Arlington

An Arlington mainstay that featured a cuisine not commonly found in the Greater Boston area is shutting down permanently. According to multiple sources, Tango Restaurant on Massachusetts Avenue in the center of town is closing its doors, confirming what we had heard last week. A Facebook post from the dining spot indicates that even though this appears to be a…

Officials in Arlington, Massachusetts, are hoping to provide a new revenue stream for struggling restaurants and businesses by offering them a temporary permit to sell essential items during the coronavirus pandemic. Along Massachusetts Avenue, homemade signs hang in windows reading: Closed and credit cards only. There’s even a table to pick up orders. Restaurant owner Athena Z. Peters is...

There’s a push in Arlington, Massachusetts, to get a permit to allow restaurants to sell groceries amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The National Guard, armed with coronavirus testing kits, is bound for Sunrise Senior Living facility in Arlington Thursday. Ten residents at the facility have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, according to the town’s website. Overall, 99 people in Arlington have tested positive for the disease. Officials from the town as well as the facility…

The National Guard will be collecting samples from residents and staff at an Arlington assisted living facility and bringing them back to the state health lab as part of the state’s effort to expand testing capacity.

An elementary school student in Arlington, Massachusetts, has tested positive for coronavirus. A cleaner in protective gear sprayed a classroom at the Stratton Elementary School Monday night during a second round of cleaning. The school was closed down that day to investigate all “close contacts” of the infected child. About 30 people, including students, faculty and staff, are now under…

Police have cited a driver in connection with an alleged hit-and-run involving a pedestrian in Arlington, Massachusetts Saturday night. According to police, an 80-year-old Cambridge man struck a pedestrian on Massachusetts Avenue around 10p.m., and apparently drove away before first responders arrived. The pedestrian, a 48-year-old man from Baldwinville, Massachusetts, was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries....

A dog believed to be stolen from her backyard two years ago has been reunited with her family in Arlington.

Across the country thousands of animals are finding forever homes. Watch some of these lucky pets as they meet their new families for the very first time.

Celebrities are hailing Clear the Shelters Day and celebrating the more than 76,000 pets that have found forever homes during the nationwide animal adoption campaign today. Celebs, such as Ellen DeGeneres, Jane Lynch and Wanda Sykes, have sent well wishes to the pets across America in search of a place to call home. “It’s a great day to make a...

Cleveland Browns star defensive end Myles Garrett has been reinstated by the NFL after being suspended for hitting Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph in the head with a helmet in a Nov. 14 game.

An Arlington teenager shot and killed this week intervened in a bullying incident between the suspected shooter and another boy days prior to his tragic death, police revealed Friday.

An 81-year-old woman has died after being hit by an SUV on New Year’s Eve in Arlington, Massachusetts. The woman, identified as Ann DesRosiers of Arlington, was hit by a Ford Explorer while walking in the area of Chestnut Street and Chestnut Terrace, the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office said. Police responded before 7 a.m. Tuesday. DesRosiers was taken...

An elusive black bear was finally cornered and safely removed after leading police and wildlife officials on a chase through a quiet Massachusetts neighborhood on Friday morning. Officials received a call Friday morning for a bear sighting in Arlington, and local police joined the Massachusetts Environmental Police in scouring the town for it.

Fort Worth police say they’ve solved the decades-old cold case murder of an 11-year-old girl using DNA phenotyping. On June 27, 1983, Julie Fuller was reported missing after she’d gone to take out the trash at the Kensington Motel in Arlington. Fuller and her family had only recently arrived in North Texas, having moved to the United States from England….

This week’s Restaurant Roundup includes a pizza chain downsizing, a place specializing in bundt cakes and crowdfunding for a brewery

This week’s Restaurant Roundup includes a new gaming destination and the closing of a restaurant that is almost two centuries old.

After processing 102,051 applications from borrowers across the country, the U.S. Department of Education has granted loan forgiveness in only 1,216 cases so far, according to the latest federal data. That’s an acceptance rate hovering around 1 percent.

It’s no secret that Boston has one of the worst commutes in the country, but there may be a solution that’s simple and cheap.