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Speak for yourself

Today we printed and posted profiles of the two Democratic candidates for State Senate. We also printed our endorsement. But if you want more on them you may want to visit their Web sites.
Here is the Web site for Jack Hurd
And here is the Web site for Ken Donnelly

See museums for free

he Smithsonian Magazine is giving away free passes to museums around the country that can be used Saturday, Sept. 27.
There are about three dozen participating museums in Massachusetts.
It’s easy to get passes for as many people as you want as long as your computer has a printer.
Go to this page and sign up. Then print [...]

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POLL: State Senate race

The Democratic primary is a little more than two weeks away, and though there will be three candidates on the ballot, only two of them are running: Ken Donnelly and Jack Hurd, both of Arlington. State Sen. Jim Marzilli decided not to run after an arrest this June. So who would you support? Or who [...]

Who’s in your wallet?

Curious about how much the candidates running for State Senate have raised and who they raised it from? Well you’ll have to wait until Aug. 29 at the very earliest. That’s the last day they that will be recorded on their pre-primary reports. The deadline for submitting all that information is Sept. 8, a week [...]

A-Town K-9 sniffs out .357

Arlington’s K-9 Dasty helped Cambridge Police investigate a shooting north of Central Square Monday.
The police pooch has an award-winning ability to sniff out drugs. In this case, Dasty sniffed out a .357 magnum that had been stashed under a shed.
Born in the Czech Republic, Dasty joined the force last year and lives with his handler [...]

Helpful flood insurance links

The cutoff for public comment about the newly updated FEMA flood insurance maps is Sept. 10.
For an easy way to see whether your property is in a flood zone, go to this Web site and type in your address.
Confused about what all those symbols on the Flood Insurance Rate Map actually mean? Check out this [...]

Police seek burglar

The entire Arlington detective team, and investigators from the North East Middlesex Law Enforcement Council are searching for a man who allegedly woke a woman while breaking into her Arizona Terrace apartment early Thursday morning.
Arlington Police Chief Fred Ryan described the man as 5-foot 6-inches, white, with a medium build.
The Advocate will have more details [...]

Missing 16-year-old girl

A 16-year-old Arlington girl named Ashley Carrier has been missing since April 25 and is considered an endangered runaway by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

Carrier has a piercing above her right upper lip and may use the alias Nicole, according to the center. Carrier has brown eyes and hair, stands at about [...]