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Collaboration Connects LexHAB Tenants to Energy Savings

And Supports Local Business LexHAB tenants gathered at the Community Center for the first annual Tenant Appreciation Event in December to receive a bundle of goodies from local businesses…

True Grit

Jane Whitehead

Lexington author Heather Lang left town recently on a ten-day research trip to the island nation of Madagascar. Her mission: to visit the field station run by primatologist and conservationist…

Accounting for Everyone

Cindy Atoji Keene

How a community college professor created the best-selling college textbook in the country and helped countless students become successful with his accessible approach to math. Story and Photos by…

Bertozzi Awarded Nobel Prize

Jane Whitehead

Carolyn Bertozzi celebrates the Nobel Prize with her colleagues at the Bertozzi Group. COURTESY IMAGE Sweet Path to Success: How the Science of Sugars Scored a Nobel Prize…

Voting with Purpose

DENISE DUBÉ

Sophie created this Jane Austen-style empire-waisted dress to wear to a Sudbury muster. Sophie Liebman, who turned 18 in September, voted for the first time in a suffragette outfit…

A Bolder Past for a Brighter Future

Jeri Zeder

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…

Rachel Dratch Nominated for a Tony Award

Jim Shaw

By Jim Shaw By all accounts, Rachel Dratch was going places. If you talk with her high school friends, they’ll tell you that she was destined for success. After graduating…

Bread Obsession Comes to Lexington

E. Ashley Rooney

By E. Ashley Rooney In 2009, Vardo Haimo decided to replicate the Jewish rye that she had enjoyed as a child at Pratzel’s Bakery in St. Louis. She started baking,…

Food insecurity in prosperous communities Last school year, thirteen-year-old Eliza Kuechle learned lessons she’ll never forget. Eliza lives in Lexington, attends Belmont Day School, and was blessed to have as…

Immigration in Lexington

E. ASHLEY ROONEY

BY E. ASHLEY ROONEY We have all heard the saying that America is a nation of immigrants. Almost all Americans today either immigrated themselves or are descended from immigrants, whether…