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Category: Policing and Public Safety

Temporary Lexington Police Station
Posted inPolicing and Public Safety

Lexington police log: Ice skating scare and stolen catalytic converter

by Christin Worcester January 5, 2023January 7, 2023
Rabiha Sami
Posted inWeekly News Roundups

Introducing the police log; a Lexington baker on the Christmas Cookie Challenge

by Sophie Culpepper December 16, 2022December 16, 2022
Temporary Lexington Police Station
Posted inPolicing and Public Safety

Lexington police log: Credit card fraud and car accidents

by Christin Worcester December 15, 2022December 15, 2022
Minute Man Statue
Posted inWeekly News Roundups

Inside town-wide survey results; CALex supports withdrawal of Haoyang Yu’s single trade secret possession conviction

by Sophie Culpepper November 18, 2022November 18, 2022
Mallet on wood
Posted inPolicing and Public Safety

With Haoyang Yu’s sentencing approaching in December, lawyers renew effort to have single remaining criminal charge dismissed on grounds of “selective enforcement and prosecution” based on Yu’s ethnicity

by Sophie Culpepper November 18, 2022November 19, 2022
Bertucci's entrance Lexington Center
Posted inWeekly News Roundups

Proposed earlier K-5 school start time, why Bertucci’s was temporarily closed, an updated Comprehensive Plan

by Sophie Culpepper September 30, 2022September 30, 2022
173 Bedford St. temporary police station
Posted inPolicing and Public Safety

Appropriation Committee approves Reserve Fund authorization for public safety radio repairs

by Sophie Culpepper September 30, 2022September 30, 2022
Police station surrounded by temporary fencing
Posted inWeekly News Roundups

Public safety radio problems, Anisoptera Mercantile closing

by Sophie Culpepper September 23, 2022September 23, 2022
Police station surrounded by temporary fencing
Posted inPolicing and Public Safety

Following police move to temporary station, unexpected public safety radio lapses require urgent fixes

by Sophie Culpepper September 23, 2022September 23, 2022
Thick black smoke and a fire ball billow into a blue sky behind the post office in downtown Lexington following the explosion of a transformer
Posted inPolicing and Public Safety

Transformer explodes, catches fire in downtown Lexington Monday evening; no injuries reported

by Sophie Culpepper August 9, 2022August 31, 2022

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