News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
The Water Department will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Jan. 10 at 5 p.m. at the Lincoln Town Offices on its plan to institute first rate hike since 2015. Residents are charged quarterly for town water in a three-tiered system based on their level of usage (0–20,000 gallons, 20,001–40,000 gallons, and 40,001 gallons or…
As part of a larger effort to revitalize the Lincoln Station area, the town is sponsoring a free workshop for Lincoln’s storefront business owners titled “Retail Best Practices: The Power of Presentation” on Wednesday, Jan. 9 from 8–9:30 a.m. at the Rural Land Foundation office at Lincoln Station (145 Lincoln Rd., second floor). The session led by Christine…
McLean Hospital has filed a notice of intent to appeal a recent court decision regarding its Bypass Road property, and the town and a group of residents say they will continue to resist the hospital’s efforts to locate an inpatient program in a private home in the neighborhood In October, the state Land Court denied…
The $93.9 million school project won the required two-thirds majority vote with ease at a December 1 Special Town Meeting, with the highest-ever attendance for such an event and a civil discussion of the issues. In the end, the vote wasn’t as close as some had expected—89 percent to 11 percent—and the tone of the…
Years of study and planning—along with weeks and months of vigorous debate and opinions in the form of LincolnTalk posts, roadside signs, mailings, and websites—will culminate in votes on funding the Lincoln School project this Saturday, Dec. 1 and Monday, Dec. 3. Roadside campaign signs saying “Vote Yes: Our Town, Our School, Our Kids” have…
Climate justice film on Tuesday St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Church will host a screening of “Living in the Future’s Past” on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. following a light supper at 6:30. Academy Award winner, Jeff Bridges shares the screen with scientists and a dazzling array of living creatures to shows how no one can…
In the November 7 Lincoln Squirrel story headlined “Lincoln’s 2018 election results,” the numbers for votes on Question 1 were incorrect. The correct vote totals were 807 “yes” votes and 2,556 “no” votes. The article has bene updated to reflect this correction….
(Editor’s note: this is a district-wide letter sent out by Rep. Clark’s office on November 7.) To the editor: Thank you to the voters of the 5th District for your confidence in me! It is the honor of my lifetime to represent you in Congress, and I am eager to continue my work fighting for…
(Editor’s note: This incorporates a correction on November 8 to fix an error in the Question 1 numbers.) Lincoln voters voted to reelect Gov. Charlie Baker, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Katherine Clark, mirroring the rest of the state and Congressional district. By large margins, Lincoln also voted to approve two ballot measures: one that advocates…
Below are images of the ballot that voters will see for the November 6 election (early voting is now underway). Click on an image to see a larger version. To enlarge further, hit “Control +” on a Windows machine or “Command +” on a Mac. More information: Specimen ballot on Town of Lincoln website Times and…