The Retired Men’s Club of Arlington is open to all men who are retirees (or soon to become) where members can play cards (bridge, whist and poker), pool, read books and enjoy daily free coffee, open every day, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. This nonprofit organization is made up of members from the local towns in the greater Boston area.The club facility is located in the lower level of St. Camillus Church, 1175 Concord Turnpike (Route 2), Arlington ..read more

Arlington Community Education is holding another conversation in the “We Need to Talk” series, which features local experts sharing their stories and insight about pressing and timely issues.Arlington’s Dr. Robin Schoenthaler will lead a science-informed conversation about “Holiday Planning During a Pandemic” from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Nov. 16. The cost to attend this online event is $10, and advance registration is required at http://ArlingtonCommunityEd ..read more

Veteran's Day in Arlington usually features a march down Massachusetts Avenue and a ceremony at the Arlington Fire Department, but Veteran's Day, like so many other holidays in 2020, felt different due to the pandemic limiting the number of people that could gather publicly.Instead, a per-recorded event was put together by the town and Arlington Community Media, Inc. featuring the same elements of the previous years as well as elegant cinematography, including drone footage shot by ..read more

On Veterans Day we pay tribute to the brave men and women that serve in our military. We thank our readers for sharing stories about their favorite veterans with us. Brett Morash, U.S. NavyFranklin, Mass.My favorite veteran is our son, retired U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Brett Morash. When Brett was a little boy he always played in the tub with grey plastic US Navy ships. Outside he played with GI Joe toy ..read more

Wednesday, Nov. 412:47 p.m.: A person entered the police station and said that while in an argument about her dog being allowed inside a Dunkin' Donuts in Arlington, the manager of that Dunkin' Donuts yelled at her while not having a mask covering their nose and mouth. Police spoke with the Board of Health, who said they had heard a different version of the story, with Dunkin' Donuts saying the person has been told several times not to bring her ..read more

Inside the gleaming new Minuteman High School building, the restaurant area where students would cook for and serve members of the public if it weren’t for the coronavirus pandemic, remains quiet. To reduce the spread of the virus, the school has closed it to the public. However, behind the scenes in the kitchen, students are still at work. They roll out pastry dough, cook chicken, chop vegetables, and assemble pot pies, not for paying customers, but for donations to those most in ..read more

The Henry David Thoreau Foundation is seeking students to receive up to $20,000 four-year scholarships awarded to eight students graduating from public or private high schools in Massachusetts.High school seniors awarded the Henry David Thoreau Scholarships can enroll in any college and university in the world while they major or minor in an environmentally related field. Henry David Thoreau Scholars are encouraged to enroll in internships or study abroad to broaden their awareness ..read more

BOSTON -- The election of seven new female state representatives this week is poised to boost women's representation on Beacon Hill to a new high next session.Sixty-two women -- a dozen in the Senate and 50 in the House -- won their elections Tuesday, meaning that women are set to hold 31 percent of the Legislature's 200 seats when the new two-year term begins on Jan. 6, 2021.Counting turnover that's occurred through special elections, next year's ranks of women ..read more

Electric harp musician and vocalist Deborah Henson-Conant will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St., Arlington.For the first time since the pandemic began, she’ll be performing live on-stage with very limited theater seating, as well as unlimited livestreaming tickets. A performance complete with theater sound, lights and room to move and perform, for livestream attendees, this will be different from the Facebook Live events she’s been ..read more

Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential race will provide a boost to a U.S. economy battered by the COVID-19 pandemic as his bold spending plans and stauncher support for trade and immigration more than offset the drawbacks of new taxes and regulations, top economists say.Biden’s blueprint will bring back the 11 million jobs and $670 billion in annualized gross domestic product wiped out – and not yet recovered – in the crisis more rapidly than if ..read more