Category: Lexington Observer
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Lexington Women’s Track and Field team eyes nationals
Lexington Girls Indoor Track and Field Division 1 Champions / Photo Credit: Stephen Cho The Lexington High School women’s track and field team won its second straight Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 indoor championship last week, more than doubling…
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Lexington students launch civics program to connect youth, politicians
Grette Buttner wanted a firsthand look at how her town government worked. She searched for school clubs and programs that would let her connect directly with elected officials and ask about local issues. When she couldn’t find one, The Winsor…
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Lexington considers “Skip the Stuff” bylaw to cut restaurant waste
Lexington Town Meeting Members will vote on a citizens’ petition to adopt a “Skip the Stuff” bylaw that would require local restaurants to ask customers before adding single-use plastic utensils or condiment packets to takeout orders. The vote will take…
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Lexington’s special education students are still catching up after the pandemic
Three out of four Lexington students meet grade-level standards in English. But for students with disabilities, it’s one in three. That 44-point gap, detailed in a new report conducted by consulting firm New Solutions K12, highlights persistent academic achievement gaps within…
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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…