Littleton Wins Accessibility Grant, Touts Financial Planning Progress

Littleton touted a new accessibility grant and financial planning progress this week, adding to a string of good news at Town Hall. The Advancing Accessibility in Littleton grant follows Monday's $96,690 CrossTown Connect Transportation Management Association award, while a new Massachu…

Lincoln Library Honors Trustee Peter Sugar's Board Departure

Lincoln Public Library is honoring longtime Trustee Peter Sugar as he steps down from the Board of Trustees. The library, at 3 Bedford Road, is also marking several new offerings this week: its second annual Seed Library has launched, submissions are now open for the Virginia Rundell Aw…

Lexington Warns Applicants of Scam Emails Impersonating Town Boards

Lexington warns permit applicants of ongoing fraudulent emails impersonating the town. The town's News Flash office said Tuesday that scam emails continue to reach applicants with cases pending before the Planning Board, Historic Districts Commission, Conservation Commission and other b…

Hudson Museum's Seaplane Draws National Notice at Oshkosh Airshow

A vintage seaplane from Hudson's American Heritage Museum drew national notice at Wisconsin's EAA AirVenture airshow this week. The museum's PBY was singled out among the event's warbird displays in FLYING Magazine's photo coverage of the annual Oshkosh fly-in, one of the country's larg…

Hopkinton Sets Household Hazardous Waste Day for July 25

Hopkinton will hold its Household Hazardous Waste Day collection event Saturday, July 25, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The town posted the notice on its News Flash page July 21 without further detail on drop-off location or accepted materials. Separately, the Hopkinton Public Library's Main St…

Concord Health Officials Track Cyclosporiasis Amid National Case Uptick

Concord health officials are tracking a national rise in cyclosporiasis cases, though local counts remain typical. The Board of Health advisory follows a CDC alert about the gastrointestinal illness spreading in multiple states this summer. At the Free Public Library, Massachusetts arti…

Carlisle Preservation Committee Opens FY27 Grant Application Cycle

Carlisle's Community Preservation Committee opened its fiscal 2027 grant application cycle, with funding decisions headed to the November 16 Special Town Meeting. The CPC is taking applications through Friday, August 14, at noon, giving nonprofits, town departments and residents about t…

Justice Department Opens Financial Aid Probe Into Harvard

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a discrimination investigation into Harvard University's financial aid programs, national outlets reported this week. Bloomberg reports the probe includes a focus on financial ties to China, while Harvard has previously said it does not permit d…

Burlington Holds Mental Health Awareness Night Amid Water-Use Notice

Burlington residents came together for a mental health awareness night as the town flagged a summer water-use notice. The town's "You Are Not Alone" event drew residents together in a show of community support, according to a town news post, while Burlington Public Schools recognized Ma…

Billerica Library Hosts WBZ's Eric Fisher for Weather Talk Tonight

Billerica Public Library hosts WBZ meteorologist Eric Fisher for a free weather and climate talk tonight at 7 p.m. The program requires advance registration and anchors an expanding slate of free adult events at the Concord Road building, which also includes the Masshire Lowell Mobile C…