Author: Quinn McPherson
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Cat tour draws hundreds of ‘CATabridgians’ to Cambridgeport
The walk brought together Cambridge’s community of feline fanatics. Hundreds of people and their cats filled the streets of Cambridgeport Saturday afternoon for the first annual Cambridge Cat Tour, a city-backed event that drew far more attendees than organizers expected.…
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Food Pantry sees one of its busiest days ever
Volunteers at the Lexington Food Pantry served more than 600 people and 211 families Saturday, the third time the pantry served more than 200 families in the organization’s 35-year history. The surge followed a temporary pause in the federal food…
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Lexington students’ MCAS scores show ongoing pandemic effects
Standardized test scores at Lexington Public Schools remain below pre-pandemic levels, five years after COVID-19 first shuttered schools. Lexington is not alone in its struggle to raise scores. A Boston Globe story published in September found that statewide in 2025, scores on the standardized…
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Lexington’s third annual Porchfest returns Sept. 27
Lexington’s streets, or rather, porches and patios, will be occupied by bands and musicians this weekend during the town’s third annual Porchfest, a festival that debuted in Ithaca, New York in 2007, and has been spreading across the U.S. and…