was involved in other farmers’ markets and knew many farmers in...
A group of Arlington Heights residents gathered and founded the Support Arlington Heights (SAH) Facebook page with the purpose of revitalizing and beautifying the Heights. SAH conducted a survey of the residents to gather information on what residents like about the...
Chairful Where You Sit is a creative pop-up art installation, where local artists are encouraged to find orphaned chairs and reinvent them to raise money for Arlington Public Art. Artists pay $10 to register for the event and each artist can submit as many as three...
