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A Massachusetts couple who were seriously injured in an accident that killed their dog and left a woman dead in 2018 reunited on Thursday with the paramedic who saved their lives.

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A location of a local chain of family-friendly restaurants has shut down for good. An article from Your Arlington confirms what a source told us over the weekend, that the Arlington Center location of Not Your Average Joe’s will not be reopening, with an email from CEO/chair Peter D’Amelio saying that...

A 22-year-old Arlington man was killed last month after he was forced to get a tattoo of his girlfriend’s name on his neck and a separate tattoo on his back was inked out, police said.

Super middleweight titleholder Canelo Alvarez will headline a May fight in Arlington in which more than 60,000 fans will be allowed into AT&T Stadium, venue officials say.

A missing 15-year-old from Arlington, Massachusetts, has been found, according to her family. Police in Arlington said they were looking for Amber Hazeltine, who had last been seen leaving her home around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday. Hazeltine’s family said she had been located in New Jersey and is safe.

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A legendary frozen lemonade company is bringing a second location to the Greater Boston area — and its closest shop to Boston itself. According to a source, Del’s Lemonade is looking to open a new outlet in Arlington, with Wicked Local/Arlington Advocate indicating what our source told us, that the shop would...

As frozen Texas reels under one of the worst electricity outages in U.S. history, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed grid operators and iced-over wind turbines but gone easier on another culprit: an oil and gas industry that is the state’s dominant business and his biggest political contributor.

Identical twin sisters gave birth at the same Fort Worth hospital nearly 48 hours apart.

U.S. Rep. Ron Wright (R-6th District) died Sunday after contracting COVID-19 last month. Wright was also battling lung cancer.

Widespread confusion involving both Massachusetts’ online coronavirus vaccination portal and its new hotline continues to hamper efforts to rapidly inoculate eligible seniors, less than a week after state guidelines allowed the vulnerable population to receive a vaccination.  Seniors turned out in droves across the state on Saturday, many of them with appointments that still didn’t guarantee a vaccination. In...

Police still working the Amber Hagerman cold case 25 years later announced plans Wednesday to submit items of evidence originally obtained in the investigation to new forensic testing that may yield a more complete DNA profile of the killer.

DeVonta Smith caught three of fellow Heisman Trophy finalist Mac Jones’ four touchdown passes, Najee Harris ran for 125 yards with a high-hurdling highlight and top-ranked Alabama beat No. 4 Notre Dame 31-14 in the relocated Rose Bowl game Friday to reach its fifth CFP title game.

The College Football Playoff semifinal scheduled to be played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 1 is moving to AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

The pandemic has led to some pretty hard decisions for people, including figuring out the safest ways to dine out, and for many, takeout and delivery seem to be relatively decent options. If takeout is what you opt to do and you find a decent enough day to sit outside, one of the best communities in the Greater Boston area…

A Massachusetts man has been arrested after allegedly stealing packages from outside homes. Police in Arlington say 37-year-old Patrick McLaughlin of Everett was arrested Saturday at the intersection of Stowecroft Road and Columbia Road after a report of a suspicious person in a vehicle. Authorities said McLaughlin was on drugs and was initially arrested on charges of operating under the…

Late Thursday, Orlando Hall was put to death for abducting and killing Arlington teenager Lisa Rene in 1994.

A motorcade carrying the remains of Marwan Ghabour, a soldier who was killed in a helicopter crash while on a peacekeeping mission in Egypt, traveled through his hometown of Arlington, Massachusetts Thursday morning. Ghabour, 27, who grew up in Arlington but lived in Marlborough, died in a helicopter crash last week along with four other American soldiers from Texas, North…

The remains of a Massachusetts soldier who was killed in a helicopter crash while on a peacekeeping mission in Egypt arrived back home Thursday morning.