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Now, this week’s news.
In this issue:
After years in limbo, Hosmer House move finally began this week.
Autumn, ‘You fill up my senses’: A Nature Column.
At Fall Town Meeting, members overwhelmingly vote to approve housing trust, LexHAB reorganization as a nonprofit
Town Meeting Members approved the establishment of a new affordable housing trust, the reorganization of LexHAB as a nonprofit and funding for a website to promote events celebrating the semiquincentennial anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, among other highlights.
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Through years of advocacy, former Lexington state representative Jay Kaufman helped get the ‘millionaires tax’ on the Massachusetts ballot
All four ballot questions are statewide measures – but one of them is on the ballot in large part because of the yearslong groundwork of a Lexingtonian.
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After years in limbo, Hosmer House move finally began this week
The Hosmer House, a 150+-year-old building in Lexington Center that has been vacant for more than a decade, has stood on Mass. Ave since its construction.
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Autumn, ‘You fill up my senses’: A Nature Column
As we enter the local cemetery, the blend of colors and vistas becomes almost mesmerizing, as if one has entered a magical kingdom, filled with beauty around every corner.
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