News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
School, community center updates on Friday Join the School Building Committee (SBC) and the Community Center Preliminary Planning and Design Committee (CCPPDC) on Friday, Oct. 20 at 12:30 p.m. in Bemis Hall for an update on the two proposed Ballfield Road campus projects. This session is a great opportunity to get caught up on the campus projects and also to share your questions, concerns…
Using a new interactive website, residents can look at a map of South Lincoln, see some of the improvements being discussed, and add their own comments and suggestions. The project page at courb.co/lincoln was created for the Lincoln Planning Board and the South Lincoln Planning Implementation Committee (SLPIC), which are working to make the area around Lincoln Station…
To the editor: On behalf of the Lincoln Boy Scouts, I am writing to update the community about our declining bat population and how Troop 127 is trying to help. In Massachusetts, there are nine different species of bats, the most common ones being the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) and the big brown bat (Eptesicus…
To the editor: As a participant in Sunday’s Scarecrow 5K run and walk, I want to commend all involved in setting up, supporting, and implementing a wonderful morning of fun. I particularly want to thank the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust, Klean Kanteen, and the Rural Land Foundation for providing reusable water bottles to every participant…
The Lincoln Council on Aging has hired a new co-assistant director with the tools to help meet the needs of the town’s growing senior population. Abby Butt started at the COA in September, sharing her job with Susan Isbell (she succeeds social worker Pam Mizrahi, who still leads a support group at the COA). Isbell helps…
The School Building Committee (SBC) and school project design team will hold a series of meetings this week with residents and students as they continue to answer the question: How will the building support our vision of education? Lincoln School administrators and faculty discussed the town’s educational priorities during a day-long session facilitated by the design team…
Speakers to discuss Israel-Palestine conflict The Lincoln-based GRALTA Foundation is hosting two talks by human rights activists in the Lincoln Public Library as part of its ongoing series exploring the Israel-Palestine conflict: Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. — Lubnah Shomali, Administrative and Financial Affairs Manager, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights….
“Tales of the Night” at Drumlin Farm Put on your costume, grab a flashlight, and come to the silly spooky, and family-friendly Halloween tradition, “Tales of the Night,” on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 26 and 27 at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary. Check the Fright-o-Meter when you arrive to see what activities will trick or treat you. Visitors will have the…
The narrow pasture between Drumlin Farm and the railroad tracks along Route 117 is being cleared and fenced in preparation for the return of a quintessentially Lincoln sight: cattle grazing in roadside fields. The area was historically known as the “night pasture” because it was where the cows were turned out to graze in the…
18 Oak Meadow Rd. — Ann Helmus to Amrite Aniruddha and Prajakta Badri for $1,000,000 (August 1) 213 Sandy Pond Rd. — Shawn Samuel to Todd and Sara Morneau for $1,250,000 (August 4) 170 South Great Rd. — LV Realty LLC to 179 South Great Road LLC for $750,000 (August 9) 190 Lincoln Rd. —…