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Youth Counseling CONNECTION: Teens Under Pressure

By Jane Whitehead

In the post-pandemic world, Lexington’s Youth Counseling Connection is a vital voice promoting mental well-being in Lexington.

 

 

LexSeeHer Exhibit Opens

LexSeeHer’s mission is to make women visible. Their 2023 collaborative show at LexArt goes beyond visuals, adding sound, texture and poetry to help gallery visitors appreciate the contributions made by Black women across 300+ years of Lexington history. Amelia Worthy shares, “this is my third year working with LexSeeHer, and our second year curating an […]

Story of a DO-er

By E. Ashley Rooney   There are some of us who sit around and think. Then there are those who DO Originally from Kenya, Faith Kiiio is a Lexington resident. She grew up in a village where access to food, water and other basic amenities was challenging. Unfortunately, that is still true today. Faith says, […]

LCA Funds The Arts Through Grants Program

There’s something for everyone in these Arts Programs around town! By E. Ashley Rooney This year will be a great one for the arts in Lexington. Lexington will hold the dynamic Dance Around the World this March and display whimsical Fairy Houses along the bike path, thanks to the Lexington Council for Arts (LCA). Moreover, […]

CARY LECTURE SERIES

THE ART OF CONVERSATION WITH MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 8PM Meghna Chakrabarti is the lively host and producer of National Public Radio’s On Point, a radio show produced by WBUR-FM in Boston and syndicated by American Public Media. Meghna has received journalism awards from the Associated Press and the Radio Television News […]

Happy Anniversary to the Lexington List

By Jeri Zeder

Harry Forsdick’s community email forum has been connecting Lexington for twenty years—and it’s still going strong.

A Bolder Past for a Brighter Future

By Jeri Zeder

Next year, in a groundbreaking move, Lexington High School will be offering two new courses: one in African American history, and one in Asian American history. From conception to syllabus, students and faculty are equally involved in their design.

Notorious swindler Charles Ponzi once called Lexington his home

By Jim Shaw The ghost of Charles Ponzi is alive and well and thrives in the greed of modern-day swindlers like Brad Bleidt and Bernard Madoff. And, for at least one Lexington resident who fell victim to Madoff’s $50 billion swindle, this is not an amusing story or a whimsical account of an interesting fellow […]

How Safe is Lexington?

Q: How safe is Lexington? I keep thinking about the gas explosions in Lawrence and wonder if that could happen here. A: Natural gas is inherently dangerous. Gas explosions in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover killed a young man and cut off heat and hot water to 10,000 families. That catastrophe forced 1,800 families from […]

Men Paid $1…

The Lexington Field & Garden Club was founded in 1876. It began with men at its helm. They were the community leaders with a heritage of good bloodlines, intellectual superiority, and economic success. Their wives addressed them as “mister,” and most belonged to the mainline Protestant churches.

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Senior Matters

Depression Among Seniors

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Learning To Persevere: Talking To Children About The Pandemic & Racism

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Lexington Remembers WWII Heroes

  • Heroes Among Us
  • Lexington WWII Committee Researching Lexington Veterans
  • Lexingtonians Who Served: Ruth Fullerton & Denis Fullerton
  • Lexingtonians Who Served: The Adler Family
  • Lexingtonians Who Served – James Silva & William J. Wiles
  • Lexington to Celebrate 75th Anniversary of WWII

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How Safe is Lexington?

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