Arlington Girl Scout Trust Fights Over $18 Million Camp

ARLINGTON — An Arlington Girl Scout trust is fighting over an $18 million camp, Arlington Patch reports, in the most notable item to surface in town-related coverage over the past day. Little else moved through town hall, school district or library channels in the same window, but Arlington Public Schools' calendar confirmed the district's back-to-school dates are now locked in for next week.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

"Why an Arlington Girl Scout trust is fighting over a $18M camp": a trust connected to a local Girl Scout council is contesting control of a camp property valued at $18 million, according to Arlington Patch's Patch AM newsletter. The report did not spell out which parties are on each side of the dispute or what triggered it (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/arlington).

COMING UP

Arlington Public Schools teachers report back for the new school year on Aug. 31. Kindergartners begin half-day sessions starting Sept. 2, the same day students at the district's elementary schools, Gibbs School, Ottoson Middle School and Arlington High School start classes, according to the district's published calendar.

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