Lee

LEE — The Lee Board of Assessors has announced that it is in the process of completing its mandated inspections for the Town of Lee.   Full Story

Thursday, October 16 LEE — The Elizabeth Freeman Center is hosting an open house at its South County office today, from 3 p.   Full Story

LEE — Lee Middle and High School has released the names of those students who have earned honor roll status for the fourth quarter of 2007-08 school year.   Full Story

LEE — The Selectmen Tuesday night defended their decision two weeks ago to grant F.L. Roberts & Co. a 15-year property tax break for its $21.5 million travel plaza project.   Full Story

LEE — A brief but nasty thunderstorm Tuesday afternoon brought another round of heavy downpours, hail and a lightning strike that touched off a structure fire in Lee.   Full Story

LEE — Principal Kerry A. Burke has announced the top students of the Class of 2008 at Lee Middle and High School.   Full Story

Sunday, May 11 LEE — Lee Middle and High School has announced its third quarter honor roll for the 2007-08 school year.   Full Story

Lee Middle and High School has announced its honor roll for the second marking period of the 2007-08 school year.   Full Story

LEE — Police and firefighters spent about two hours Tuesday night trying to extricate a tractor-trailer truck that got stuck on Route 20.   Full Story

LEE — The fate of the former H.A. Johansson's five and dime storefront and upper floors may be known soon.   Full Story

LEE — The Lee Housing Authority is embarking on a major renovation and upgrade of the oldest public housing project in town.   Full Story

Registered Democrats in Lee will be holding a caucus at Town Hall Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. to elect five delegates and two alternates to the 2008 Massachusetts Democratic Convention.   Full Story

Even though Lee is a town in transition, revitalizing its downtown and seeking an ever-bigger slice of the tourism pie, the community reflects a keen sense of history and retains a diversified manufacturing base at a time when that segment of the area's economy is in decline.   Full Story

In 1899, the town dedicated a public drinking fountain in memory of Amelia Jeannette Kilbon, a member of the Loyal Temperance Legion (part of the Christian Woman's Temperance Union). Famed sculptor Daniel Chester French was commissioned by the Loyal Temperance Union to design the fountain which was to have two sides — a horse fountain and a   Full Story

The First Congregational Church of Lee, founded in 1778, built a meeting house in 1780 on the south side of the church green; today the site is marked by a Lee marble stone marker. In 1800, a more imposing edifice was built, but it burned to the ground in 1857.   Full Story