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People & Places

Ulla Lund Turns 105 years old.

Laurie Atwater

L exington resident Ulla Lund recently turned 105 years old. Lund, who has lived for decades on Farmcrest Road in Lexington, is loved and admired by generations of friends and…

Making Art & Making a Living

Nina and Kerry Brandin By Laurie Atwater | It’s a bright day at the Lexington Farmer’s Market. I’ve just come off the highway—five hours from northern Maine to Lexington and…

Marge Battin – Trail Blazer

Jeri Zeder

Marge Battin R acine, Wisconsin, 1943. Margery Milne was a high school student with a summer job working in a tank factory that was in the throes of a labor…

Protecting The American Dream of Home Ownership

Judy Moore

W hen I first became a REALTOR® over 26 years ago, I remember hearing the phrase “If real estate is your profession then politics is your business.” It didn’t mean…

Finding Time To Do Just A Few More Things

hANK mANZ

I am still recovering from a recent birthday. Just about anybody even close to my age will tell you that birthdays become a love-hate sort of thing at this point…

Harry Laye Tribute Night – “50/50 Guy” Gives 100% to Lexington

COMMUNITY NEWS

Harry and Alice Laye with Brian and Ann Adley and their children. The Adley family worked hard to set up the room for the event. PHOTO, JIM SHAW O ver…

Honoring our Fallen Heroes – Memorial Day

COMMUNITY NEWS

MEMORIAL DAY 2012 Alma Hart remembering her son PFC John D. Hart who was killed in Iraq in 2003. PHOTO, JIM SHAW Several hundred people gathered to watch as the…

Pat Costello – Unsung Heroine

By State Senator Ken Donnelly

Caption for Picture: Representative Jay Kaufman, Unsung Heroine Pat Costello, and Cindy Friedman, Chief of Staff for Senator Ken Donnelly. W e see heroes in our local papers and…

The Libra Solution – Families in the Balance

LAURIE ATWATER

L ast week I eagerly phoned Lexingtonian Lisa D’Annolfo Levey to discuss her new book The Libra Solution: Shedding Excess and Redefining Success at Work and at Home. Lisa Levey…

The Prank Heard ‘Round the World!

By Marilyn Rae Beyer

Armored Forces Supplement Colonial Firepower at Rehearsal for Patriots Day 2012 | Bill Mix and Tom Fortmann inflate the “tank.” Photo courtesy of Marilyn & Rick Beyer. It was…