Select Board Set To Weigh Verizon Cable License Renewal Monday
LEXINGTON — The Select Board is set to hold a public hearing Monday on the renewal of Verizon's cable television license, while the Lexington community continues to await word on Joyti Rai, a Lexington woman missing since catastrophic flash flooding hit Nepal last week.
TOWN HALL
The Select Board will hold a legal-notice public hearing Monday, August 31, on the renewal of Verizon's cable television license, alongside its regularly scheduled hybrid meeting that day. The Lexington Tourism Committee also meets in hybrid format Monday. Separately, the town is reminding residents that Monday, August 31, is the deadline to apply for open seats on Lexington boards and committees.
The town's League of Women Voters affiliate is hosting a "First Friday" session to help residents weigh in on Lexington's planned overhaul of its waste collection program, which the town says will roll out in summer 2027 to help control costs and reduce waste; the event is at the Community Center, 39 Marrett Road.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
The Lexington community continues to rally around the family of Joyti Rai, the Lexington woman missing since flash floods and landslides struck Nepal last week during what family members have described as a pilgrimage trip. Coverage of the search has continued in local and national outlets, a story Lexington Patch has followed closely in recent days.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
"Massachusetts woman among the missing in Nepal after devastating flooding" is how WCVB headlined its report; the station said a Lexington woman is among thousands unaccounted for after flash floods devastated parts of Nepal (read it at https://www.wcvb.com/article/massachusetts-woman-among-the-missing-in-nepal-after-catastrophic-flooding/73561293).
"Lexington's Rai Family Clings to Hope as Massachusetts Woman Remains Missing After ..." reads the headline from India New England, which reported that the Rai family has spent days awaiting news of their missing relative (read it at https://indianewengland.com/lexingtons-rai-family-clings-to-hope-as-massachusetts-woman-remains-missing-after-nepal-floods/).
"Lexington, Massachusetts woman among thousands missing after Nepal flash flood: 'It's unbearable'" was CBS News Boston's headline; the outlet identified the missing woman as Joyti Rai, who had been traveling through Nepal, according to the report (read it at https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/nepal-flash-flooding-joyti-rai-lexington-massachusetts/).
"New Sushi Spot Debuts First MA Location With Freebies: Cheap Eats" per Lexington Patch, which reported the new eatery is marking its opening with free matcha, caviar samples and a 20 percent app discount (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/lexington/s/koexq/new-sushi-spot-debuts-first-ma-location-with-freebies-cheap-eats).
"Brookline vs Lexington | Soccer | 09/04/2026" according to MaxPreps, which lists an away non-conference junior varsity match between the two towns on Friday, September 4, at 4:30 p.m. (read it at https://www.maxpreps.com/ma/soccer/match/brookline-vs-lexington/jv/9-4-2026/).
COMING UP
The League of Women Voters of Lexington's "First Friday" session on the town's new waste collection program takes place at the Community Center, 39 Marrett Road. The Select Board holds its hybrid meeting and Verizon cable license public hearing on Monday, August 31, alongside a hybrid meeting of the Lexington Tourism Committee the same day. The application deadline for open Lexington board and committee seats is also Monday, August 31. A Brookline-Lexington junior varsity soccer match is scheduled for Friday, September 4, at 4:30 p.m.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.