Fliers posted Monday at the University of Texas at Arlington that urged white Americans to report “any and all illegal aliens” to federal authorities were a weak attempt to harm the diverse campus community, a student group leader said. A website for the white supremacist group Vanguard America and a phone number for Immigration and…
Downtown Arlington was alive Thursday afternoon as visitors gathered to celebrate the first phase of a $5 million redevelopment called Urban Union. The activity is “exactly what city leaders want to see happen in the area,” Mayor Jeff Williams said, adding that he would also like to see more restaurants, more live music, and more…
The Arlington City Council introduced new regulations on smoking and e-cigarettes in its bid to turn Arlington into a “100 percent smoke free” city. In January, a Council sub-committee began evaluating ways in which Arlington’s smoking ordinance could be further developed to “promote public health.” Arlington’s smoking provisions are found in Article X of the…
A motorist set a man on fire during an altercation Wednesday in southern Arlington, police say. The incident occurred just before 1:30 p.m. in the 6400 block of Nicole Way, near East Sublett and Silo roads. VaNessa Harrison, an Arlington police spokeswoman, told the Fort-Worth Star-Telegram that two men walked up to the motorist and an…
A brown metal skeleton of a building is rising from what was a large parking lot behind City Hall. Construction, which started last July, is bustling as the building has reached three stories in height. It’s likely left many a passer-by curious. What’s it going to be? The new George W. Hawkes Downtown Library. The…
Pack your tents, flashlights and sleeping bags as we set out for the wilderness right here in The American Dream City! Join Arlington Parks and Recreation for a night under the stars for a campout at River Legacy Parks, 701 NW Green Oaks Blvd. The annual Tents and Tales Campout is set from 4 p.m.…
An Arlington preschool teacher has been fired over a series of anti-Semitic posts on social media, including a tweet that said “kill some Jews.” Nancy Salem, who was fired from The Children’s Courtyard, once also retweeted: “How many Jews died in the Holocaust? Not enough!” Salem has since released a statement that said she was “truly…
Sections of 33 aging streets in Arlington are being rebuilt as part of the 2014 Residential Rebuild project.In order to rebuild the greatest amount of roads in the shortest time possible, this $21.7 million dollar project has been split into four phases. Each phase includes rebuilding the streets with concrete and water and sanitary sewer…
Construction is scheduled to begin on Saturday, March 11 on the Sublett Road/Camp Wisdom Road crossover bridge at SH 360. As construction begins, Sublett Road/Camp Wisdom Road crossover traffic will be switched to detour routes directly outside the current lanes of traffic. North and southbound SH 360 drivers will continue to use the current traffic…
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