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To the editor: I am enthusiastically running for re-election to the Planning Board of the town of Lincoln. I am an academic psychiatrist and during the day work outside of Lincoln, mainly treating veterans with serious mental illnesses and conducting research projects that hopefully will improve the quality of life of all people with…
Public hearings with two town boards are scheduled for the new Minuteman High School project starting this week. Meanwhile, a recent archeological dig at the site of the new building in Lincoln did not turn up any historically significant artifacts. The Planning Board will hold a public hearing for site plan review on Tuesday, Feb….
The list of articles for the 2017 Annual Town Meeting on March 25 includes 42 articles that will ask residents for a “year” or “nay” on numerous issues that have been in the news in Lincoln over the past year or more. Below are links to previous Lincoln Squirrel stories about some of the items. The Squirrel will also publish…
69 Page Rd. — Deborah Hawkins, trustee, to Narayan and Melanie Nallicheri, trustees, for $3,850,000 (December 1) 63 Todd Pond Rd. — Karen Kirsten-Shaw to Alfred Hunt and Tobin Ayres Hack for $1,375,000 (December 2) 61 Sandy Pond Rd. — Stacy Osur to Paul and Rebecca Blanchfield for $1,950,000 (December 5) 17 Birchwood Lane —…
The Zoning Board of the Appeals of the Town of Lincoln will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Office Building to hear and to act on the following petitions under the Zoning Bylaws: Nunzio Domilici, 22 Deer Run Road, for transfer and renewal of an accessory apartment special…
By Alice Waugh Two prominent commercial properties in South Lincoln will see some changes—and perhaps new tenants—in the coming months. 152 Lincoln Rd., formerly occupied by the Cambridge Trust Co. until the branch closed its doors last year, was purchased in November by Cambridge West Partners for $1,015,000. Meanwhile, the new owners of the mansard-roofed…
(Editor’s note: this list does not include the sale of several parcels of land formerly owned by An and Lorraine Wang that are still going through the state Registry of Deeds.) 102 Concord Rd. — Twelve Miles West Development to Joseph Adler and Preety Kaur Sidhu for $605,000 (November 1). 82 Virginia Rd. #A101 —…
The Lincoln Hazard Mitigation Plan is being updated to help the town to reduce its vulnerability to natural hazard events such as flooding, hurricanes, winter storms, extreme heat, fire and wind. The town held a series of public meetings and is about to submit the plan to the Massachusetts and federal emergency management agencies. The draft of the…
In the January 4 article listing upcoming public hearings, the item about a January 10 Planning Board hearing about amending bylaws for solar installations was mistakenly followed by a link to an earlier Lincoln Squirrel story about a possible solar installation at the town landfill that was not related to this hearing. The link has been removed in the…
Zoning Board of Appeals The Zoning Board of the Appeals will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Jan. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Office Building to hear and to act on the following petitions under the Zoning Bylaws: Seppo Rinne, 93 Tower Rd., for transfer and renewal of an accessory apartment special permit. Randal Briggs,…