Selectmen showed their pride

See those grey t-shirts? they’re the Red Sox locker room shirts, and Selectwoman Clarissa Rowe (left) as well as Vice-Chairwoman Diane Mahon showed them off to viewers and Board of Selectmen meeting attendees!

Update on Arlington Enrichment Collaborative

Remember this story?
Apparently, these kids were so well behaved, Kim Holt told School Committee members on Tuesday that they have been invited back next year. Not just that, they may be able to bring as many as 30 or 40 people. AND, they tentatively could be flag bearers at next year’s United Nations Peace Day.
 Kudos, [...]

Citizen Open Forum Speech

The Advocate received an e-mail containing a video of Kevork Norian, a survivor of the mass murder of more than a million Armenians by the Ottoman Turks between 1915 and 1918. This has been called the “Armenian Genocide” by some, and “tantamount to genocide” by the Anti-Defamation League. There is a resolution in Congress about [...]

Summer Street update

Selectwoman Diane Mahon provided this update by e-mail…she also sent it out to the Arlington List.
 On October 12, 2007, the Town Manager and DPW Director met with District 4 Highway Engineer, Patricia Levenworth and Project Manager, Mark Cain regarding the Summer Street Project. The following issues were discussed:
Project schedule:   What is the schedule for [...]

Park Circle Fire Station open house

make sure you go to this on Saturday, Oct. 20! Spread the word to those who aren’t internet savvy and won’t have the chance to read this as well!
“Members of the Fire Department will be on hand to answer questions about the project and give tours of the new station” stated a public notice e-mail. [...]

More on the Bishop playground efforts..

A little expansion on the playground renovation story in the Advocate last week.
The book of menus, Arlington Eats, looks like this if you are looking for it for purchase

And for anyone wondering what the equipment, such as the Spaceball-L, are made out of…here is a piece of the equipment:

I found this to be a cool [...]

Two new stories up

A new development in the No Place For Hate/Anti-Defamation League situation occured at the Board of Selectmen meeting last night.
 Selectmen also voted on the Local Initiative Program application after delaying the vote for weeks.

Quote of the Day

“My number one goal is to create a student-athlete leadership team, to look at ways to get involved in the community and to eliminate drug and alcohol use amongst high school students. That’s very important to me.”
~Ted Dever, new Arlington High School Athletic Director

An elite class, to say the least..

Just in case you missed this article, there’s a bit of research going on about the Arlington High School class of 1966. From what I’ve heard, they have much to be proud of, as many well established individuals graduated that year. Keep an eye out for more information.

Update on the heroin arrest

The New Hampshire guy that was busted with heroin on him plead not guilty Tuesday during his arraignment according to Police Chief Frederick Ryan. The case was then “put over” to Oct. 25 for a pre-trial conference.
 As for bail? Set at $1,000 cash according to Ryan. As of Wednesday morning, he was still in custody.