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In a March 21 article about an upcoming public hearing on the cell tower at 295 Cambridge Turnpike, the location was misidentified as being behind Tracey’s Service Station. The tower is actually on property further east owned by Farrington Memorial between Page and Old County Roads. The article has been updated to reflect this correction….
As part of an ongoing series of upgrades, Drumlin Farm recently got permission to demolish its education building in preparation for erecting a new one. The new Environmental Learning Center will be the hub for all of Drumlin Farm’s environmental education programming, including the summer camp. The current education building—which was built as an open…
(Editor’s note: This article was updated on March 22 to incorporate a correction in the description of the cell tower’s location.) A plan to replace the 55-foot cell tower adjacent to Route 2 between Page and Old County Roads with a new 75-foot monopole will be the subject of a Planning Board hearing on Tuesday, March 28 at…
To the editor: There’s good news and bad news about Lincoln’s athletic fields. The good news: youth recreation is at an all-time high and our kids are using our fields more than ever. The bad news: the few fields we have in Lincoln are vastly overused. This, combined with a lack of irrigation, has created…
To the editor: Without question, we Lincolnites are dedicated conservationists. Almost 35 percent of the town’s land is protected, giving us five square miles of undeveloped natural habitats for wildlife and plant life, fresh air, clean streams, and long stretches of space to walk and reflect. It’s perhaps not surprising, then, that we also care…
To the editor: Over the past several weeks, the Conservation Commission has received several questions about the 100 Bedford Road project (also referred to as the Wang project), which will be going before Town Meeting on March 25. The Parks and Recreation commission has put together an excellent video describing the proposal, which has two…
Lincoln residents will be asked at Town Meeting to approve a total of $2 million for land purchase and construction that will yield the town’s first new athletic field in more than 50 years as well as new conservation land. However, because of the type of financing that’s being considered, the expenditure will not result…
Town officials will open a new wetlands boardwalk on Sunday, April 2 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the result of six years of planning and fundraising. Several years ago, Lincoln School science teacher Terry Green and others envisioned a new boardwalk behind the school as a great learning experience for students. (An old boardwalk had fallen into…
The Lincoln Conservation Commission will hold public hearings on Wednesday, March 8 at the following times: 8:30 p.m. — regarding Notice of Intent from Joseph and Dana Robbat for conversion of an existing garage into an accessory apartment and associated landscape features at 151 Old Concord Rd. 9:15 p.m. — to review a proposed change…
20 Brooks Rd. — John B. Collins to Erik Larsen and Jeannie Chun for $935,000 (January 17). 118 Lexington Rd. — Patrick T. Davis to John Yee and Chung-Yee Mia for $1,460,000 (January 18). 28 Old Concord Rd. — Clifford C. Cort to Keith M. Gilbert for $2,430,000 (January 31)….