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About Town: Good Deeds Are Noticed
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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Gini Shevrin
9:19 am on Wednesday, July 13, 2011
As for other Eagle Projects around town, there have been many. Since April 2010, there have been projects completed by Zach Gunther (Information Kiosk for Willards Woods), Sean Ma (Information Kiosk for Conservation Commission), Nick Briggs (Bike path Park), Niko Saledas (Outdoor Prayer area for St. Nicholas Church), Nick Ettlinger (Conservation land entrance markers), Luke Psyhojos (Liturgical … more ›