Arlington
Arlington Heights Brigham's becomes a frozen asset
By Ron Newman - 5/2/12 - 4:59 pmState tax officials seized and closed one of the few remaining Brigham's restaurants today, claiming that it owed over $92,000 in meals taxes dating back to 2009.
Another Brigham's on Trapelo Road in Belmont, owned by the same people, closed in January. That location is now the home of Moozy's Ice Cream.
The Arlington Heights Brigham's could reopen if its owners make a significant down payment on their taxes within the next few weeks.
Lights out for local camera shop
By adamg - 3/30/12 - 7:22 amYourArlington.com reports Cameras Inc., with outlets in Arlington and Davis Square, is shutting down.
Scott Brown, ahead 2-1 in cash-on-hand and $13M in the bank, hilariously plays “underdog” card
By Anonymous - 2/20/12 - 7:27 pm
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The man who got arrested for refusing to submit to an MBTA bag search
By adamg - 11/21/11 - 8:27 amThe Herald interviews an Arlington man who fought the $100 fine sought by prosecutors, and won.
The MBTA Transit Police report on the Oct. 26 arrest at Alewife paints a slightly different picture than the simple civil-liberties patina painted by the Herald:
I informed Goodwin that it was his right to refuse to submit to the program, but that he would not be allowed to gain access to the MBTA from this station. Goodwin then became very belligerent, yelling, "I'm not a Muslim, you don't have to check my bag. I don't have to accept this Nazi-ism!!"
The whole megillah, possibly stolen
By adamg - 9/23/11 - 10:51 am
Arlington Police recovered two Hebrew scrolls from a guy they say is known to buy stolen property and are now seeking to identify the actual owners.
Belong to a synagogue missing megillas? Contact Inspector Brian Connerney, 781-316-3914.
Via the Jewish-Boston mailing list, where you'll also find a photo of the safe they were found in.
The boiler without a country
By adamg - 7/31/11 - 6:14 pm
A man stopped to marvel at the big-ass boiler sitting in a drug-store parking lot.
We weren't the only ones who took a swing up Mass. Ave. in Arlington today to see the banned boiler of MIT, which Somerville is refusing to let rumble down its streets on the final leg of a journey from Texas to the school. YourArlington.com reports it could be Tuesday at the earliest before Somerville grants the required permit for the oversized load to enter the city; in the meantime, it sits behind cones, sawhorses and police tape in the parking lot of a Walgreens on Mass. Ave. in Arlington.
Of course, a big-ass boiler deserves a big-ass photo: Take a look at Aaron Donovan's photo.
Giant boiler bound for Cambridge, banned by Somerville, stuck in Arlington
By adamg - 7/29/11 - 10:34 pmTruckers trying to deliver an oversize boiler to MIT have instead been forced to cool their heels in Arlington because Somerville officials are refusing to allow the wide load on their streets.
YourArlington.com reports that at one point Thursday, 20 Arlington and Cambridge police and state troopers were on scene at Mass. Ave. in Arlington near the Cambridge line to escort a mini-convoy - the truck pulling the boiler and a couple of pickups - via Rte. 16 and Broadway and then into Cambridge. But while the driver got a permit from Cambridge, he never got one from Somerville, so instead the boiler will be parked in a Walgreens parking lot at least through Tuesday.
The delay is causing some headaches for MIT, which had sent out e-mail on Wednesday alerting faculty and staff of potential traffic issues on Portland and Albany streets yesterday and today while the boiler was being delivered to the Central Utilities Plant.
H/t to snuffles dog for forwarding news of the Boiler without a Country.
Redistricting Olympics
By creightt - 7/20/11 - 1:42 pmCommon Cause Massachusetts is hosting a Redistricting Olympics this summer. We will be taking citizen drawn Congressional, State House, and State Senate maps all summer, evaluating them, declaring a winner, giving out prizes and submitting the winning maps to the MA Legislative Redistricting Committee for consideration.
The purpose of the redistricting Olympics is threefold: to educate the public about the steps in the redistricting process, to initiate public participation in the political arena, and to pressure the legislature to draw the districts so that the citizens are appropriately represented.
Help show the legislature that redistricting is about our interests, not theirs. By participating in our redistricting Olympics and learning how to draw your own fair districts, you can acquire the tools you need to expose attempts by public officials to politicize the state’s new legislative maps.
For more information check out and/or email us at .
Participate in our democracy!
Former Arlington resident charged with threatening to bring some buddies to town and kill cops
By adamg - 5/18/11 - 7:36 amYourArlington.com reports on the saga of Christopher Loder, who left Arlington for the Augusta, ME suburb of Palermo.
