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Free shoes for Lexington elementary kids at Grace Chapel event Aug. 29
Grace Chapel's Lexington campus will give away free new shoes to elementary-aged children at a Back to School Bash on Saturday, Aug. 29, with games, food and no registration required.
Local Government
Lexington zoning board to hear floor-area, earth-fill permits on Aug. 27
Lexington's Board of Appeals holds a remote public hearing Thursday, Aug. 27, on a floor-area special permit at 124 Grant Street and a 2,200-cubic-yard earth-fill permit at 25 Maple Street, where a subdivision was recently approved.
Community
Free shoes for Lexington elementary kids at Grace Chapel event Aug. 29
Grace Chapel's Lexington campus will give away free new shoes to elementary-aged children at a Back to School Bash on Saturday, Aug. 29, with games, food and no registration required.
Local Government
Lexington zoning board to hear floor-area, earth-fill permits on Aug. 27
Lexington's Board of Appeals holds a remote public hearing Thursday, Aug. 27, on a floor-area special permit at 124 Grant Street and a 2,200-cubic-yard earth-fill permit at 25 Maple Street, where a subdivision was recently approved.
Community
Free shoes for Lexington elementary kids at Grace Chapel event Aug. 29
Grace Chapel's Lexington campus will give away free new shoes to elementary-aged children at a Back to School Bash on Saturday, Aug. 29, with games, food and no registration required.
Local Government
Lexington zoning board to hear floor-area, earth-fill permits on Aug. 27
Lexington's Board of Appeals holds a remote public hearing Thursday, Aug. 27, on a floor-area special permit at 124 Grant Street and a 2,200-cubic-yard earth-fill permit at 25 Maple Street, where a subdivision was recently approved.
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Community
Free shoes for Lexington elementary kids at Grace Chapel event Aug. 29
Grace Chapel's Lexington campus will give away free new shoes to elementary-aged children at a Back to School Bash on Saturday, Aug. 29, with games, food and no registration required.
Local Government
Lexington zoning board to hear floor-area, earth-fill permits on Aug. 27
Lexington's Board of Appeals holds a remote public hearing Thursday, Aug. 27, on a floor-area special permit at 124 Grant Street and a 2,200-cubic-yard earth-fill permit at 25 Maple Street, where a subdivision was recently approved.
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Local Government
Local Government
Local Government
Local Government
Lexington zoning board to hear floor-area, earth-fill permits on Aug. 27
Lexington's Board of Appeals holds a remote public hearing Thursday, Aug. 27, on a floor-area special permit at 124 Grant Street and a 2,200-cubic-yard earth-fill permit at 25 Maple Street, where a subdivision was recently approved.
Local Government
Hanscom commission votes to seek 24/7 ICE webcams, unrestricted observers
The Hanscom Field Advisory Commission unanimously voted Aug. 11 to ask Massport to install 24/7 webcams where ICE interacts with detainees and to allow civilian observers, after activists tracked 114 flights carrying an estimated 2,221 people since October 2025.
Education
Education
Education
Education
Wetlands delay, Alpha School timeline top Lexington agenda
The Lexington School Committee meets Tuesday evening to hear the superintendent's first update on the wetlands appeal that halted high school construction and discuss the approval timeline for Alpha School, an AI-driven private school seeking to open in town.
Education
Concord Education Fund seeks wider donor base as teacher grant demand grows
The Concord Education Fund awarded about $65,000 in teacher grants in 2026 but says demand is outpacing supply, prompting the nonprofit to seek donors beyond its traditional parent base.
Public Safety
Public Safety
Public Safety
Public Safety
LRTA bus strikes Concord police cruiser on Laws Brook Road
A Concord police cruiser and an LRTA senior transit bus collided on Laws Brook Road on Monday, Aug. 17, after the bus driver failed to yield to the cruiser's lights and sirens. No one was injured, but the bus driver faces a citation and civil charges.
Community
Community
Community
Community
Free shoes for Lexington elementary kids at Grace Chapel event Aug. 29
Grace Chapel's Lexington campus will give away free new shoes to elementary-aged children at a Back to School Bash on Saturday, Aug. 29, with games, food and no registration required.
Community
Bernard "Bitzy" Bitman, who filled a North Shore temple with Big Band jazz for 18 years, dies at 100
Bernard "Bitzy" Bitman, formerly of Concord and Swampscott, died Aug. 4 at 100; he was remembered for 18 years of producing Big Band jazz concerts at Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead and his deep community involvement.
Business
Business
Business
Business
Verrill Farm holds the line on prices, raises restaurant order minimums as fuel costs spike
Concord's Verrill Farm is requiring a $75 minimum on restaurant orders rather than raising farmstand prices as fuel costs surge across Massachusetts, while also boosting on-farm events to draw visitors.
Business
Abbott's Frozen Custard permanently closes in Lexington Center after six years
Abbott's Frozen Custard has permanently closed its Lexington Center storefront after six years, with owner Jason Denoncourt citing pandemic losses and four consecutive years of construction blocking the store during peak season; the Giroux Building now has more than 5,500 square feet of vacant retail space as landlord Linear Retail Properties seeks new tenants.
Sports
Sports
Sports
Sports
From a third swim title to Japan: CCHS looks back on its 2025-26 year
Concord-Carlisle High School co-principals Brian Miller and Katie Stahl released the 2025-26 Year in Review on Aug. 20, highlighting a third consecutive swim and dive state title, the school's first Credit for Life Fair, a 60-student music exchange trip to Japan and other achievements.
Cameron Joyce
Cameron is a Rhode Island native and graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in News Media in 2026. He previously worked as a beat writer for Alabama volleyball and baseball for "The Crimson White" and a pro sports writer for Ball Exclusives.
Cameron Joyce
Cameron is a Rhode Island native and graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in News Media in 2026. He previously worked as a beat writer for Alabama volleyball and baseball for "The Crimson White" and a pro sports writer for Ball Exclusives.
Cameron Joyce
Cameron is a Rhode Island native and graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in News Media in 2026. He previously worked as a beat writer for Alabama volleyball and baseball for "The Crimson White" and a pro sports writer for Ball Exclusives.
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