The red-brick building near downtown Rochester still stands, as it has stood for more than 170 years. But the Jan. 30 fire took out its roof and ravaged its interior. It would seem to be beyond repair ...

LEXINGTON — After more than a year of setbacks and problems, the lights are on, the doors are unlocked, and meaty smoke is billowing out of the building’s exhaust at Bridgett’s Kitchen in Lexington.

When Calvert High School faced a space crunch four years ago, Principal Eugene Bridgett decided to sacrifice his office space so that his teachers wouldn't have to. He put up a partition that cut his ...