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If you’re interested in attending the Ralph Nader talk at Bemis Hall on November 9 (see the Lincoln Squirrel, Sept. 22, 2014) but are having trouble registering with the link provided in the story, please do not email via the Lincoln Squirrel or leave a comment at the bottom of the story— instead, please email bemislectures@gmail.com. …
By Dan Boynton
Route 2 Oversight Committee
The massive Route 2 safety upgrade project in Lincoln is about to enter a new construction phase. Up to this point, all the work has been outside the boundaries of the highway. New access roads have been constructed to serve homes abutting Route 2 and the beginning stages of the flyover bridge have been built on land opposite Crosby Corner. Although the highway has often been reduced to just one lane in each direction during off-peak hours, all four lanes have been available during commuter times.
The School Committee is seeking an appointee to serve for a renewable three-year term on the the Lincoln Scholarship Committee (LSC), a town committee consisting of three residents (two appointed by the town moderator and one by the School Committee). The LSC’s responsibilities focus on funding needs-based scholarships and administering five awards that are funded…
Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader will speak in Brooks Auditorium on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. as part of the Bemis Free Lecture Series. Nader will discuss his new book Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State. Tickets are free but online registration is required—please click here….
Dear Lincoln community,
I write reluctantly to announce that I am stepping down from the Lincoln School Committee. I have been asked to take a leadership position with the Cambridge Quaker Meeting in which I grew up and am still active, and I feel called to fully engage my responsibilities there. Were I to try to do both, I would probably risk being excommunicated by my family, who have always been extremely tolerant about the extensive time I’ve already been spending in community meetings.
Editor’s note: for background information about the community center, see the Lincoln Squirrel, July 31, 2014.
To the editor:
In May, the Board of Selectmen appointed the Community Center Study Committee (CCSC) to evaluate the concept of a new community center for Lincoln. Their charge requires that we evaluate options for the long and short-term facilities needs of the Parks & Recreation Department and Council on Aging. That evaluation will include what succeeds and what fails with respect to their current locations. Many towns recognize the value of a facility serving both populations and as a central gathering place for all residents. Our goal is to make this evaluative process comprehensive, open and transparent.
On Wednesday, October 8 from 6-9 p.m., we will hold a town-wide planning charrette at Hartwell School Pod B. Everyone is encouraged to attend and participate. Refreshments will be served. You can attend for the entire evening or come and go as you please. We are seeking residents’ views on what form a community center might take in Lincoln and where it should be located.
According to the Boston Globe’s town-by-town map of the September 10 primary results, Lincoln was one of only five mainland towns east of Worcester where the majority voted for Don Berwick for governor. The other four were Concord, Carlisle, Upton and Wellfleet. The only other towns east of Worcester that went for Berwick were West Tisbury, Chilmar, Aquinnah (all on…
