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(Editor’s note: There will be a multi-board meeting and forum on Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. in the Brooks Gym. This is the second such meeting in recent weeks about the school project; click here for coverage of the first multiboard meeting on January 30.) To the editor: Last April, Lincoln again applied for state funding…
Absentee ballots available Absentee ballots for the March 27 town 2017 election are now available in the Town Office Building. Residents can come in and vote over the counter or apply by mail. Under state law, the town cannot allow anyone to deliver a physical ballot to a voter. A family member may apply for…
In preparation for the town-wide candidates forum on March 11 (see the Lincoln Squirrel, March 2, 2017), three more candidates have submitted answers to the two questions posed by the event’s organizers: What do you like best about Lincoln? What would you like to see changed? The forum will take place on Saturday, March 11 from 10…
(Editor’s note: This article was expanded on March 12 to include responses that were published here and here after this first set was posted. It also includes a response via LincolnTalk from Board of Selectman candidate Jonathan Dwyer.) There will be a moderated town-wide candidate forum on Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m. to noon in…
After nine years on the School Committee during a period when the town planned and then failed to advance a school building project, committee chair Jennifer Glass is hoping to apply what she’s learned to a new town government position: Board of Selectman member. Glass is running against Allen Vander Meulen for the remaining year…
To the editor: I am enthusiastically running for re-election to the Planning Board of the town of Lincoln. I am an academic psychiatrist and during the day work outside of Lincoln, mainly treating veterans with serious mental illnesses and conducting research projects that hopefully will improve the quality of life of all people with…
ADDENDUM: This article was updated on March 2 to include Vander Meulen’s campaign website. (Editor’s note: The Lincoln Squirrel will profile Board of Selectman candidate Jennifer Glass on March 2. Click here for an earlier story about candidate Jonathan Dwyer.) Allen Vander Meulen has been an IT executive and a minister. Now he hopes to…
This year, the eighth-graders’ group assisted by Town Clerk Susan Brooks and Town Moderator Sarah Cannon Holden is hoping to have Lincoln voters approve funds for two portable, 15-foot aluminum benches with backrests and shelves for use by sports teams who play on the fields next to Codman Pool. The benches would cost $800 to…
To the editor: I am declaring my candidacy as an incumbent for the Lincoln-Sudbury (L-S) School Committee. I have enjoyed serving for nine years on the committee and would be honored and delighted to continue for a fourth term. I view among the priorities of the L-S School Committee the continued maintenance of high standards…
To the editor: I am writing to announce my candidacy for re-election to the Planning Board and to ask for your support. It has been an honor to serve for the past four years as a Planning Board member, as liaison to the Historic District Commission, and as Planning Board chair in 2015. Over the…