Lexington Reports Phone Outage At Police, Fire, Public Service Building
Non-emergency phone lines went down at Lexington's Public Service Building, Fire Department and Police Department, town officials said in an urgent alert Saturday, though residents can still reach 911 for emergencies. The town did not immediately say when service would be restored. Resi…
LEXINGTON — Non-emergency phone lines went down at Lexington's Public Service Building, Fire Department and Police Department, town officials said in an urgent alert posted to the town website. Residents needing routine assistance from those departments were told to use alternate contact methods, though 911 remained available for emergencies.
TOWN HALL
The town's website carried an "Urgent Update" late in the coverage window flagging a non-emergency phone line outage affecting the Public Service Building, the Fire Department and the Police Department. No timeline for restoration was given, and residents were directed to a separate page for outage details and alternate ways to reach the departments for non-emergency matters.
Separately, the town reminded residents that new fees for special collection waste items, those not accepted as regular trash under MassDEP's waste disposal bans, take effect Sept. 1.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
"Defense Rests In Lindsay Clancy Triple Murder Trial: Reports" per Lexington Patch, which reported that the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three young children did not take the stand in her own defense (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/lexington).
COMING UP
The Select Board holds a retreat and the School Committee meets in hybrid format Tuesday, Aug. 25, the same day the Housing Partnership Board's SRD Task Group and the Council on Aging's Age Friendly Subcommittee hold remote sessions and the town hosts a virtual "How to Use EyeOnWater" session. The School Building Committee's Financial Oversight Subcommittee and the Ad Hoc Crematory Study Committee II both meet remotely Monday, Aug. 24.
LexFarm's Walking Wednesdays continues Wednesday, Aug. 26. The Board of Appeals holds remote public hearings Thursday, Aug. 27, on properties at 25 Maple St. and 124 Grant St., and the Retirement Board meets that same day. The Select Board holds a public hearing Monday, Aug. 31, on Verizon's cable television license renewal.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.
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