Tag: playground

• Arlington Reservoir

  

  Arlington’s second-largest body of water, the Arlington Reservoir, is a little different from the others. It was made by people instead of dug out by glaciers. According to the Arlington Reservoir Committee website, Arlington created it in 1871 by damming Munroe Brook. Arlington used the reservoir for drinking water until it joined Massachusetts Water Resources…

  Ray Bernoff

  August 26, 2019

  Events, History, Photos, Places

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• Spy Pond

  

  On Pond Road off Mass Ave, past a narrow bridge which allows the Minuteman Bikeway to pass overhead, a corrugated concrete boat ramp opens out onto the 103-acre body of water known as Spy Pond.

  Ray Bernoff

  August 19, 2019

  History, Photos, Places

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• Menotomy Rocks Park

  

  Trees rustle in the wind. The highway sighs in the distance. Small waves lap at the shore of Hill’s Pond. In the early evening on a Monday, Menotomy Rocks Park is full of dog walkers, a few kids and parents, speed-walkers and slow-walkers, occasional joggers, and one kid bouncing around on a pogo stick.

  Ray Bernoff

  July 1, 2019

  History, People, Photos, Places

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