Lincoln Energy Challenge partner closes
The Lincoln Energy Challenge was surprised and disappointed to learn that its partner Next Step Living has closed its doors, so Lincoln residents will no longer be able to sign up for a home energy assessment through LincolnEnergyChallenge.com. However, you can still get a free home energy assessment from MassSave.com and sign up for 100 percent renewable electricity for your home by visiting www.MassEnergy.org. To explore rooftop solar, try www.EnergySage.com and www.solarreviews.com.
Lincoln’s Green Energy Committee needs volunteers to help shape and implement the Lincoln Energy Challenge. For questions or to help in whatever way you can, please contact Sue Klem at Susan.M.Klem@gmail.com or 781-259-9304.
Scholarship application deadline coming up
The Lincoln Scholarship Committee reminds Lincoln-resident high school seniors and their families that the deadline for submitting applications for need-based college scholarships, the Sumner Smith and Fannie Campbell awards, and two Ogden Codman scholarships is Monday, April 4. Applications may be submitted to the Superintendent-Principal’s office at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School by April 4 at 3 p.m., emailed or postmarked in U.S. mail by April 4. Further information and instructions can be found on the Lincoln Scholarship Committee’s web page. Email LincolnScholarship@lincolntown.org with any questions.
Stay calm and improv on at library
Improv Jones Boston (click to enlarge).
Come to the the Lincoln Public Library on Saturday, April 2 from 3-4:30 p.m. for two improv groups and dessert. At 3 p.m., the improv group Truck Stop Diner will take the stage in the Tarbell Room. Formed in 2014, the group includes Zach Reisch, Kim Lapan, Nick Whalen, Jess Salpietro, Dan Whalen, Caroline McCallum and Mark Stoughton. At 3:30 p.m., Improv Jones Boston, one of the longest-running improv groups in the Boston area, will perform. The performances will be followed by dessert for all.
Learn about “shared custody” bill
Please join the Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable for an program about the pending “shared custody” on Tuesday, April 12 at 3 p.m. in the community room of the Wayland Public Safety (38 Cochituate Rd., Wayland.) Featured speakers will be Isabelle Thacker, staff attorney at The Second Step, and Jenna Birkett, community advocate at REACH Beyond Domestic Violence.
SB 834/HB 1207 (An Act Relative to Child-Centered Custody), currently in the legislature’s Joint Committee, would impose changes on how child custody and visitation is decided in the event if divorce laws (see this Boston Globe article). Advocates for survivors of domestic violence are among those who have voiced their opposition to this bill. Additionally, the Boston Bar Association and the Women’s Bar Association have redlined the bill, and the Massachusetts Bar Association has voiced its opposition to the bill in its entirety. Join legal experts and domestic violence advocates for a discussion of the proposed legislation and the potential impact on families struggling with domestic violence. This program is free and open to the public.
Apple orchard pruning at Gropius House
Volunteer to help revitalize the Baldwin apple trees at the Gropius House (68 Baker Bridge Rd.,) Lincoln by helping with spring pruning in the orchard on Thursday, April 14 from 10 a.m. to noon. Training by landscape manager Ezra Friedman, work gloves and tools will be provided. Required gear for working in the orchard’s meadow include tall shoes or boots, long pants, and a sun hat or rain gear depending on weather conditions. Light refreshments and tour to follow from noon-1 p.m. To register, call Shannon Ryan at 617-994-5952.
