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Below is a roundup of State of the Town issues not already covered this week in the Squirrel. Links to previous articles: South Lincoln revitalization ideas gathering steam Architects ask for reactions to school and community center possibilities Proposed plastic bag/bottle ban The Lincoln-Sudbury Environmental Club is continuing discussions with Lincoln committees and businesses in…
Major construction projects involving the Lincoln School and a community center attracted much of the limelight at the State of the Town meeting, but a third more modest project may also come to pass: revitalizing South Lincoln, piece by piece. Several past studies by the town have consistently identified a desire for the area to…
(Editor’s note: Check back tomorrow for more coverage of the State of the Town meeting.) At Saturday’s State of the Town meeting, residents began offering feedback on six concept drawings for a reconfigured Lincoln School as well as some photos of community center ideas. The school campus drawings by Ewing-Cole and SMMA Architects represented only…
Architects will unveil some initial design concepts for the Lincoln School and ask for feedback at Saturday’s State of the Town meeting, which starts at 9 a.m. in the Brooks auditorium. The first 90 minutes of the meeting will be devoted to updates from the two campus project groups—the School Building Committee and the Community…
To the editor: Citizens in Lincoln and throughout the nation are working to restore regulation of campaign financing. The petitions seek to overturn the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission 588 U.S. (2010) that invalidated bi-partisan rules on political advertising, based on the Court’s holding that corporations have a constitutional…
An agenda chock-full of information and discussion about issues affecting Lincoln’s future will greet residents at the State of the Town meeting on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in the Lincoln School auditorium. The event offers informational updates on important issues in town and (in some cases) a preview of measures that will…
The Community Center Preliminary Planning and Design Committee (CCPPDC) has selected the firm of Maryann Thompson Architects to help design a proposal for a community center for Lincoln. Massachusetts work by the Cambridge-based firm includes designs for the Atrium School in Watertown, the Broad Institute in Cambridge, the Walden Pond visitors’ center, and Temple Ahavat Achim in Gloucester. The firm…
Using a new interactive website, residents can look at a map of South Lincoln, see some of the improvements being discussed, and add their own comments and suggestions. The project page at courb.co/lincoln was created for the Lincoln Planning Board and the South Lincoln Planning Implementation Committee (SLPIC), which are working to make the area around Lincoln Station…
Public hearings coming up The Lincoln Planning Board will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10 to review an application for a sign permit. The applicant, Sujit Sitole, proposes to construct a directory sign at 152 Lincoln Rd. The Lincoln Historical Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 10…
Old Winter Street area residents showed up in force at a recent selectmen’s meeting to argue for a sign limiting rush-hour access to the road, but the board deferred a decision for a month to gather more data. At issue is Old Winter Street, which northbound afternoon commuters sometimes use to “jump the queue” and…