News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
To the editor: Mr. Richardson is absolutely right, as is John Kimball in his letter to the editor on June 4 regarding this same topic. I’d go further and say there are multiple issues with traffic flow at that intersection: it is difficult for folks coming up Weston Road, since the heavier traffic coming down…
Editor’s note: A letter to the editor on June 4 addressed the same topic. To the editor: In the last ten or twelve years, I have written letters and spoken to the Lincoln Selectmen and Police Department at least three times about moving that stop sign on Trapelo Road several feet closer to Lincoln/Bedford Road so drivers…
Editor’s note: This is a copy of a letter sent to the Lincoln Board of Selectmen. To the editor: I was nearly run into again at the five corners by a driver (obviously from out of town, not bred in the Lincoln way) who thought that she, having stopped at the stop sign on Trapelo Road, could roar…
To the editor: To mark the 10th anniversary of “Write Stuff,” a writers’ group in Lincoln, there will be a public reading by several members in the Tarbell Room of the Lincoln Public Library on Wednesday, May 27 at 7 p.m. As a “Write Stuffer,” I thought it’d be interesting to talk to a few…
To the editor: I am announcing my candidacy for Governor’s Council (a.k.a. Executive Council) for the Third District of Massachusetts, which includes much of Middlesex County and parts of Norfolk, Suffolk and Worcester counties. Lincoln is at the center of the Third District. Many Massachusetts citizens are unaware of the important—indeed, vital—work the Governor’s Council is…
PMC Kids Ride draws hundreds The first annual Lincoln Pan Mass Challenge Kids Ride on May 3 was a big success. Eighty riders—well in excess of the 50 hopes for—raised over $6,000 to help fight cancer. Organizers thank the many volunteers, including students from the middle school (thank you Steve Cullen for spreading the word) and Lincoln-Sudbury Regional…
To the editor:
As a town resident living near Minuteman High School, I have always considered the high school a very good neighbor. Minuteman runs a fine program, which serves four to six Lincoln students each year. The superintendent’s house is on Mill Street in Lincoln, so he has every reason to join with Lincoln neighbors in protecting the tranquility and scenery of an area dominated by the landscape of Minuteman National Historical Park.
To the editor: Spring has arrived! The mini dunes of sand on the bike paths and roads seem to have magically disappeared overnight. Certainly we are safer as we walk, bike and drive Lincoln’s sidewalks and byways. But the real magic for me is that winter has (almost) been swept from memory. I’m feeling warmer and cheerier just…
(Editor’s note: This letter was updated on May 5 with additional information on how to donate by check.) To the editor: Our son Adrian Smith lives most of the year in Nepal. Here is a copy of the letter he wrote to his friends on Facebook to thank them for their contributions to his earthquake relief…
To the editor: Recent letters to the Lincoln Squirrel highlight some difficult and very important issues surrounding the proposed renovation of the Stearns Room of the First Parish in Lincoln. Ease of access by elderly or handicapped individuals is important. So also are sensitivity to neighbor’s concerns about encroachment on their properties and concerns about the effects of…