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Town Clerk transition coming; Deputy Town Clerk sought
With the impending retirement of Town Clerk Susan Brooks on June 30, Deputy Town Clerk Valerie Fox will serve as interim Town Clerk until the position is up for election at Annual Town Meeting in 2019. The town is therefore inviting applicants for the open position of full-time Deputy Town Clerk starting on July 1….
Lincoln Democrats hear from state candidates in 3rd District
By Barbara Slayter More than a dozen Lincoln Democrats attended the annual breakfast of the 3rd MAD (Middlesex Area Democrats) on May 12 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Waltham to hear from candidates for the upcoming September 4 primary and the midterm elections in November. Participants gave an enthusiastic welcome to State Sen. Mike…
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Reed Wentworth to speak at LLCT The annual meeting of the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust with a keynote address by Rand Wentworth, author of Finding Hope: The Future of Land Conservation in America, takes place on Monday, May 14 from 7–9 p.m. at St. Anne’s in-the-Fields church. LLCT members and friends are invited. Come learn how communities…
Last community forum before school vote is May 15
There’s one more community workshop and two school tours before the milestone vote to decide which school project scheme the town should pursue. The public forum on the six current concepts will be on Tuesday, May 15 from 7–9:30 p.m. in the Reed Gym. This session will focus mostly on audience Q&A with the School…
The last mile (Lincoln Through the Lens)
Lincoln Kitchen shuts its doors; ingredients for a successful business debated
Just 15 months after it opened, Lincoln Kitchen shut its doors last week, leaving Lincoln once again without a restaurant. Asked why it closed, co-owner and Lincoln resident Jim White said simply, “It didn’t work. Perhaps I should have known better, because there were plenty of people who turned down an opportunity to put a…
L-S School Committee disputes lawsuit allegations
The Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School Committee released a statement on May 7 denying charges in a recent lawsuit that the high school discriminated against the victim of an alleged sexual assault on campus in 2013. A former student identified only as “Jane Roe” filed suit last month, charging L-S with failure to train and supervise response…
Property sales in March
Indian Camp Lane — RBGC LLC to Matthew and Pascale Berkowitz for $477,000 (March 30) 44R Indian Camp Lane (affordable unit) — Gaurav Patel to Yogesh Dayma for $166,630 (March 29) 140 Lincoln Rd. — David Palmer to George and Elizabeth Creighton for $470,000 (March 29) 64 Davison Drive — Richard D. Ponn Trust to…