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11/17/2025

Burlington high schoolers will be remaining in their current facility for the foreseeable future after a debt exclusion vote to fund an addition-renovation project at Burlington High School failed in a special election Saturday. By our friends at Burlington Buzz

Burlington high schoolers will be remaining in their current facility for the foreseeable future after a debt exclusion vote to fund an addition-renovation project at Burlington High School failed.

11/16/2025

Standardized test scores at Lexington Public Schools remain below pre-pandemic levels, five years after COVID-19 first shuttered schools.

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11/16/2025

The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) has been lying to locals about US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations at Hanscom Air Field.

Emails between Massport and an airfield operator at Hanscom show Massport has gotten advanced notice of ICE flights out of Hanscom.

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11/16/2025

Ken Burn's The American Revolution premieres tonight on PBS. LexObserver spoke with Burns and his co-directors about the film when they visited Lexington in April.

LexObserver sits down with the filmmakers of PBS' upcoming six-part series, "The American Revolution."

11/15/2025

https://lexobserver.org/2025/11/12/lhs-implements-new-attendance-policy-to-address-rising-absences/

The policy is meant to address past attendance challenges while emphasizing the value of in-person learning and classroom engagement.

11/08/2025

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11/07/2025

Lexington resident Cathy Gill is participating in The Great World Race — seven marathons on seven continents — to raise money to combat substance use disorder in memory of her daughter, Courtney.

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11/07/2025

A Lexington parent, who is a devout Christian, is suing the school district over lessons that “normalize LGBTQ+ relationships.” The plaintiff claims they burdened his right to direct the religious upbringing of his child.

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11/04/2025

Town Meeting voted to appropriate funds and swap land to build the new Lexington High School as it is currently designed during a special session Monday night. About 91 percent of voters and nearly all board and committee leaders supported the project. Next on the to-do list for the LHS building project is the debt exclusion vote, which is slated for Dec. 8.

The members voted to appropriate the remaining $648 million to fund the project and approved swapping land so the new school can be built on the sports fields.

11/02/2025

Some great finds at the Thrift Super Sale! Doors open at 6pm tonight for early bird shopping, and then the sale continues tomorrow through Tuesday.

11/01/2025

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