News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
One year ago, a brush fire swept through the northeast side of the Flint’s Pond conservation area (see the Lincoln Squirrel, June 7, 2015), leaving a large area with a clear understory and burned canopy trees—and also a unique habitat and opportunity to study forest regeneration. After the fire, Lincoln’s Conservation Department was approached with a proposal for a…
Town Clerk’s Office looking for part-time help If you’re interested in what and who makes local government tick, if you’re a “people person” with a good sense of humor, if you have a reverence for history and would like to play a role in preserving and creating it, if you’re a “systems thinker” with computer…
Could this be more affordable housing in Lincoln? You may have noticed the “chicken condos” on the Codman South pasture land. Pete Lowy, farm manager at Codman Community Farm, has established a moving free-range, egg producing, soil-improving, locally sourced, sustainable agricultural enterprise there. The 1,000 Golden Comet hens are fed natural certified organic grains and…
If you’re out taking a walk near the recently acquired Van Leer property on the south side Old Sudbury Road, be sure to stop by the and see how the Codman pigs are helping to improve Lincoln’s agricultural lands. Pete Lowy, farm manager at Codman Community Farm and founder of Pete and Jen’s Backyard Birds, is raising more…
Middle schoolers perform Baghdad Zoo on Friday On Friday, April 29 at 4:30 p.m. in the Brooks auditorium, students will perform a short play, Baghdad Zoo, before performing it at the day-long Massachusetts Middle School Drama Festival in Fall River on Saturday. Drama teacher Kristin Hall has been working with students in grades 6-8 since September on the play, and…
Climate justice film series kicks off Tuesday St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Church will show Just Eat It, the first in a series of films on climate justice, on Tuesday, April 26. A soup supper will be served at 6:30 p.m. and screening begins at 6:50 p.m. The evening is free and open to the public, though a donation to…
CamelBak pack found If you left a Camelbak pack at the transfer station’s swap table, please email Peter von Mertens at petervonmertens@gmail.com. The pack has an article of personal interest in one of the pockets that he would like to return. Farm-to-table event on May 5 There will be a presentation and discussion with four local farm-to-table business…
A new Lincoln collaborative called People for Pollinators is sponsoring three events to advance its mission to promote, protect and create native habitat that supports the vitality of pollinators in the face of bee colony collapse. People for Pollinators had its roots at an April 2015 symposium on pollinators in crisis with bee researcher Noah Wilson-Rich. The event sparked…
Family activities at deCordova this week Cultivate curious gardens in the Sculpture Park re-discovering the sights and sounds of spring at deCordova. Join us for any or all of our vacation programs inspired by the exhibition opening in April, Overgrowth, and the promise of spring. Designed for families with children 5–12, but all are welcome. Free with admission…
Lincoln is gearing up for the “40 Years of Community” Fair packed with activities, art, music and history on Saturday, April 30 to recognize four decades of the Council on Aging, Parks and Recreation and the Lincoln Review. The fair will feature children’s games and activities including a live animal demonstration, games and activities, storytelling, crafts…