Town Meeting Begins This Monday, March 28

Town Meeting begins Monday, March 28 at 7:30 PM. Town Meeting Members will be considering a number of articles, including planning/zoning articles, citizen petitions, and more.

Town Meeting will be held virtually, and can be viewed live on LexMedia.

Want to learn more about the Town Meeting?

View the Warrant (the articles to be considered)

View the articles, motions and other documents and presentations

Ask a question about a warrant article

Make a comment to be read at Town Meeting

What IS Town Meeting?

Learn more at LexingtonMA.gov/2022atm

Working Group Meeting on High School and Center Recreation Area Tuesday, March 29

Town Manager Jim Malloy and School Superintendent Dr. Julie Hackett are leading a working group focused on land use in the area of Lexington High School and the Center Recreation Complex. They will be holding a meeting that is open to the public on:

Tuesday, March 29 at 3:00 PM

Via Zoom

The working group is focused on determining land use options for schools and recreation in anticipation of the future construction of a new Lexington High School.

Dismantling Racism in Our Town; In-Person Training Session starts April 25

Registration for Dismantling Racism in Our Town (DRIOT) is now open! DRIOT is a seven-week learning journey offered by and for those who live, work, study and/or worship in Lexington or nearby towns. It is designed to strengthen our personal and collective awareness of the history and social structures of anti-Black racism and their consequences; and to commit together to undo and repair the legacies of racism and white supremacy in ourselves and our communities.

The spring session will be in person on Monday evenings from 6:30-8:30 PM at the Lexington Community Center beginning April 25, and running through June13 (no meeting on Memorial Day).

Learn more and register here for this popular, free learning & action series! Contact us at LexDismantlingRacism@gmail.com with questions.

Co-Sponsored by the Lexington Human Rights Committee.

Cary Lecture Series: Death by Degrees. In-Person Event on March 26

Cary Lecture Series presents Death by Degrees with Professor Anne Case and Sir Angus Deaton. This will be an in-person event.

March 26 at 8:00 PM

Cary Memorial Building

1605 Massachusetts Avenue

About the Lecture

Anne Case and Sir Angus Deaton are emeritus professors of economics at Princeton. Professor Deaton was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics, and together they have performed groundbreaking research examining the striking divergence in mortality for Americans with and without college degrees. Their research demonstrates that so-called deaths of despair — from suicide, drugs and alcohol — have risen dramatically for those lacking a college degree. Meanwhile, college graduates have been largely spared. Why is adult longevity so closely correlated with higher education? Professors Case and Deaton will examine the trajectory of longevity they revealed in their bestselling book Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism.

Additional Information

LexMedia will be live-streaming our event, so it can be watched in real time or later, although we hope you'll join in person.

This event will be held at Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue.

Masks are no longer required indoors in Lexington, but you are encouraged to wear a mask to protect yourself and others.

Report on Town's 2021 Mental Health Assessment Now Available Online

In 2020, the Town's Mental Health Task Force began a partnership with Drs. Marian A.O. Cohen and Ruth Remington, Directors of the Center for Social Research at Framingham State University, to develop and administer a mental health needs assessment for the Lexington community. Postcards with instructions on how to take the survey were mailed out to all Lexington households, as well as advertised on social media and sent out via the Town's email list.

Using both electronic and hard-copy formats, the questionnaire was accessible to all adult Lexington residents. Assistance completing the questionnaire was available to those who needed it, and copies of the questionnaire in Chinese for those for whom English is not a first language were available upon request. Responses were received from 1016 adults in Lexington.

View the report here.

Water Meter Replacement Project; Postcards to be Sent by Mail

Starting in the summer of 2021, the Town began replacing a majority of the water meters in Lexington.

Replacement of "large" water meters (large-scale commercial properties) began in June 2021. "Small" water meters (residential and small-scale commercial properties) began in October 2021 and is anticipated to continue through fall 2022.

The Town began sending postcards to "small" water meter properties as of mid-September 2021. The postcards have been going out in batches based on geographical area, so you may get a post card before someone else in a different part of town.

What to Expect

Residents will receive postcards in the mail, marked with the Town of Lexington’s seal, requesting that they schedule an appointment.

The scheduling process is made easy through both phone and online options. The actual process of replacing or retrofitting the meter will take approximately 45 minutes.

The installation work will be performed by a private contractor, Thielsch Engineering, whose installers are well trained in the replacement of water meters.

See what the postcard will look like.

Reminder: Dog Licenses Renewals due by April 15

The Town Clerk's Office would like to remind dog owners that 2022 license renewals have been sent out in the mail, and licenses must be obtained by April 15.

If you have not received a form, or no longer have your pet, please email the Clerk's Office or call 781-698-4558.

You can pay for your dog's license online.

COVID-19 Data

Due to the decline in COVID cases and decrease in PCR testing, the Office of Public Health will no long update the dashboard on LexingtonMA.gov/COVID19data as of March 25.