Frederick Ryan, Chief of Police
112 Mystic St.
Arlington, MA 02474
For Immediate Release
Friday, April 7, 2017
Contact: Captain Richard Flynn, PIO
Office: 781-316-3907
Cell: 781-844-1224
Email: rflynn@town.arlington.ma.us
Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: john@jgpr.net
News Media Logistics for Wake of Senator Kenneth Donnelly Today in Arlington
ARLINGTON — The wake for Sen. Kenneth Donnelly (D-Arlington) will be held today at Arlington Town Hall (730 Massachusetts Ave.) from 4-8 p.m.
Media should stage at Robbins Library, 700 Massachusetts Ave.
The eastbound lane of Massachusetts Avenue will be closed from Jason Street/Mill Street to the Robbins Library from 1-8 p.m.
Additionally, Academy Street, from Massachusetts Avenue to Maple Street, will be closed to traffic. There will be detour signs and officers at all intersections directing traffic.
During this time, there will be no parking in these areas. However, meters throughout town will not be in effect and parking will be free in the Russell Common and Railroad Street municipal lots.
A firefighter walk-by will begin at 3 p.m.
The public is welcome starting at 4 p.m.
No news media or cameras are allowed inside Town Hall for the wake.
The funeral for Sen. Donnelly will be at St. Eulalia’s Church, 51 Ridge St., Winchester on April 8 at 11 a.m.
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