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Grew up in a small, sports-obsessed town in Central Massachusetts and attended three local colleges in five years, eventually graduating Framingham State with an English degree in 2007.  According to a letter to my future self -- penned as an eighth-grader -- I've long had dreams of becoming a sports journalist. But I didn't really do anything about it until my third semester at FSC (now U). That's when my professor (thanks, Desmond) convinced me to quit messing around in nonsense classes, join the school paper and get an internship. I did.  I was hired out of college to the Bedford Minuteman newspaper, and bounced around to a few of the Minuteman's sister papers, including The Concord Journal and Belmont Citizen-Herald, before joining Patch in April 2011 as Lexington's editor.

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Backpack Basics: A Weighty Issue

Backpacks don't have to just look good, they have to feel good too. Keep your child comfortable this school year by finding a quality backpack during back-to-school shopping.

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Mosquito Control Measures in Lexington

As reports of West Nile Virus are popping up in nearby communities, public health officials in Lexington announce upcoming catch basin treatments.

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Busa Farm’s Future Finally In Focus

Final approval of a lease for LexFarm to turn the Busa Land into a community farm won’t come until next month, but Monday’s announcement was a step closer to a clear future for the old family farm.

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