Echelon Resources plans to build 62 apartment units on 2.3 acres on Spotswood Drive, even though Lexington residents previously opposed development of the site.
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Lexington will charge Buena Vista for the emergency calls it covers there if staffing shortages are not resolved by January. Lexington squads have responded to up to 25 calls in a month.
Despite Lexington’s small community of Russian and Ukrainian speakers, a local organization is planning to host another Ukrainian refugee family after sponsoring two this summer.
In the next two years, construction will begin on water treatment plan renovations expected to cost anywhere from $20 to $40 million. And Lexington and Rockbridge County residents might have to foot much of the bill.
Lexington’s fire marshal had previously rejected a proposed wall separating Robert E. Lee’s statue from the rest of University Chapel, saying it would make the building unsafe. The joint board of building code appeals affirmed that decision.
The upgrade will include increased emergency buttons, new cameras, an improved intercom system and rising metal barriers that can be activated through phone calls.
The Lexington City School Board will soon be selected by election rather than appointed by the City Council.
Oak Grove Cemetery and Evergreen Cemetery will have available space for decades after Lexington City Council agreed to purchase portions of neighboring residents’ backyards.
The Walker Program has helped launch over 35 businesses in Lexington, Buena Vista and Rockbridge County.
Tuesday’s referendum had more than 62 percent of voters saying yes to a new way to select the Lexington School Board.