By Alice Waugh
Pot or not? That was one of the questions on the State of the Town Meeting agenda after a company inquired about opening a medical marijuana dispensary in Lincoln, and the opinions were far from unanimous.
Town Meeting to occur a week earlier in 2016
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the date originally given for the 2016 town election and to clarify the process for changing the election date. By Alice Waugh Residents unanimously approved changing the date of the annual Town Meeting to make sure it always occurs before the town election. The vote came at…
Running and winning (Lincoln Through the Lens)
Readers may submit photos for consideration for Lincoln Through the Lens by emailing them to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. If your photo is published, you’ll receive credit in the Squirrel. Photos must be taken in Lincoln and include the date, location, and names of any people who are identifiable in the photo. Previously published photos can be…
Arts events coming up
An updated “Romeo and Juliet” next week The Lincoln middle schoolers will perform “Romeo and Juliet—Together (and Alive!) at Last” on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 3 p.m., and Thursday and Friday, Nov. 19-20 at 7 p.m. in the Brooks auditorium. The play tells the story of eighth-graders Pete Saltz and Anabell Stackpoole—in love but too shy to even…
Letter to the editor: Be sure to attend State of the Town on Saturday
To the editor: We are about to engage in an important community conversation: The annual State of the Town meeting on Saturday Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Your participation is key to helping shape our future. In an effort to expand opportunities for citizens to hear the current thinking of town boards and…
Correction
In the November 11, 2015 Lincoln Squirrel story about the possibility of putting a solar array at the landfill, Green Energy Technology Committee members John Snell and Paul O’Neil were not properly identified The story has been corrected to include their full names….
Service for Judith Gross on Nov. 14
A funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m on Saturday, Nov. 14 at St. Anne-in-the-Fields Church in Lincoln for Judith Cogswell Fiske Gross, who died on November 9 at the age of 91. She was active with the Pierce House, the Lincoln Nursery School and St. Anne’s. Click here for her obituary and memorial page. Other obituaries Virginia E. Kennedy,…
Solar array considered for landfill site
By Alice Waugh They say you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, but you might be able to make cheap electricity from garbage—or at least from land on top of garbage. One of the discussion topics at Saturday’s State of the Town meeting is the idea of putting solar panels on…
News acorns
Lincoln Cultural Council wants your input The Lincoln Cultural Council is hoping to get your feedback. Please click on this link to take a short survey that will give us valuable information about our programming and what you’d like to see us support. One-time produce pickup offered at Lindentree Farm Lindentree Farm CSA (one of…