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Editor’s note: The Lincoln Squirrel is on vacation and was not able to attend the June 28 meeting Kochmann refers to. Coverage will resume on July 11. To the editor, The night of June 28 at the Planning Board meeting marked the second time this year I felt overwhelmed with shame for a body of Lincoln…
The Lincoln Planning Board will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28 to review an application for Site Plan Review. The applicant, McLean Hospital, proposes to designate parking to accommodate a total of 21 spaces at 16 Bypass and 22 Bypass Rd. (see the Lincoln Squirrel, June 15, 2016). The Lincoln Conservation…
The Planning Board has scheduled a June 28 public hearing for a site plan review relating to parking for a McLean Hospital proposal to locate a residential educational/therapeutic residence on Bypass Road. The hearing starts at 7 p.m. in the Town Office Building’s Donaldson Rom. Dozens of residents appeared at a May 24 Planning Board meeting…
26 Longmeadow Rd. — Abbey Rd. Properties LLC to Robert and Karla Talanian for $1,420,000 (May 31) 96 Page Rd. — Dana Coombs to David Kahn and Annelise Parham for $875,000 (May 27) 141 Weston Rd. — Joanne Armstrong to Keith Gilbert and Stacy Osur $1,795,000 (May 26) 12 Brooks Hill Rd. — Mark Leonardi…
Upcoming public hearings The Lincoln Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 18 at 7:45 p.m., in the Lincoln Town Offices in response to the duly filed Notice of Intent by Christopher Boit for restoration of wetland and buffer zone resource areas at 61 Bedford Road. The Lincoln Planning Board will hold…
After hearing from two attorneys and dozens of angry Bypass Road residents who packed the Donaldson Room, the Planning Board decided on Tuesday night that the McLean Hospital proposal for an educational therapeutic residence on Bypass Road should go to a public hearing because the new use of the property does not constitute a minor…
Representatives from McLean Hospital will hold a meeting for neighborhood residents this Wednesday and will appear at a Planning Board meeting later this month to explain and answer questions about their controversial plan to house patients in a large house on Bypass Road. Questions and protests arose after it became known that McLean had purchased abutting properties…
By Alice Waugh Bypass Road residents, including a member of the town’s Board of Health, are furious about a proposal by McLean Hospital to open a residential facility for teens and young adults in their neighborhood, saying they were given no opportunity to comment before Lincoln’s town counsel issued an opinion saying that the facility was exempt from the…
The Lincoln Historical Commission will hold two public hearings on Tuesday, May 10: 7:40 p.m. — to consider the application of Peter and Hytho Pantazelos for a Demolition Plan Review to demolish more than 25 percent of the roof structure and an attached greenhouse at 12 Woodcock Lane. 7:50 p.m. — to consider the application of Seth and Lynne…
By Alice Waugh Mother’s Day will be the last day of business for AKA Bistro, which garnered widespread praise for its innovative French and Japanese cuisine but was a victim of not one but two natural disasters. Meanwhile, Richard Card, the Lincoln resident behind the proposed Blazes bookstore/coffee shop/cocktail bar, has made an offer to lease…