News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
To the editor: Thanks to the leadership of Lincoln’s State Sen. Mike Barrett (D-Lexington), the new state budget now provides funds to test the water quality of the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers. Sen. Barrett’s $25,000 amendment, approved as part of the fiscal 2016 Senate budget, debate, paved the way. Although vetoed by the governor, the…
Cirque de Cordova this Saturday, mushroom foraging on Sunday Inspired by the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum’s Walking Sculpture exhibition, try out these playful walking strategies with trained Simply Circus instructors on Saturday, August 8. No experience necessary. For ages 8 and up. Stilt-walking lesson and tour — 11 a.m. Experience the Sculpture Park from new heights! Lesson is…
The Campus Master Planning Committee (CMPC) has selected LLB Architects of Pawtucket, R.I. as the design consultant for the Ballfield Road campus, where the town hopes to build a new community center and renovate the Lincoln School. The School Committee and the Board of Selectmen, which jointly appointed the CMPC, approved the hiring in mid-July. “LLB brings…
Thomas Rhines (left) and Jake Fox recite the Eagle pledge as they become Eagle Scouts on July 16 at a ceremony by Lincoln Boy Scout Troop 127 at the Codman Farm Barn. Eighty-five friends, family, Scouts and town officials joined in the ceremony and celebration. For his Eagle project, Thomas created digital trail maps and…
Did you enjoy the strawberry social? Come hear more jazz! August 6 at 2:30 p.m. Did you hear the Lincoln Traditional Jazz Sextet belting it out while you munched away? Did you like what you heard? Well, there’s more where that came from. The sextet will be back at Bemis on Thursday, Aug 6 at…
Darius Theriault
Darius Theriault, 27, died on July 4 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Shrewsbury. He is the son of Richard and Vita Theriault and brother of Minty Theriault, all of Lincoln. Darius grew up in Lincoln and played soccer, Pop Warner football and hockey in town programs. He graduated from Austin Preparatory School, attended Saint Anselm College and was finishing his degree at Framingham State University. Donations in his memory may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project.
The following article ran on July 7 in the MetroWest Daily News and is reprinted with permission.
The Environmental Club at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School traveled to Washington, D.C., last month to receive the 2014 President’s Environmental Youth Award. The club, which includes Lincoln residents Clara Cousins and Savannah Snell along with Sudbury residents Michael Bader, Brianna Bisson and Grace Chin, received the award for their efforts to bring awareness of climate change to the 1,600…
Events for kids at the Lincoln Public Library This week at the Lincoln Public Library: Sciencetellers Wednesday, July 29 from 4-5 p.m. Storytelling and hands-on science experiments combined for a fun theatrical learning experience. Recommended for ages 4 and up. ICA Animal Paradise Sculptures Thursday, August 6 from 4-5 p.m. Make a shelter for a toy…
By Alice Waugh Forty percent of ticks submitted by Lincoln residents for testing in 2014 came back positive for the bacterium that causes Lyme disease—but some also carried bacteria that cause lesser-known tick-borne diseases. In this recent Bedford Citizen article, Dr. Anne Kiessling presented data from testing gathered by the Middlesex Tick Task Force, a group of…
Joanna Crawford, 89 (died July 1) – instrumental in social justice work with the Martin Luther King Action Project at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. “How many Habitat trips, Food Bank expeditions, homeless shelter dinners, alternative service vacations did she make possible? Innumerable. She believed in service and in an education that took us out of our…