I hope you’re not too surprised I noticed
Many continue to deny it, but there are differences between men and women and they show up in what seem at first to be strange ways. After reading that last sentence, readers are now split between “Duh” and “This guy is a total jerk.” But hear me out … For instance, when I first got my netbook PC, I noticed that, many times, as I was using it in public a woman would walk up and start the conversation with “That looks cute” and then ask to try it. One morning, I was in the Lexington Public Office Building, by which I mean the Starbucks near Walgreen’s, and in less than 20 minutes three women came up, told me the netbook looked “cute” and tried it out. As I was leaving, another patron said to me “I’m curious—have you just discovered an …
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Local Boy Scouts earn Eagle status while helping Lexington.
Gini Shevrin once said the Boy Scouts were actually an unpaid arm of our Department of Public Works. With all the completed Eagle Scout projects that we’re hearing about, it’s clear she’s right. At Monday night’s Board of Selectmen’s meeting Deb Mauger noted Connor Zanin’s recent Eagle Scout contribution – one that helped everyone in Lexington who uses the Lincoln Field trails. I spoke with Connor yesterday and he told me about the day-long project that took time energy and effort to coordinate and complete. The almost 18-year-old is in Troop 119, run by Scout Leader Bernie Gunther. “When you’re doing the Eagle Scout project there is a template you follow along the way,” Connor said. That involved coming up with a community project, …
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Gail R. Wagner died recently. She was many things; the town's transportation coordinator among them.
Larry Link offered a touching tribute to Gail Wagner. It’s at the bottom of the column and worth reading. Here’s more from last night’s Board of Selectmen's meeting. Selectman Deb Mauger gave credit to Boy Scout Thomas Marge, a 14-year-old, who, for his Eagle Scout project, planned and built a boardwalk for the Big Backyard Program at the Maria Hastings Elementary School. Hastings has a narrow strip of land between the playfield and Route 128. The area is so popular with the students that it often gets muddy. If students walked above the ground they wouldn’t trample the trail or hurt the ecosystem. So, Thomas decided to build a walkway. Scout Master and selectmen Chairman Hank Manz said that although it only took a weekend to execute, the …
Denise J. Dubé
7:23 pm on Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Fantastic column! more ›