Kathy Fields retires; New owners carry on the Crafty Yankee tradition
By Denise J. Dubé
Change is inevitable but not always welcome. If you’ve walked or driven through Lexington Center, you already know that Kathy Fields is retiring and Crafty Yankee is closing by January’s end.
Lexington Native’s mRNA Research Leads to Coronavirus Vaccine
By Bridget Velasquez
Searching for a cure for a nephew’s affliction, Lexington native Drew Weissman’s research has become the cornerstone in the development of vaccines that will save millions of lives.
Weissman’s research as a professor of medicine at UPenn is the foundation for the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines developed by both Moderna and Pfizer. But, Dr. Weissman’s original motivation was not to cure a future pandemic, it was to cure his nephew.
Town of Lexington DPW Engineering Division awarded the Prestigious James B. Sorenson National Award for 2020
The DPW Engineering Division has been awarded the prestigious 2020 James B. Sorenson National Award for Excellence in Pavement Preservation. This award recognizes superior preservation practice and is awarded to only one entity per year. A quote from the award site states, “This is a very prestigious National Award and is the ultimate recognition to […]
Kitchens by Lombco Opens New Showroom in Lexington
By Devin Shaw
“It was six years after the work we did on this building that we ended up opening a showroom here,” John Marchese, Jr recently told me in Kitchens by Lombco’s new showroom location at 311 Marrett Road in Lexington.
Delicious ‘Hip’ Soups and ‘Dorky’ Stews are on the Menu at Drew’s Stews
By Devin Shaw
Drew Maggiore wants everyone to know that soup can be hip. As he thinks about that, he says, “Well, I guess you would have to decide if I am hip first. Maybe you decide that soup is kind of dorky and I am kind of dorky and that works out somehow. I guess I am aiming for dorky-cool!”
Donna Hopwood Cole Retires After 37 Years of Caring for Lexington Kids
By Devin Shaw
After 37 years of running a home-based day-care in Lexington, Donna Hopwood Cole has decided to retire. The life-long Lexington resident recently had a surprise combination birthday and retirement car-parade that led off with a Lexington police cruiser and included over sixty vehicles.
Enriching History and Ourselves
By Jeri Zeder
In an initiative called the Black History Project of Lexington, members of the Association of Black Citizens of Lexington (ABCL) have been researching Black Americans of note with historic links to Lexington and Massachusetts. A selected roster of these luminaries will be celebrated this coming Martin Luther King Day and through Black History Month with the inaugural unfurling of twenty-four Black History Portrait Banners along Massachusetts Avenue in Lexington Center.
Notorious swindler Charles Ponzi once called Lexington his home
By Jim Shaw The ghost of Charles Ponzi is alive and well and thrives in the greed of modern-day swindlers like Brad Bleidt and Bernard Madoff. And, for at least one Lexington resident who fell victim to Madoff’s $50 billion swindle, this is not an amusing story or a whimsical account of an interesting fellow […]
How Safe is Lexington?
Q: How safe is Lexington? I keep thinking about the gas explosions in Lawrence and wonder if that could happen here. A: Natural gas is inherently dangerous. Gas explosions in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover killed a young man and cut off heat and hot water to 10,000 families. That catastrophe forced 1,800 families from […]
Men Paid $1…
The Lexington Field & Garden Club was founded in 1876. It began with men at its helm. They were the community leaders with a heritage of good bloodlines, intellectual superiority, and economic success. Their wives addressed them as “mister,” and most belonged to the mainline Protestant churches.
Lexington History Archives
Articles from the Colonial Times that focus on Lexington’s rich history.
