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Monday, February 11, 2013

Looking Back On the ‘Blizzard of 2013’ and Ahead as Lexington Returns to Normal

Our favorite photos from the winter storm affectionately known as Nemo. And a look ahead as the town returns to normal.

Despite getting nearly two feet of snow, Lexington fared fairly well: Power outages were isolated, the streets are clear and the sidewalks are getting there; school’s back in session and the rest of the town has almost returned to normal. The snow began falling late Friday morning and just about 24 hours later, the town sat under a two-foot blanket of fluffy white snow. Residents documented the accumulation and after-effects in two-dozen photos uploaded to Patch. A few favorites are posted to your right, and you can see the whole gallery here. Lexington officials, in town-wide communications, phone calls and emails, reported that local cooperation with Gov. Deval Patrick’s travel ban and the town’s parking ban aided efforts to keep the …

Sunday, August 28, 2011

UPDATED: Images of Irene

Submitted photos of Hurricane Irene in Lexington. And how to add yours!

Updated at 3 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 28 Emergency responders across Lexington have been busy today with dozens of Hurricane Irene-related calls for down tree limbs, flooding and isolated power outages. Just before 2 p.m., the Lexington Police Department had received more than 92 calls, almost every one of them storm-related. That's more than 10-times the amount of calls the department received a week ago, when it responded to a total of 9 calls. As of 2 p.m., there had been no reported injuries or medical emergencies associated with the storm, nor had there been any reported motor vehicel accidents or crime, a police spokesman said. However, the storm had knocked down trees and limbs around town, closing several streets and littering the Battle…

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