Week in Review

Week in Review: More Affordable Housing Coming to Arlington, State Testing Air and Soil Quality at High School, and a Changing American Dream

A look at the week that was in Arlington news.

The Housing Corporation of Arlington is set to begin renovating three apartment buildings—totaling 32 units—early next year in what would be the largest affordable housing project built in the town in about 30 years, housing officials said. State officials are testing groundwater and indoor air quality at Arlington High School, after a preliminary examination identified low levels of a commonly used degreasing and dry cleaning chemical near the school. And Patch has a new editorial project coming down the pipe—"Dispatches: the Changing American Dream." We don't think there's one American Dream, but a multitude of American Dreams, which a multitude of people are working toward. Our goal is to take snapshots of those different dreams, and …

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State Officials Conducting Air, Soil Quality Analysis at High School

Small amounts of degreasing and dry cleaning chemical found near school.

Editor's note: The following information comes from a statement from the town of Arlington. State officials are testing groundwater and indoor air quality at Arlington High School, after a preliminary examination identified low levels of a commonly used degreasing and dry cleaning chemical near the school. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection conducted limited testing at the school last week, as a part of the department’s efforts to identify the presence of Perchloroethylene—commonly referred to as PCE—, according to a statement from the town. The testing identified low levels of PCE in the soil near the school. Low to moderate levels of this chemical were also detected in some areas of the basement of the old portion …

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