Arlington

Late Thursday, Orlando Hall was put to death for abducting and killing Arlington teenager Lisa Rene in 1994.

A motorcade carrying the remains of Marwan Ghabour, a soldier who was killed in a helicopter crash while on a peacekeeping mission in Egypt, traveled through his hometown of Arlington, Massachusetts Thursday morning. Ghabour, 27, who grew up in Arlington but lived in Marlborough, died in a helicopter crash last week along with four other American soldiers from Texas, North…

The remains of a Massachusetts soldier who was killed in a helicopter crash while on a peacekeeping mission in Egypt arrived back home Thursday morning.

A motorcade carrying the remains of Marwan Ghabour, a soldier who was killed in a helicopter crash while on a peacekeeping mission in Egypt, traveled through his hometown of Arlington, Massachusetts Thursday morning.

A two-year-old Massachusetts girl is recovering after she was attacked by a raccoon in her Arlington backyard this past week. The toddler was attacked in the backyard of her family’s Fountain Road home this past Wednesday. The girl’s mom was able to stop the attack and chased the animal away. Officials later captured the raccoon and euthanized it. The...

The Arlington girl is expected to be okay, despite injuries to her face, hands and arms.

On the eve of the first day of classes for the 2020-2021 school year at Arlington Public Schools, Superintendent Kathleen Bodie announced Peirce Elementary School is switching to a fully remote learning model for a short period of time after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. The Arlington Board of Health facilitated free COVID-19 testing last Wednesday and Thursday…

Peirce Elementary School will pursue a fully remote learning model Monday and into next week after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.

Four acts of vandalism involving Black Lives Matter signage were reported Monday morning in Arlington, Massachusetts, police said. The incidents took place at First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington, Calvary Church, and at two private residences, according to police. At First Parish Unitarian Universalist, police said someone spray-painted over a BLM banner. “I can’t begin to understand the motivation...

“Black Lives Matter” signs were targeted at churches and homes in Arlington.

An Arlington mainstay that featured a cuisine not commonly found in the Greater Boston area is shutting down permanently. According to multiple sources, Tango Restaurant on Massachusetts Avenue in the center of town is closing its doors, confirming what we had heard last week. A Facebook post from the dining spot indicates that even though this appears to be a…

Officials in Arlington, Massachusetts, are hoping to provide a new revenue stream for struggling restaurants and businesses by offering them a temporary permit to sell essential items during the coronavirus pandemic. Along Massachusetts Avenue, homemade signs hang in windows reading: Closed and credit cards only. There’s even a table to pick up orders. Restaurant owner Athena Z. Peters is...

There’s a push in Arlington, Massachusetts, to get a permit to allow restaurants to sell groceries amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The National Guard, armed with coronavirus testing kits, is bound for Sunrise Senior Living facility in Arlington Thursday. Ten residents at the facility have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, according to the town’s website. Overall, 99 people in Arlington have tested positive for the disease. Officials from the town as well as the facility…

The National Guard will be collecting samples from residents and staff at an Arlington assisted living facility and bringing them back to the state health lab as part of the state’s effort to expand testing capacity.

An elementary school student in Arlington, Massachusetts, has tested positive for coronavirus. A cleaner in protective gear sprayed a classroom at the Stratton Elementary School Monday night during a second round of cleaning. The school was closed down that day to investigate all “close contacts” of the infected child. About 30 people, including students, faculty and staff, are now under…

A child in Arlington, Massachusetts, has a presumptive case of coronavirus.

Police have cited a driver in connection with an alleged hit-and-run involving a pedestrian in Arlington, Massachusetts Saturday night. According to police, an 80-year-old Cambridge man struck a pedestrian on Massachusetts Avenue around 10p.m., and apparently drove away before first responders arrived. The pedestrian, a 48-year-old man from Baldwinville, Massachusetts, was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries....

A dog believed to be stolen from her backyard two years ago has been reunited with her family in Arlington.