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5 Things: Selectmen to Discuss P & S Agreement for Scottish Rite Property

A quick look at what you need to see, do and know on April 29 in Lexington.

1. Talking Purchase and Sale of the Scottish Rite Property: The Board of Selectmen are scheudled to meet at 6 p.m. this evening at the Town Office Building to enter an executive session to discuss the purchase and sale agreement for the 33 Marrett Road property. The board will enter open session to discuss the same topic about 6:40 p.m., according it its agenda. 2. Other Public Meetings: According to the town website, other public meetings posted for today include the Maria Hastings Elementary School Site Council at 7:45 a.m. at the school, the Sidewalk Committee at 9 a.m. at the Town Office Building.  3. Rotary Club of Lexington Meeting: At 12:15 p.m. this afternoon at Waxy O'Connors.  4. Like Us on Facebook: For even more information and…

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PHOTOS: Inside the Masons' Mansion

Lexington's Town Meeting is expected to decide tonight whether to authorize the town to purchase about 10 acres of the Scottish Rite property off Marrett Road for nearly $11 million.

Town Meeting members and other interested Lexington residents were invited Sunday to tour the approximately 10 acres of the Scottish Rite property the town in interested in purchasing – a nearly $11 million expense Town Meeting will be asked to approve tonight, March 18. The property in question, located behind the National Heritage Museum at 33 Marrett Road, includes the 17,840-square foot “mansion” or main building, a 5,260-square foot carriage house, about 88 parking spaces and additional acreage. For a “virtual tour” of the mansion, click through the photos above. Potential municipal uses for the property include a senior/community center, town offices and even a public safety campus. There are other bidders for the property, and it’s …

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Five Things: Selectmen to Consider Scottish Rite Bid

A quick look at what you need to see, do and know on March 14 in Lexington.

1. Lexington Selectmen to Consider Scottish Rite Bid: At 6 p.m. tonight at Cary Hall, the Board of Selectmen will discuss and vote on its negotiating team's $10,950,000 bid to purchase about 10 acres of the Scottish Rite property behind the National Heritage Museum on Mass Ave. 2. Today in Public Meetings: According to the town website, other public meetings posted for today include the Tree Committee at 7:30 a.m. at the DPW Building, the Lexington Center Committee at 8 a.m. at the Town Office Building, the Water and Sewer Abatement Board at 4:30 p.m. at the DPW Building, the Community Preservation Committee at 5:30 p.m. at the DPW Building, the Lexington Youth Commission at 7 p.m. at Cary Hall, the Board of Appeals at 7 p.m. at the Town …

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Town's Bid for Scottish Rite Property Could Top $10M

Lexington Selectmen will consider the negotiating team’s final offer this Thursday, March 14, and a special Town Meeting would vote a potential purchase next Monday, March 18.

In a move it acknowledged as “certainly unusual,” the negotiating team for Lexington’s Board of Selectmen has publicly revealed its final offer to purchase a portion of the Scottish Rite property at 33 Marrett Road. The offer of $10,950,000 was made March 12 without formal approval from the board, according to an email from the negotiating team to Town Meeting members, which was shared then with the media Tuesday night. According to the letter—sent by selectmen Peter Kelley and Norm Cohen and Town Manager Carl Valente—the Board of Selectmen will meet at 6 p.m. this Thursday, March 14, to consider the negotiating team’s third and final proposal. If agreed to by the board, the town’s offer would then be officially submitted to the Scottish …

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Andrei Radulescu-Banu

4:36 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013

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An Early Primer on Annual Town Meeting

Breaking down the What, the When and the Where of Lexington’s legislative body.

Wondering about annual Town Meeting? Because, yes, it is that time of year again: Lexington’s annual Town Meeting is set to begin Monday, March 18. And, per the usual, Town Meeting will be held at the Cary Memorial Building. The opening date is March 18, but Town Meeting will not convene during Passover (March 25) or the school vacation week from April 15 to April 19. There are 34 articles on the warrant, but one of the most eye-catching items – the proposed purchase of Scottish Rite property on Marrett Road – will be taken up in the special Town Meeting immediately preceding the annual. Beyond budgetary items, other articles of interest can be found among the “general articles,” from 26 to 33 on the warrant. Among them include an official…

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Five Things: Lexington Laughter Club, Selectmen and More

A quick look at what you need to see, do and know on Jan. 7 in Lexington.

1. Lexington Laughter Club: "Laughter is a tremendously efficient way to express and release tension in a positive manner, and is proven to relieve stress, improve blood flow and digestion, and strengthen the immune system," according to the event descrption. Led by Zoe Perry-Wood, a certified laughter yoga leader, this laughter club meets at 6 p.m. today at First Parish in Lexington. 2. BOS Back in Action Tonight: The Board of Selectmen are scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. tonight at the Town Office Building and its agenda includes an executive session discussion about a possible real estate purchase at 33 Marrett Road -- the Scottish Rite property that's home to the National Heritage Museum. 3. Other Public Meetings: According to the town …

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