Remembering Arlington Residents
This compilation could not possibly include all the losses in the Arlington community this year, but it attempts to honor some of the community's many devoted residents.
Frank Roberts, Local High School Drama Teacher and Mentor Obituary by Patch Contributor John Waller Frank Roberts used to spend hours upon hours over weeks and months fine tuning the Arlington High School musical. The high school's theater arts teacher for 35 years, Roberts would sit in the middle of the auditorium during rehearsals, clipboard in hand, methodically taking notes until every aspect was perfect. Then, on the night of the performance, he would watch his students from the back sound booth, slipping out the door afterwards before he could ever be seen. "In all the years I've been here," said Pasquale Tassone, who conducted the shows, "we couldn't even get him to go out and take a bow." Roberts, a mentor to hundreds of Arlington …
