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Five Things: Managing Lexington's Conservation Lands

A quick look at five things to see, do and know today in Lexington.

1. Earth, Air and Water: Managing Lexington's Conservation Lands: The first in a series of 2012-2013 First Friday Forums hosted by the League of Women Voters of Lexington invites conservation-minded staff and residents to talk about the history, acquisition, and stewardship of conservation lands in Lexington as well as the future of promoting and protecting our Town’s natural heritage. Goes down at 9:15 a.m. this morning at Cary Library. 2. Today in Public Meetings: According to the town website, the only public meeting posted for today is the ad hoc Townwide Facilities Master Planning Committee at 8:30 a.m. at the DPW Building. 3. Win a Gift Basket from Fat Bastard to Support Breast Cancer Awareness: As you know, October is National …

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POLL: Should the Town Buy the Wright Farm Property?

Answer the question before it goes to Town Meeting by take our poll and adding your opinion in the comment section below.

On or after April 30, annual Town Meeting will be asked to authorize the purchase of most of the Wright Farm property for $2.95 million.  Under the current proposal, the town would acquire 13-plus acres of the farmland in Lexington’s northwest corner for conservation purposes, while small section of the land would be withheld from the sale and remain owned and occupied by the Wright family. The proposed land acquisition heads to Town Meeting backed by the Board of Selectmen, Conservation Commission and Community Preservation Committee, which last Friday recommended using CPA funds for the purchase. Supporters of the acquisition see Wright Farm’s fields as beautiful open space situated in an area that already includes the Burlington …

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: May 3

Meetings, readings and revelry.

1. Cotton Farm, land management and extended goat use are on the Conservation Commission's agenda for its meeting at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Cary Hall. 2. Ed Emberley, the Caldecott Award-winning children's book author and illustrator, will be at Cary Memorial Library from 4 to 5 p.m. to celebrate National Children's Book Week with a program that will teach attendees to draw. 3. The Policy Manual Committee is expected to continue reviewing its regluations and policies at its meeting scheduled for 9 a.m. in the Town Office Building. 4. Tonight's the night for the Lexington Chamber of Commerce's May session of the chamber’s monthly "Chamber Networking Night," which will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Dreamline Modular Homes on Waltham Street…

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