These are short notices of interest that have been moved from the top of our website:
Our Annual Meeting was held on Tuesday, September 30 at the Community Safety Building (the Arlington Police Department headquarters) on Mystic Street, Arlington. Click here to read the Annual Report. It will also be available as a pdf file for download.
Town Day Raffle Winner!!
The winner of our nice gift basket, filled with dog toys, treats and other goodies, is Kouider Belguendouz, 47 Lockeland St. He’s shown here with his beautiful German shepherd, who attended our booth with Kouider and was, shall we say, quite impressed with the life-sized stuffed toy black lab, “Tulip”, who was out front to welcome visitors. Congratulations Kouider!! And, thanks to everybody who visited our booth at Town Day to join A-DOG, buy A-DOG T shirts, sign our petition, or enter our raffle. You all helped to make our first annual Town Day booth a big success!
LOST ARLINGTON DOG IS NOW HOME SAFE!
We posted a notice recently for new Arlington residents Marian Godfrey and Tom Gardner, whose dog Hewitt was lost after a collision with a cyclist on the bike trail. Tom let us know today (9/8) that he was found, and he’s safe! He was seen by somebody in Winchester who had heard about him and notified animal control authorities immediately. Tom wanted to express his and Marian’s gratitude to the network of people who supported them and who helped to spread the word about Hewitt. Here is his quote “I am so grateful to everyone who helped to put the word out. I am so impressed by the network and about how helpful and concerned everyone has been.
Arlington’s dog officer was terrific! What a great community!”
Other Notices:
A concerned A-DOG member wrote to us about the following message from the Arlington Board of Health. She was concerned because she had seen several dogs swimming in the Spy pond water and wanted to make sure that dog owners are aware of the current reports of toxic algae:
“High levels of microcystis algae were detected at Spy Pond during water
sampling performed by volunteers from the Mystic River Watershed
Association. This particular type of algae can be toxic if ingested in
high doses and can cause skin irritation and a rash after wading or
swimming. The Arlington Board of Health strongly advises residents not to
swim or stand in the water and especially urges residents to keep pets
away from the water….” See the town website (Aug 13 notice) for the rest of this notice.