Bestselling Illustrator Raúl the Third Visits the Library This Week
Arlington, MA · September 29, 2026
Checking the tire pressure before twilight is wise if your evening commute cuts across Lake Street. MassDOT crews will have the cones out again at eight sharp.
The Lead
Generations of local families who spent summers canoeing and singing around campfires on Lake Winnipesaukee are watching Massachusetts courts closely this week. Middlesex Probate and Family Court Judge Carla A. Salvucci recently authorized trustees of the Camp Menotomy Trust to sell the historic 95-acre property to a residential developer for $18 million. However, camp alumni and preservationists filed a formal appeal on September 14, contending the original 1960s trust legally requires the board to exhaust all avenues to keep the parcel an active youth camp before dividing it into private luxury estates. Established in 1939 and named after the town's original colonial settlement, the retreat served local Girl Scout troops for over five decades until their lease concluded in 2023. With appellate filings now officially docketed, Massachusetts jurists will decide whether the forested waterfront remains protected for future campers or enters private hands.
Local Pulse
MassDOT Slates Nightly Lane Closures on Lake Street Roads Work crews are restricting traffic between 8:00 PM and 5:00 AM through Thursday for bike and sidewalk improvements.
Mary-Liz Murray Takes Helm at Arts Center Community Mary-Liz Murray began duties as Arlington Center for the Arts executive director, scheduling four community listening events this autumn.
Senior Flu Vaccine Clinic Opens at Community Center Health Health officials encourage residents aged 60 and older to schedule appointments ahead of upcoming fall immunization sessions.
Today's Outlook
- High 63°F · Low 52°F — Overcast
- A light windbreaker will keep you comfortable under today’s cool, cloudy gray skies.
What's On Around Town
Today
Exhibition: AI: Mind the Gap MIT Museum (314 Main St), Cambridge, 10:00 AM–5:00 PM · Paid Interactive gallery exploring artificial intelligence through hands-on human-machine experiments.
Author Talk: Calling the Rain Robbins Library (700 Massachusetts Ave), 8:00 PM · Free Author Sandra Mahaniah discusses her memoir of teaching and living in Congo.
Creative Play Spaces with Louisa Penfold All She Wrote Books (75 Washington St), Somerville, 8:00 PM · Free Harvard researcher shares design strategies for sparking children's creativity through play.
Tomorrow
- Arlington Farmers' Market Russell Common Lot, 2:00–6:30 PM · Free
- Monthly Community Potluck First Parish Unitarian Universalist (630 Massachusetts Ave), 6:00–7:30 PM · Free
- Mi Comunidad Celebration with Raúl the Third Robbins Library (700 Massachusetts Ave), 6:00–7:30 PM · Free
Thursday
- Reuse & Recycling Center Swap Shed Arlington Reuse & Recycling Center (33 Ryder St), 4:30–6:30 PM · Free
- Rock Voices Open Rehearsal First Parish in Cambridge (3 Church St), Cambridge, 7:00 PM · Free
- 29th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival Regent Theatre (7 Medford St), 7:30 PM · $20
Spotlight & Story
- True Story Theater
- Founded in 2001 by Christopher Ellinger and Phyllis Labanowski, this playback theater ensemble improvises unscripted performances directly from audience memories. Actors and musicians transform deeply personal resident stories into movement, song, and spoken poetry on the spot.
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