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We Need Your Thoughts as the Library Renovates the Children's Room!
Cary Library is planning for a complete renovation of one of their busiest rooms as part of the Children’s Room Project (ChiRP)! During March and April we're inviting children and their caregivers to tell us what you love about coming to the library and what things you would like to see in a newly renovated space.

We know your family is very busy! There are lots of ways for you to contribute ideas and suggestions - so please use the one that works best for you! 

For more information, including why we need a new Children's Room, and how you can share your thoughts, visit CaryLibrary.org/ChiRP.
Watch Lexington High School Students Compete on WGBH's High School Quiz Show
Mark your calendars! Students from Lexington High School are competing in WGBH's High School Quiz Show, and their match against Mansfield High School airs on Sat., March 7 at 6:00 PM.

Lexington vs Mansfield:
March 7 at 6:00 PM on WGBH 2

It repeats on Sunday, March 8 at 10 AM and 5 PM. It will also be available to stream shortly after at   highschoolquizshow.org   and on  YouTube.    

Watch to see if they advance to the next round! This is Lexington’s 9th appearance on WGBH’s televised battle of the brains, and they have won the State Championship twice in past seasons.

(Photo: ©2019 WGBH/Elizabeth Friar)
LED Streetlight Replacement Project Set to Begin Monday, March 2
Scheduled to begin Monday, March 2, weather permitting, we will begin the process of replacing approximately 3,100 roadway light fixtures with new, energy-efficient LED bulbs. We have contracted with Arden Engineering to perform the fixture replacements.

The project’s estimated completion date is May 31.

This project will reduce our energy use, while also improving the color and quality of light throughout town – resulting in significant cost savings and increased public safety. 

Questions on this project can be directed to David Pinsonneault, Director of Public Works, by calling 781-274-8314, or by email at  dpinsonneault@lexingtonma.gov .

LexRecNeeds - What We Want for Parks, Recreation Programs & Facilities: March 4 Meeting
LexRecNeeds  is the Recreation and Community Programs Department’s effort to determine the short and long-term parks, recreation programs, and facilities needs of the community.

Join us to share your thoughts so our community's values are reflected in this process.

Wednesday, March 4, 7:00 PM
Estabrook Hall
Cary Memorial Building

Office of Public Health Statement on the Coronavirus
As of February 24, 2020, fourteen cases of COVID-19 have been detected and confirmed by laboratory testing in the United States. This number includes one confirmed case of infection in Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has reiterated that risk to the general public in Massachusetts remains low .

The best ways to prevent exposure are to:

  • Wash your hands often.
  • Cough/sneeze into a tissue, or the crook of your elbow, not your hand.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth, which accelerates spread of infection.
  • If you are sick, seek health care, and avoid contact with others.
Lexington Employee Featured in Statewide Campaign for Municipal Careers
Carolyn Kosnoff, our Assistant Town Manager for Finance, was recently featured in a statewide campaign to attract workers to careers in public service. MassTownCareers gives the public a look into the perspectives of public servants in fields ranging from human resources, to IT, and everything in between.

With a wave of retirements underway in communities across Massachusetts, there are a number of opportunities for job seekers in all fields to take on a rewarding career in local government.

TOWN MANAGER'S WORD
A new segment featuring an update on a project or priority Town Manager Jim Malloy is working on.
As residents may have noticed a few weeks ago, the Town was cut off from email for a full week. This occurred because our HVAC system in the attic of the Town Office Building had a ruptured line that carries water and caused many gallons to flood our Finance Department on the third floor, which then went through to the IT server room on the second floor, irreparably damaging most of the servers. The IT staff spent most of that next week, working seven days, to get not only our email, but all of our other systems up and running again. 

We have a disaster recovery plan that was put into effect, so that we were able to retain all of our records. This was followed by two days of our website being down in a completely unrelated incident that was due to an issue with the data center that hosts a number of municipal websites across the state. 

While this caused some inconveniences, it also provided an opportunity for our staff to review how we manage some of our programs, and to figure out how to do better and to prevent such incidents from happening in the future. It also allowed us an opportunity to actually put into practice our disaster recovery to determine if we had the resiliency we thought we did (and we did, it wasn’t perfect, but it worked). 

We appreciate the effort of all of our staff, and the patience residents and others showed during that week.
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