News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Below is an edited version of “Green Happenings,” a newsletter written by Chris Bibbo, superintendent of the Lincoln Department of Public Works. Town departments such as Public Works, Parks and Recreation, and the Town Administrator’s Office to continue to work with the various town boards and committees on numerous environmentally friendly projects, procedures and initiatives. Below are…
To the editor: I am voting YES on Question 2 on the November ballot because more types of bottles (water, iced tea, etc.) will now be included. This will reduce plastic waste and litter enormously. But there’s also another great reason to vote for Question 2 on the ballot this November. With it, voters have…
To the editor: The Community Center Study Committee and the Lincoln Council on Aging invite Lincoln residents of all ages to a public meeting on Friday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m. in Bemis Hall to explore the need for a new community center in town. The Community Center Study Committee (CCSC) was appointed by the…
By Alice Waugh More than 100 residents packed into Hartwell Pod C for an October 8 charrette to share ideas for a community center in Lincoln and discuss where it might be located. The evening included lively discussion over pizza as attendees clustered around maps and models of five sites identified in a 2012 report by the Community Center Feasibility Study…
To the editor: If you’ve driven by 75 Tower Rd. any time since midsummer, you’ve seen a good deal of construction as a single-family house was renovated and turned into a two-bedroom apartment and a one-bedroom accessory apartment. The renovation, which is almost complete, will allow Lincoln to add an additional unit to our subsidized housing…
A reader of the letter to the editor by independent State Representative candidate and Lincoln resident Sharon Antia has asked the Lincoln Squirrel to post Rep. Tom Stanley’s contact information, which is as follows: Phone: 617-722-2230 Email: Thomas.Stanley@mahouse.gov There’s more information on about Stanley on his Massachusetts legislature profile page. Information about Antia can be found on her Democracy.com web page….
Editor’s note: See a profile of Antia in the Lincoln Squirrel, June 10, 2014. To the editor: My name is Sharon Antia, and I am the independent candidate for State Representative in the Ninth Middlesex District in Massachusetts. This district includes Lincoln as well as Waltham wards and precincts 1, 2, 3, 4.1, 5.2, 6.1 and 7.1….
By Alice Waugh
Programmatic flexibility, opportunities for collaboration, and a connection to the community and the outdoor environment are among the key educational values that support the need for a Lincoln School building project, Superintendent of Schools Becky McFall told officials at a multiboard meeting on September 30.
Also at the meeting, architects from Dore & Whittier presented an analysis of the results of a charrette held at a September 16 meeting where about 70 residents broke into teams and identified key issues and priorities for a project, as well as what they thought would define a successful project.
To the editor:
For the first time in many years, Lincoln has an opportunity to complete a long-held dream of many citizens by the addition of a multigenerational community center on a Lincoln community campus.
Lincoln first expressed the dream in 1932 and began its long tradition of celebrating diversity and inclusion with one small step—it built a ballfield. An anonymous donor, believing the town needed a place for the townsfolk of all ages and from all walks of life to come together and celebrate community, gifted a sum of money to allow the town to purchase the land that now forms the center field of the school campus. The field was deeded to the town, to be overseen by the Board of Selectman. The field became home of Lincoln’s semipro baseball team, the Mohawks.
Important town-wide forums this month The Community Center Study Committee will hold a charrette to seek input on ideas for a possible Lincoln Community Center on Wednesday, Oct. 8 from 6-9 p.m. in Hartwell Pod B (see the Lincoln Squirrel, Sept. 15, 2014). On Thursday, Oct. 16 from 7-9 p.m. in the Reed Gym, the School…