Town Meeting

Arlington Town Meeting wrapped its 2026 annual session on the eighth night, approving $3.5 million in retroactive pay for police and firefighters who had worked without contracts since fiscal year 2021 and endorsing a $3.05 million Community Preservation Act spending plan that directs $500,000 towar

Arlington Town Meeting amended three MBTA Communities zoning provisions and backed a symbolic push to repeal a 1980 Red Line planning restriction during Night 7 on May 18.

Arlington Town Meeting voted 207-10 to rezone a four-and-a-half-acre St. Camillus Church parking lot from R1 to R6 for a proposed 145-unit assisted living and memory care facility.

Arlington Town Meeting approves three school funding votes and reshapes zoning on night five.

Arlington town meeting unanimously approved a $247 million fiscal year 2027 operating budget and a $19.6 million capital plan on budget night, May 6.

Arlington Town Meeting votes to strip private country clubs of a 75 percent property tax break.

Arlington Town Meeting rejected a citizen-sponsored expansion of the town's tree preservation bylaw Wednesday and passed a package of bylaw updates affecting parks, fees, revolving funds, and recall elections.

Arlington's 2026 Annual Town Meeting opened with override reflection and tabled its fee schedule.