🌱 Patch AM: How will 130 new apartments change Hartwell Avenue by 2028?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will 130 new apartments change Hartwell Avenue by 2028?
• Lexington remembers Jonathan Peirce, LHS graduate and longtime Scarborough resident.

Also on today's calendar: Complimentary Presentation - Five Things to Know About Medicare and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Clouds giving way to some sun, with a high of 63 and low of 45 degrees.
• Wednesday: Cool with some sun, temps: high: 62, low: 44.
• Thursday: Rather cloudy, with a high of 63 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Dinosaur Capital Partners Receives $45.8M Loan for Metro Boston Development (multifamilyaffordablehousing.com) — A major 130-unit apartment community is planned for 7 Hartwell Avenue in Lexington, bringing new housing, including 20 affordable units, by June 2028. The five-story, all-electric, Passive House-designed building will feature parking, a café, outdoor courtyard, and fitness center, potentially reshaping that part of town and adding more residential options for local residents.
   

• Obituary: Jonathan S. Peirce (pressherald.com) — A former Lexington resident and Lexington High School graduate, Jonathan S. Peirce, has died at 86 after a long struggle with dementia. Raised partly in Lexington before settling in Scarborough, Maine, he built a career in office furniture sales, later enjoyed acting in advertisements, and is remembered fondly by family and many friends for his civic involvement and warm personality.
   

📸 Around Lexington

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lexington

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 23
• Complimentary Presentation - Five Things to Know About Medicare →
  Online Event,
  12:30 pm
Saturday September 26
• Celtic Flutes →
  20 Claremont Ave, Arlington
  4:00 pm
Sunday September 27
• The Children's Room 30th Anniversary Community Walk →
  Robbins Memorial Town Hall, 730 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington
  11:00 am
• Awakening The Artist Within →
  Mystic Open Studio, 785 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington
  12:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Coins, Stamps & Collectibles: Free Appraisal Day at the Spellman Museum →
  Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, 241 Wellesley St, Weston
  10:00 am
Tuesday October 6
• Commonwealth School Virtual Open House →
  Virtual,
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 26
• St Nicholas Gyro Fest 2026 →
  St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 17 Meriam St, Lexington
  11:00 am
• KIRTAN MASALA! A Celebration with Shubalananda Larry Kopp & Friends →
  The Arlington Center, 369 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington
  1:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
• Korean Street Food with Ploy's Kitchen →
  LexMedia, 1001 Main Campus Dr, Lexington
  5:30 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Boston Skyline Chorus →
  Panera Bread, 1100 Lexington St, Waltham
  9:00 am
Saturday October 3
• East Village Fair →
  Follen Church, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington
  10:00 am
• Ari Hest opens Harmony on the Green's 5th season! →
  Harmony on the Green Coffeehouse, 1912 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington
  7:30 pm
Monday October 5
• Learn Traditional Martials Arts & Lion Dance - Now Open →
  50 Cross St, Winchester
  8:03 pm
Saturday October 10
• It's a Bloch Party! Grand Opening →
  Bloch Performing Arts Inc., 271 Lincoln St, Lexington
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Arlington

• Arlington Adds Accessible Parking At Popular Park (patch.com)

Waltham

• Boston Dynamics opens Metaplant Application Center to train Atlas humanoid robots (therobotreport.com)
• The Column: Flock cameras on the naughty list (lowellsun.com)
• The venom‐specific toxicity profiles of the mirid bug Tytthus chinensis to its prey insect Nilaparvata lugens (nih.gov)

Burlington

• From a Lump to a Cold-Blooded Killer (burlington.buzz)

Ok Lexington! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I'll meet you at the corner! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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