Road Crews Continue Old Bedford Road, Bedford Street Work This Week

CONCORD — Concord's roadway contractor is keeping crews on Old Bedford Road and Bedford Street through Friday, continuing work that began with Monday's closure of Spencer Brook Road, according to the town's latest road-work advisory.

TOWN HALL The Town of Concord's roadway contractor will continue work the week of July 20-24 on Old Bedford Road and Bedford Street, per a town advisory, extending a stretch of construction that began with Monday's closure of Spencer Brook Road.

The town is also reminding residents that lawn-watering restrictions remain in effect amid the ongoing hot weather, and is pointing residents to its FY26 Grants Dashboard, which town officials say offers a clearer view of how Concord is using grant funding to support community programs.

COMMUNITY & ARTS At the Free Public Library's Main Library, the Munroe Gallery is hosting "Summer Memories," a solo exhibition of landscapes and cherished-moment scenes by Massachusetts artist Lucinda Hamilton, on view through July 30. The library is also showing "A Celebration of the Declaration: An Exhibition of Rare 1776 Documents," featuring rare historical documents, through July 26.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS "Lettuce Sold In MA Provided 'False Positive' For Parasite, FDA Says" — the FDA now says it made a testing error that wrongly tied a Cyclospora parasite outbreak to lettuce sold in Massachusetts, according to Patch reporter Joseph Hosey. The correction follows Concord's own health division advisory earlier this month flagging a nationwide rise in cyclosporiasis cases (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/concord).

COMING UP The Zoning Board of Appeals holds a site visit at 448 Sudbury Road on Tuesday, July 21. Also Tuesday, the Council on Aging Board and the Hanscom Field Advisory Commission are scheduled to meet, per the town's public calendar.