Whether you’ve lived in Arlington your whole life or just for a few years, there’s probably something around town that has made you wonder. The Arlington Advocate’s new Wicked Local podcast, A-Town, seeks to answer those questions.

We all know the story; there was an opportunity for the Red Line to extend from Cambridge into Arlington and Lexington along what is now the Minuteman Bikeway. What you might not know is why the Red Line didn’t come to Arlington. We sat down with local historian Richard Duffy to parse truth from fiction. Plus, what would Arlington look like today if the Red Line had extended here?

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You can find more episodes of A-Town by visiting arlington.wickedlocal.com/topics/a-town or by subscribing to the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2JGhkpB