News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Park & Rec seeks new member The Lincoln Parks & Recreation Committee has an open seat and is seeking a resident to fill it ASAP. The term of service would be through March 2019. We are accepting applications through Friday, April 14. Anyone interested in serving on the committee should fill out the town volunteer form and return it to…
Town officials gathered for the traditional post-Town Meeting dinner at the Pierce House on March 30. Soft lighting, spring flowers, music and good food greeted the group as they debriefed and socialized after the day-long Annual Town Meeting on March 27. This year’s dinner was the first for new Pierce House Event Manager Nancy Beach. (Click any photo…
The Lincoln Planning Board will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 11 to review an application for a Special Permit for a wireless communication facility. The applicant, Crown Castle, proposes to construct a 75-foot replacement tower and co-applicant Verizon Wireless proposes to install six antennas in three arrays at the centerline…
Editor’s note: see these previous Lincoln Squirrel articles for previous Town Meeting coverage: School and community center projects Wang property purchase and solar initiatives Capital planning and community preservation expenditures Voters at Town Meeting approved measures aimed at increasing affordable accessory apartments, allowing the Board of Selectmen to change speed limits under certain conditions, temporarily…
Jennifer Glass easily beat Allen Vander Meulen for the contested one-year vacancy on the Board of Selectmen by a margin of 609-91 (87% to 13%) in the March 27 town election. In the only other contested seat, John MacLachlan bested Stanley Solomon for a three-year term as Bemis trustee by a margin of 66% to 33% (328…
Voters approved a total of $441,760 in Capital Planning Committee (CapComm) expenditures and $740,936 for Community Preservation Committee (CPC) projects at the March 25 Town Meeting. CapComm received 26 requests and recommended 14 of them for voter approval. along with three capital exclusions totaling $300,000 ($75,000 apiece for a bucket truck and dump truck and $150,000…
Residents paved the way for a new athletic field, more conservation land, and a municipal solar power installation as well as easing rules on home solar installations with three Town Meeting votes last week. Amid much clapping and cheering, residents unanimously approved purchase of 12 acres of the Wang property off Bedford Road. The town…
Lincoln Academy with members of the First Parish: Seeing the Arizona-Mexico borderlands for ourselves April 3 at 12:30 p.m. Come to Bemis Hall on Monday, April 3 at 12:30 to hear members of First Parish discuss “Seeing the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands for Ourselves.” Members of the First Parish group that traveled to “the wall” on the Arizona borderlands…
Polls will be open in the Smith gym on Monday, March 27 from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the town election, which includes numerous town office races and three ballot questions. The expenditures in the ballot questions—$75,000 apiece for a used bucket truck and a dump truck for the Department of Public Works, and $150,000 for…