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Hundreds of daffodils and crocuses will bloom next spring in the People for Pollinators meadow thanks to the efforts of 25 Lincoln School students. The Lincoln Land Conservation Trust (LLCT) and the METCO Coordinating Committee organized the October 19 planting of 1,000 daffodil and crocus plants at the People for Pollinators meadow close to the…
The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-1 on Thursday night to overrule a previous finding that a proposed McLean Hospital residential facility is a permitted use of the property under state law. McLean bought adjoining parcels at 16 and 22 Bypass Road last spring with the intention of putting 12 beds for boys age 15-21…
After two public hearing sessions, the Zoning Board of Appeals is expected to vote Thursday on whether McLean Hospital’s proposed Bypass Road facility is a permitted use for the property. The ZBA heard arguments surrounding the appeal of a group of residents on September 29 and October 20. Both the appellants and MCLean also filed numerous…
McLean Hospital ZBA hearing continues next week The Zoning Board of Appeals will continue its September 29 hearing on McLean Hospital’s Bypass Road proposal until Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall Donaldson Room. Neighboring families are challenging the town’s determination that McLean’s proposed 12-bed facility constitutes an educational use of the property….
A land deal inked last week could mean that Lincoln will get three benefits for the price of one: a new town athletic field, a new building for the Birches School, and several acres of conservation land. The Rural Land Foundation (RLF) and Birches together exercised an option on September 30 to buy a 16-acre…
Town officials and others recently donned hardhats and wielded shovels at two different Lincoln sites: the First Parish Church, which is doing interior renovations, and Care Dimensions’ new Greater Boston Hospice House on Winter Street. (Never mind that construction activity had already begun in both places—it’s the thought that counts.) The hospice facility, slated for completion…
9 Lewis St. — Munroe Holdings LLC to 9 Lewis St. LLC for $800,000 (August 31) 3 Birchwood Lane — John Nagy to Kwaku Amoa and Adja M. Doukoure-Amoa for $600,000 (August 30) 30 Old Sudbury Rd. — Mark Goetemann to Paul Chapman and Katrin Roush for $1,425,000 (August 25) 8 Cedar Rd. — Mark…
Planning Board Public hearing at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27 to review an application for site plan review. The applicants, Lynette Jones and Ian Hunter, propose to construct an addition to their home at 6 Oakdale Lane. Public hearing at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11 to review an application for site plan review. The…
The Zoning Board of Appeals will take up the issue of McLean Hospital’s proposed Bypass Road property use at a public hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Town Hall. A group of 10 families who live in the neighborhood of 16-22 Bypass Road filed an appeal challenging the determination by Building Inspector Daniel Walsh that McLean…
The Wayland Planning Board has approved a plan for an expansion of Lincoln’s Carroll School on property adjacent to the Wayland/Lincoln town line. The Carroll School purchased two adjoining parcels last spring for playing fields and educational facilities for two grades that are now housed at its Baker Bridge Road site in Lincoln. The project on 11 acres at 39…