Thursday, December 20, 2012
A convoy of hundreds of police officers – including five from Lexington – left Burlington Wednesday morning to bring good tidings to young boy with cancer in Virginia.
They hit the mall before 6 a.m., were in Pennsylvania by noontime and shortly before 4 p.m. yesterday hit Virginia, where hundreds of police officers from New England traveled to bring good tidings to a young boy with cancer. Five members of the Lexington Police Department joined the caravan down to Virginia, part of a good deed that grew into its own hashtag: #Cards4Nathan. Lt. Jim Barry and officers Aidan Evelyn, Hsien-Kai Hsu, Kristen French and Mike Barry, rented an SUV and made the trip on their own time and their own dime. “It’s what we do,” said Jim Barry, one of the LPD members who often travel to funereal services for officers who die in the line of duty. In total, a few hundred New England police officers gathered in a parking …
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Lexington Police Station
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A quick look at what you need to see, do and know on Dec. 20 in Lexington.
1. #Cards4Nathan: In case somehow you haven't heard, hundreds of area police officers -- including five from Lexington -- are in Virgina today after caravanning down from Burlington to deliver cards, gifts and well wishes to Nathan Norman, a young boy who -- as reported on New Milford Patch -- was diagnosed with brain cancer three years ago and who loves police and firefighters. 2. Today in Public Meetings: According to the town website, public meetings posted for today include LexHAB at 7 a.m. on Militia Drive, the Retirement Board at 8 a.m. at Cary Library, the LABBB Collaborative's Board of Directors at 9 a.m. at the district's central offices on Maple Street, the Communications Advisory Committee at 6:30 p.m. at Cary Hall and the …
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Lexington Housing Assistance Board
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Cary Memorial Library
1874 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA
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Cary Memorial Building
1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA
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Lexington Police Station
1575 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
A convoy of hundreds of police officers left Burlington this morning to visit a young boy with cancer in Virginia.
Hundreds of police officers from departments around New England, including five from the Lexington Police Department, organized by the Burlington Police Department, left the Burlington Mall early this morning to caravan hundreds of miles to help make the Christmas wish of young boy battling cancer come true. The boy is Nathan Norman, who, as reported on New Milford Patch, was diagnosed with brain cancer three years ago. Nathan lives with his family in Rustburg, Virginia. Like most little boys, Nathan loves to watch cops, firemen and EMT's speed to calls in shiny cars and trucks —sirens blaring and lights flashing —making no stops as they race to save people. This Christmas, Nathan is calling upon these heroes to make his wish come true by…
