News - Board of Selectmen

This is not a comprehensive list of news and is not kept up to date within the current year.

• Lexington Minuteman: Selectmen support bricks, want more study, by Bill Whelan (Jan 31, 2017)
• Lexington Minuteman: Gov. Charlie Baker recognizes mid-century design of Lexington Center by Hideo Sasaki, by Al Gentile (Jan 28, 2017)
• Lexington Minuteman: Nearly 20 candidates running in Lexington town elections, by Al Gentile (Jan 20, 2017)
• Lexington Minuteman: Dangerousness hearing delayed for Lexington man accused of illegal gun possession, by Al Gentile (Jan 17, 2017)
• Lexington Minuteman: Historic Districts Commission must OK sidewalk materials, by Al Gentile (Jan 13, 2017)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington streetscape committee recommends brick and beyond, by Bill Whelan (Jan 11, 2017)
• Lexington Minuteman: Nazi helmet, weapons found in Robert Ivarson's Lexington home, by Julie Lonchich/WCVB (Jan 6, 2017)
• Boston Globe: Police seize weapons from man facing civil rights charges in Lexington, by Travis Andersen (Jan 6, 2017)
• Lexington Minuteman: DA: Thousands of bullets, dozens of guns, and a Nazi helmet found in Ivarson's Lexington home, by Al Gentile (Jan 6, 2017)
• Lexington Minuteman: What brought bricks to Lexington Center?, by Bill Whelan (Jan 5, 2017)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington man arrested for hate crime with banana peels, by Al Gentile (Jan 3, 2017)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington announces candidate nomination papers, election calendar, unattributed (Dec 22, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Center Streetscape Committee reaffirms brick sidewalk recommendation, by Bill Whelan (Dec 19, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: GUEST COMMENTARY: Are We Asleep?, by Elizabeth Brach (Dec 6, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington will take the former Armenian Sisters Academy by eminent domain, by Al Gentile (Dec 6, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Concrete sidewalks get new life as streetscape committee discusses plans, by Bill Whelan (Nov 15, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington could take advantage of new solar panel technology, by Al Gentile (Oct 26, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: New development proposed for Waltham Street in Lexington, by Al Gentile (Oct 24, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Selectmen appoint two new members to Historic Districts Commission., by Al Gentile (Oct 13, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Selectmen considering second HDC appointment with contentious ties, by Al Gentile (Oct 13, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington selectmen adopt new rules for appointments, by Al Gentile (Sept 29, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Town Meeting makes move to purchase building, by Al Gentile (Sept 22, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Historic Districts Commission has too few members to operate, by Al Gentile (Sept 20, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington selectmen choose preservation option for Capt. Parker Statue, by Al Gentile (Sept 14, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Four members of Lexington Historic Districts Commission resign in protest of new member, by Al Gentile (Sept 13, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Supporters upset with League of Women Voters choices for Belmont panelists, by Bram Berkowitz (Sept 2, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Selectmen OK temporarily taking of land for East Lexington road projects, by Al Gentile (Aug 30, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Mosquitoes in Lexington, Needham test positive for West Nile virus, unattributed (Aug 9, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington resident documents people, history of Turning Mill, by Al Gentile (Aug 9, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington residents developing proposal to preserve Turning Mill, by Al Gentile (Aug 9, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington selectmen don't make a decision Capt. Parker statue's future, by Al Gentile (July 26, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Munroe Tavern addition gets OK from consultant, Valente, by Al Gentile (July 14, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Munroe Tavern addition gets OK from consultant, by Al Gentile (July 14, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington selectmen will explore purchase of Grove Street, by Al Gentile (July 14, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Selectmen start planning townwide conversation on gun control, by Al Gentile (July 8, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington's retirement finances for town employees in good shape, by Al Gentile (July 7, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Town Manager Carl Valente gets glowing review, by Al Gentile (July 2, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington selectmen vote to stop Visitors Center project, by Al Gentile (June 28, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington selectmen discuss goals for fiscal year 2017, by Al Gentile (June 23, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington residents vehemently oppose potential Grove Street development, by Al Gentile (June 16, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington's composting facility suspending Arlington collections for solar project, by Al Gentile (June 11, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington selectmen consider conceptual designs for a new Visitors' Center, by Al Gentile (June 7, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington town boards meet to consider purchase of building, by Al Gentile (May 31, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Town Meeting approves money to buy former Armenian Sisters Academy, by Al Gentile (May 10, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington selectmen hear the last agruments in the debate over traffic trials in center, by Al Gentile (May 6, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Perry appointed to fill vacant seat on the Lexington Housing Authority, by Al Gentile (May 5, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Updated: Lexington passes debt exclusion for school building projects, by Al Gentile (May 3, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Town Meeting actions April 25, by Al Gentile (May 1, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Public Schools are asking for $71 million debt exclusion, by Al Gentile (Apr 28, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Town Meeting actions for April 13, 2016, by Al Gentile (Apr 21, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Town Meeting votes to adopt a net zero carbon emissions policy, by Al Gentile (Apr 21, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Town Meeting votes for Community Preservation articles, by Al Gentile (Apr 11, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: GUEST COLUMN: A view from Lex For Liberty, by Michael Barg (Apr 6, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Town Meeting approves resolution for a discussion on assault weapons, gun violence, by Al Gentile (Apr 6, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Guest Commentary: Beginning a discussion about assault weapons, gun violence in Lexington, by Robert I. Rotberg (Apr 6, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Town Meeting decides on resolution for a discussion on assault weapons, gun violence, by Al Gentile (Apr 6, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Board of Selectmen notebook for March 28, by Al Gentile (Mar 31, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: David Pinsonneault named Lexington Director of Public Works, by Al Gentile (Mar 31, 2016)
• Boston Globe: Fla. police charge Trump aide after incident with reporter, by Jack Gillum and Steve Peoples (Mar 28, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: SPECIAL REPORT GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY: Rotberg to propose a resolution for a year-long discussion on guns, by Caitlyn Kelleher (Mar 24, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: SPECIAL REPORT GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY: Inside the gun control debate, by Bill Fonda (Mar 24, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Town Meeting results for March 23, by Al Gentile (Mar 24, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Town Meeting approves Planning Board articles, by Al Gentile (Mar 24, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington selectmen vote for single debt exclusion question, by Al Gentile (Mar 24, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington special Town Meeting approves $66 million for middle school buildings, by Al Gentile (Mar 22, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Town Meeting to consider $66.7 million of reconstruction of middle schools, by Al Gentile (Mar 18, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Selectmen skeptical of NCDs, by Al Gentile (Mar 18, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: SPECIAL REPORT GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY: Editorial - Let's have an informed debate, unattributed (Mar 17, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: SPECIAL REPORT GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY: Gun laws vary throughout New England, by Gerry Tuoti (Mar 17, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: SPECIAL REPORT GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY: Terms to know in Massachusetts gun laws, unattributed (Mar 17, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: SPECIAL REPORT GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY: Arlington gun owners share why they own, by James Sanna (Mar 17, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: SPECIAL REPORT GUN IN OUR COMMUNITY: Winchester gun owners speak out, by Melissa Russell (Mar 17, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: SPECIAL REPORT GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY: State tracks sales of guns, not owners, by Al Gentile (Mar 17, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: SPECIAL REPORT GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY: Lincoln voters will be asked to approve resolution calling for uniform gun laws, by Henry Schwan (Mar 17, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: SPECIAL REPORT GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY: Police chiefs have discretion on issuing licenses, by Henry Schwan (Mar 17, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: SPECIAL REPORT GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY: Lexingtonians explain why they own firearms, how they use them, by Caitlyn Kelleher (Mar 17, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: SPECIAL REPORT: GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY -- Boxborough dealer talks purchase process, by Bill Fonda (Mar 17, 2016)
• Boston Globe: Lexington man backs off proposed town ban on ‘assault weapons’, by Ellen Ishkanian and Jennifer Fenn Lefferts (Mar 16, 2016)
• Boston Globe: Lexington gun proposal called an affront to liberty, by Ellen Ishkanian (Mar 16, 2016)
• Boston Globe: The Real World and Hollywood, by Kevin Cullen (Mar 13, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington residents, policymakers make their case on zoning issues, by Al Gentile (Mar 10, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Cary Memorial Building is in the spotlight after renovation, by Al Gentile (Mar 10, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Hundreds attend special Lexington selectmen's meeting on potential ban on assault weapons, by Caitlyn Kelleher (Mar 9, 2016)
• Boston Globe: Gun rights advocates decry proposal to ban semi-automatic weapons in Lexington, by Ellen Ishkanian (Mar 8, 2016)
• Boston Globe: Lexington debates proposal to ban semi-automatic weapons, by Jennifer Fenn Lefferts (Mar 7, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: A Joint Point of View: Lexington committees support hybrid sidewalk options, by Nancy Adler and Victoria Buckley (Mar 7, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington selectmen consider nearly complete Complete Streets policy, by Al Gentile (Feb 25, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Shire surpasses expectations set in TIF program, by Al Gentile (Feb 20, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington, Bedford sharing animal control officer Michael Leskouski, by Al Gentile (Feb 18, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Selectmen debate omissions from the FY2017 budget, by Al Gentile (Feb 11, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Selectmen debate ommissions from the FY2017 budget, by Al Gentile (Feb 11, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Selectmen choose not to put Verizon, Comcast, RCN, Eversource wires underground at East Mass Ave., by Al Gentile (Feb 11, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Munroe Center for the Arts new roof will cost twice as much, by Al Gentile (Feb 5, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington roundabout debate continues as east Mass. Ave. future considered, by Caitlyn Kelleher (Jan 23, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Robert Lent explains link between assessments and residential property tax bills, by Al Gentile (Jan 21, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington Center Streetscape Project plan focuses on roads and sidewalks, by Al Gentile (Jan 15, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: The numbers, developers, and real estate agents say the Lexington housing market is stronger than ever, by Al Gentile (Jan 14, 2016)
• Lexington Minuteman: Selectmen announce special meeting in February, by Al Gentile (Jan 8, 2016)