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By Sara Mattes I first met Bob Domnitz when I was the Board of Selectmen’s liaison to the Planning Board. I have watched Bob, over his previous tenure, navigate tough issues, come up with innovative solutions, engage with citizens with respect, and sometimes be on the receiving end of blasting critique. All the while, he…
By Carol DiGianni Since the pandemic is still clearly a hazard for those of us who are seniors, or otherwise incapacitated, it seems like an oversight not to have options for some form of remote voting on Town Meeting warrant articles. There is remote voting in the upcoming election — why not for those of…
The Water Commission will hold a public forum via Zoom on Tuesday, June 9 at 9 a.m. in advance of the June 13 Town Meeting to take comments and answer questions about its fiscal-year 2021 budget, which includes a capital borrowing request of $270,000 and an operating budget of $1.835 million — 38% higher than this…
Voters at Town Meeting on June 13 will be asked to approve a total of $1.73 million for items requested by the Capital Planning Committee (CapCom) and the Community Preservation Committee (CPC). The two most expensive items on the list of 12 sought by CapCom are $108,000 for a loader for the Department of Public…
In the June 1 story headlined “Series of public forums scheduled in advance of Town Meeting,” some of the Zoom links for the upcoming forums on various aspects of the upcoming Town Meeting on June 13 may have been incorrect, but they have now been updated in the story. They are also listed on the…
Editor’s note: When it was originally scheduled in lat March, the Annual Town Meeting was to include a vote on this motion: “To see if the town will vote to support the proposal of the Eighth Grade Warrant Article Group to support the Parkland, Florida school students’ March for Our Lives [effort] to end school…
In-person voting in this year’s Annual Town Election will take place on Monday, June 15 from noon–4 p.m. in the Hartwell School parking lot. For residents not yet registered to vote, the last day to register for this election Friday, June 5, when The Town Clerk’s Office will be open that evening until 8 p.m. (click…
Earlier this year, the Lincoln Squirrel asked candidates running in the annual town election (then scheduled for late March) to discuss their experience and the important issues they thought would face their board or commission in coming months and years. The Squirrel published responses from candidates for the Water Commission and the Planning Board (the only…
The School Building Committee answered questions and made its case for appropriating another $828,945 for the school project during a June 4 public forum conducted via Zoom. The forum, which had 27 participants (about half of whom were SBC members and construction staff), was one of two such events scheduled before the June 13 Town…
Budget Q&A on Thursday, June 4 There will be an “Virtual Q&A” about the proposed FY 2021 budget on Thursday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m. in advance of the Annual Town Meeting on June 13. To keep the in-person Town Meeting as short and focused as possible, the Finance Committee hopes to address concerns and…