Author: Kara Mihm
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Tonight: Wildlife advocates want to pause fishing at Menotomy Rocks Park
Fishing line and gear collected by Ellen and Kevin Kravitz. Wildlife advocates are asking the town to temporarily prohibit fishing at Hill’s Pond in Menotomy Rocks Park after a great blue heron was found dead and entangled in fishing gear…
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Arlington art installation commemorates 250 years through a timeline of plants
Art installation at Town Hall. / Carol Beggy photo Arlington’s gone green — and red, white and blue – for a multimedia art installation focused on the relationship between plants and people for the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. …
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Superintendent proposes $103.6m school budget that prioritizes staff wages, special education
Superintendent Elizabeth Homan is proposing a 7.3-percent increase in next year’s school budget, which she said prioritizes an increase in employee wages and more support for students with individualized education plans. The $103.6 million budget is $7.1 million higher than…
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Dozens protest at Whole Foods over rat poison use
Dozens of people crowded the sidewalk next to the Whole Foods Market in Arlington on Saturday, Feb. 22, to protest what they say is the company’s continued use of rodenticides at the store and parking lot, despite the discovery of…
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A short street salvages pieces of America’s long, storied past
It only takes four minutes to walk the entire length of Mill Street, yet it feels like an entire town exists within its two blocks. A church, cafe, hardware store, school, doctors’ offices and rows of townhouses line the street…