News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
To the editor: On behalf of the Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable and the families living in area domestic violence shelters and transitional housing programs who received your generous donations, I would like to thank everyone who helped make their Valentine’s Day a little brighter. Valentine bags were delivered to clients of REACH Beyond Domestic Violence,…
Pair of Kipling programs at library To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Rudyard Kipling’s birth, come to “The Magic of Rudyard Kipling,” an entertaining evening featuring storyteller Jackson Gillman as Kipling on Wednesday, March 4 at 7 p.m. in the Lincoln Public Library’s Tarbell Room for the young and young at heart. Kipling’s “Just So Stories” will be…
By Alice Waugh
Lincoln has thus far escaped any major problems from the record-breaking snow and cold over the past few weeks, but the danger of roof collapses will only grow with another storm this weekend—and this one may include ice and rain as well as snow.
Janet Daniels, 90 (January 13) — first woman president of the board of the deCordova Museum Georgia Drake, 100 (January 7) — honored in 2013 as the oldest living registered voter in Lincoln with the presentation of the Boston Post Cane Paul Giese, 77 (January 14) — served on several Lincoln boards and commissions…
Readers may submit photos for consideration for Lincoln Through the Lens by emailing them to news@lincolnsquirrrel.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 viewed…
To the editor: Last week (Feb. 6, 2015) marked the 227th anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution by “Convention of the delegates of the People of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, February 6th 1788.” Coincidentally, Massachusetts legislators took a big step toward restoring a genuine democracy in the United States by introducing the We the…
Two previously announced COA events have been rescheduled to the following dates and times. Throw off the winter doldrums Join Jai Kaur Annamaria San Antonio on Wednesday, Feb. 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bemis Hall (rescheduled from Friday, Feb. 13) for a delicious and auspicious time (just past the Valentine’s Day/midwinter mark), sure to…
In the February 10 “news acorn” about the upcoming “Live in Lincoln Center” concert at the First Parish Church on February 22 at 3 p.m., pre-concert times have been updated: doors will open at 2:15 p.m. nd the pre-concert talk will begin at 2:30 p.m. Also, the title of the event should have been “English String…
The Lincoln K-8 School Committee is creating a Class Size Research Committee to survey and summarize the recent educational research about the effects of class size on student achievement. The research committee will comprise one member of the School Committee and two to four members of the Lincoln community. We invite members of the community…