Arlington

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A legendary frozen lemonade company is bringing a second location to the Greater Boston area — and its closest shop to Boston itself. According to a source, Del’s Lemonade is looking to open a new outlet in Arlington, with Wicked Local/Arlington Advocate indicating what our source told us, that the shop would...

As frozen Texas reels under one of the worst electricity outages in U.S. history, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed grid operators and iced-over wind turbines but gone easier on another culprit: an oil and gas industry that is the state’s dominant business and his biggest political contributor.

U.S. Rep. Ron Wright (R-6th District) died Sunday after contracting COVID-19 last month. Wright was also battling lung cancer.

Widespread confusion involving both Massachusetts’ online coronavirus vaccination portal and its new hotline continues to hamper efforts to rapidly inoculate eligible seniors, less than a week after state guidelines allowed the vulnerable population to receive a vaccination.  Seniors turned out in droves across the state on Saturday, many of them with appointments that still didn’t guarantee a vaccination. In...

One woman struggled to book an appointment for her 81-year-old father in Springfield. She’s finding it just as hard to book a second appointment.

Police still working the Amber Hagerman cold case 25 years later announced plans Wednesday to submit items of evidence originally obtained in the investigation to new forensic testing that may yield a more complete DNA profile of the killer.

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A local chain of restaurants is temporarily shutting down five of its outlets, including four locations in the region. According to a source, Not Your Average Joe’s will be closing its restaurants in Arlington, Burlington, Methuen, and Randolph for the winter, with a post within The Arlington List Facebook group page indicating...

DeVonta Smith caught three of fellow Heisman Trophy finalist Mac Jones’ four touchdown passes, Najee Harris ran for 125 yards with a high-hurdling highlight and top-ranked Alabama beat No. 4 Notre Dame 31-14 in the relocated Rose Bowl game Friday to reach its fifth CFP title game.

The College Football Playoff semifinal scheduled to be played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 1 is moving to AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

A Massachusetts man has been arrested after allegedly stealing packages from outside homes. Police in Arlington say 37-year-old Patrick McLaughlin of Everett was arrested Saturday at the intersection of Stowecroft Road and Columbia Road after a report of a suspicious person in a vehicle. Authorities said McLaughlin was on drugs and was initially arrested on charges of operating under the…

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...