News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
To the editor: I am excited to announce my candidacy for Lincoln’s Board of Selectman (BoS) and respectfully ask for your support as I follow my passions for serving our town, connecting its citizens and facilitating its future. So you may know me better, I’ll sketch my background, experience and perspective. My connections to the…
To the editor: It’s been my privilege to serve two terms as Selectmen and give back to the community where I’ve lived for nearly six decades. However, I believe it is time to step aside in favor of the next generation of town leadership. Therefore, I will not run for re-election in March 2017. I’ve…
McLean Hospital has filed suit against the town asking the court to find that its proposed residential facility on Bypass Road constitutes an allowable educational use according to state law and Lincoln’s zoning bylaw. Building Inspector Daniel Walsh initially decided that providing dialectical behavior therapy to adolescent boys and young men with borderline personality disorder was…
The sale of the 16-acre Bedford Road property owned by the late An and Lorraine Wang was completed on November 17 for $2.375 million, and residents will be asked at Town Meeting to approve the purchase of 12 of those acres for use as conservation land and a new town athletic field. The Rural Land Foundation…
During the open forum segment of the November 12 State of the Town meeting, residents and officials made comments on past issues and previews of “coming attractions”: Town athletic fields Lincoln’s athletic fields are in poor condition because there are too few of them to allow a normal “rest period” for each field, said Parks and…
A report by the Solar PV Working Group concluded that the best site for a municipal solar photovoltaic array is the capped town landfill, with the roof of the public safety building coming in second. Solar Design Associates, a consulting firm hired by the solar working group, looked at 25 potential sites in town. A solar…
Opportunities for small-scale commercial raising of animals and sale of animal products will be expanded if residents approve a zoning bylaw change at Town Meeting in March. Current rules under the 2011 Right to Farm bylaw allow property owners to sell produce and flowers on lots of any size, but animal products such as meat,…
(Editor’s note: there will be more coverage of the State of the Town discussions tomorrow.) At Saturday’s State of the Town meeting, residents shared their thoughts about speed limits, distracted drivers, dangers for bicyclists and other roadway issues, though there seemed to be more problems than immediate solutions. Selectman Peter Braun voiced what everyone has…
To the editor: It was a great honor and privilege to have my name placed on the ballot. I introduced myself (Stacey Gallagher Tully, candidate for State Representative for the 9th Middlesex District) thousands of times, but it never got old. In fact, it was energizing and refreshing. Meeting so many great people and families—the hearts of…
A more complete (though still unofficial) tally of Lincoln’s election results shows that Lincolnites voted in favor of expanding charter schools—and was one of very few Massachusetts cities and towns to do so. Preliminary results that were sent to the Squirrel on Tuesday night contained a typographical error in the results for Question 2 that seemed to indicate…