News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Residents invited to forum/brunch on accessory apartments The Lincoln Housing Commission invites all residents to a forum and brunch at Bemis Hall on Thursday, July 28 at 11 a.m. to participate in a discussion about developing accessory apartments in Lincoln. The purpose of the meeting is to gather opinions about various ways to provide small or smaller units for…
Residents of all 16 towns in the Minuteman High School district will vote at a referendum on September 20 on whether to approve its new school building after officials from Minuteman and other towns determined that the Belmont Town Meeting could not be persuaded to change its “no” vote. Minuteman needs approval from all 16 towns by…
The Conway School of Ecological Landscape Design and Planning is partnering with the Lincoln Planning Board to develop a site plan that aims to make the Mall at Lincoln Station a lively, multi-use central gathering space for visitors and residents, who are also invited to take a short survey online about the area. The school will be…
26 Longmeadow Rd. — Abbey Rd. Properties LLC to Robert and Karla Talanian for $1,420,000 (May 31) 96 Page Rd. — Dana Coombs to David Kahn and Annelise Parham for $875,000 (May 27) 141 Weston Rd. — Joanne Armstrong to Keith Gilbert and Stacy Osur $1,795,000 (May 26) 12 Brooks Hill Rd. — Mark Leonardi…
By Alice Waugh Don’t call it the basement any more—call it Bemis Down Under, or maybe just Bemis Lower Level. At an official ribbon-cutting on June 10, visitors sipped coffee and toured the spiffy new spaces in the previously dank and crowded subterranean portion Bemis Hall centering on a carpeted, well-lit meeting room with a…
Town Clerk’s Office looking for part-time help If you’re interested in what and who makes local government tick, if you’re a “people person” with a good sense of humor, if you have a reverence for history and would like to play a role in preserving and creating it, if you’re a “systems thinker” with computer…
Upcoming public hearings The Lincoln Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 18 at 7:45 p.m., in the Lincoln Town Offices in response to the duly filed Notice of Intent by Christopher Boit for restoration of wetland and buffer zone resource areas at 61 Bedford Road. The Lincoln Planning Board will hold…
After hearing from two attorneys and dozens of angry Bypass Road residents who packed the Donaldson Room, the Planning Board decided on Tuesday night that the McLean Hospital proposal for an educational therapeutic residence on Bypass Road should go to a public hearing because the new use of the property does not constitute a minor…
The Lincoln Girl Scouts with the support of the Parks and Recreation Department invite you to participate in an event to honor our living and fallen soldiers on Memorial Day (Monday, May 30): 9:45 a.m. — Assemble at Bemis Hall to march with Lincoln’s American Legion (Post 84) down Bedford Road to the Lincoln Public Library….
As a result of the new water permit issued by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, the town must implement a mandatory outdoor water conservation measure from May 1 through September 30. The town experiences excessively high water demands during the summer months, primarily due to lawn watering activities, so the Lincoln Water Department has…