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Select Board to discuss trash collection, high school project tonight

The Select Board meets Monday from 6:30 to 8:20 p.m. in the Select Board Meeting Room at 1625 Massachusetts Ave., with trash and recycling options and an update on the Lexington High School project on the agenda. The board will also hear the Town Manager's weekly update and vote on a consent agenda that includes several one-day liquor licenses, among them events at the Munroe Center for the Arts and the Lexington History Museums. Public comment runs up to 10 minutes at the start of the meeting, with each speaker limited to two minutes.

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Select Board discusses new location search for Food Pantry

At its August 17 meeting, the Lexington Select Board discussed the Lexington Food Pantry's ongoing search for a new operational location.

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Select Board votes on dispatchers' union agreement

At its August 17 meeting, the Lexington Select Board voted on a Memorandum of Agreement with the AFSCME Public Safety Dispatchers Union.

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Cary Library's virtual book club discusses Zevin novel

Cary Memorial Library's virtual Monday Night Book Club met August 17 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to discuss Gabrielle Zevin's "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow."

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Funeral held for lifelong resident Jill Suzanne Hurley

A visitation and funeral service for lifelong Lexington resident Jill Suzanne Hurley, who died unexpectedly on August 7, were held August 17 at Douglass Funeral Home.

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Kids can test demigod skills at Cary Library's Camp Half-Blood

Cary Memorial Library hosts "Camp Half-Blood" for grades 4-6 on Tuesday, August 18 at 3:30 p.m., celebrating Percy Jackson's birthday with skill challenges and camp crafts.

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Lawn games planned for teens at Cary Library

Teens in grades 6-12 can join Cary Memorial Library for lawn games and freeze pops below Belfry Hill on Tuesday, August 18 at 2:30 p.m.

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Munroe Center's 'Summer Fest' week kicks off

The Munroe Center for the Arts began its Week 9 "Summer Fest" program August 17, running daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with games, character creation, painting, and dancing.

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Funeral held for Lexington researcher R. David Rauh

A funeral service was held August 17 for R. David Rauh, an 82-year-old Lexington resident, Princeton-educated chemist, and former president of EIC Laboratories, who died August 13.

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Civic Academy registration closes Tuesday

Registration for the Town of Lexington's 12-session Fall 2026 Civic Academy, starting August 25, closes Tuesday, August 18 at 5 p.m.

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Chess clinic for kids underway at Community Center

Lexington Recreation's Chess Summer Clinic for ages 6-13 runs weekdays August 17-21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Community Center.

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Dungeons & Dragons summer sessions begin at Community Center

Lexington Recreation's Dungeons & Dragons Summer Adventures began August 17, with new-player sessions from 9 to 11:45 a.m. and returning-player sessions from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Community Center.

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