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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Police Log

Gun Scare on MBTA Bus in Arlington Center

See what had passengers running for cover late Sunday afternoon.

A man carrying what appeared to be a handgun had passengers on an MBTA bus in Arlington Center yelling and running for cover late Sunday afternoon. Six Arlington Police officers responded to the bus, which had been pulled over in front of Shanghai Village restaurant at 434 Massachusetts Ave., at about 4:29 p.m. for a report of a man with a gun. The man had exited the bus and walked away from the scene by the time police arrived, according to the police report. After a short search, police located the suspect walking on Broadway, toward Somerville, and determined that the handgun-like object was actually a BB gun, specifically a Powerline Airstrike 240 (photo examples). The BB gun was loaded, and the man also had a canister of .24-caliber …

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Donald Mei

11:40 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012

BD, MA does not have a law prohibiting open carry. However because of the suitability requirement, you have a LTC at the pleasure of the local issuing authority. In our case Chief Ryan, and if Chief Ryan doesn't like OCing and you do it, your LTC is gone. Chief Ryan is not a stupid man. The majority of Arlington residents are liberal anti-gun folks. If he decided to allow (and yes thats the power…   more ›

Friday, September 23, 2011

Patch Facts

Five Things You Need to Know Today, Sept. 23

Weather, blood drive, a bus route and more to know today.

Good morning, Arlington! Here are five things you need to know today: 1. Weather: Expect plenty of showers with a chance of thunder throughout the day and into the night. High temperature could reach 70 degrees during the day, with an overnight low of 65 degrees. 2. Blood drive: On Saturday, Sept. 24, Arlington will have yet another chance to help out the American Red Cross meet its blood shortage. The First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church will host a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 630 Massachusetts Avenue. 3. Route 77 meeting: Arlington residents are once again invited to meet with MBTA officials to study several improvements to bus route 77, which runs down Massachusetts Avenue from the Arlington Heights bus station to …

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