Select Board weighs blasting plan for high school site. From our own coverage: Select Board weighs blasting plan for high school site. Also in today's brief (3 items): High school junior dies after cancer battle; Bereavement support group meets Thursday morning.
Select Board backs blasting plan to recover weeks lost to high school permitting delay. From our own coverage: Board backs blasting to speed school rebuild.
The Lexington School Committee reviewed MCAS equity data showing just 36 percent of Black students in grades six through eight scored proficient or higher in math, a figure Member Mona Roy said meant the district was "failing the majority of Black students."
Housing trust presses for clearer rental aid notices. From our own coverage: Housing trust presses for clearer rental aid notices; DEP affirms wetlands permit for high school rebuild.
Lexington's Select Board backed a plan to use blasting instead of mechanical rock removal at the Lexington High School site to recoup six weeks lost to a 46-day permitting delay.
Two Lexington properties tied for October's top home sale price, new real estate data shows. From our own coverage: Two homes tie for October's top sale.
Lexington is celebrating Brewers player Sal Freelich, a hometown native the Select Board says may be the first Lexingtonian to reach the World Series; a community watch party is being planned.
Nineteen properties sold in Lexington between Sept. 25 and Oct. 24, though only nine carried recorded prices as of this report. Among those nine, prices ranged from $1,199,000 to $3,300,000, with a median of $1,695,000.
Lexington native Sal Frelick helped make World Series history, Lexington Patch's morning newsletter reports. Also in today's brief (1 items): Sal Frelick makes World Series history.