Dairy Day in its final year Dairy Day at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary will take place for the last time on Saturday, June 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This annual festival celebrates National Dairy Month, highlighting sustainable farming practices and the many products made using milk, from ice cream and butter to soap…
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L-S art students host open house In celebration of its students’ creative accomplishments, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School’s Fine, Applied and Technical Arts Department will be hosting an open house on Tuesday, May 23 from 6–8 p.m. The AP studio art students will have a show and reception, and rockets, solar-powered water heaters, woodworking projects and…
Letter to the editor: Town Meeting funding preserves a piece of Lincoln history
To the editor: The residents of Lincoln approved a Community Preservation grant at the 2017 Annual Town Meeting to restore an important Lincoln sampler to its finest glory and prepare it for public display at Town Offices, including framing it with museum-quality UV filtering glass or acrylic. This is truly a beautiful piece of art,…
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Parent discussion on life at L-S for incoming freshmen All Lincoln parents of eighth-graders (regardless of where they’re enrolled) who will be going to Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in the fall are invited to “Life at L-S” on Thursday, May 4 from 7–8:30 p.m. Lincoln School parent alums will offer information and support for the…
Film and video offerings for Lincolnites
Overwhelmed by your tween or teen’s time spent on social media, video games, or any device? Concerned about the real long-term effects and ramifications on their developing brains and of their disengagement in society? The critically acclaimed documentary Screenagers will be shown in the Brooks auditorium on Tuesday, May 9 at 7 p.m. A Q&A with experts in the field…
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Volunteer at Minute Man National historic Park this Saturday Volunteer at the Battle Road Demonstration at Parker’s Revenge at Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Lincoln and Lexington on Saturday, April 15. Learn about the opening events of the American Revolution and assist with event logistics during the morning shift (9 a.m. to noon) or the…
Lincoln Minute Men stepping off with historical observances
The Lincoln Minute Men (LMM) have several activities to observe events surrounding Patriots Day starting this Saturday, April 8. Click here for a listing of events at Minute Man National Historic Park or click here for a map of the park. Saturday, April 8 — The Capture of Paul Revere March behind the LMM down…
Capital Planning, Community Preservation spending approved
Voters approved a total of $441,760 in Capital Planning Committee (CapComm) expenditures and $740,936 for Community Preservation Committee (CPC) projects at the March 25 Town Meeting. CapComm received 26 requests and recommended 14 of them for voter approval. along with three capital exclusions totaling $300,000 ($75,000 apiece for a bucket truck and dump truck and $150,000…
Council on Aging activities for April
Lincoln Academy with members of the First Parish: Seeing the Arizona-Mexico borderlands for ourselves April 3 at 12:30 p.m. Come to Bemis Hall on Monday, April 3 at 12:30 to hear members of First Parish discuss “Seeing the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands for Ourselves.” Members of the First Parish group that traveled to “the wall” on the Arizona borderlands…
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Historical Society hosts talk The Lincoln Historical Society will host a talk, book-signing and reception, with Donald L. Hafner, captain of the Lincoln Minute Men and author of William Smith, Captain: Life and Death of a Soldier of the American Revolution on Sunday, April 2 at 3 p.m. in the Lincoln Public Library. Holy Week…