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See a slide show of Lincoln’s agricultural history Lincoln’s “rural character” is the result of conscious efforts among residents and conservation groups to protect large contiguous farms and to maintain their historic agricultural use. The Lincoln Agriculture Commission and Lincoln Garden Club invite the public to a slide show celebrating our agricultural heritage on Monday, Nov. 3 from…
If you’d like to serve as a poll worker at the November 4 election, please join us for an election worker training from 7-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at the Town Office Building. For deputy wardens, several innovations are set to be introduced at the election. Please join us for a training session at the Town Offices on…
Halloween activities for kids at the library Movies & Muffins — Friday, Oct. 24 at 3:30 p.m. Watch Halloween-themed short films based on the beloved children’s books Fletcher and the Falling Leaves and Dem Bones, and the “Little Bear’s Moonlight Serenade”TV episode. For ages 2 and up. Oogly Googly Halloween Puppet Show — Monday, Oct. 27 at 4 p.m. Come hear a Halloween…
The School Committee and the Board of Selectmen jointly voted last week to appoint Peter Borden as the interim School Committee member. Borden will serve as an appointed member until town elections in late March. Borden replaces Tom Sander, who stepped down in September. Other candidates for the interim position were Vin Cannistraro, Lisa Freedman, Philip Greenspun, Randy…
To the editor: I have only met Ms. Antia briefly, but I am confident that she will be more responsive to her constituents than Tom Stanley has been. I’ve followed Stanley’s voting record for the past few years and have marveled at his weird choices. How could we have voted for this guy? His views…
Lincoln residents are invited to learn more about Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary‘s planned New England Wildlife Explorations (NEWE) exhibit at one of two behind-the-scenes tours (adults only, please) of Drumlin’s wildlife exhibits and wildlife care facility on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 8 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m.
Drumlin Farm offers winter CSA program Registration for the winter Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program at Drumlin Farm is now open. Winter CSA shareholders will receive eight distributions from early November through mid-February of vegetables from the Drumlin Farm root cellar, including garlic, onions, brussels sprouts, cabbage, potatoes, sweet potatoes, radishes, beets, winter squash and more….
New registration link for Ralph Nader talk Due to problems that some have experienced in trying to register for the Ralph Nader talk on November 9 (see the Lincoln Squirrel, Sept. 22, 2014), the link has been changed. Please click on this Google form to register. Blessing of the animals on Sunday All creatures have a place at…
To celebrate the start of their 35th season, Classic Jazz at the Lincoln Library (CJALL) presented the Lincoln Public Library with “The Jazz Shelf,” a collection of books on classic jazz. The books were originally owned by CJALL founders Bill Poisson and Ed Williams, and current members Harold McAleer and Vern Welch added a few of…