News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
The Care Dimensions hospice facility on Winter Street is running a bit behind but is expected to open to patients in early 2018. Construction started in late summer 2016 on the 18-bed, 27,500-square-foot inpatient hospice facility will provide a home-like setting for terminally ill patients who need hospital-level care for pain and symptom management where hospice physicians,…
Major construction projects involving the Lincoln School and a community center attracted much of the limelight at the State of the Town meeting, but a third more modest project may also come to pass: revitalizing South Lincoln, piece by piece. Several past studies by the town have consistently identified a desire for the area to…
(Editor’s note: Check back tomorrow for more coverage of the State of the Town meeting.) At Saturday’s State of the Town meeting, residents began offering feedback on six concept drawings for a reconfigured Lincoln School as well as some photos of community center ideas. The school campus drawings by Ewing-Cole and SMMA Architects represented only…
By Alice C. Waugh A ruling in the trial that took place after McLean Hospital sued over the town’s denial of a permit to house patients at a property in Lincoln is expected this winter or early spring. McLean filed suit after the Zoning Board of Appeals ruled in November 2016 that a residential program…
By Alice Waugh Lots of fresh air, lying around in the warm sun or cool shade, munching on fresh grass in a spacious field, a change of scenery every few days—what more could an animal ask for? Horizons have expanded for Codman Community Farms livestock since Pete Lowy took over as farm manager in early…
Architects will unveil some initial design concepts for the Lincoln School and ask for feedback at Saturday’s State of the Town meeting, which starts at 9 a.m. in the Brooks auditorium. The first 90 minutes of the meeting will be devoted to updates from the two campus project groups—the School Building Committee and the Community…
Zoning Board of Appeals The Zoning Board of the Appeals will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. to hear and to act on the following petitions: Jonathan Donaldson, 7 Old Lexington Rd., for a special permit for an accessory apartment. Walter Scott, 0 Juniper Ridge, for a special permit to…
An agenda chock-full of information and discussion about issues affecting Lincoln’s future will greet residents at the State of the Town meeting on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in the Lincoln School auditorium. The event offers informational updates on important issues in town and (in some cases) a preview of measures that will…
5 Deerhaven Rd. — Theresa Meehan to Roger and Rebecca Yeh for $860,000 (September 1) 19 Brooks Rd. — Sarah Smith Cairns to Brian and Kimberly Jalet for $850,000 (September 22) 142 Bedford Rd. — Hui Pires to Paul and Reanna Wu for $618,999 (September 18) 12 Old Cambridge Turnpike — Amanda Fargo to Leon…
The Community Center Preliminary Planning and Design Committee (CCPPDC) has selected the firm of Maryann Thompson Architects to help design a proposal for a community center for Lincoln. Massachusetts work by the Cambridge-based firm includes designs for the Atrium School in Watertown, the Broad Institute in Cambridge, the Walden Pond visitors’ center, and Temple Ahavat Achim in Gloucester. The firm…