News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
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: Back in December, I responded to a request to explain why a number of residents opposed and ultimately helped to defeat the 2012 school building project. Although many were alarmed by the proposal to cut the trees and sacrifice the central playing fields, in essence “paving paradise to put up a parking lot,”…
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…
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…
To the editor: I am declaring my candidacy as an incumbent for the Lincoln-Sudbury (L-S) School Committee. I have enjoyed serving for nine years on the committee and would be honored and delighted to continue for a fourth term. I view among the priorities of the L-S School Committee the continued maintenance of high standards…
To the editor: I am writing to announce my candidacy for re-election to the Planning Board and to ask for your support. It has been an honor to serve for the past four years as a Planning Board member, as liaison to the Historic District Commission, and as Planning Board chair in 2015. Over the…
(Editor’s note: Sander is concluding her term on the Finance Committee in March 2017.) To the editor: I am announcing my candidacy for the open seat on the Board of Assessors, which values real and personal property for taxation purposes. The seat I seek is being vacated by John Robinson and carries a remaining two-year…
To the editor: This is to let you know that I have submitted my nomination papers to run for another term as Town Moderator. More than ever, I value our good fortune to be able to participate in direct democracy. We should never take it for granted. I have greatly enjoyed serving as moderator over…
To the editor: Many in Lincoln were without power during the latest snow storm. Some on Beaver Pond Road had two interruptions on Monday, Feb. 13, one in the morning and the other at night. Some were without power for 17 hours. The vast majority of outages are caused by downed branches from pines and…
To the editor: No matter what side you have been on during the Presidential election and thereafter, it has been and continues to be a rough ride. Each side has its talking points which are calculated to generate political support, whether they are true or not. Such is the nature of the political thicket. It…