News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
The Middlesex Tick Task Force will present experts on tick-borne diseases and landscaping ideas to reduce tick exposure at “Let’s Talk About Ticks: One Bite Can Change Your Life” on Wednesday, April 30 from 7-9 p.m. in Brooks auditorium. Dr. Alfred de Maria, an epidemiologist with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, who will answer questions about…
The rainy early-spring nights last weekend this week brought out the annual migration of spotted salamanders and wood frogs from the uplands across the woods and fields (and roads) to vernal pools to breed. As in past years, the amphibians chose the night after Lincoln’s Annual Town Meeting to make their move, noted Tom Gumbart,…
Editor’s note: The Conservation Commission continued its hearing on Jet Aviation’s Hanscom Field proposal to April 2. To the editor: Approving the Hanscom airport expansion plans at this time is concerning, not only because of wetlands considerations, but because a critical examination of the potential human health impacts does not appear to have been conducted….
Property in Lincoln and Waltham being proposed for a hospice facility is outlined in red.
A proposal for a two-story hospice facility on Winter Street property in Lincoln and Waltham, which calls for a 42,000-square-foot building and parking for 87 cars, will be the subject of a Lincoln Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) hearing on Thursday, March 6.
Here are the activities in January sponsored by the Lincoln Council on Aging. For more information, call the COA at 781-259-8811.
Lincoln residents of all ages are invited to meet with a nurse at no charge at one of several wellness clinics. Get your blood pressure and/or BMI (body mass index) checked, ask questions, or learn about wellness resources. Clinics will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on the following Fridays at the Community Building…
For more information on any of these events, visit the Council on Aging website. Save the Date: Flu Shot Clinic at Bemis Hall on November 2 Come to the Board of Health/COA flu clinic at Bemis Hall on Saturday, November 2 from 9-11 a.m. In accordance with federal CDC and state Department of Public Health guidelines,…
Lincoln residents of all ages are invited to meet with a nurse through a free town service. Come to get your blood pressure and/or BMI (body mass index) checked, ask questions, or learn about wellness resources. Dates and locations of fall clinics are: Friday, September 6 — 10 a.m.-noon, Community Building at Lincoln Woods (50…