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Thursday, September 6, 2012

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5 Things You Need To Know Today

State Primary, First Day of School Today

Today is Thursday, Sept. 6. Here are five things you need to know.

1. Today is expected to be partly sunny with a high near 80, according to the National Weather Service. 2. State Primary: If you live in Arlington Precincts 2, 4, 8, 10 or 12, you’re in the new 24th Middlesex District, and if you’re also a Democrat, there is a contested primary for state representative today (sample ballot attached). If you don’t know which precinct you’re in or where to go to vote, click here. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and the League of Women Voters is providing free rides to the polls. For complete primary information on all of Arlington’s precincts, including all of the precincts’ sample ballots, visit the town’s State Primary page. 3. The Democratic state representative candidates vying to get on the Nov. 6…

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Week in Review

Week in Review: Arlington to Save $4 Million in Health Care Costs, Friend Remembers Local Lost on 9/11, Rain Greets Students on First Day of School

A look at the week that was in Arlington news.

Beginning next year, town employees and retirees will be enrolled in the state’s Group Insurance Commission, a move that officials say could save Arlington nearly $4 million per year in health care costs. Eric-Jan Schmidt, an executive an Hitachi, sat down with Patch to share memories of his friend Joseph Mathai, of Arlington, who died at the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. And on Thursday, rain greeted students, parents and teachers for the first day of classes at Arlington Public Schools. Here are more of this week's essential news from Arlington Patch's coverage: POLICE Three people were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in the last week, a fact that Arlington police are crediting in parts due to a new program to …

Sidney Feinleib

12:39 am on Monday, September 12, 2011

What a delight to hear that something sensible may happen with medical coverage. Sid Feinleib (living in Tokyo and former FinCom memebr on the insurance committee) Also, I wish to note that the 10th Annual Spy Concert was held in Yokohama and the proceeds of several thousand dollars were used to buy musical instruments for a grade school, which had lost everything during the tsunami. The singers …   more ›

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