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Nearly completed apartment building must be redesigned for accessibility, board says
Although his three-story building on Mass. Ave. in Arlington Heights is almost complete, its developer must rethink its design after having failed to follow accessibility laws, the Arlington Redevelopment Board says. In a roughly 90-minute meeting Monday, July 15, the ARB in a split vote agreed to reopen owner Darin...
Commissioners of Arlington Housing Authority met July 15 about the van plan
UPDATED July 16: A member of the board of the Arlington Housing Authority has proposed a new, more innovative use for the $35,000 federal grant that AHA received a few years ago from the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA -- rather than AHA having to return the funds. The plan did pass Monday night; more will be reported.
Famed religious statue by Arlington's Cyrus Dallin returns to top of Utah temple
A prominent statue sculpted by Cyrus Dallin, celebrated artist and longtime Arlington resident, finally was returned earlier this year to its original location in Salt Lake City after it was damaged in an earthquake four years ago. The golden "Angel Moroni" statue again stands on top of the Salt Lake...
‘Grossly unfair’: Retrial of Karen Read ‘should not be allowed,’ defense says in new court filing
In a new court filing, defense attorneys said Tuesday that the retrial of Karen Read “should not be allowed,” calling the state’s continued push for a conviction in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe “grossly unfair.”
Connelly heads (back) to Andover; Bongiorno to (again) help out at HHS while Waden runs Recreation
The temporary mystery has been solved. Joe Connelly, head of the Town of Arlington Recreation Department on-and-off for nearly a quarter-century, serving for a total of more than 15 years, has taken a similar job in Andover, according to his LinkedIn profile -- a community where he had worked before.
Lender sues Boston, tow company and RMV for the way a seized car it was still owed payments on was sold off
An Illinois lender yesterday sued the city of Boston, a Charlestown towing company and the Registry of Motor Vehicles over the way Boston lets tow companies not just seize cars on the order of Boston Police but sell them off without giving lenders the chance to get the car back first, which it charges is a violation of several of its constitutional rights.
ZBA to meet remotely Tuesday: 3 votes, 3 hearings
The town Zoning Board of Appeals is scheduled to meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 23, remotely. According to this agenda, three hearings are planned to be reviewed; details can be read below. Additioanlly, the board is expected to conduct three seperate member votes regarding the ZBA Chair's authority to...
Oh, rats: Boston unveils new rat-attack plan; four parts of the city are particularly targeted, but residents, businesses called on to mend their slobby, food-spilling ways
Mayor Wu today announced Boston's latest rat plan, in a series of rat plans that now date back more than a century, under which several city departments will better coordinate their anti-vermin efforts and businesses and residents will be asked to do their part to put a lid on rats - by putting a lid on their rat-enticing trash and even cleaning their barbecue grills after each use.
Applications Now Open for Nine Income-Restricted Apartments at 154 Broadway, Somerville
SOMERVILLE – Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD) are pleased to announce that applications are currently being accepted for nine (9) income-restricted apartments at The Guild, located at 154 Broadway. Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Thursday, August 1.
Civil engineer says ‘someone may have messed up’ on design, installation after Boston window falls
BOSTON (WHDH) - A day after shards of glass from a shattered window outside TD Garden fell to the pavement below, people working and walking on Causeway Street kept their eyes toward the sky. “I know I was looking up when I came to work today like, “Okay, where’s the...
The Best School In Massachusetts Is The Oldest In America
Before you know it, class will be back in session. As you know anything Classic or Historical you will usually find here in the Baystate. We have the oldest bars, oldest restaurants, and even the oldest houses. We do have some rather historic schools as well that are ether torn...
A New ‘Titanic’ Exhibition is Bringing 250+ Artifacts to Boston, Massachusetts
Anyone who's spent time in Boston knows it's chock-full of history. The Freedom Trail is comprised of 16 historic sites throughout the city, telling "the story of the American Revolution and beyond." Places like the MFA, ICA, and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum foster a lifelong appreciation for art. The JFK Presidential Library and Museum pays homage to our 35th President and his life's accomplishments.
Waterloo region's oldest settler cemetery has been handed over to the City of Cambridge
In the Blair area of Cambridge, one cemetery has been privately operated for over 200 years. Now, Old Blair Memorial Cemetery has just been transferred to the City of Cambridge.
Archeologists find musket balls fired during 1 of the first battles in the Revolutionary War
Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of militiamen lined a hillside in Massachusetts and started firing a barrage of musket balls toward retreating British troops, marking the first major battle in the Revolutionary War.The latest evidence of that firefight is five musket balls dug up last year near the North Bridge site in the Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord. Early analysis of the balls — gray with sizes ranging from a pea to a marble — indicates colonial militia members fired them at British forces on April 19, 1775. “As soon as they pulled one of them out...
Advocate says migrant, unhoused families were planning to sleep at MBTA station
QUINCY - The state has made it clear that its emergency shelter program is at capacity. That has not stopped dozens of migrants heading to Massachusetts through any number of federal programs. Last week, the state announced it would stop allowing so-called "newcomers" to sleep at Logan Airport. Families had been sleeping there when they first arrived in Boston through the airport's Terminal E. In doing so, the state said families would be sent straight to emergency shelters like the one in Norfolk at the old Bay State Correctional Center.On Tuesday, WBZ-TV found dozens of people being dropped off...
Heat emergency declared in Boston starting Monday
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has announced a heat emergency in the city starting tomorrow, July 15, through Wednesday, July 17, due to anticipated extreme weather. Temperatures are expected to soar into the high 90s, with the heat index reaching over 100 degrees. This declaration comes as the city faces its threshold of two or more days with a 95-degree heat index. The extreme temperatures significantly increases risk of heat-related illnesses.
Baker School violates state teacher licensure rules, frustrating teachers and parents
For the second year in a row, middle school teachers at the Baker School are preparing to be asked to teach outside of their areas of licensure more often than state regulations allow. Those state regulations require that educators teach no more than 20% of their workloads — at the...
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