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Posted by Bob Sprague at 2:15 pm on March 4, 2013
Somerville won the February challenge to sign up the most library patrons among four municipalities, and Arlington increased new card registrations that month by 183 percent compared to the preceding February.
Somerville’s prize for…
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Posted by Bob Sprague at 12:15 pm on February 6, 2013
The director of Arlington libraries has issued a challenge to neighboring communities, and three others are ready for a friendly fight.Ryan Livergood is betting that Arlington can get a higher-percentage increase in new library-card registrations…
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Posted by Bob Sprague at 12:34 pm on October 26, 2012
Cottage Avenue resident Adam Auster, in an Oct. 25 update on his blog, Word on the Street, reported that state and local officials cut the ribbon on the Alewife Greenway path that they
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Posted by Bob Sprague at 7:48 am on August 21, 2012
Adam Auster of Arlington, in an Aug. 19 update, notes you may now walk on the boardwalk at the Alewife Greenway path, connecting to the Minuteman Bikeway to Somerville.
See an update and photos…
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Posted by Bob Sprague at 11:32 am on July 28, 2012
Described “a force for good in the world,” William E. Shea was honored at a funeral Mass Friday, July 27, in St. Camillus Church, in Arlington, following his July 24 death at home. He had been president Ames Envelope and had been active in many ways in Somerville. See the full story at YourArlington.com…
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