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Charles Calvin Charles Calvin died on May 8. After a career at Polaroid, he was actively involved in Parkinson’s studies at Massachusetts General Hospital, where his brain has been donated for research. Click here for full obituary. James Newkirk Newkirk, who died on May 17 at age 75, started and ran several businesses in transportation…
Richard Puffer Richard Puffer passed away on May 8 at the age of 82. He served in the U.S. Marines, had a long career as an architect, and was an accomplished painter and birder. Click here for full obituary. Alan Burt Alan Burt passed away on May 7 at the age of 84. He spent…
Herbert Wasserman, 92 (April 19) — He marched behind Rev. Martin Luther King at Selma and could be found many years later on the Lexington Battle Green where, in a tricorn hat, he regaled tourists with tales of Revolutionary War battles. Click here for full obituary. John W. Earle, 94 (April 17) — A U.S….
Joseph Hingston, 94 Joseph A. Hingston of Lincoln died on March 6, 2020. He was born in Boston on Nov. 29, 1925. and served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII. He worked for the Boston Public Schools Department of Planning & Engineering until his retirement and then worked with his son Wayne building New…
John Bartsch, 55 Bartsch died on February 23 at age 55. He was an alumnus of Brandeis university and UC-Santa Cruz and worked at the Virgin Islands’ first internet provider, Cobex, Inc. in St. Thomas, where he was head software engineer. Later, Bartsch was director of information services at Fisher College in Boston for 19…
The February 27 article headlined “$3.5m cut from school project, but alternate funding is a possibility” erroneously implied that money in the town’s free cash account and the money that was recommended for spending on the public safety radio system were two different things. In fact, the radio-system sum was budgeted by the Finance Committee…
Nancy M. (Pratt) Ritchie died at Emerson Hospital in Concord on February 13 at age 76. She was the beloved wife of James Ritchie, with whom she shared 53 years of loving marriage. Nancy was born in Somerville on August 8, 1943, the daughter of the late Harry and Beulah (Barry) Pratt. She enjoyed being…
Forum on South Lincoln rezoning proposal is Feb. 5 Residents can hear the latest on the proposed rezoning of the Lincoln Station area at a public forum on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. in Town Hall. Officials have been working with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to rezone on rezoning Lincoln’s village center to…
A memorial service will be held at St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 11 a.m. for James Walter Spindler, a resident of Lincoln since 1968, who died on December 7 at the age of 80. From 1968 to 1979, Spindler practiced law in Boston with Hale and Dorr (now WilmerHale), concentrating…