#Lex300: Sharing the Social Scuttlebutt from Incorporation Weekend

What people are saying on Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites about the LexCelebrate! Incorporation Weekend to celebrate Lexington's 300th.

The devoted volunteers driving Lexington's 300th anniversary celebration have suggested using the hashtag #Lex300 when sharing photos, videos and other content from the celebration via social media. And at least a few of us have taken that lead. To that end, Lexington Patch is using Storify to aggregate tweets, Facebook posts and other social media shares about the LexCelebrate! Incorporation Weekend festivities. We'll update the Storify every few hours to include the latest live-tweeting, Facebook posting, photos and citizen journalism surrounding Incorporation Weekend. Here's how you can be included in our coverage: Tweet and Instagram using the hashtag #Lex300 or include #Lex300, Lexington's 300th or some simliar verbiage in your …

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Notes from Youville

Notes from Youville: How Seniors Benefit from Social Media

On Keeping in touch, and how seniors can benefit from the use of social media.

  Last year, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was chatting with a group of seniors in the conference room at the Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal Senior Center in Queens. Well, strictly speaking, not everybody involved was “in” the conference room.  A few participants, peering in from a large screen, were able to join the conversation from their bedrooms and watch from their own computers as the mayor spoke.  “We all think that technology is just for the young people,” said Bloomberg at the time. “That’s not true. Seniors have a need and they look for ways to solve their problems, and technology in many cases is the answer.”   For those watching from their personal computers, the statement rang true. They were participating in the conversation …

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Patch Facts

Five Things You Need to Know Today: Sept. 13

An author speaks about the America-China trade, an education in social media, meetings and more today in Lexington.

1. Cary Memorial Library Hosts Author Eric Jay Dolin: At 7 p.m. tonight at Cary Memorial Library, author Eric Jay Dolin will discuss his new book, When America First Met China, which recounts the opening of the America-China trade, a dramatic rendezvous between two nations, on diametrically opposed paths of destiny. 2. Today in Public Meetings: According to the town website, public meetings posted for today include LexHAB at 7 a.m. at the LexHAB offices; the Tree Committee at 7:30 a.m. at the DPW Building; the EDCO Collaborative at 1 p.m. at the EDCO offices in Waltham; the Police Policy Review Committee at 4 p.m. at LPD; the Water Sewer Abatment Board at 4:30 p.m. at the DPW Building; the Permanent Building Committee at 6 p.m. at the DPW …

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Socializing in Lexington Gets Even Easier

Lexington's "CommonPlace" launches today.

People today probably have more ways to socialize than ever before, and Lexingtonians can add another network to their lists. Yes, the social media pool deepens today with the launch of OurCommonPlace in Lexington. An online platform for local community engagement, CommonPlace aims to help neighbors and community leaders to share information with neighbors, according to the website’s description.  If that sounds similar to your discussion groups, listservs, Help Around Towns, Neighbor Brigades and Patch sites, that’s because CommonPlace is definitely tapping into that same vein of civic-minded, hyper-local cyberactivists. In fact, Lexington's active online community was a part of the attraction. “OurCommonPlace is a national civic …

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Social Romney: Mitt, Ann, the Boys and New Media

The first part in Patch's The Romney Effect series looks at how Mitt Romney and his family appear on social media.

Mitt Romney's Facebook page states he likes "East of Eden," "O, Brother, Where Art Thou?" and Johnny Cash. But you won't find anything about his hometown of Belmont on his 'likes' list. Does that mean Romney doesn't like Belmont, despite living there for four decades? We can't presume to know, but we know that comments or insights, likes (or even dislikes) about local happenings doesn't appear to be part of the presumptive Republican candidate's social media presence. More than 2.5 million Facebook members 'like' Belmont's most prominent citizen. Or about 10 percent of the 'likes' on Pres. Barack Obama's Facebook page. Social media – Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare, Flickr, Instagram and even newcomer Pinterest – have been considered …

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Patch Facts

Five Things You Need to Know Today: Sept. 13

BOS talk Busa, Girl Scouts sign-up, nonprofit storytelling and more today in Lexington.

1. Wake up with the Board of Selectmen, who will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Town Office Building to hear LexFarm's presentation regarding re-use of the Busa Property. 2. Other public meetings posted for today on the town website's calendar include the 300th Anniversary Celebration Committee at 11 a.m.; the Conservation Commission at 9a.m. and the Community Center Task Force at 7:30 p.m. All are scheduled to be held at Cary Hall. 3. The Lexington Girl Scouts will kick-off their year today with a sign-up session from 3 to 7 p.m. at Hancock United Church of Christ. 4. Nonprofit Net's free "Tell Your Story to Sell Your Story" seminar from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. today at Cary Memorial Library will address grabbing public attention and donar dollars …

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Question of the Day

Question of the Day: Embracing New Media?

Share your opinion in the comments.

The Lexington Historical Society this week took an old-school approach to new media, creating a Twitter account that will tweet out daily entries from the diary of the Rev. Jonas Clarke.  Their creation of the handle @JonasClarke is the latest sign that social media is not some silly circus, but rather an evolving avenue for any number of organizations and individuals to connect with friends, family, followers and the general public. Local businesses, like Ranc's and Ride Studio Cafe, use Twitter and Facebook to promote flavors of the day and events. And the Recreation Department uses Facebook to let friends know about things like hours of operation and Summer Fun Fests.  And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Any number of individuals …

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Carmen Mandel

2:37 pm on Saturday, August 20, 2011

I use LinkedIn to build a professional circle. Then, I expand my charitable work on animal welfare through other social media platforms, such as Facebook, Care2, Google Buzz, Google Reader, Newsvines, Google+ and several blog platforms. Through my social streams I share my conservation works. I follow animal welfare charities, exchanging information from legislation to events. To Google Reader …   more ›

It's Social Media Saturday

A roundup of activity on our social media platforms.

Here at Lexington Patch, we take social media seriously. It's another way we look to interact with you, answer questions and get to see what’s on your mind. “Social Media Saturday” is a new feature where we highlight your questions and thoughts you’ve shared on Facebook, Twitter and other media throughout the past week. We’ll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before. Found on Facebook Crafty Yankee on July 6 posted a photo on its wall of a bench planted in its courtyard by the family of Mudge Hall, a favorite customer who died last summer. Twelve people "Like" the post. Tweep of the Week @rancatore's By following Ranc's, purveyors of homemade ice cream in Lexington and Belmont, you're in line to …

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It's Social Media Saturday

A roundup of activity on our social media platforms.

Here at Lexington Patch, we take social media seriously. It's another way we look to interact with you, answer questions and get to see what’s on your mind. “Social Media Saturday” is a new feature where we highlight your questions and thoughts you’ve shared on Facebook, Twitter and other media throughout the past week. We’ll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before. Found on Facebook Elephant's Trunk Bookshop, which often uses its Facebook page to promote in-store events, updated several times June 29, while Carlisle author and chicken keeper Terry Golson stopped by with Tilly, one of her more famous hens.  And, on June 27, Dave Miranda shared some strong feelings about Lexington Center on Patch…

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