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UpdatedSat, Apr 10, 2021 at 9:43 pm ET Replies(5) The incumbent candidates fared well in the Town Election's major races. (Patch graphic) ARLINGTON, MA — Arlington voters headed to the polls Saturday to cast a ballot in the 2021 Town Election. There were contested races for Select Board, Board of Assessors, Housing Authority and Town Meeting. The polls closed at 8 p.m. Voters also had the option to cast a ballot by mail thanks to expanded rules that allowed any person taking precautions related to COVID-19 to qualify for absentee voting by reason of physical disability. Voters elected Eric ...

Wicked Local In the weeks leading up to the April 10 election, The Advocate will be asking one question per week to the candidates running for Select Board. Eric Helmuth, John Hurd and Jennifer Susse are running for two spots on the Select Board.  The town has made strides over the last year in encouraging diversity. What are some things you would like to see over the next year that could further those steps and bring greater diversity and inclusion to the community? Eric Helmuth: The recent and long-overdue national awakening to the realities of systemic racism and other inequity has spurr...

Wicked Local In the weeks leading up to the April 10 election, The Advocate will be asking one question per week to the candidates running for Select Board. Eric Helmuth, John Hurd and Jennifer Susse are the candidates running for two spots on the Select Board. Are there any concerns you have about the COVID-19 pandemic that you feel might not be currently addressed in an adequate measure? Eric Helmuth: Arlington’s Health and Human Services department and the rest of our town government have done an outstanding job in our local COVID-19 response. Scores of dedicated employees have worked...

Written by Melanie Gilbert Subscribe Affordable housing, community outreach, diversity, a new school superintendent and the townwide response to the pandemic were just some of the many issues discussed during the virtual Candidates' Night on Wednesday, March 31. Arlington residents heard from eight candidates running for five positions in the offices of School Committee, Board of Assessors and Select Board. The candidates for the Arlington Housing Authority did not speak. Subscribe The Candidates' Night event was jointly sponsored by Arlington's League of Women Voters and Envision Arlingto...