News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Voters approved a total of $441,760 in Capital Planning Committee (CapComm) expenditures and $740,936 for Community Preservation Committee (CPC) projects at the March 25 Town Meeting. CapComm received 26 requests and recommended 14 of them for voter approval. along with three capital exclusions totaling $300,000 ($75,000 apiece for a bucket truck and dump truck and $150,000…
In preparation for the March 25 Town Meeting, the Lincoln Squirrel is publishing an updated and expanded expanded recap of news stories and letters to the editor on some of the issues to be voted on. The full warrant list can be found here. Wang property acquisition (article 11) News stories: Video explains financing and…
To the editor: I am writing today as the election for town selectman draws near. Myself and a few of my neighbors had the pleasure to meet Allen Vander Meulen regarding his candidacy. One thing I was struck by was his ability to truly listen to our questions and concerns. As Allen described his inclusive…
Historical Society hosts talk The Lincoln Historical Society will host a talk, book-signing and reception, with Donald L. Hafner, captain of the Lincoln Minute Men and author of William Smith, Captain: Life and Death of a Soldier of the American Revolution on Sunday, April 2 at 3 p.m. in the Lincoln Public Library. Holy Week…
To the editor: Make way! Here comes the renowned eighth-grade Warrant Article Group! What, you ask? The Warrant Article Group is a group of eighth-graders who had a dream—a dream to learn more about local government. Led by the town clerk and the town moderator, we have been able to fulfill this dream. Now we have to…
Woolapalooza at Drumlin Farm Celebrate the coming of spring at Drumlin Farm’s Woolapalooza annual festival featuring fiber, food, and fun on Saturday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Highlights will include: Sheep-shearing demonstrations Live sheep herding with border collies Sheep-to-sweater interpretive trail: Learn how wool becomes yarn, and make a craft to take…
Yvonne Fenijn, 94 — Dutch-American whose family survived World War II Japanese internment in Indonesia prison camps. Richard Ponn (March 14) — husband of Nancy (Long) Ponn. Services at the Beth El Temple Center, 2 Concord Ave., Belmont on Wednesday, March 22 at 10 a.m. Charles Hersch, 89 (February 26) — clinical psychologist, former director of the Concord Area Comprehensive…
Town officials will open a new wetlands boardwalk on Sunday, April 2 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the result of six years of planning and fundraising. Several years ago, Lincoln School science teacher Terry Green and others envisioned a new boardwalk behind the school as a great learning experience for students. (An old boardwalk had fallen into…
Twelve of the residents who are on the ballot for Lincoln’s local election gathered to answer questions at a moderated candidate forum at Lincoln Woods on March 11. Before the forum, each candidate was asked by the Lincoln Woods Advisory Council, which organized the event, to respond in writing to two questions. Those answers, which…